Category: Band

With all the talk about student sections, the attention tends to drift away from the marching bands. The bands prepare and make sure the momentum is at a positive and at a high during the game as an attentive rowdy group of fans can help a football team win. With a student section as rowdy and crazy as the El Dorado Hawks Nest of Placentia, you can possibly miss the talents in the band. You can hear them and when the student section can’t get the fans or the team spirits up, the band can and the El Dorado Golden Hawks Marching Band can do that and do it just as well as the Hawks Nest. Let’s get to know this talented marching band. Let’s meet the El Dorado Golden Hawks Marching Band.   MEET...

  From the time I began covering student sections, I was always told to take a look at the Santa Ana Marching Saints. Not a student section, but I kept being told to check them out. I finally got the chance to see them during a Santa Ana football playoff game last November and man, they did not disappoint.  This band put on a solid show and has that prestige everyone talks about.  With the game coming to an end, I left the press box and began walking down to the field. While walking onto the field, I noticed the Marching Saints playing a familiar banda song. I was floored and hoped one day we can have them on here for Q&A and perhaps on our podcast! We have them on here and we’ll have...

Photo Credits/Jon Guffin & Patrick Wong   With great student sections comes great marching bands. The Carlsbad Loud Crowd is a Dynasty of a Student Section and while you think the Carlsbad Lancer Marching Band gets overshadowed, think again! The Marching Band knows that they also have to take it up a notch when facing steamers and loud music, but they’re up to the task to provide an entertaining show in the stands while everyone sees the entertainment of one of the best teams in Southern California. Ultimately, The Loud Crowd and the Lancer Marching Band was no match for the Carlsbad football team, ranked No. 9 on SoCal and No. 2 in San Diego by SoCal Student Sections, as they were a touchdown short from taking the CIF-San Diego Open Division Title. It was...