Downers South expects ‘the best’ in winter guard
The friendly group assembled this year for winter guard at Downers Grove South HS expects to improve on last year's regional results.
Marching Band
Lincoln-Way Band marches past fire in Rose Parade
A float rolling in front of the Lincoln-Way Marching Band in the Rose Parade caught fire. The band, as expected, marched on.
Marching band acclaim and fallout in Morton
The band director at the nationally renowned Morton HS in central IL will resign at the end of the school year—a personnel matter.
Collaboration, invitation, and celebration in Normal
Marching bands come together at 2 central IL high schools, and the result is phenomenal: learning, collaboration. And MUSIC.
From his IL roots, a Texas director heads to Macy’s
The Reagan Band from Texas heads to Macy's in Nov. 2019. The band's director hails from an IL school with a history at Macy's itself.
From Piasa to the parade in Washington
The National Independence Day Parade in Washington brought high school bands from CA, AR, WI, MN, IL, NC, FL, PA, NY, NH, GA, TX.
Band teacher out #MeToo at Downers Grove North
A longtime band director resigned at a suburban Chicago h.s. amid allegations of inappropriate behavior with students from 1996.
Santa comes to Baltimore in the mayor’s parade
It was a gorgeous day in Baltimore for the mayor's Christmas Parade: 5 high school bands, more than a hundred participants.
76 trombones possible in U-46 unified marching band
Maybe the biggest Thanksgiving band ever in Chicago, a combined group of student-musicians from IL's 2nd-largest school dist.
Libertyville band set for London on New Year’s
20 marching bands, 18 coming from the US (2 fr. IL), will march through Picadilly Circus to the Houses of Parliament on New Year's Day.