COLUMBUS EAST HIGH SCHOOL OLYMPIAN SPIRIT MARCHING BAND COLUMBUS, INDIANA |
Year | 2019 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Colin West |
Drum Major | Merrick Goen |
Show Theme/Title | Bright Ideas |
Repertoire | 2-Part Invention (by Johann Sebastian Bach) |
Pure Imagination 9by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley) | |
My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (by Fall Out Boy) | |
Total Members | 54 |
ISSMA | Scholastic Class A - Silver Rating |
Invitationals | Lawrence Central - Scholastic Class A 4th place |
Greenwood - Scholastic Class A 2nd place | |
Ben Davis - Class Class A 5th place | |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAA 1st place |
Year | 2018 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Show Theme/Title | Yellow and Blue Makes Green |
Repertoire | Yellow (by Goldway) |
Rhapsody in Blue (by George Gershwin) | |
Total Members | 70 |
ISSMA | Scholastic Class A - Gold Rating; Finalist |
Year | 2017 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Show Theme/Title | Night and Day |
Repertoire | Sky Full of Stars |
Moondance | |
Another Day of Sun from La La Land | |
Total Members | 74 |
ISSMA | Scholastic Class A - Gold Rating (Music, General Effect With Distinction); Finalist |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAA 4th place |
Year | 2016 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
ISSMA | Scholastic Class A Prelims - Gold Rating; Finalist |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAA 3rd place |
Hamilton Southeastern - Class AAA 5th place | |
Championships - Prelims Class AAA 16th place |
Year | 2015 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Show Theme/Title | Bewitched |
Repertoire | Funeral for a Friend |
Dance of the Witches Sabbath | |
I Put a Spell on You | |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Open Class Regional Silver Rating |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAA 5th place |
Hamilton Southeastern - Class AAA 3rd place | |
Championships - Prelims Class AAA 11th place |
Year | 2014 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Drum Major | Clayton Rodgers |
Show Theme/Title | Up In The Air |
Repertoire | First Circle (by Metheny) |
Last Train Home (by Metheny) | |
Minuano (by Metheny) | |
Total Members | 78 |
ISSMA | Scholastic Class A - Gold Rating |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAAA 1st place |
Hamilton Southeastern - Class AAAA 5th place | |
Western Brown - Class AAAA 4th place | |
Championships - Finals Class AAAA 2nd place |
Year | 2013 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Drum Major | Erica Sun |
Show Theme/Title | Winter White |
Repertoire | Winter |
Cold As Ice | |
Wizards in Winter | |
Cold | |
Across the Halfpipe | |
Total Members | 88 |
ISSMA | Scholastic Class A - Gold Rating (Music, Effect With Distinction) |
Invitationals | Greenwood - Class B participant |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAAA 1st place (Best Music, General Effect, Percussion, Auxiliary) |
Hamilton Southeastern - Class AAAA 2nd place (Best Visual, Percussion) | |
Championships - Finals Class AAAA 7th place |
Year | 2012 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Brianna Morse |
Additional Staff | Lee Gibson, Yoko Usui |
Drum Majors | Megan Bailey, Chris Epperson |
Show Theme/Title | Yesterday - Featuring music from Yes |
Total Members | 68 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating |
South Regional - Gold Rating | |
Invitationals | Greenwood - Class B 4th place |
Center Grove - Class B 8th place | |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAA 1st place (Best Music, Percussion) |
Colerain - Finals 3rd place; Class AAA 2nd place | |
Championships - Finals Class AAA 4th place |
Year | 2011 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Brianna Morse |
Additional Staff | Yoko Usui, Jose Rodriguez, Lee Gibson, Josh Champion |
Drum Majors | Megan Bailey, Chris Epperson |
Show Theme/Title | Gypsy |
Repertoire | The Grand Illusion |
Black Magic Woman | |
Karn Evil 9 | |
Total Members | 84 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating |
Invitationals | Greenwood - Class B 4th place |
Center Grove - Class B 6th place | |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAAA 3rd place |
Lebanon - Class AAAA 1st place | |
Centerville - Class AAAA 5th place | |
Championships - Class AAAA 5th place |
Year | 2010 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Brianna Morse |
Additional Staff | Lee Gibson, Yoko Usui, Jose Rodriguez, Michael Richardson, Josh Champion |
Drum Majors | Regan Grieger, Greg Nelson |
Show Theme/Title | Carnival |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating (Best Music) |
Invitationals | Greenwood - Class B 2nd place (Best Music, General Effect, Percussion) |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAAA 3rd place |
Louisville Male - Finals 3rd place; Class AAAA 3rd place | |
Mason - Class AAAA 3rd place | |
Championships - Class AAAA 4th place |
Year | 2009 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Brianna Morse |
Additional Staff | Lee Gibson, Yoko Usui, Chuck Witt, Katie Holland |
Drum Major | Josh Champion |
Show Theme/Title | Colorblind |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating (Best Music) |
Mid-States | Championships - Class AAA Finals 4th place |
Invitationals | Columbus North - Class AAA 1st place (Best Music, Visual) |
Franklin Central - Class B 2nd place (Best Music, General Effect, Percussion) | |
Greenwood - Class B 3rd place | |
Mason (OH) - Class AAA 1st place |
Year | 2008 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Drum Major | Michael Farley |
Show Theme/Title | The Olympian Spirit |
Total Members | 80 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating |
Invitational | Greenwood - Class B 3rd place |
Mid-States | Columbus North - Class AAA 1st place (Best Music, Visual, General Effect, Percussion) |
Championships - Class AAA Finals 6th place |
Year | 2007 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Brianna Carvin |
Additional Staff | Lee Gibson, Eric Guinivan, Yoko Usui, Joel Brainard, Afshin Peymani, Amanda Bailey, Matt Stratton, Len Newton |
Drum Majors | Matthew Whitlock, Michael Farley |
Show Theme/Title | Patchwork Americana |
Repertoire | Original Music composed by Eric Guinivan |
Total Members | 79 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating |
South Regional - Silver Rating | |
Invitationals | Franklin Central - Class B 7th place |
Greenwood - Class B 5th place | |
Center Grove - Class B 4th place |
Year | 2006 |
Directors | David Rodgers, Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Directors | Marty Johnson, Brianna Carvin |
Additional Staff | Eric Guinivan, Courtney Bailey, Lee Gibson, Matt Stratton, Yoko Usui, Joe Alexander |
Drum Majors | Robyn Gilpin, Matt Whitlock |
Show Theme/Title | The Persistence of Memory |
Repertoire | Original Music composed by Eric Guinivan |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating |
South Regional - Gold Rating | |
Invitationals | Franklin Central - Class B 5th place |
Warren Central - Class B 2nd place (Best Percussion) | |
Center Grove - Class C 4th place | |
October 7 - Ben Davis |
Year | 2005 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Matt Scott |
Drum Majors | Julie Musial, Robyn Gilpin, Matt Whitlock |
Show Theme/Title | We Can Do It! |
Repertoire | Scootin' on Hardrock (by David Holsinger) |
Total Members | 125 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA State Finals | 10th place |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating (Best Music, Auxiliary) |
South Regional - Gold Rating | |
Invitationals | Columbus North - Class B 2nd place (Best Percussion, People's Choice Award) |
Franklin Central - Class B 5th place (Best Drum Major) | |
Ben Davis - Class B 2nd place | |
Salem - Class AAA 4th place (Best Visual, General Effect, Percussion, Drum Major) |
Year | 2004 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Matt Scott |
Drum Majors | Graham Gifford, Julie Musial |
Show Theme/Title | Spanish Fantasy |
Repertoire | Malaguena |
Night Streets | |
My Spanish Heart | |
Spanish Fantasy | |
Total Members | 132 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Gold Rating (Best Auxiliary) |
South Regional - Gold Rating | |
Invitationals | Columbus North - Class B 2nd place (Best Percussion) |
New Palestine - Class B 3rd place (Best Drum Major) | |
Greenwood - Class B 4th place | |
ISU - Class B Participant |
Year | 2003 |
Director | David Rodgers |
Assistant Director | Tim Brookshire |
Auxiliary Director | Matt Scott |
Additional Staff | Nancy Kessler, Stephanie Thompson, Mark Degoti, Jackie Peymanni, Dan Hughes, Scott Lee, Joe King, Aryan Peymanni, Amanda Bailey, Thomas Marsh, Nicole Zimmer, Eric O'Conner, Megan Thompson |
Drum Majors | Katie Newton, Jessica Bray |
Show Theme/Title | Music of the Pat Metheny Group |
Repertoire | Heat Of The Day |
The Gathering Sky | |
Total Members | 118 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Division 1 (Best Auxiliary) |
South Regional - Division 1 | |
Invitationals | Triton Central - Class B 2nd place (Best Marching, Drum Major) |
Columbus North - Class B 2nd place (Best Percussion, Drum Major) | |
Ben Davis - Class B 3rd place | |
ISU - Class B 3rd place | |
Plainfield - Class B 5th place | |
Carmel - Class B 7th place |
Year | 2002 |
Directors | David Rodgers, Tim Brookshire |
Drum Majors | Amanda Bailey, Jessica Bray, Katie Newton |
Show Theme/Title | Dimensional Forces - The Music of Cirque de Soleil's "La Nouba" |
Repertoire | Once Upon A Time |
Liama | |
Distorted | |
Total Members | 90 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Division 1 (Best General Effect) |
South Regional - Division 1 | |
Invitationals | Triton Central - Class B 2nd place |
Columbus North - Class B 1st place (Best Music, Marching, Percussion, Auxiliary, Drum Major) | |
Greenwood - Class B participant | |
Lawrence Central - Class B 6th place | |
Jeffersonville - Class AAA 1st place (Best Percussion) | |
Greenfield-Central - Class B 2nd place |
Year | 2001 |
Directors | David Rodgers, Tim Brookshire |
Show Theme/Title | Music of the Pat Metheny Group |
Repertoire | Third Wind |
Letter From Home | |
First Circle | |
Total Members | 81 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Division 1 (Best Visual) |
South Regional - Division 1 | |
Invitationals | ISU - Class B 4th place |
Lawrence Central - Class B 4th place | |
Columbus North - Class B 2nd place |
Year | 2000 |
Directors | David Rodgers, Tim Brookshire |
Drum Majors | Lissa Funkey, Catherine House |
Show Theme/Title | Music of David Holsinger |
Repertoire | In The Spring When Kings Go Off To War |
Ballet Sacra | |
Total Members | 97 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 1 | |
Invitationals | Lawrence Central - Class B 4th place (Best Percussion) |
Triton Central - Class B 3rd place (Best Percussion) | |
Columbus North - Class B 1st place |
Year | 1999 |
Directors | David Rodgers, Tim Brookshire |
Drum Majors | Seann Dempsey, Lindsay Wilkins |
Show Theme/Title | Selections from "Phantom Of The Opera" |
Total Members | 92 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 | |
Invitationals | Triton Central - Class B 2nd place |
Lawrence Central - Class B 6th place | |
Columbus North - Class AA 2nd place | |
Greenwood - Class B 4th place | |
Greenfield-Central - Class B 3rd place |
Year | 1998 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus East District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 | |
Invitationals | North Putnam - Class B 3rd place |
ISU - Class B Participation |
Year | 1997 |
Directors | Henry Buckingham, Kevin Cottrill |
Drum Major | Amanda Orschell, Shaunica Pridgen, Chris Smith |
Repertoire | To Dance In The Secret Garden |
Paradiso | |
Through Countless Halls Of Air | |
Total Members | 100 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 | |
Invitationals | ISU - Class B 7th place |
Plainfield - Class B 4th place | |
North Putnam - Class B 3rd place (Best Drum Major) |
Year | 1996 |
Directors | Henry Buckingham, Kevin Cottrill |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 1 |
Year | 1995 |
Director | Henry Buckingham |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 | |
Invitationals | ISU - Class B Participation |
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Year | 1994 |
Directors | Henry Buckingham, Miguel Rosario |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 |
Year | 1993 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Drum Majors | Sara Dembowski, John Dissauer, Fayth Stepp |
Repertoire | Russian Christmas Music |
Slavonic Dance No. 1 | |
Moscow Nights | |
Russian Christmas Music (reprise) | |
Total Members | 113 |
ISSMA Class | B |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 | |
Invitationals | Elwood - Class B 1st place (Best Music, Marching, General Effect, Percussion, Auxiliary) |
Year | 1992 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Repertoire | Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves |
Porgy & Bess | |
Empire Of The Sun | |
Total Members | 124 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 | |
Invitationals | Ben Davis - 8th place |
Year | 1991 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Repertoire | Festive Overture |
William Tell Overture | |
Prince Igor Overture | |
Total Members | 90 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 |
Year | 1990 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Repertoire | Yankee Doodle |
Gospel Medley | |
Total Members | 100 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 |
Year | 1989 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus East Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 |
Year | 1988 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 1 |
Year | 1987 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 1 | |
Invitationals | ISU - Class B Participant |
Year | 1986 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Total Members | 121 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 |
Year | 1985 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Drum Majors | Scott Barkes, Dennis Livingston |
Repertoire | Night on Bald Mountain |
Big Band Blowout | |
Ballin' The Jack | |
Rise Again | |
Total Members | 122 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 2 | |
Invitationals | Norwell - Class A 2nd place |
Year | 1984 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Total Members | 131 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 2 |
Invitationals | Midwestern Band Festival - Class A - Division 1, 5th place |
Year | 1983 |
Director | Peter J. Foster |
Total Members | 157 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 |
South Regional - Division 1 | |
Invitationals | Midwestern Band Festival - Class A - Division 1, 6th place |
Year | 1982 |
Director | Ora C. Pemberton |
Total Members | 113 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 2 (Best Inspection) |
CIMBF | Class B - Division 1, 8th place (Best Drill Team) |
Year | 1981 |
Directors | Ora C. Pemberton, Scott Drysdale, Kevin Matlock |
Total Members | 105 |
ISSMA Class | A |
ISSMA State Contest | Prelims - Division 3 |
ISSMA | Columbus District - Division 1 (Best Drum Major) |
CIMBF | Class B - Division 1, 7th place (Best Drill Team, Drum Major) |
Year | 1980 |
Directors | Ora C. Pemberton, Elwyn Brown |
Total Members | 117 |
All-State Marching Band Contest | Class A - 32nd place (Division 2) |
ISMA | Columbus East - Class A Division 1 (Best Inspection) |
Year | 1979 |
Director | Ora C. Pemberton |
ISMA | Columbus - Class A Division 2 |
Year | 1978 |
ISMA | Huntingburg - Class A - Entered, did not appear |
Year | 1977 |
Director | Ora C. Pemberton |
Total Members | 110 |
All-State Marching Band Contest | Class A - 26th place |
ISMA | Columbus - Class A Division 1 |
Year | 1973 |
ISMA | Did not participate |
Note: School opened in 1972