The South Portland High School Marching Band will play host
to 13 high school marching bands from Maine and New Hampshire for the
Maine Band Director’s Association (MBDA) High School Marching Band Home
Show tomorrow evening (Oct. 20). The show kicks off at 5:55 p.m. at
SPHS’ George E. Martin Memorial Field with a rendition of the national
anthem performed by the Memorial and Mahoney Middle Schools’ seventh
and eighth grade bands. South Portland will perform music from the
Broadway musical “Wicked.” A panel of MBDA judges evaluates each band
on a four-star scale in the areas of music, visual effects, color
guards, percussion, drum major, general effect and the overall effect
of the show. “The last three years we’ve won two gold medals,” said
Craig Skeffington, who has directed the Red Riots Marching Band for the
last 14 years. “We’re traditionally one of the stronger bands on the
circuit.”