The 2017 Westfield High School Marching Blue Devils kicked off their 2017 competitive season with a performance at the Annual Scotch Plains-Fanwood Marching Band Competition. The band placed 2nd in Group 6 Open behind John P. Stevens High School, from Edison, with a score of 75.95. The 134-member Marching Blue Devils 2017 production is entitled “Simply Distorted.” This year’s show will challenge audiences by distorting their perception of sound and sight. Musical selections include Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof by Philip Glass, Creep by Radiohead, and Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre. This year the band will travel to the Bands of America Newark Regional at the University of Delaware for the second time ever as well as appearances at USBands competitions at Hillsborough High School and East Brunswick High School, and the New Jersey State Championships at Rutgers University. The band is led this year by Drum Majors Nadia Matin, Benjamin Kevelson and Mary Joy Sidhom. Find out more about the Westfield High School Bands by visiting their website at http://www.westfieldhsbands.org.
(above l-r) Westfield High School Marching Band members Fiona Rodger, Ethan Useloff, Ben Kevelson, Lucy Ritter, Nadia Matin, Jack Garceau, Mary Joy Sidhom, Chloe Brown.
