The FBA MPAs are back, and Suncoast bands are ready to perform and dazzle you.

SARASOTA -The Sarasota High marching band is building a bridge over a whole lot of trouble., trouble that couldn't stop a championship performance. The Marching Band of Pirates were plundered. COVID diminished the band’s numbers; there was no normal

During our Band of the Week series, we’ve shown how Suncoast bands have had to rebuild after 2020. But what do you do when you’re the defending 3-in-a-row state champion Braden River – when half the band wasn’t even there during any of those wins?

The path was uncertain for the Bobcats, but sometimes the uncertain path isn't a bad one.

COVID was a big enough wrench in their plans, but the Marching Indians also lost their beloved band director.

Normal feels different for the Riverview High Marching Band, for all the right reasons.

ENGLEWOOD - Change came quickly for the Lemon Bay High Marching Manta Rays.

Braden River Rises... as they're grand champions for the third year in a row.

This year's seniors in the Braden River marching band remember missing their goal as freshmen... before they achieved massive success their sophomore and junior years. A Braden River rises.

He receives a big offer to open a new school and takes it until deciding the time wasn't right. For your Band of the Week, Marco La Manno shows how heartbreak led the Marching Mustangs' band director to stay at Lakewood Ranch.

The marching band seniors at North Port will rock you one last time this football season as they say goodbye to their beloved band director.

The Booker High Marching Band prides itself on unique shows, and this year wants to burn it all down.

BRADENTON - There's not much crossover between marching band and football; you choose to do one and can't juggle both. Saxophone section leader and junior Matthew Thomason juggles both. It's his first year marching at Southeast, but he played in other ban

SARASOTA - Since Chuck Alfrey took over the Sarasota High Marching Band in 2014, the Marching Sailors annually earned high marks in their marching assessments. He no longer directs the marching band, but drum major Joshua Kroepfl tells me he's not gone. "

SARASOTA - The Riverview High Marching Kilties exude power. Compare the size of any of Riverview's football teams to the 210-member band, and the difference speaks for itself. That can be nerve-wracking for incoming freshmen. "Starting as a freshman, I wa

ENGLEWOOD - In marching band, you'll likely meet everyone during band camp before school starts, including other freshmen starting with you. Band captain Sebastian Holmes tells me that made the transition to high school easier. "Because you have friends t

PUNTA GORDA - Paul Montonari speaks to the Silver King Band after practice at 8 p.m. "Between now and Tuesday, all of you practice the doodoo out of the music, okay? Learn your parts," Montonari tells the kids. They had been practicing at Charlotte High s

The Venice High School Marching Indians shift gears away from pop and Disney music this year. They're tackling one of the most well-known works of the 19th century.

After a football season that went too quickly, four Suncoast bands featured in our Band of the Week series compete Saturday, November 17th, in the state championships. 

The Braden River Marching Band has the case of the giggles in their halftime show, Humor Me. It delves into darker and sadder humor, but ends with slapstick and a feeling of euphoria. The band scored straight superiors at the 2018 FBA Marching Assessment.

The Riverview Kiltie Marching Band is hot off a great performance at last weekend's FBA festival, being the only Sarasota County school to score Straight Superiors at their marching assessment.

BRADENTON – The Lakewood Ranch Marching Mustangs are using music from Sergei Rachmaninoff in this year's halftime show.

BRADENTON – Ryan Mullins, band captain for the Southeast Marching Noles, says the band is far better at dark shows. “Minor chords? Those sound awesome. We love playing them,” Mullins says. Their last two shows tackled Peter Pan and Hamilton, but this year’s show goes for the darker theme Mullins loves as the band turns […]
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NORTH PORT – The North Port High Marching Band continues an excellent music program as their sound continues to evolve, fitting considering their halftime show. SNN’s Marco La Manno brings you the sounds of the Bobcats in this week’s Friday Football Fever Band of the Week.
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SARASOTA – After years of improvement, the Sarasota High Mighty Sailor Band hopes to do more than mirror last year’s performance. SNN’s Marco La Manno shares the sounds of the halftime show, “Reflections,” in this week’s Friday Football Fever Band of the Week.
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