At the Chagrin Falls/Woodridge High School varsity football game on September 11, both marching bands performed a combined show in honor and memory of 9/11.
“The bands rehearse only one hour before game time,” said Kathy Shoenfelt, director of Chagrin Falls Schools’ band. “The songs recognized the men and the women who serve and have served in the Army, the Air Force, the Marines and the Navy.” They also recognized first responders and played America the Beautiful, My Country Tis of Thee and the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
They concluded with a rousing arrangement of the Stars and Stripes Forever by American composer John Phillip Sousa and the Woodridge grade eight band also joined on the field. During this selection, the combined forces of the Woodridge dance squad, cheerleaders and the Chagrin Cheer squad unfurled a giant flag in the middle of the field. The band members from both schools wore jeans, tennis shoes, and a commemorative shirt for 9/11.
“This has been in the works since summer and has taken many hours of plan time,” said Shoenfelt. “The director of the Woodridge band and I have worked together on the music selection and the drill concept as well as the shirt design. It should be a performance that both the students and communities will remember forever.”
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