WWSHS Tiger Marching Band Places 1st in Class A at NCHS Marching Classic Competition

The Wheaton Warrenville South High School Tiger Marching Band placed 1st out of three bands in Class A division and 4th overall in a field of 16 bands at the 7th Annual Naperville Central High School Marching Classic, held at Benedictine University on Saturday, October 5. Also in its class, WWSHS won awards for Outstanding Visual General Effect, Outstanding Music General Effect, Outstanding Percussion, Outstanding Auxiliary, and Outstanding Drum Major. This year’s drum major for the Tiger Marching Band is senior Alyssa Henrikson.  

The 16 bands that performed at the Marching Classic each competed in one of three classes, with class size being determined by the number of musicians in the band. All bands were judged on music performance, visual performance, general effect, percussion, and color guard.

Results in A class were as follows: 1st place, Wheaton Warrenville South High School; 2nd place, Herscher High School; and 3rd place, Bremen High School. Results in AA were as follows: 1st place, Lincoln-Way North High School; 2nd place, Waubonsie Valley High School; and 3rd place, Lincoln-Way Central High School. Results in AAA were as follows: 1st place, Minooka Community High School; 2nd place, Lemont High School; and 3rd place, Fremd High School.

For its 2013 competitive season, the Tiger Marching Band is presenting a 7.5-minute show titled “Inner Conflict,” which features three distinct movements: Hope, Darkness, and Unity. The music was composed by Jordan Yi, director of bands at Jefferson High School in Rockford, Illinois. Yi is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and a former member of the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps. Along with writing the music for this year’s WWSHS competitive program, Yi designed the show’s drill, a set of diagrams illustrating the complex formations band members create on the field during a show.

This year’s Tiger Marching Band features 89 members, and is comprised of 20 freshmen, 15 sophomores, 20 juniors, and 34 seniors. These band members hail from Wheaton (64), Warrenville (22), Naperville (1), Glen Ellyn (1), and Lisle (1).

The Tiger Marching Band is scheduled to compete next at the State of Illinois Marching Band Championship on the campus of Illinois State University on Saturday, October 12. This will be the band’s final competition of the season. 

The band is directed by Vic Scimeca. Tiger Marching Band staff  includes assistants Jordan Yi and Don Kaihatsu, and Greg Abel, Alex Boyajian, Daniel Pratt, Dan Eastwood, Amanda Malarich, Tara Jarvie, and Veronica Dekruiff.

For more information about the Tiger Marching Band, contact Vic Scimeca, at victorscimeca@cusd200.org.