Warrior Band

First Row, L to R: Sara Cornelius; Ciara Smith; JT Dotson; Macy Hall; Second Row: Rachel Williams; Sandy Rosales; Liliana Del Angel; Lucy Smith; Sabrina Patterson; Makenzi Johnson; Noah Jalla; Chloe McElwain; Lilah Edmonson; Emoree Skelton; Third Row: Ben Strickland; Kayleigh Smith; Caden Wright; Katelyn Mitchell; Abby Cavanaugh; Chase Mills; Emily Rios; Jack Frame; Landon Bonds; DeShawn Scales; Aden Usener; Fourth Row: Isaac Cavanaugh; Nevaeh Leanord; Francisco Del Angel; Diego Rosales; Jonathan Sorcia; Myrtralynn Shanks; Charity Gosswiller; Ayden Follin; Ethan Nelms; Andrew Ballard; Fifth Row: Kaliyah Smith; Wyatt Murphree; Donovan Harville; Sam Dilworth; Marshall Hughes; John Thomas Draper; Kade Shumpert; Carson Kiddy; Jaden Edwards; Eden Harville; Haley Roach; Sixth Row: Monae Green; Joseph Edwards; Jaydon Spence; Jerry Pham; Cannon Wilson; Maynor Solis; Ben Frazier; Rilee Vanderford; Seventh and Eighth Row (color guard only): Lizzie Carpenter; Isabella Crawford; Chloe Andrews; Not pictured: Melissa Bullock; Braxton Carnathan; Andrew Carpenter; Braxton Green; Jaya Hoey; Holden Nickels; John Parker; Will Senf; Annie Stanley; Jeremiah Vaughn; Joel Vargas

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Last year, the high school band had its most successful season in several years. The band earned superior ratings at its own Crossroads Marching Classic, the Northeast Mississippi Community College Band Contest, and the State Marching Evaluation in Tupelo. The band also earned superior ratings in concert and sight-reading at the State Concert Evaluations in Oxford, earning a superior rating in every possible category.

Including marching alternates and helpers, the band will have 70 members this year, including 10 battery percussion members, 5 front ensemble members, 11 color guard members, 42 wind members, and 2 drum majors. Our leadership this year includes Drum Majors JT Dotson and Ciara Smith, Band Captain Rachel Williams, Brass Captain Wyatt Murphree, Woodwind Captain Carson Kiddy, Drum Captain John Thomas Draper, Color Guard Captains Macy Hall and Sara Cornelius, Section Leaders Will Senf, Lucy Smith, Katelyn Mitchell, and Kayleigh Smith, and Property Lieutenant Andrew Ballard.

This year’s show is entitled “Warriors Take Flight” and includes the selections Cornfield Chase from the movie Interstellar, Becoming One With the People from the movie Avatar, Learn to Fly by the Foo Fighters, Test Drive from the movie How to Train your Dragon, and Fly to Paradise by the choral composer Eric Whitacre.

“The students have worked extremely hard this year already,” said Band Director Ben Ratliff. “We had an extremely successful band camp, and I think this will be our most successful year since I have been here. Ms. Tutor is also doing an excellent job working with our color guard. I think this year’s show will be exciting for both fans and the judges.”

The band hopes to continue its success by attending state championships in Jackson for the first time. The band will be declaring for state championships and will attend if they earn a superior at State Marching Evaluation.