Stone Memorial High School, located in Crossville, Tenn., touts an award-winning marching band made up of 36 musicians and 14 color guard members. Members performed at all home and away football games and two competitions during the 2014 season.
Sophomore Holli Wetzlich said, “I view the band as a family because we’ve been together for so long. We practice almost every day for two hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays. Then we have football games on Fridays and competitions on Saturdays. Blending and cooperating brings us closer together.”
Under the direction of Josh Squire, Stone Memorial High School band started practicing its show at band camp during the last two weeks of July and finished its season at the football game at Rhea County High School near Dayton, Tenn., on Oct. 31. The band performed “Thnks fr th Mmrs” by Fall Out Boy, “Creep” by Radiohead and “Wake Me Up” by Avicci.
The band also hosted its fifth annual Stone Memorial Invitational marching band competition on Oct. 11.
With nine years of experience as a band director, Squire is in his first year at Stone Memorial High School. Wetzlich said, “He definitely pushes us. He has an equal balance between praise and correction. He’s hard enough where he gets the job done but in a positive fashion.
“His way got us first place in every category [of competition],” said Wetzlich.
