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Published August 11, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: HHS Marching Band 2011


The marching band lines up in the shape of a fork in the road. At this point in the show, the drum major will turn around and ask the audience which direction they wish to go and that will determine what song the band plays next. Photos by Jordan Willi

  • The marching band lines up in the shape of a fork in the road. At this point in the show, the drum major will turn around and ask the audience which direction they wish to go and that will determine what song the band plays next. Photos by Jordan Willi
  • Students keep in step with one another during a marching drill at the Shell Lake Arts Center practice field on Aug. 2.
  • Members of the band throw up a spray of water as they march backwards through one of the many puddles scattered across the football field at the Shell Lake Arts Center after last week’s showers.
  • Director Ryan McCarthy, left, conducts the band along with Drum Major Jake Olivieri at a mid-morning music run-through at the Shell Lake Arts Center.
  • From left, saxophones Antonio Monturiol, Stephen McDowell, Ellie Mahon, Bailey Brinkman, Kia Feia, Andres Diaz and Maddie Mahon focus on their fingerings as well as the notes on the page during a group practice session indoors.
  • Pit instructor Stephen Dahle keeps the beat while Kaylie Marion and Eli Baumgartner, two members of the pit section, practice their music for the show inside the trailer due to the rain outside.
  • Tenor drums are one of the many pieces of the percussion section that keep the beat for the rest of the band and add another layer to the sound of the whole ensemble.
  • From left, drummers Chris Sargent, Hannah Betchwars, David Kocik, Brandon Breecher.
  • Drummer Kevin Chukel.
  • Color guard instructor Jakie Johnson, front, helps the guard learn its routine for the half-time show in the rain outside the Shell Lake Arts Center. In back are, from left, Paige Immerfall, Nicole Smock, Emily Wyland, Alyx Beauchamp, Grace Sacher and Maddie O’Malley.