PRESS BRIEFS
2007-2008 Season

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Events:

Sept. 15, 2007 
Fall Festival 11am - 3pm
Community Thank You 4pm
Mountain View High School

Oct. 13, 2007
Cupertino Tournament of Bands
Cupertino, CA

Oct. 27, 2007
Foothill Band Review
Pleasanton, CA

Nov. 3, 2007
Lodi Grape Bowl Classic
Lodi, CA

Spartan Marching Band Wins Top Awards in Competition

October, 2007

The Mountain View Spartan Marching Band took home ten awards at the Foothill Band Review in Pleasanton on October 27, including two top sweepstakes awards for colorguard and drum major for their field show, "Serengeti."

59 bands from Northern California and Reno, Nevada, competed in the event, which included both parade and field show competitions. Mountain View's field show received six awards, including the top Field Show Colorguard Sweepstakes award and Parade and Field Show Drum Major Sweepstakes award for drum major Jeff Chiang, as well as first place for field show drum major, third place for Field Show Class 1 and for woodwinds, and fourth place for percussion and brass. The group garnered three awards in the parade competition: second place for parade drum major (open class), third place for parade colorguard class AA, and fifth place for parade class AA.

All awards were met by the 200-plus band members with equal glee. "I think we're the only band that screams for all prizes, no matter what we get," said Delphine Wartell, a sophomore and trombone player, commenting on the enthusiastic cheers as each award was announced.

On October 13, the band also took home six awards from the Cupertino Tournament of Bands competition, including first place for parade drum major (open class) and for field show drum major, first place for field show brass, and second place awards for field show class 1, field show auxiliary, and parade class D.

The band's next competition is November 3 at the Grape Bowl Festival in Lodi, California.

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Drum Major Jeff Chiang salutes the crowd during the Mountain View Spartan Marching Band's performance of "Serengeti" at the Foothill Band Review in Pleasanton, October 27. Chiang, a senior, won the Parade and Field Show Drum Major Sweepstakes award, while the band and colorguard earned 9 other awards at the event, including Field Show Colorguard Sweepstakes.  Photo by Eric Arakaki. Click right to download the full-sized version.
The Mountain View Spartan Marching Band, led by drum major Jeff Chiang, parades in Pleasanton at the Foothill Band Review October 27. The band took home 10 awards at the event, including Parade and Field Show Drum Major Sweepstakes for Chiang and the Field Show Colorguard Sweepstakes. Photo by Barbara Heninger. Click right to download full-sized version.

PRESS BRIEFS ARCHIVE, 2006-2007

• News article about the band's 2006 marching season wins in the Los Altos Town Crier on November 15.
• News article about the band's 2006 marching season wins in the Mountain View Voice (scroll to page 5) on November 10.
• Press brief about the band's visit to local schools on October 17.
• Press brief about the band's wins at the recent Cupertino Tournament of Bands Competition on October 14.

The complete list of wins for the 2006 season:

Lodi Grape Bowl Classic

• Perpetual Grand Sweepstakes ("The Lady of Lodi") trophy and plaque
• General Effects Sweepstakes
• Music Sweepstakes
• Visual Performance Sweepstakes
• Field Show Sweepstakes
• Parade Showmanship Sweepstakes
• Parade Auxiliary Sweepstakes
• First Place, Field Show Drum Major, for Isaac Giron
• First Place, Field Show, Class AA
• First Place, Percussion, Class AA
• First Place, Auxiliary, Class AA
• First Place, Parade, Class AA

Foothill Band Review (Pleasanton), October 28

• First Place, Field Show Auxiliary, Class AA
• First Place, Parade Drum Major, Open, for Jeff Chiang
• Second Place, Parade, Class C
• Second Place, Parade Auxiliary, Class C
• Third Place, Field Show, Class AA
• Third Place, Field Show Woodwinds, Class AA
• Third Place, Field Show Brass, Class AA

Cupertino Tournament of Bands, October 14 

• First Place, Parade Drum Major, Open, for Jeff Chiang
• Second Place, Parade Auxiliary, Class A & B
• Second Place, Field Show, Class 1
• Third Place, Parade, Class A
• Third Place, Field Show Woodwinds, Class 1
• Third Place, Field Show Drum Major, for Isaac Giron

PRESS BRIEFS ARCHIVE, 2005-2006