Marching band

Our Award Winning Marching Spartans!

The Marching Spartans is open to all band students at West Springfield High School. The Marching Band includes approximately 120+ performing members in brass, woodwind, percussion, and visual ensemble. The Marching Spartans are associated with the U.S. Scholastic Band Association and the Virginia Band and Orchestra Band Director's Association.
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Marching band uniforms

The marching band uniform consists of a jacket, a pair of bib pants, a shako (hat), white gloves, a marching band t-shirt, black shoes, athletic shorts worn under bib pants, black calf-length socks, and band student sweatshirt. The marching band uniform is issued prior to each game and competition. Band students will be fitted to a uniform during the first week of pre-season band rehearsals.
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student leadership
Get involved in marching band student leadership and band crews. They help with the logistical and administrative tasks necessary to run the marching band program.
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rookie gUIDe
Everything you need to know about joining the WSHS Marching Spartans! Get all your questions answered here! And, here's a list of everything you need to bring to a game or competition (PDF).
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MArching spartans shows

2022
"Nature's Wrath"
2021
"Rhapsody Revisited"
2020
"Rhapsody in Blue"
2019
"Masterpiece"
2018
"2+2=5"
2017
"Through the Deep Blue" Featuring: The Theme from the Abyss, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, The Moldau, Beethoven's Symphony #6, La Mer.
2016
"Echoes of a Cathedral" Featuring: Mahler 2, Verdi Requiem, Dies Irae, Engulfed Cathedral, Toccata and Fugue in D, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
2015
"All in a Day's Work"
2014
"In Time"
2013
"Promise"
2012
"Masterworks" Featuring: The music of Ludwig Von Beethoven
2011
"One Small Step..." Featuring: Twelve Seconds to the Moon, Robert W. Smith; To Tame the Perilous Skies, David Holsinger; “Apollo 13”, James Horner
2010
"Rhapsody and Blue" Featuring: Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin; Blue Shades, Frank Ticheli; Bohemian Rhapsody, Frederick Mercury
2009
"Fusion" Featuring: Fusion, Brian Balmages; Concerto for Bass Trombone, Chris Brubeck
2008
"Inside, Outside, Upside Down" Featuring: Inside, Daniel Valadie; Exit Music for a Film, Radiohead; Two Romanian Dances, Bartok
2007
"Plan B" Featuring: Symphony No. 7, mvt. 2, Beethoven; Symphony No. 9, Finale, Beethoven; Lute Suite, Bach; Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Bach; Adagio for Strings, Barber; Symphony No. 1, Brahms; Profanation (Jeremiah Symphony), Bernstein; Blue Rondo a la Turk, Brubeck; Long & Winding Road, The Beatles; Because, The Beatles; Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles; Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
2006
"Industrial Strength" Featuring:Symphony in Bb for Band & Symphonic Metamorphosis, Paul Hindemith
2004
"West Side Story" Featuring: Tonight, Maria, I Have a Love, Cool
2005
"Pieces of a Dream" Featuring: Nights in White Satin, Roundabout, Dust in the Wind, Living in the Past
2003
"Carmen!"