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Panther Marching Band
Panther Marching Band
The Panther Marching Band is a flagship organization that continues to serve the entire Wallingford-Swarthmore Community. Haven's band is among the largest in the region as it averages about 325 members.
One third of all Strath Haven students perform in the Band, making it's impact on the local community very tangible! Mr. Jack Hontz, the founder of and visionary for the Panther Band, believed that every student should feel ownership and pride in their school community. To keep Mr. Hontz's legacy alive, the Band continues a positive culture of inclusion, learning, hard work, service, and commitment to musical excellence.
Marching Band is a class offering that meets three times a week during the school day. In addition, students dedicate occasional evenings to rehearsals. Band student leadership meets for one week before Band Camp. The entire Pride of Haven joins the leaders in the last week of August for a fun, intense, and musically rewarding period of show preparation.
The Band supports the Haven Football team and cheers the on the Silver, Black, and White. The Band performs at every home and away football game, in local parades, at Philadelphia Eagles' halftime shows, in the Penncrest Festival of Bands exhibition show and every other year in Orlando, Florida.
The Panther Marching Band honors its traditions as it looks to the future. Every instrumentalist and band front member wears a JH12 logo on their uniform, lead by a distinguished Junior who carries the JH12 flag. The JH12 logo, designed in the style of our Panther music note logo, is a constant reminder of Jack Hontz's miraculous work to build this program. Band members are honored to wear his initials and the number 12, signifying Jack's belief that the Band could be the 12th player on the football team by offering support and love for fellow students.
Drum Major
Quinten Saylor
Drum Major
Cecily Heisey-Terrell
Drum Major
Olivia Heisey-Terrell
Student Director
Olivia Gianopulos
Student Director
Marcella Liberi
Student Director
Sophie Lin
Student Director
Bennett McManus
Student Director
Tianyue Wang
Assistant to the Director
Alexandra Benzing, Christina Si, Catherine Whitehead
Field Major
Head Field Majors- Colin LeStourgeon, Matteo Ventresca
Assistant Head Field Major-Tess Kelly
Evelyn Fernandez, Frankie Griffin, Carter Grunseich, Brendan Hogg, Juliette Loyd, Ethan Ross, Ryan Schofield, Audey Sill, Whitaker Shumaker, Julia Smirnova, Zeb Smithey, Elsie Staley-Bischoff, Jason Zhang,
Flute
Section Leaders- Christina Si, Tinayue Wang
Squad Leaders- Audrey Sill, Julia Smirnova, Katelyn Snyder
Clarinet
Section Leaders- Wendy Chen, Sophie Lin
Squad Leaders- Claire Donovan, Elizabeth Mboowa
Alto Saxophone
Section Leader- Josephine Wieland
Squad Leader- Margaret Sentivan
Tenor Saxophone
Section Leader- Casper Stockman
Trumpet
Section Leaders- Marcella Liberi, Bennett McManus
Squad Leaders- Caroline Boerth, Cameron Hatala
Mellophone
Section Leader- Jackson Davis
Trombone
Section Leader- Olivia Gianopulos
Squad Leader-Zachary Simon
Photo Credit: Matthew Chen
Baritone and Tuba
Section Leader- Elijah Surkis
Bells
Section Leader- Andre Fan
Squad Leader- Ivy Li
Photo Credit: Matthew Chen
Drumline
Giana Gliko, Logan Haggerty, Isaac Lothrop, Samuel Sentivan, Katherine Stack
Pit
Section Leader- Lucy Hewitt
Silks
Captains- Maryella Gill, Lilian Kochanowicz
Co-Captain- Sonya Blum
Squad Leaders- Eli Graves, Paula Hagan, Cierra Horetsky, Taylor Moody, Jordyn Thurmond, Pearl Tweedy
Danceline
Captains- Madison Benzing, Sydney Williams
Co-Captains- Lillian Hodges, Katelyn Norbeck
Squad Leaders- Zoe Likely, Norah Magargee, Jennie Parkhill, Lilah Santore, Orli Schoff
Dance Team
Captains- Marilyn Ashley, Julia Feldman
Co-Captains- Morgan DeJarnette, Evelynn Lin, Thandiwe Jemwa, Alexandra Tirpak, Emma Wicentowski
Squad Leaders- Ella Carrozza, Makayla Davis, Snehal Pandey, Riley Smith, Margaret Strachan
Photojournalist-in-Chief
Matthew Ramirez
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