In recent seasons, the activity has begun to lean towards adding choreography throughout much of the shows, and the Clements Band is quick to jump aboard this trend. “We started off with marching fundamentals in May and the end of summer, then we got the music, then we started learning sets,” Soloist Dewey Palmer said, “After school, we’ve been practicing marching outside and learning the dots so we can get the first part of the show on the field.” But a marching show is not just the music, the visual portion, both the pictures, or dots or sets, that come together throughout the performance, and the choreography, play a huge part in each show.ĬOVID has taken a hit on even marching band though, as there is a new grade of marchers who must be taught everything from the very basics every year, but this season introduced two classes of freshmen in a way, as neither the class of 2024 or 2025 have ever completed a marching show.

There are multiple soloists this year that feature the main pieces, but the themes also flow between different sections of instruments until the band plays the same themes at the same time at each of the hits. “We introduce the main piece of music, the Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis, and we hide themes from that in other pieces later in our show,” Head Band Director Jeff Johnson said, “and then at the end of the show, the Symphonic Metamorphosis comes back in full.” From Noisy Wheels of Joy to Billie Eilish’s “when the party’s over,” this year’s performance is a divergence from years past. The 2021 Clements Marching Band show is a combination of well-known pieces woven together.

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