Marching Band Debuts New Uniforms

MOUNTAIN HOUSE -- Despite harsh weather and a lackluster home game, Mountain House High School’s award-winning Marching Band, debuting new uniforms, and Color Guard still endured and delivered at their first ever varsity football game performance last Friday.

The Marching Band performed during the halftime show and throughout the game, performing an arrangement of The Viking March by Karl King and parts of their field show, which they plan to perform unabridged for competitions. This year’s drum major, Preeti Juturu, remarked on the performance, “We could have done better. There’s room for improvement, though we did pretty well, but there’s more to improve [on].”

The band uniform is nothing short of dapper: a black shako adorned with a silver-speckled blue plume, along with a blue military buttondown striped with white and black. While Preeti did say that band preparations certainly did take longer with the new outfits, she also said that they kept the band “warm” through the frigid conditions.

The Color Guard also performed during the halftime show. Color Guard Captain Patricia Magpoc said, being that it was the Color Guard’s first performance this year, “There was lots of anxiety [..] We had very little work done and had only practiced a little bit recently. We’ll have more in store for the rest of the year though!” Patricia also noted that the Color Guard will improve as the year progresses and that their performances will become more complex and articulate. The difficult weather conditions, according to Magpoc, also served as a good “bonding experience” for the Color Guard members, especially during their first of many performances to come.