Thursday Night Football (Last Game)

Our last official football game was tonight, and it was by far the most memorable game! The Kamiak football team beat Snohomish 35-21 in a well-played game.

Because the game was on a Thursday night, the student section was a lot smaller than usual, but the Pep Band had no problem stepping it up. Despite the smaller crowd, this game was particularly rowdy and was the highlight of four years of football games for most seniors. We were on our feet the enitre time, and joined the cheerleaders in cheering our team to victory.

Our halftime run-through was one of our best football performances, and we are getting excited for the Everett show this weekend! After a well-deserved third quarter break the pep band returned to the stands and Mr. Bathurst graciously allowed the seniors to pick their favorite songs for their final quarter. Two of the tunes chosen were "Louie, Louie" and "You Can Call Me Al."

After the game while students were packing up, a few Snohomish football players spoke with two band members. They said that our band was very good, that we were better than many of the other pep bands, and that they enjoyed our playing. The seniors were the last to leave the stadium. Several stayed behind in the stands to reflect on their experiences over the last four years at Frank Goddard Memorial Stadium. Another group of band kids were having a dance party in the parking lot to celebrate. Overall it was a great night for everyone who attended and is something we will all remember for years to come.

For more photos from tonight's game click here.

Football Game

Yesterday was our fourth fooball game. The band arrived at around 6:15 to change into uniform and warm-up. We then marched into the stands to take our usual place next to the student section. Since it was Senior Night, we waited while they recognized all of the senior football players and cheerleaders. We then played The Star Spangled Banner followed by the Kamiak Fight Song to kick off the game.


It wasn't raining very hard, so we left the stands with about five minutes left in the second quarter to warm-up for our halftime performance. As we marched onto the field they announced the names of the Show Band seniors. For the past three games we have performed the Intro and the Ravel since the entire show is too long. This time we peformed the Ravel, the Tango, and the Closer. It was very exciting to show the school a different portion of our show. As soon as we had finished the show the dance team joined us on the field and we played "Runaway Baby" by Bruno Mars for their routine.

We took third quarter off to get dinner from the weenie wagon (thanks parent volunteers!) and to take a break from pep music. We finished off fourth quarter by playing some of our favorite pep tunes such as "Land of 1000 Dances" and "You Can Cal Me Al."

Kamiak ended up winning the game against Cascade. The student body stormed the field and then the football team came and joined us for the fight song.

Only one more football game left this season!

For more photos see the Show Band Gallery

Today's The Day!

Today is the day! We finally have our entire show on the field! After a busy week for the show band and excellent rehearsals these past two days we are very excited to have this finished.

Today's rehearsal was from 9-1. It went very well despite the fact that we were missing quite a few staff members. We started in basics lead by our head drum major. We then transitioned into music rehearsal and then finally worked to put the closer music onto the field. We ended with a full run of our show, music and marching. The end of the run felt like such an accomplishment. So excited for our first show a week from tomorrow!

The football game was a lot of fun. The pep band choreography was awesome. We performed well and it was a very exciting game. Although we ended up losing, our team played very well and came back to almost win it. The final score was 20-21.

This week in review:
-Music testing
-Tuesday Practice
-Homecoming Parade
-Pep Assembly
-Thursday Practice
-Friday Practice
-Football Game
-Spiro's Homecoming Party

At the annual post-homecoming game Spiro's night.

 

A Successful Night!

What a great night for Kamiak High School! The football team won 35-14 against the Lynnwood Royals AND the show band had a great run-through at half time!

Time in class today was spent reviewing our pep music and working through more closer music...it's really starting to come together!

Then, this evening at the football game the band played in the stands and took the field at halftime. I heard from a lot of students that it was their best run-through so far, and that they can't wait to see the video on Monday and observe how the band did as a whole! We are fulfilling our goal of constant improvement. Whew!

We had the student section on their feet and cheering for us. What an accomplishment that is!

The woodwinds were told tonight during warm-ups that some of the sounds we produced were the best that our staff had heard all season. And, the brass was sounding particularly good, both in warm-up arcs and on the field!

Hope everyone is excited about the show reveal tomorrow! 5 pm at Goddard Stadium.

Hope to see you there!
Emma

Thanks to Stuart Pitts for providing great pictures of the Kamiak Brass Line

First Full Fall Week Wrap-Up

This past week has been an incredible journey for the band. With a parade last Saturday followed by our Battle of the Bands fundraiser we had to jump right into this week. Here's an overview:

Monday: Practiced our show music at school.

Tuesday: Practiced the new music at rehearsal. We started to put the drill from the Tango onto the field.

Wednesday: At school we practiced our show music. We focused mainly on the first half of our music.

Thursday: We learned pep band choreography in class and worked on pep band music. We also reviewed football game etiquette and prepared for the first game. At rehearsal we learned more Tango drill and practiced our football game performance.

Friday: At the pep assembly we performed a portion of our show for the student body at a standstill. That night we performed at our first football game! It was definitely a different experience performing for an audience of that size, but it was a lot if fun!

Saturday: We had a successful rehearsal today. We now have 2/3 of our show on the field!

The entire band warms up before our entrance to the stadium.

The colorguard (in their new uniforms) awaiting our first public performance!

First football game

 

Drill Day

Most of today was spent learning and reviewing drill for the Tango. The drill is challenging at times, but every rep looks better. After all of our hard work has gone into the drill it will be incredibly rewarding to perform. We have not yet put music to this drill, however it is coming along nicely and we are extremely excited to see this drill progress over the next week.

The last fifteen minutes of this evening's rehearsal was spent in preparation for tomorrow's football game. We learned how to walk onto the football field for our halftime performance and we are very excited to perform publicly for the first time. In addition to our halftime show, we will be playing pep music throughout the first, second, and fourth quarters. The night ended with a partial run of our show and speeches from our staff members and drum majors.