The Pride of Wilmington Marching Band.
Images by Ginger Lee | Brenda Bowman
Schedule
Aug 24 Valley View football @WHS
Aug 31 Miami Trace football @WHS
Sept 7 @Vandalia Butler football
Sept 7-8 Clinton County Corn Festical
Sept 14 @Blanchester football
Sept 21 East Clinton football @WHS
Sept 28 New Richmond football @WHS
Oct 5 @Goshen football
Oct 6 OMEA Contest @Kettering Fairmont HS
Oct 12 Batavia Football @WHS
Oct 13 OMEA Contest @Dublin Jerome HS
Oct 19 @Western Brown Football
Oct 20 OMEA Contest @Anderson HS
Oct 26 @Clinton-Massie Football
Oct 27-28 OMEA State Finals
Nov 2-4 OMEA State Finals
Nov 8-9 BOA Grand Nationals @Indy
The Pride of Wilmington marching band will present its 2018 competition show “… A Thousand Words” this season.
The show title is based on the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
The show will incorporate three large picture frames where students will act out various stages of life or emotions that match the music.
The 100 member band will travel to three district competitions this season – at Kettering Fairmont High School, at Dublin Jerome High School, and at Turpin High School.
Upon receiving a superior rating at one of those shows, the band will advance to the Ohio Music Education Association State Marching Band Finals. The band will conclude its season at the Band of America Grand National Competition at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.
In addition to the competition schedule, the Pride of Wilmington will perform at varsity football games and host the 62nd Wilmington Band Chili Supper prior to the Homecoming football game Sept. 28.
The band program can be followed on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) @wilmingtonbands.
Matt Spradlin is the director of bands for Wilmington City Schools. Band staff members are Cyndi Abbott, Ryan Bouts, Hayden Floro, Jacob Lee, Meg Moore, Brendon Sapp and Robin Spradlin.
Drum majors are Kylie Bayless and Aubrey Trusty.
