10 marching bands put on powerful show in Medina for 1,000 people
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – The Webster Marching Band closes out Saturday’s Fall Festival of Bands in Medina, which featured 10 marching bands from Western New York and the Rochester area.
About 1,000 people attended the event. The bands compete in the New York State Field Band Conference which culminates on Oct. 26 with the championships in Syracuse at the JMA Wireless Dome.
Jayliana Wilson, drum major for the Greece Marching Band, signals to judges that the marching band is ready to perform during the Fall Festival of Bands. Greece performs in the Large School, Division 2 category.
The scores for the bands on Saturday include:
• Small School 3 – 1. Marcus Whitman, 68.000; 2. Pioneer, 66.400; and 3. Falconer-Frewsburg, 66.150
• Large School 3 – 1. Hilton, 68.800
• Large School 2 – 1. Lancaster, 76.500; 2. Greece, 76.150; 3. West Seneca, 73.300; and 4. Orchard Park, 73.050.
• Small School 1 – 1. Medina, 72.450
• National – 1. Webster, 79.450
The Medina Marching Band features about 80 students. The theme of this year’s show is “Fragile World.” “It starts out dark and mysterious, with voiceovers about a fragile and frail society. Near the end the mood turns joyous.
Braedan Signorino, drum major for the Falconer and Frewsburg marching band, leads the group in performing “Through the Storm.” This is the ninth year the two schools have worked together for a field band program.
Pioneer presented a show, “Pure Imagination,” which featured music from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and “A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman.
Marcus Whitman performed “I’m Mortal” featuring music by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The Hilton Crimson Cadets Marching Band presented “Sweet Dreams.”
The Marching Legends of Lancaster performed “Vacancy on 13,” a show focused on superstition and bad luck where many hotels do not have a 13th floor.
Orchard Park performed “Color and Light” which combined classic musical theater and contemporary classical music.
Greece performed “Into the Storm” – a journey through Mother Nature’s unpredictability of mayhem and beauty that lies ahead.
West Seneca’s marching band presented “Inspiration.”
Webster brings out some of the props for its show, “In times of …” which explores human experience in innocence, struggle, loss and reflection.
