Marching Band

The Kailua High School Marching Band has recently received Excellent and Superior ratings this past few years in the competitions and exhibitions we have participated in. We are comprised of 31 students in grades 9-12. Marching Band members MUST be enrolled in the Symphonic Band.

Our marching band is considered to have the most hard-working students in the band. During the summer, they meet for several weeks Monday through Friday in order to condition, learn how to march and learn their music. When school starts, practice is 2:30-6PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10-3 on Saturdays.

We perform annually at our Homecoming game (This year, it was on September 28th against Kalaheo), the Moanalua Menehune Marching Festival, the Kamehameha Tournament of Bands Competition, the Rainbow Marching Band Invitational and the Mililani Bandfest Marching Tournament.

Kelli Urabe, Drum Major

2007 Theme: "Ska, Sing, Swing"

Ska Father

Liane Harada, Trumpet solo

Maria

Cheyne Tribbey, Trombone Solo

Liane Harada, Trumpet solos

Big Noise From Winnetka

Justin Nishida, Trumpet Solo

Percussion section feature.

2007 Results

Moanalua Menehune Classic

Drum Major-Excellent

Percussion-Excellent

Music-Superior

Marching-Excellent

Kamehameha Tournament of Bands

Percussion-3rd Place

Drum Major-3rd Place

Music-3rd Place

M&M-3rd Place

General Effect-2nd Place

Soloist-1st Place

Division Rating-Good

Mililani Bandfest

Percussion-2nd Place

Drum Major-1st Place

Music-2nd Place

M&M-1st Place

General Effect-1st Place

Soloist-2nd Place

Division Rating-Excellent

Class A Sweepstakes award

Rainbow Invitational

GE #1-Division I

GE #2-Division I

Drum Major-Division I-

Percussion-Division II

Boy, we came a long way, didn't we? I'm so proud of you all!

2006 Marching Band

*2006 Marching Band

Drum Major Jennifer Hayashi.

The 2006 show theme: "Director's Cut" (A Movie Theme)

Pirates of the Caribbean medley

Justin Nishida, Trumpet solo

Spirited Away-The Name of Life

Dan Fong, Trombone solo

Mambo from West Side Story

Percussion feature

Somewhere from West Side Story

Liane Harada, Trumpet solo

2006 Results

Moanalua Menehune Classic

Percussion-Superior

Marching/Music-Excellent

Drum Major-Excellent

Kamehameha Tournament

Soloist-2nd Place

Drum Major-3rd Place

Percussion-1st Place

Music-1st Place

Marching-1st Place

General Effect-3rd Place

Festival Rating-Excellent

Class A Sweepstakes Award

Rainbow Invitational

GE-II

Perc-II

Drum Major-II+

Mililani Tournament

Soloist-1st Place

Drum Major-2nd Place

Percussion -1st Place

Music-2nd Place

Marching-1st Place

General Effect-2nd Place

Festival Rating-Excellent

The most successful season, yet! Now we need a flag corps, again ;)

A heartfelt thanks to all of the people that made our season so successful! This group includes parents, administrators and staff, friends and community members. I would personally like to thank my staff members who helped throughout the season. I really appreciate your dedication, and our success would not be without out combined efforts. Way to go!

2005 show

We have a "Japanese" theme this year. Our Marching Band, led by Drum Major Christine Nishida, is going to perform:

Theme from Abarenbo Shogun

Theme from Spirited Away

Percussion Feature-Tank, from Anime Cowboy Bebop

Sadame/Methuselah

Special thanks to Mr. Gavin Min for arranging our opener, and to the alumni and boosters who are supporting our endeavors.

Thank you to Assistant Marching Director Chris Ching and Field Staff Coordinator Jason Morisato for their continued excellence with the marching band. We couldn't do it without you guys!

Thank you to Gail Oyama, Cheryl Ernst and Andy Yamaguchi for volunteering to help organize, label, maintain and distribute our new uniforms!

Our first 2 year Drum Major Christine Nishida

2005 Results

Moanalua Menehune Classic Exhibition

Percussion-Superior

Music-Excellent

M&M-Excellent

Color Guard-Excellent

Drum Major-Excellent

Kamehameha Tournament of Bands

Music-2nd

M&M-2nd

GE-2nd

Color Guard-2nd

Percussion-3rd

Drum Major-3rd

Soloist-2nd

Division Rating-Excellent

Rainbow Invitiational

GE #1-II

GE #2-I

Color Guard-II

Drum Major-II

Percussion-II

Mililani Tournament

Music-2nd

M&M-2nd

Color Guard-2nd

Percussion-1st

Drum Major-2nd

Soloist-1st

Division Rating-Excellent

Excellent job, everyone! I am always so amazed at how well we can do with 19 winds, 6 battery (no pit), 5 self-taught flags and a drum major with complete artistic freedom. I am so proud of all of you. I hope we can continue to improve, and strive for even more success in the future. Congratulations, again!

2004 season pics and info

*Photo by Rebecca Breyer

^^This was the picture used in the Honolulu Advertiser to advertise the Rainbow Invitational! This was the second year in a row we were featured in a newspaper (We were always the first band to go on). Here is the link to the 2003 picture from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

*Drum Major Christine Nishida, Band Director Henry Fu and 2004 Flag Captain Alyse Hashi.

*2004 Flag Corps

2004 Results

Moanalua Menehune Classic Exhibition

Music-Excellent

M&M-Excellent

Color Guard-Excellent

Percussion-Excellent

Drum Major-Superior

Kamehameha Marching Tournament

Music-2nd Place

M&M-2nd Place

Drum Major-3rd Place (Though, Christine scored a 29/30. Unbelievable!)

Overall Rating: Excellent

Percussion-1st Place

General Effect-1st Place

Color Guard-1st Place

Soloist-1st Place

Mililani Bandfest

Percussion-2nd Place

M&M-2nd Place

Rating: Excellent

Way to go, band!