Mountain Ridge High School, The Pride of the West Marching Band, Color Guard & Percussion 2023 ABODA STATE MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIP: First Place and the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in Division 1 with a score of 89.800 and caption awards for High Music, General Effect and Visual Performance! 2023 AZMBA CHAMPIONSHIP: Class 5A Champions!! We swept all captions and received the highest score in the history of the AzMBA circuit with a 93.775! 2024 CONCERT SEASON: Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Small and Large Ensembles, Concert Bands, Jazz Band, Winter Guard & Percussion At the AZ State Concert Festival: The Orchestra received two “1’s” and two “2’s” for an “Excellent with Recognition” rating. The Symphonic Band, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble received straight “1’s” from each judge and received a Superior with Distinction rating, the highest rating. #GoRidge
These young artist continue to impress. Well done ladies and gents, your futures are so very full of wonder, promise, and endless opportunities. Shine on!
The artistry within the degree of difficulty, via prop and motion? Just brilliant! I was so honored to see you all challenge yourselves on a weekly basis, and the video above is the culmination of your dedication to the excellence on display. Well done Ridge. So very, very, well done.
Mountain Ridge did no worse than it did 2 years ago. I think you actually got even better. The game has simply been upped. The level has risen, and the differences between the top bands are razor thin. Next year will be super interesting, I think. Anytime you feel bummed in life, just come back and watch the video of this stellar performance!
Wow wow wow!!!!! I’m a former MRHS marching band alumni and graduated in 2004. This performance gave me chills and made my eyeballs hurt 😉 So grateful to see that y’all are still amazing!!! We used to play Gershwin all the time for fun. How cool that you did a show! Also… holy crap soloists! Dangggggggggg Thanks for sharing this for us old farts. So powerful to see ♥️
