Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle
The GRC Marching Band has a proud tradition as one of the most outstanding marching units in the country. Membership is open to any student enrolled in a GRC/RDC band class. Recently, The GRC Marching Band has performed in KMEA Class 5A, Bands of America Regional Championships, Midstates Band Association Contests, and local parades. In 2019, the GRC Marching Band placed 7th in the KMEA State Semifinals and was the Class A Champion at the MTSU Contest of Champions. In 2020 the GRC Marching Band won Grand Champion at the Commonwealth Pageantry Circuit Championships via virtual submission.
Note: All marching band members, receive a .5 Arts and Humanities Credit for each fall competition season, in addition to credits earned as a member of the concert bands.
Year | Show | Director |
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2020 | Let There Be… | A.J. Cook |
2019 | Edge | Michael Payne |
2018 | From Now On | Michael Payne |
2017 | Connections | Michael Payne |
2016 | Checkmate | Michael Payne |
2015 | The Beautiful Mind | Michael Payne |
2014 | Rising Up | Michael Payne |
2013 | The Factory | Michael Payne |
2012 | In Pursuit | Chris Yoo |
2011 | Trilogy | Chris Yoo |
2010 | Thunderstruck | Chris Yoo |
2009 | O | Steve Crosby |
2008 | In Search Of | Randy Webb |
2007 | Spartacus | Randy Webb |
2006 | Empire | Todd Moody |
2005 | Celebration | Todd Moody |
2004 | Out of the Blue | Todd Moody |
2003 | Rhytual | Todd Moody |
2002 | Dusk to Dawn | Todd Moody |
2001 | Grand Central Station | Eddie Prichard |
2000 | A Classical Fantasia | Eddie Prichard |
1999 | Liturgical Reflections | Eddie Prichard |
1998 | Star Trek | Eddie Prichard |
1997 | Music of French Composers | Eddie Prichard |
1996 | Dance of the Tumblers | Eddie Prichard |
1995 | The Beatles | Joel Vincent |
1994 | West Side Story | Jeff Hood |
1993 | Pat Metheny: Still Life Talking | Jeff Hood |
1992 | Blood Sweat and Tears | Jeff Hood |
1991 | Concerto for Guitar | Jeff Hood |
1990 | The Beatles | Jeff Hood |
1989 | Gloria | Jeff Hood |
1988 | The Music of Broadway | Jeff Hood |
1987 | The Nutcracker | Jeff Hood |
1986 | A Dance on the Lawn | Jeff Hood |
1985 | Shostakovich/Candide | Jeff Hood |
1984 | Giannini/Niner Two | Jeff Hood |
1983 | Tom Chaffin | |
1982 | Tom Chaffin | |
1981 | Tom Chaffin | |
1980 | Lou Graham | |
1979 | Lou Graham | |
1978 | Lou Graham | |
1977 | Chuck Campbell | |
1976 | Chuck Campbell | |
1975 | Chuck Campbell | |
1974 | Chuck Campbell | |
1973 | Chuck Campbell | |
1972 | Chuck Campbell | |
1971 | Chuck Campbell | |
1970 | Chuck Campbell | |
1969 | Chuck Campbell | |
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