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a "Thriller" show by the RHS marching band by Alexis McConkey and David Lentsch

It’s one of the several forms of entertainment ^ the marching band’s show was titled "Tribute to
show during football games. It looks and sounds the same, Michael Jackson" featuring the songs "Beat It," "Thriller," and
however, this year Ralston High School Marching Band "I’ll Be There." They played at home football games and
underwent major change. This year, Mr. Capron took the helm participated in three competitions and received amazing scores.
as the new director for the band program and moved from the On a scale from one to four with one being the best, the band
middle school to the high school. ended up getting twos at the Omaha Marching Invitational and the
It took a little bit of getting use to having a new director but LINKS Marching Contest.
they all felt that he was great. Nevaeh Hall gave her opinion on how the band performed at
“I feel like having a new band director gives us a fresh start,” competitions and just how the season went overall. “I felt like our
Shekinah Kiagiri stated. “It’s extremely different but also we sound was amazing and our marching was good too. It did take
all feel like the change is a good thing. Being a drum major this awhile to learn the new songs and to leam the drills,” Hall stated.
year was rough because it was quite stressful and I didn't want “We had many practices after school where we would practice
to mess things up.” Kiagiri added, “Abby Carter and I had to marching and learning where we needed to go.”
make sure that every detail was perfect and that we stayed Throughout the season, the marching band experienced its
together when we were conducting.” share of rough moments with the changes made this year,
Mr. Capron said about his experiences as band director for however, in the end, they were very pleased with their results.
the high school: “I feel like there are many differences moving Moving in this new direction, the band is striving to score ones in
to a high school band. There are many more students so it their competitions next year.
makes a bigger sound. Also we get a lot more done because
class periods are longer and the kids are more sophisticated and
want to get better.”