Participating Bands

A Winter Wonderland

The Snow Is Dancing - Claude Debussy; Winter Games - David Foster; Carol Of The Bells - Mykola Leontovych; Through The Eyes Of Love (Theme from "Ice Castles") - Marvin Hamlisch; Do You Want To Build A Snowman? - Robert and Kristen Lopez

Director - Patrick Stewart 

Additional Staff - Matt Schultz, Rick Breyer, Bryan Greenberg, Alyssa Thompson, Shelby Murray, Cora Tiemeyer, Zoe Miller, Ashley Kues, Ethan Munro, Ethan Hoeman, Bryan White

Drum Majors - Carter Grupe, Kyra Jenkins, Sadie LeRoy

Band Size - 128

Dot Dot Dot

Rumplestilzchen by Jess Turner, Moon River by Johnny Mercer, Cruella Deville by Mel Leven and original compositions by Steve Vento, and Benji Baker

Director - Anthony Jackson 

Additional Staff - Zack Thomas, Alex Sharkey, Brittany Tate, Darien Guy, Drake Melton, Dominique Evans

Drum Majors - Craig Vilchis, Kirsten Vilchek, and Gage Calhoun

Band Size - 125

(i)maginary

"World of Imagination" from Willy Wonka, John Lennon's "Imagine" and original music

Director - Chris Miller 

Additional Staff - Charlie Bourrage, Joe Sparks, Mark Ishman, Dale Robison, Herrie Pullom, Chelsea Ellebracht, Kameron Huff, Xzavier McQuitty

Drum Majors - Ingrid Richard and Sienna Schmidt

Band Size - 90

Mechanized

Symphony No. 4 by Anton Bruckner, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, and Original Music by Jeff Chambers

Director - John Case 

Additional Staff - Matthew Polett, Jess Jenkins, Marcus Kwasa, Sky Augustin, Johannah Wrobbel, Caleigh Arentsen, Kelsey Williamson, Ellen Nuxell, Zoe Roney, Cole Grimsley, Ry Montgomery, and London Weathers

Drum Majors - Lola Schlarmann, Adrianna Perez, Garrett Pryor

Band Size - 91

Echoes of Darkness

Symphony No. 40 Movement 1 - Mozart, Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven, Night on Bald Mountain - Mussourgsky

Director - Tim Dedert 

Additional Staff - Miranda Lee, Collin Burnham, Rebekah Schaffer and Alex Karst 

Drum Majors - Madelyn Ward, Rylee Schultz, Kenzie Shelby

Band Size - 105

Masterpiece 

"True Colors" by Tommy Tallarico and Michael Richard Plowman, "Bounty Hunter" (from "Advent Rising") by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, and "The Dream of Flight" by Christopher C. Tin 

 Director - Brad Balog

Additional Staff - Kevin Lowe, Andrew Reader, Evan Coonrod, Becky Long, Hannah Marroquin, Noah Petti, Halima Hussain, Robert Jordan  

Drum Majors - Jessica Guan, Ella Nolan 

Band Size - 92 

Fly On 

Music by Beethoven, Ravel and Coldplay 

Director - David Wyss 

Additional Staff - Alec Patton, Chelsea Silvermintz, Brian Wyss, Jeremy McMahon, Adam Spirk, Kayla Rivera, Tim Linsenbardt, Dan Arana, Jamie Hutson, Rachel Pavelka, Peter Repp 

Drum Majors - Rafael del Rosario, Kayla Williams, Manasi Tripathi 

Band Size - 205

Illumination 

Mvt. 1: “Flameheart” by Two Steps from Hell, Mvt. 2: “Liberi Fatali” by Nobuo Uematsu, Mvt. 3: “Benedictus” by Karl Jenkins, Mvt. 4: “Stained Glass by David Gillingham and “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd 

Director - Christian Pierce

Additional Staff - Kaylin Knost, Andy Cook, Amanda Rawls, Katie Bagwill, Curtis Halbrook 

Drum Major - Hanna Patterson 

Band Size - 65

The Heart of the Warrior 

Honor/Courage, Beauty, and Strength/Warrior 

Director - Michael Fox

Additional Staff - Stephen Henry-Asst Director, Susan Fox, Lani Westover, Makana Wilde, Nicky Livengood, Carter Landoll, Breanna DeSilva, Erica Craig 

Drum Majors - Jayden Thankamani, Morgan Austin 

Band Size - 55 

One Dark Night…Stories in the Sky 

Director - Craig Finger

Additional Staff - Assistant Directors - Michael Bradford, Erika O’Bryant, Kim Patterson, and Kirby Spayde;  Color Guard - John Sullivan;  Additional Support - Avery Burton, Jayden Coalson, Lucas Finger, Thomas McFarland, Caitlyn Neely, Chuck Neely, Anita Newlan, Sam Record, Alyson Rose, Suzy Steensland, and Liam Wilson 

Drum Majors - Maddie Genuchi, Kenzi Gifford, Sarah Janish, Dalton Jones, Duncan O’Bryant 

Band Size - 220

Set In Stone 

Medusa The Gorgon - Sabastien Angel, Romeo and Juliet - Hector Berlioz, Road of Trials - Austin Wintory, Moonlit - Yuuki Hayashi, Destiny of the Chosen - Hanson, Fayman, and Goren. 

Director - Melissa Gustafson-Hinds 

Additional Staff - Philip Carter - Assistant Director, Matthew Murphy - Assistant Director, Emily Navarro, John Langham, Ashley Kues, Brandon Fink, Brandon Huff, Brendan Korak, Haley Voss Alex Jenkins, Kevin Belobrajdic, Evan Hinds, Brendan Timmell, Tyler Young, Mike Davis, Marcus Kwasa 

Drum Majors - Amelia Brandi, Logan Farmer, Tyeler Reice-Williams, Jailyn Spells, Zoë Hoffman 

Band Size - 270 

With Love 

Plaisir d'amour, Romeo & Juliet, Celine Dion 

Director - Vance Brakefield 

Drum Majors - Emma Burchett, Carter Oetting, Jonathan Selph 

Band Size - 111

Beyond the Sidewalk 

Puff the Magic Dragon, Machine by William Bolcome, Some Where Out There by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, Joy Revisited by Frank Ticheli, and The New World Symphony by  Antonín Dvořák 

Director - Jeremy Loui

 Additional Staff - Danny Pace, Jacob Bisaillon, Halima Hussain, Kirsten Newbury, Katie Busby, Darien Guy, Jared Brockmeyer, Liz Pace, Sara Magali, and Kevin Balch 

Drum Majors - Phoenix Honzell, Ava Proctor 

Band Size - 99

Shifting Sands

Sheherazade, Lawrence Of Arabia, Arabian Nights

Director - John Slowensky 

Additional Staff - Mike Goldschmidt, Derek Limback, Katie Park, Molly Slowensky, Tucker Baluk, Morgan Korich, Katie Stanley, Meagan Johnson 

Drum Majors - Savannah Mallory, Kari Cannon, Lillian Webb 

Band Size - 204

Kinds of Blue 

"So What", "Blue Skies", "I Guess that's Why They Call it the Blues", "St. Louis Blues", "Gimme Some Lovin'" 

Director - Ben Meyer

Additional Staff - Jeff Collier, Hongyu Xie, Lily Warden, Curtis Vahle, Jamie Beffa, Sam Bippen, Elianna Politte, Rolen Moore, Barbara Stanley-Bowlin 

Drum Majors - Emily Skodak 

Band Size - 52

Kaleide'ing 

Director - Courtney White 

Additional Staff - Matthew Fay, Derek Peplaw, Katie Bender, Michelle Peetz, Helen Tolcou, Adam Marroquin, Hannah Marroquin, Logan Herren, Nolan Pellegrini, Ava Sanker, Will Cowgill, Carter Simmons 

Drum Majors - Mason Guenther, Olivia Mueller, Anna Thomassee 

Band Size - 91

Invictus 

Director - Gretchen Pohlman

Additional Staff - Colton Bunkley - Assistant Director, Madeline Watts - Assistant Director, Robert Redmond - Assistant Director, Erin Shaul - Color Guard Director, Riley Bergens - Percussion Staff, Leo Bergins - Percussion Staff, Marty Bassett - Music & Visual Staff 

Drum Majors - Shamus Rylee, Macy Buschmann, Charlotte Tolle 

Band Size - 126