World Champion Guest Speakers Visit Marching Golden Lions!

        Courtney Lawrence & Will Pitt, euphonium player and

        conductor of the 2008 world champion drum corps

        Phantom Regiment, speak with the SPX Band about

        their DCI world championship season.

  Members of the Marching Golden Lions with their special guests.

     Band camp 2008....

 2008 camp a success!! Marching Golden Lions Preparing for debut aug 29th...

                    Marching Golden Lions GRAND CHAMPION

                of the 2007 G.I.S.A Marching Band Invitational!

             Overall Band, Percussion, and Color Guard champion!!

                      Marching Golden Lions win Class AA

                          at 2007 Collins Hill HS Invitational!

                   Best Band Class AA, Best Music AA, Best Woodwinds AA, and

              Highest Visual Score for the entire competition. Wow.

                Marching Golden Lions Class AA champs of the

                     2007 Georgia Bandmasters Championship!

                    Best Band Class AA, 2nd place percussion AA,

                Superior Ratings in Band, Percussion, and Color Guard

                            Marching Golden Lions Perform

                    with the Georgia Tech Yellowjacket band

On Saturday Setpember 8th, the SPX Marching Golden Lion Band performed during halftime with the Georgia Tech Yellowjacket Marching Band. Several other high school bands also attended the event. The day started early wth an 8am rehearsal at the Georgia Tech practice facility with all bands involved. The SPX band student then spent the rest of the morning viewing the Georgia Tech campus, watching the Tech Band,  and preparing for the game performance. This event was a special opportunity for our SPX band members to see what it's like to play in a college marching band.

Past Happenings:

(2005)

Marching Band Wins Class at First Competition!

Congratulations to our Marching Golden Lions who won their division and brought home several trophies from their first marching band competition at Wesleyan School held on Saturday October 22nd.

The awards include:
-1st Place Band in Class A
-1st Place Drumline in Class A
-2nd Place Drum Major in Class A
-Superior Drumline Rating
-Superior Drum Major Rating

In overall comparison, St. Pius received the third highest marching band score of the day, winning their class and even outscoring two bands from the larger "AA" division.

St. Pius also received the second highest drumline score of the day, outscoring seven of the eight other drumlines there for competition.

Marching Band Members Perform for

Union Mission Women and Children Shelter

On the morning of Saturday October 8th, members of the St. Pius X Marching Golden Lions performed music for the Carnival of Memories event for women and children at the Union Mission in downtown Atlanta. The students marched a block to the mission playing a drum cadence, then performed several of their pep songs for the residents of the mission.

The Marching Golden Lions also performed with the hilarious and musically talented volunteer band the "Marching Abominables" who were dressed in comical outfits with wigs and hats (photo below). Music and laughter went hand in hand as a great time was had by all. It was very uplifting so see the smiles on the faces of the women and children who reside at the mission, whose lives are in need of such a joyful occasion.