Big Fresno Fair Band Review and Washington Union Field Competition

It’s official marching band season is here! Marching band season is typically between the first week of October and the first week of November with a showcase at Sunnyside on November 9.  The band is a huge part of the school spirit at Fresno High. The Warrior Marching Band and Color Guard is the only school in Fresno Unified to participate in both parade and field competitions. Also, the Warrior Band participates in the Veterans Day parade on November 11 every year. The band is under the instruction of Mr. Corey Reynolds, the band director, and Erik Nickols, the brass technician. The color guard is under the instruction of Noah Ramos. The Drum Major is Navea Piz and assistant Drum Major is Alyssa Reyes. The color guard captain is Mariah Andersen-Price and co-captain is Luna Dias. Each section within the band has a different section leader that varies depending on the instrument or instrument type. 

The band recently placed 7th at the Big Fresno Fair Big Band Review where they marched on the horse track, which was a parade competition on October 6. Later that week the band placed 2nd at the Washington Union Field Competition at Panther Stadium on October 8. Ironically enough, Washington Union does parade, not field but they host a field competition. Recently, the band was at the Visalia Invitational Band Review at Redwood High School, both walking the streets of Visalia as well as marching on the Mineral King Bowl field. The band placed 3rd in parade and 2nd in field at Visalia Invitational.  

There are two more competitions left in the season on October 29th and November 5th.