WWSHS Tiger Marching Band Places 2nd in Class AA at WN Falcon Marching Band Fest

The Wheaton Warrenville South High School Tiger Marching Band placed 2nd out of five bands in Class AA division at the 26th Annual Falcon Marching Band Festival at Wheaton North High School on Saturday, September 28.     

WWSHS was one of 8 bands competing at the Falcon Festival. Each band competed in one of two 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 AA class were as follows: 1st place, Wheeling High School; 2nd place, Wheaton Warrenville South High School; 3rd place, Naperville Central High School; 4th place, Sandwich High School; and 5th place, Glenbard West High School. Results in AAA class were as follows: 1st place, Huntley High School; 2nd place, Plainfield East High School; and 3rd place, Oswego 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 in the Naperville Central High School Marching Classic on Saturday, October 5, and the State of Illinois Marching Band Championship on the campus of Illinois State University on Saturday, October 12.

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.