July 2009

Date Time Event Place
1   Tiffany Jairala's Birthday
3   Nicole Lusskin's Birthday
5   Danielle Alfieri's Birthday
9   Jennifer Bator's Birthday
11 7:00 PM Cacophony Performance SHS
16 6:30 PM Band Appreciation Dinner SHS
17   Christy Soba's Birthday
24   Melissa DeFino's Birthday
25   Justin Addevensky's Birthday
25   Megan Motley's Birthday
27   Kaylee Sinisi's Birthday
29   Harry Allen's Birthday
30   Michael Jaeger's Birthday

See the Entire SHSMB Schedule

Band Staff

Director: Ed Marsh

Color Guard Instructor: Michelle Perez

Dance Team Instructor: Maleesa Phemsint

Dance Team Assistant: Sue Bartolozzi

Drill Instructor: Jerome Kimbrough

Percussion Tech: Tyler Andreula

Alumni Consultants: Joe Verducci, Jonathan Rubio

2008 Leaders

Drum Major: Ronak Dave

Assistant Drum Major: Tara Fayazi

Dance Team Captains: Aurora Lopez, Kelsey Snedeker

Dance Team Assistant Captain: Kirsten Lang

Color Guard Captains: Lauren Waiver, Becky Zulauf

2008 Band Council

President: Mario Munoz

Secretary: Howie Allen

12th Grade Rep: Becky Zulauf

11th Grade Rep: Kelliann Cirone

10th Grade Rep: Nicole Lusskin

9th Grade Rep: Kelsey Snedeker

Middle School Rep: John-Paul Foronda

The Secaucus High School Marching Band, Secaucus, NJ

Dance Team 2007

The Secaucus High School Marching Band consists of both Middle- and High School members. The band performs at all high school Varsity football games, three competitions, and two parades annually. They have also performed at Giants Stadium, the Bamboozle concert, marching with the band Say Anything, taped an Ikea commercial for YouTube, and represented the state of New Jersey in the National Independence Day Parade in Washington DC on July 4, 2008.

End of the School Year!

Cacophony, the Secaucus Percussion Ensemble, performs "The Rock Show" on Thursday, June 11, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Arthur F. Couch Performing Arts Center. Admission is $3; one dollar of each admission is donated to the American Cancer Society.

Special guests include the Clarendon School Rock Band, and Supernintendo Chalmers, The Cacophony Rock Band.

End of Year Dinner!

The annual marching band dinner is Tuesday, June 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the High School cafeteria. All band members attend free-of-charge. Please contact Ed to RSVP.

Tons of Photos are Up!

Photos from the 2008 season are now available. For full-resolution images, contact Ed.

GIANTS FREAKIN' STADIUM.

Photos are up!

A Great Band Camp!

Band camp was productive and fun. Photos from newbie camp and day 1 are up; check back often for the rest of the week and the car wash!

SHSMB Online

The band now has a group on facebook, and a blog!

Band Handbook

Please review the Band Handbook. It contains everything you need to know for the season.

2008 Field Show

The theme for the 2008 field show is "Guitar Hero". The songs for the show are taken from the popular video game series. Songs are:

Spread the word!

SHSMB takes Washington!

The Secaucus High School Marching Band travelled to Washington, DC on July 2 to perform in the National Independence Day Parade on July 4. The band spent three triumphant days visiting historical sites, marching down Constitution Ave. (link to youtube video), and becoming the Band Family, including "new members" Jane and Buddy.

Photos from the trip are up!

Cacophony!

Cacophony, the Secaucus Percussion Ensemble, performed its 11th show, Past, Present, and Future on Thursday night, June 12. Opening the show were the bands Arctaurus and As Our City Burns, and the Clarendon School Rock Band, under the direction of Sean Sonnett and Susan Redvanly. The ensemble Photos from the show are available.

Bamboozled!

Secaucus High School Marching Band marches with Say Anything at Bamboozle, opening two-day concert at Giants Stadium

The band performed Saturday morning, May 3 at the Bamboozle Pep Rally and Parade of Nothing. Members of the band Say Anything let the marching band, dance team, and color guard through the crowds waiting to enter the event. The SHSMB played before and after Say Anything's set outside Giants Stadium, and took photos with the band the performance.

All those that performed received complimentary tickets to both Saturday and Sunday's shows, as well as tickets to the Friday night Hoodwink "secret show".

Photos of the event are available.


A Great Season!

Photos from our final performances are up:

Halloween Parade Photos

Photos from the Halloween Parade at Clarendon School are available.

Giants Stadium!

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Get your own

Our biggest performance of the year is at Giants Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1:09 p.m. Report time is 9:30 a.m. Bring formal and informal uniforms, water, and lunch.

Pompton Lakes Photos

Photos from the September 29 festival in Pompton Lakes are up.

Band Camp 2007 pix

You can find them here.