Halftime is when game time starts for the Trinity marching band.  

The band is growing in size; with the elementary schools growing their numbers of young musicians, Trinity’s marching band gets bigger each year. Now it has more than seventy members!

The band is made up of the marchers, the Color Guard and the pit. All of these different parts make up the marching band. The marchers march around the field in formations, the Color Guard preforms routines with flags and rifles, and members of the pit play stationary instruments. This year the theme is a metaphor for a conflict between good and evil that in the end, come together in harmony. 

Traditionally, there are three movements during the shows, but this year there are four: the opener, the battle, the ballad and the closer. The movements feature songs by Adele, Daft Punk and the Venetian Snares. 

Mr. Hilty, the marching band director said, “The repertoire fits the instrumentation that we have and is developmentally appropriate for the ability level of the group while pushing them to become better.”

Hilty believes that the season has been successful so far, and he is very proud of the weekly progress being shown. 

He hopes that that the band continues to improve and grow stronger along the way. 

So far this season they won their first competition in their AA division. In this same competition, they won first for high visual effect, high general effect and tied for high music effect. Their overall score was 72.45, and at their second competition they scored 78.95 overall and took second place. In their most recent competition, they took third with a score of 80.94. 

They practice every Monday and Thursday to prepare for competitions and football games. 

Abby Drezewski, assistant drum major said, “It is great to win, but really we are just trying to improve our own score.”

Because they meet so often, camaraderie is built within the group. Friendships among the team have been built along with great relationships between the Color Guard and the members of the pit as well. 

Although the marching band season is wrapping up, students can catch them at both the Washington Christmas Parade and the Washington Crown Center mall Christmas Parade.