It’s Marching Band Season! The Chesterton High School Trojan Guard Marching Band participated in the Goshen High School Invitational this past Saturday to compete alongside 22 other Northern Indiana bands in Goshen, Indiana. The 92-member Trojan Guard won the Music Ensemble caption, outscoring two perennial state finalists, Penn and Carroll High School. Overall, the Trojan Guard captured third place in their class, while posting a Trojan Guard Record High Score for week one of competition!.
The Trojan Guard’s 2024 field show entitled, “¡VIVA!”, incorporates music and design representing a wide variety of Latin American and Spanish culture and heritage. The pieces include: “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel, “Malagueña” by Ernesto Lecuona, and “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Joaquín Rodrigo.
The 92 students in the Trojan Guard include 56 woodwinds and brass players, 20 percussionists, 14 color guard members, and two drum majors. Members of the 2024 Trojan Guard include: Samantha Ames, JJ Ames, Jacob Anderson, Cody Brewer, Jasper Britzke, William Brizendine, Alex Brown, Lyric Brown, Chase Brum, Madison Buckley, Logan Bullard, Tyler Cichocki, Saul Coronado, Holly Decker, Abigail Demsich, Giacomo DePasquale, James Drury, Samantha Duncan, Uriah Elliott-Halinski, Peytin Ellis, Makayla Erickson, Elsa Estridge, Rylan Fields, Ava Garland, Miles Gast, Vanessa Godinez, Oliver Good, Sierra Grant, Liam Gray, Chloe Hall, Lilly Hardwick, Hershel Hardwick, Addison Huffmaster, Jayden Hughes, Logan Hutchinson, Madison Jackson, Aleks Kantowski, Andrew Kazmierczak, Jasper Kniola, Abigail Krueger, Leah Krzan, Lacei Kuckuck, Kevin Landers, Natalie Leensvaart, William Liles, Archer Lohman, Allison Lopez, Kira Lopez, Rowen Love, Brianna Manning, Addison Mason, Addison Matthews, Logan McVicker, Morgan Millis, Vincent Mueller, Elizabeth Navarro, Katherine Newbanks, Natalie Newman, William Newman, Kenzie O'Daniel, Lauren Orsburn, Nate Pace, Cameron Pyace, Nathanael Palmer, Baylee Parrott, Lilyanne Peschke, CeCe Post, Noah Roberts, Amiya Roedel, Ashton Rospierski, Lucy Rutkowski, Zavier Santiago, Hazel Ann Santos, Alice Scharp, Soren Schott, Maverik Simmons, Mady Street, Alina Summer, Olivia Sundquist, Adam Tenbarge, Gage Teso, Claire Thomas, Noah Torres, Lucas Torres, Caryss Vandiver, Abby Vidt, Andria White, Natalie Williams, Aubree Williams, Destiny Williams-Najzer, Caprie Wilson, and Lauren Yarosz. The Drum Majors for the Trojan Guard are Makayla Erickson and Mady Street.
The Trojan Guard is under the direction of Jon Flodder, Matt Christensen, and Vince Arizzi. Additional staff includes Jeff DeHenes, Color Guard director; Colin Campbell and Lana Wordel, Percussion directors; Michael DePasquale and Robert Mueller, Audio technicians; and Eric Berger, Drill Design. For additional information regarding the Trojan Guard or any band activity, please contact the CHS Music Department at (219) 983-3758.The next competition for the Trojan Guard will be Saturday, September 14 at the Concord Invitational, in Elkhart, IN. The next local performance by the band will be at the CHS Homecoming football game on Friday, September 27, when the Trojans take on Portage High School.