Trumbull High School will host its annual Golden Eagle Marching Band “Fall Classic” on Saturday, October 2nd. This year, 14 bands from the tri-state area will compete for top-honors in this Musical Arts Conference (MAC) event. The 135-member strong Golden Eagle Marching Band has already garnered top honors at early competitions this season and looks forward to performing in exhibition at the end of the day. Their program this year is entitled “Concerto”, featuring Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s ‘Piano Concerto no. 1′and The Prayer Cycle Movement III Hope. The band’s rendition of the music makes this a bold and captivating show.
The gates to the Fall Classic open at 4:30pm with the National Anthem played by the Hillcrest and Madison middle school 8th grade band students. Admission is $5 for children, seniors and students k to 12 and $10 for adults. High school band’s ranging in size from 35 to 150 members (including band and color guard) and will then compete in four different MAC classifications. Trumbull is in the largest class, Class V when competing. THSGEMB is set to perform in exhibition at approximately 9pm and is led by band director Peter Horton and assistant directors Thomas Whitmoyer and Carman T. Dragone.
For more than 25 years, the Trumbull High School Golden Eagle Marching Band has been known throughout the United States as one of the nation’s finest marching bands. They have had the privilege of performing for three of the last four United States’ Presidents, most recently at the 56th Inaugural Presidential Parade, in Washington, DC. In addition, the band performed at the Hollywood Christmas Parade in Hollywood, California, Disneyland Main Street Parade in Anaheim, California and was featured with a live remote on ABC’s Good Morning America Warm Coats &Warm Hearts Coat Collection Drive where the band had collected thousands of coats for the needy.
