St. Marys “All-Brass” Band
 
 

 

 


                                              

 

 

2008 St. Marys “All-Brass” Band
 

 

              (Photo courtesy of Lange Photographics)

 

 

“The Pride of St. Marys,” the St. Marys “All-Brass” Marching Band is proud to be one of the few high school “All-Brass” Marching Bands in the State of Ohio.  All incoming high school woodwind players switch to a brass or percussion instrument, provided by the Board of Education and an active Band Parents Organization. The celebrated their 50th anniversary during the 2004-2005 school year by participating in the 2005 Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

 

Script Riders at 2005 State Championship game in Canton
 
Each year, the marching band participates at many area activities, including the Celina Lakefest Parade, St. Marys SummerFest Parade, Auglaize County Fair, other community events, as well as all “Roughrider” football games. They perform five different halftime productions each fall, working to perfect approximately 20 different songs per marching season. In addition, they appear each year at Marching Band festivals throughout Northern and West Central Ohio, including those at: Bowling Green, Napoleon, St. Henry, Crestview, Lima Bath, Ottawa-Glandorf, Paulding, and the University of Toledo.  This season, they will perform at the Allen East Mustang Brass Invitational.  They also performed at an Ohio State University Skull Session in November of 2005. 

 

 

 

Since 1990, they have represented the community of St. Marys at various national events, including the St. Marys Conference in St. Marys, Ontario; the Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade; the Brach’s Holiday Parade in Chicago; the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade; the Azalea Festival Parade in Richmond, Virginia; and the Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  They will perform in the nationally televised 2008 Boscov’s Channel 6 ABC Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia this November as part of their band trip which occurs every four years.

 

The Band staff for the 2008 St. Marys “All-Brass” Marching Band includes: Directors Dane Newlove, Becky Anderson, and Emily Schaaf, a 2001 MHS grad.  Percussion Instructor is Josh Hughes, also a 2001 graduate of MHS.  Majorette instructor is Ashlie Rowen.   

 

 

 

 

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