by Laura Navarro | Staff Writer Jarrett Lipman, Johnson’s band director, is excited to be traveling to Grand Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana once again after five years. The band has been rehearsing the show since Aug. 1 in order to...
Senior Sarah Rodriguez stands anxiously in the middle of the field, alongside her fellow band members, at her very last BOA competition. The announcer calls out the finals placements one by one. As the first place band is called, the Alamodome erupts into the sound of cheers from band parents and friends.
After six years of taking the field in uniforms of Columbia blue, the marching band is showing off a new style. And, the new look has a few surprises in store.
13 hours a day, everyday, dedicated musicians exchanged flip-flops for fanny packs and freedom to a relentless blacktop. The Johnson band enters its 6th year of excellence and fierce performance.