SHS Marching Band Earns Gold at State Championships

The Stoughton Marching Black Knights continued their competitive season, winning a gold medal, at the 2013 Massachusetts Instrumental Choral Conductors Association Marching Band State Championships held at Cawley Stadium in Lowell, Saturday, Oct. 27.

Thirty-one bands from across the state performed for a very enthusiastic crowd. Competing in Division 4, the SHS Marching Black Knights were evaluated in five categories, Music Performance, Visual Performance, Percussion, Color Guard and Overall Effect. Bands are rated from a scale of one through five. The band earned a Gold Medal with a 5 Star rating of Superior. Only eight bands in the state achieved a Superior Rating.

The band is led by student drum majors Darlene Irons, Peter Cariofiles, and Peter da Silva along with Color Guard Captains Leslie Camilo and Corey Shore. SPS Fine Arts Department members John Mange and John Kearns are the high school marching band directors.