Marching Band

INDEPENDENCE MUSTANG MARCHING BAND

The Mustang Marching Band begins its season with a series of three two-day overnight camps for Color Guard, and Drumline. The full band starts with a four day marching camp where we learn as much of the music and drill as possible. The remainder of the drill is learned at an all-day drill camp the 2nd or 3rd Saturday in August. Once school starts, the marching band rehearses approximately 30 minutes during each school day and one evening per week. The Mustang Marching Band will compete five to six competitions each year.

One of the main ingredients to having a successful band year is to start with the development of student leaders. We have a leadership expert, Alan Feirer from Winterset, IA, come for an 8 hour leadership retreat to arm the student leaders with a wealth of knowledge. They learn the importance of service to our organization, develop measurable goals for the year, and hold each other accountable for staying on track for the pursuit of excellence.

Director’s: David Lang, Paul Upmeyer

Color Guard Instructor: Kate Barloon

Drumline/Marching Tech: Joe Fisher

Front Ensemble: Amanda Fisher

Sound Tech: Conner Music/Matthew Zieser

Leadership Trainer: Alan Feirer

Music & Drill: Ted Reicher

Show Title: "Rise"

Featuring The Following Musical Selections:

Inferno By Robert W. Smith

Rise By Katy Perry

Fire Bird Suite By Stravinsky

Our Soloists were:

Caroline Reyner, Trumpet

Lauren Troutman, Soprano Sax

Show entitled:

“The Queen’s Gambit”

This year’s marching show, The Queen’s Gambit, is based on an opening move in the game of chess. Classical music themes will be performed to take the audience through the excitement of this intriguing game. The show is organized into four scenes:

Scene I: Pawns

Music from Tchaikovsky’s “4th Symphony” and Beethoven’s “5th Symphony”

Scene 2: Attack and Defend

Music from Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” & Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Scene 3: Bishops and Rooks

Music from Beethoven’s “7th Symphony, Movement II”

Scene 4: Knights and Checkmate!

Music from Rossini's “William Tell Overture”, Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony, and Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King”

Our Soloist is: Holly Reyner on Violin, playing the part of the Queen.

2015 COMPETITION AWARDS

SHOW THEME: CARAVAN

Linn-Mar Marching Invitational: 1st Place, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion, and Best Winds

Bands Across the Prairie: 1st Place, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion, Best Winds, and Best Drum Majors

5-Seasons Marching Invitational: 1st Place, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion, and Best Winds

IHSMA STATE CONTEST: 25th Consecutive Division I Rating

ValleyFest Showdown: 3rd Place, Best Color Guard, Best Soloist - Holly Reyner, Violin

Waukee Marching Invitational: 1st Place, Best Color Guard and Best Percussion

2014 COMPETITION AWARDS

SHOW THEME: PUPPET MASTER

Linn-Mar: 1st Place, Best Winds & Best Color Guard

Marion: 2nd Place, Best Winds, Best Drum Majors, Best Color Guard

Prairie: 1st Place, Best Winds, Best Percussion, Best Color Guard

Five Seasons: 1st Place, Best Winds, Best Percussion

IHSMA State Contest: 24th Consecutive Division One Rating

ValleyFest Showdown: 3rd Place

Waukee: 2nd Place, Best Drum Majors & Best Color Guard

2013 MUSTANG MARCHING BAND

SHOW THEME: MAN VS. MACHINE

COMPETITION RESULTS

Linn-Mar Marching Invitational

Marion, Iowa

Saturday, September 28th

1^st – Independence (78.3)

2^nd – Clear Creek-Amana (75.2)

3^rd – Mount Pleasant (69.0)

4^th – Marion (67.95)

5^th – Solon (67.25)

6^th – Western Dubuque (66.4)

7^th – Keokuk (64.5)

8^th – Davis County (59.25)

9^th – West Delaware (58)

Best Winds – Independence

Best Percussion – Independence

Best Drum Majors – Clear Creek-Amana

Best Color Guard – Mt. Pleasant

Bands Across The Prairie

Prairie HS, Cedar Rapids

Saturday, October 5th

1^st – Independence (77.0)

2^nd – Marion (67.5)

3^rd – Western Dubuque (61.6)

Best Winds – Independence

Best Percussion – Independence

Best Drum Majors – Independence

Best Color Guard – Independence

5-Seasons Marching Invitational

Kingston Stadium, Cedar Rapids

Saturday, October 5th

1^st – Independence (82.5)

2^nd – Clear Creek-Amana (80.3)

3^rd – Benton Community (78.9)

4^th – Vinton-Shellsburg (75.9)

5^th – Solon (74.2)

6^th – Maquoketa (69.7)

7^th – Center Point-Urbana (63.7)

8^th – Oelwein (57.0)

9^th – Anamosa (56.0)

Best Winds – Independence

Best Percussion – Independence

Best Color Guard – Independence

Best Drum Majors – Benton Community