Panther Marching Band
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Panther Marching Band
The Panther Marching Band is a flagship organization that continues to serve the entire Wallingford-Swarthmore Community. Haven's band is the largest in Pennsylvania and the second-largest Band in the country as it averages about 400 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.
Silver, Black, and White! Fight Panthers Fight!
Drum Major
Sara Ventriglia
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Drum Major
Audrey Stevens
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Drum Major
Henry Reacher
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Student Director
Brianne Caldwell
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Student Director
CJ Chen
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Student Director
Aiden Gold
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Student Director
Cristina Machado
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Student Director
Wyatt Staley-Bischoff
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Assistant to the Director
Madison Benzing, Leah Gonzalez-Diaz, Ella Liberi, Catherine Whitehead
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Field Major
Head Field Major- Joseph Lynch
Assistant Head Field Major-Colin LeStourgeon
Claire Donovan, Elizabeth Mboowa, Theresa Kelly, Quinten Saylor, Katelyn Snyder, Casper Stockman, Elijah Surkis, Matteo Ventresca, Jason Zhang
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Flute
Section Leader- Cristina Si
Squad Leaders-Tianyue Wang, Anwen Liu
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Clarinet
Section Leader- Caeli Rieger
Squad Leaders- Wendy Chen, Sophie Lin
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Alto Saxophone
Section Leader- Sophie Liu
Squad Leaders- Cecily Heisey-Terrell, Josephine Wieland
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Tenor Saxophone
Section Leaders- Aiden Gold, Oyindamola
Songonuga, Wyatt Staley-Bischoff
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Trumpet
Section Leader- Arnold Berger
Squad Leader- Carolyn Eskenazi, Ainsley Sullivan
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Mellophone
Section Leader- Gianna Bergin
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Trombone
Section Leader- Louis Parker
Squad Leaders- Olivia Gianopulos, Zachary Simon
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Baritone
Section Leader- Maxwell Kikkawa
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Bells
Section Leader- Aditi Halpe
Squad Leaders- Lucy Hewitt
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Drumline
Zunairah Ali, CJ Chen, Evangeline Gove, Logan Haggerty, Joe Hsu, Lucy Karn, Griffin Moyer, Samuel Sentivan, Katherine Stack
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Dance Team
Captains- Brianne Caldwell, Paige Trout
Co-Captains- Francesca Clark, Lila Hill, Julia McLean, Lindsay Spinosa
Student Leaders- Marilyn Ashley, Julia Borriello, Alena Clark, Evelynn Lin, Allyson Strack, Alexandra Tirpak, Emma Wicentowski
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Silks
Captains- Rosalie Midgette, Jillian Thomas
Co-Captains- Maryella Gill, Lilia Kochanowicz, Cristina Machado,
Student Leader- Sonya Blum, Olivia Heisey-Terrell, Monica Levis, Martha Mboowa, Elizabeth Melly
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Danceline
Captains- Jaina Livingstone, Claire Ross
Co-Captains- Anyae Poindexter, Addison Sullivan
Student Leaders- Julia Gaudet, Abigail Grunseich, Grace McAdoo, Riley McLaughlin, Sydney Williams
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Honor Guard
Captain- Julia Feldman
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