Marching Band Shows 'Pride In Pottstown'

From Pottstown School District:

The Pottstown High School marching band, under the direction of Michael Vought and assisted by Nancy Mest, Ben Hayes, Dennis Pringle and Adam Schlegel, showed off their Trojan pride at the Boyertown Cavalcade.  

With field director senior Jaira Kurtz leading the 95 member band, Pottstown earned the second highest score in the Yankee Division and placed fourth overall in a field that included bands from Wyomissing, Upper Perkiomen, Pottsgrove, Governor Mifflin, Owen J. Roberts and Boyertown.  

Reminiscent of old time school and community pride, the theme to this year’s show is “Gridiron Glory.”  

For the second consecutive year, the band’s pit crew comprised of parents received the Boyertown Cavalcade “Outstanding Pit Crew” award. Members of the crew include: Al James, Paul Kolbmann, John Mutter, Joe Campbell, Phil and Tammy Vontor, Cole and Nancy Sellers, Jay Lafferty, and Lynn Andrews.

“This event was a success for our Pottstown Marching Band family on many levels," Vought said. "Our show is geared toward entertaining the crowd and the kids delivered an exciting performance that had the audience smiling and tapping their toes to the music. The highlight of the evening was when they announced who won the Outstanding Pit Crew Award, an award that recognized the people who help create and maintain our pit percussion equipment, our trailer and our student instruments. When they read ‘Pottstown,' our kids exploded in cheers. I think this shows a mutual appreciation between the school and the community. We didn’t come in first place last night, but we accomplished something bigger; pride in our marching band, pride in our community, pride in Pottstown.”