The Alan B. Shepard Marching Band is a competitive co-curricular ensemble that meets beginning in July and performs through the fall athletic season. They attend 4 competitions annually while also performing for home football games and other school events. 

Itineraries:

Previous Shows and Results:

Cirqué Sinistre, 2024

Pontiac Township High School: 1st Place in 3A, Best Music, Grand Champion

Providence Catholic High School: 4th Place in 2A

Lincoln Way Marching Band Invitational: 10th Place in 2A

Marengo Settler's Days Parade and Field Show Contest: 1st Place in Parade, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field Show, Best Brass in 2A, Grand Champion

Illinois State University Marching Band Championships: 6th Place in 3A, Dave Colee High Acheivement in Crows Appeal

Happily Ever After, 2023

Victor J. Andrew High School Marching Invitational, 6th Place in Class 2A Field

Prospect Knight of Champions, 4th Place in Class 2A Field (Color Guard)

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 8th Place in Class 2A Field

Illinois State Marching Band Championships, 6th Place in Class 3A Field

Dancing Through Darkness, 2022

Victor J. Andrew High School Marching Invitational, 3rd Place in Class 2A Field (Music)

Red & Black Fall Classic, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field (Visual)

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field

Illinois State Marching Band Championships, 6th Place in Class 4A Field

Joy de Veive, 2021

Victor J. Andrew High School Marching Invitational, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field (Music, Visual (tie))

North Central College Marching Band Invitational, 6th Place in Class 4A Field

Illinois State Marching Band Championships, 3rd Place in Class 4A Field

One Dark Night, 2020

Of Sailors and Whales, 2019

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 3rd Place in Class 2A Field

Naperville Central Marching Classic, 3rd Place in Class 2A Field (DM)

Downers Grove South Marching Mustang Music Bowl, 5th Place in Class 2A Field

Illinois State Marching Band Championships, 6th Place in Class 4A Field

Out of This World, 2018

Naperville Central Marching Classic, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field (GE, Percussion, DM)

Prospect Knight of Champions, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field (Visual, GE, Percussion)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 6th Place in Class 6A Field

Goddess of Fire, 2017

Victor J. Andrew High School Marching Invitational, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field

Naperville Central Marching Classic, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field (DM)

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field

Illinois State Marching Band Championships, 5th Place in Class 4A Field

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 6th Place in Class 5A Field

Scheherazade, 2016

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 5th Place in Class 2A Field (Music)

Victor J. Andrew High School Marching Invitational, 3rd Place in Class 2A Field

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 1st Place in Class 2A Field (Visual, GE, Auxiliary, Percussion)

Illinois State Marching Band Championships, 4th Place in Class 4A Field

Different Trains, 2015

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 5th Place in Class 2A Field

Wheaton North Falcon Marching Band Festival, 6th Place in Class 2A Field

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 6th Place in Class 2A Field

Downers Grove South Marching Mustang Music Bowl, 4th Place in Class 2A Field (Percussion, Color Guard, DM)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 7th Place in Class 5A Field

I Spy, 2014

Naperville Central Marching Classic, 4th Place in Class 2A Field

Wheaton North Falcon Marching Band Festival, 4th Place in Class 2A Field

Providence Catholic High School Marching Band Invitational, 6th Place in Class 2A Field

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field

Downers Grove South Marching Mustang Music Bowl, 4th Place in Class 2A Field (Perc)

7th Place in Finals

Stained Glass, 2013

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 8th Place in Class 2A Field

Providence Catholic High School Marching Band Invitational, 5th Place in Class 2A Field

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 2nd Place in Class 5A Field

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 3rd Place in Class 2A Field

Ghost in the Grave Yard, 2012

Wheaton North Falcon Marching Band Festival, 7th Place in Class 2A Field

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival,5th Place in Class 2A Field

Naperville Central Marching Classic, 1st Place in Class 2A Field (Music GE, Visual GE, DM, Auxiliary)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 6th Place in Class 5A Field

Relationships, 2011

Wheaton North Falcon Marching Band Festival, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field (Visual)

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 3rd Place in Class 1A Field (DM)

Naperville Central Marching Classic, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field (Auxiliary, DM, Music GE)

Prospect Knight of Champions, 4th Place in Class 1A Field

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 8th Place in Class 5A Field

Romantic Relics, 2010

Wheaton North Falcon Marching Band Festival, 1st Place in Class 1A Field (Visual, GE, Percussion, DM)

Prospect Knight of Champions, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field (Visual, Auxiliary)

Downers Grove South Marching Mustang Music Bowl, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field (Aux, GE, Perc (TIE))

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 5th Place in Class 5A Field

Carmen, 2009

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 1st Place in Class 1A Field (Auxiliary, Percussion, GE, Music, DM)

WIU Marching Band Classic, Grand Champion, 1st Place in Class 4A Field (DM, Winds, Percussion, Auxiliary)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 5th Place in Class 2A Parade (Auxiliary), 7th Place in Class 2A Field (DM)

Classic Schizophrenia, 2008

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field (Auxiliary, DM)

Sparta Rotary Homefest, 2nd Place in Class 3A Parade

WIU Marching Band Classic, Grand Champion, 1st Place in Class 4A Field (Percussion, Winds, DM, Auxiliary)

Prospect Knight of Champions, 2nd Place in Class 1A Field (Percussion, Auxiliary)

Downers Grove South Marching Mustang Music Bowl, 1st Place in Class 1A Field (Auxiliary, Percussion)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 3rd Place in Class 2A Parade (Auxiliary, DM), 4th Place in Class 2A Field

Blasting Off, 2007

Wheaton North Falcon Marching Band Festival, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field (Color Guard)

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field (Drum Major)

Downers Grove South Marching Mustang Music Bowl, 1st Place in Class 2A Field (Music, GE)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 3rd Place in Class 2A Parade, 6th Place in Class 2A Field

Russian Masterpieces, 2006

A. A. Stagg Jamboree, 4th Place in Class 2A Field (Auxiliary, Percussion)

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 1st Place in Class 2A Field (DM, Music)

WIU Marching Band Classic, 1st Place in Class 4A Field (Perc, DM)

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 3rd Place in Class 2A Field (Aux, Effect)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 6th Place in Class 2A Parade, 4th Place in Class 2A Field (DM)

Latin, 2005

Pontiac Indian Showdown, 2nd Place in Class 3A Field

Chicagoland Marching Band Festival, 3rd Place in Class 2A Field

A. A. Stagg Jamboree, 1st Place in Class 2A Field (All)

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 2nd Place in Class 2A Parade, 4th Place in Class 2A Field

Lincoln-Way Invitational, 5th Place in Class 2A Field

The Music of Ludwig Von Beethoven, 2004

Lake Park Lancer Joust, 2nd Place in Class A/AA Field

A.A. Stagg Jamboree, 2nd Place in Class 2A Field

Illinois State Marching Band Championships, 4th Place in Class 4A Field

Illinois Marching Band Championships Large Schools, 2nd Place in Class 2A Parade, 4th Place in Class 2A Field