The 2025 Marching Band Season Comes to An End By: Audrey Rubach

As fall comes to a close, another marching band season concludes. The Hillgrove High School marching band had a successful and impressive 2025 season with their captivating show titled “The Shape of Infinity”. The show was an abstract show, meaning it did not have a specific storyline. With the concept of the show being infinity, the band portrayed this through props, costumes, and flags, with everything being a representation of a limitless world. The band had a successful season with the best result of fourth place out of twelve bands in the finals at Buford.

Throughout the season Hillgrove marching band continued to improve, demonstrating their hard work and dedication. Celena Ramahi a member of the Hillgrove Color guard, shared how she personally improved this season, “I feel like my work ethic has gotten a lot better and my skills.” Also, marching band student Quinn Reames shared how she also improved, "I got better on my instrument, but I also got better at teaching the future classes.”

In order to achieve these accomplishments, the life of a student in a marching band can be complicated. A member of the marching band Adiya Patel, explained what the most complicated part of the season was for her, “Probably commitment. I was struggling a lot in the beginning to get all my homework done, study for tests, and manage rehearsals all at once because I wasn’t really used to doing it, but once I got the hang of it and what I needed to do it got a lot easier." Marching band has complicated demands physically and musically and requires the skill of time management, making it a unique activity that requires commitment from all.

The Hillgrove marching band has left a legacy from a sensational season. The hard work and devotion of all members created a successful season.