It’s Fall 2025, and the Skyline marching band is the largest it has been in over five years.
The marching band has developed a strong culture.
“The best thing about marching band for me has been the people that I’ve met through it. It’s been easy for me to make friends…and everybody’s been super nice,” said trumpet section leader Beau Tennyson (‘26). “I met some of the best people I’ve known through marching band.”
Only during the first trimester of the school year, the marching band is a course at Skyline and rehearses during class time, with one additional 3-hour evening rehearsal a week. This time spent together has led to the formation of a tight-knit group.
“Everyone in the marching band is really passionate about being in the band…and that makes the band fun,” said saxophone section leader Sean Goodson (‘27). “Everyone has very interesting characteristics, but everyone’s still unified by marching.”
Every August, Skyline’s arts programs, including marching band, go to camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts, where they spend a week preparing to perform a concert and a marching demonstration. A key part of Interlochen is team bonding, which includes spirit days.
“My favorite band camp memory is painting myself red, and walking into the [campus store] and buying [saxophone] reeds as a red man,” said Goodson, reminiscing about his outfit on the Inside Out themed spirit day.
The future of the band is likely to continue as a culturally strong group, as the popularity of marching band is spread through siblings. “I heard about [marching band] through my friend’s older siblings,” said Charlotte Woodring (‘28).
In addition to the sibling connection, Skyline’s Drumline performances attract a lot of interest. “Seeing the Drumline performances at [Wines Elementary School] when I was little, kind of made me want to do [Marching band] more,” said Tennyson.
Note: Emmett Blough is a member of the Marching Band
