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CARROLL CHARGER MARCHING PRIDE 2007 PROGRAM "QUADOLOGY" IN FOUR PARTS COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY ALEX YODER 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Marching Band State Finalist |
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Front Ensemble Director Mike Scheele Percussion Director Chad Gay Music Composer/Arranger Director Alex Yoder Guard Director
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Kayla St. Clair Kenny Schaab-Front Ensemble
Summer Staff Joe Longardner-Music/Visual
2007 Competitions-Class A September 8th-Carroll High School "Challenge of the Bands" (exhibition performance) September 15th-DeKalb 1st Place September 22nd-Penn 4th Place September 29th-District Marching Band-Homestead Gold Award-Advance to Regionals October 6th-Ben Davis Fifth Place AND Carmel Fourth Place October 13th-Regional Marching Band-Chesterton Gold Award
2006 Competitions-Class A September 9th-Carroll High School "Challenge of the Bands" (exhibition performance) September 16th-Concord Invitational-Elkhart, Indiana 4th Place-73.65 September 23rd-Bands Of America-Louisville, Kentucky Standing Performance-No Placing September 30th-ISSMA District Contest-Homestead High School-Fort Wayne Gold Award-Advance to Regionals October 7th-Homestead High School Invitational 3rd Place October 7th-Snider High School Invitational-Wayne Stadium 4th Place Best Pit Crew Caption October 14th-ISSMA Regionals-Lafayette Jeff High School Gold Award State Finalist October 21st-ISSMA State Finals-RCA DOME-Indianapolis State Contest-10th Place
2005 Competitions-Class B September 10th-Carroll Invitational-(exhibition) September 17th-Concord Invitational (Elkhart, IN) 1st Place-74.1-Visual, General Effect and Best Music Awards September 24th-East Noble Invitational (Kendallville, IN) 1st Place-73.85-Visual, General Effect Awards October 1st-District Contest-Northrop HS (Fort Wayne) Gold Award-District Champions General Effect and Best Music October 8th-Homestead Invitational (Fort Wayne) 1st Place-74.25-Visual,General Effect, Pit Crew Awards October 8th-Snider Invitational (Fort Wayne) 1st Place-77.95-Visual, Auxiliary Awards October 15th-Regional Contest-Carmel HS-(Carmel, IN) Gold Award State Finalist October 22nd-State Contest- RCA Dome-(Indianapolis, IN)
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SEASON REVIEW DVD
The 2007-2008 Carroll Charger Pride has just completed it's season with lot's of memorable moments from band camp through their fantastic performance of "Quadology" at the ISSMA North Regionals. Bob Roets has once again produced a new DVD video that includes many of the highlights of the season. It includes pictures in an audio presentation (with a little help from the Beatles!) from the beginning of band camp, through the Invitationals and a tribute to the Seniors. Video footage includes the Huntertown Parade, Charger Football Pep Rally, the indoor Invitatonal performance at the Carroll Invitational along with the complete performance of "Quadology" at Chesterton. There is a also special interview with Mr. K as he explains the genesis of "Quadology". We also have a photo disc available that includes all of the photos that have been featured on the web site, used in the "Quadology" video, along with many new shots. The photo disc works great for a slide show or producing a great 8 by 10 enlargement. All proceeds from the sale of the DVD and photo disc will go into the Carroll Charger Pride General Fund. The cost of the DVD is just $10 each. The photo disc just $5.00 each. The DVD and photo disc are be available in limited quantities-call 637-2321 to arrange pickup or if you have any questions about either the DVD or photo disc please E-mail BOBROETS@AOL.COM. ___________________________________________________________________________
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE BRING HOME GOLD AT CHESTERTON ISSMA REGIONAL CONTEST On Saturday, October 13th the 2007-2008 Carroll Charger Pride traveled to Chesterton High School to compete in the ISSMA Class A North Regional Contest. Their performance not only earned them their highest score of the season, but were rewarded with an ISSMA Gold Award. The band played their hearts out on the cool Saturday evening and deserve many congratulations on another excellent season! Also, a special thank you to the HUGE Charger Pride cheering section that pulled out all of the stops in the stands at Chesterton that showed the band students our appreciation for what they do on the field! Here is a video of the Charger Prides performance at Chesterton:
Here are the results from ISSMA Class A at Chesterton: CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE-GOLD Elkhart Central-Gold Huntington North-Silver Homestead-Gold Chesterton-Gold Portage-Silver Elkhart Memorial-Gold Penn-Gold Warsaw-Gold Northrop-Gold LaPorte-Gold Snider-Gold Kokomo-Gold Lake Central-Gold Lake Central, Penn, LaPorte, Homestead and Snider will represent the North Regional at the ISSMA State Marching Band Finals at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis on October 20th. The bands that represent the South Regional are Avon, Lawrence Central, Carmel, Ben Davis and Center Grove. Congratulations not only to the state finalists but to all 150+ Indiana Bands who took to the field in competition this fall! ____________________________________________________________________________
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE PERFORM IN THE HEAT AT BEN DAVIS AND CARMEL INVITATIONALS
The 2007-2008 Carroll Charger Pride performed in two Marching Band Invitationals last Saturday, first with a fifth place performance at Ben Davis High School and then a fourth place performance at Carmel High School. Here are results from Carmel: Class D-1st, Tri-West, 2n, Eastern, 3rd, Clay City, 4th, Fountain City. Class C: 1st, New Palestine, 2nd, Norwell, 3rd, Northwood, 4th, Edgewood. Class B: 1st, Goshen, 2nd Bloomington North, 3rd, Decatur Central, 4th,Fishers, 5th, Hobart. Class A: 1st, Center Grove, 2nd, Lawrence Central, 3rd Lake Central, 4th CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE, 5th, Franklin Central. Results from the Ben Davis Invitational: Class D: 1st, Lewis Cass, 2nd Tri-County, 3rd, North Putnam, 4th Garrett. Class C: 1st, New Palestine, 2nd, Edgewood, 3rd, Scottsburg. Class B: 1st, Plainfield, 2nd, Northview, 3rd, Floyd Central, 4th, Decatur Central, 5th, Mooresville, 6th, Westfield. Class A: 1st, Lawrence North, 2nd, Warren Central, 3rd, Franklin Central, 4th, Brownsburg, 5th, CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE, 6th, Terre Haute North. To view the Charger Prides performance at Carmel, click the video below.
To view the Charger Prides performance at Ben Davis, click the video below.
Next up for the Charger Pride will be the ISSMA Regional Competition at Chesterton High School Saturday, October 13th. Go Carroll!!! _____________________________________________________________________________
CHARGER PRIDE EARNS GOLD AWARD AT ISSMA DISTRICT COMPETITION The 2007-2008 Carroll Charger Pride earned a Gold Award and advanced to the North Regionals with their performance of "Quadology"at the 2007 ISSMA District Marching Band contest at Homestead High School on Saturday, September 29th. To view the Charger Prides performance at Homestead, click the video below.
Here are the complete results from all classes, with all schools that earned a Gold Award advancing to the North Regional Competition on October 13th: Class D: Gold Awards-Woodlan, Bluffton, Winchester, Adams Central, and Manchester. Eastside, Garrett, and Whitco earned a Silver Award. Class C: Gold Awards-Concordia, Heritage, Angola, Elmhurst, New Haven, Leo and Norwell. Bellmont, Wayne and Lakeland earned a Silver Award. Class B: Gold Awards-DeKalb, East Noble, North Side, Columbia City and Bishop Dwenger. Class A: Gold Awards-CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE, Homestead, Snider, Northrop and Huntington North. Congratulations to all 165 members of the Charger Pride and the staff and Good Luck at Regionals! _____________________________________________________________________________
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE BRING HOME 4TH PLACE AT PENN INVITATIONAL The 2007-2008 Carroll Charger Pride performed in it's second competition of the new season at the Penn High School "Carnival Of Bands" Marching Band Invitational which featured all five of the Northern Indiana State Finalists from 2006 competing in Class A competition on an absolutely beautiful Saturday evening. The competition featured a total of 20 bands competing in four classes with the toughest competition coming in Class A with 10 schools represented, including all of the Fort Wayne area Class A bands. The Charger Pride performed at 9:05 in the evening and gave an excellent performance, cheered on by a large contingent of parents, students and other supporters of the band program in the stands waving flags and stomping their feet when the Charger Pride hit the field. To view the Charger Prides performance at Penn, click the video below:
Results from the Invitational are as follows: Class D: 1st-Triton-All Caption Awards Class C: 1st-Maconaquah-Best Visual and General Effect Awards, 2nd-John Glenn--Best Music Award Class B: 1st-Goshen-Best Music and Visual Awards, 2nd Concord-Best General Effect, 3rd-Northridge Class B Participation Awards-John Adams, Bishop Dwenger and Wawasee Class A: 1st-Homestead-Best Music and Visual Awards, 2nd-Lake Central-Best General Effect, 3rd-LaPorte, 4th-CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE Class A Participation Awards-Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Portage, Northrop, Snider and Huntington North Host Penn marched in exhibition at the end of the evening. _____________________________________________________________________________
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GRAND CHAMPS AT The 2007-2008 Carroll Charger Pride performed in it's first competition of the new season at the DeKalb Marching Band Invitational which featured performances from 22 bands from northern Indiana on a cool Saturday night. The Charger Pride performed at 10:00 in the evening and gave a great performance ,spurred on by a large contingent of parents, students and other supporters of the band program. Carroll won all of the Class A caption awards, including best music, visual and general effect. Carroll also had the highest overall score from the judges of the evening, earning Grand Champion honors. To view their performance, click the video below:
Results from the Invitational are as follows: Class D: 1st-Woodlan, 2nd, Bluffton, 3rd, Manchester, 4th, Garrett, 5th, Eastside, 6th, Adams Central and 7th, Whitco. Caption Awards went to Woodlan for Best Music, Woodlan and Bluffton (tie) for Visual, also Woodlan and Bluffton (tie) for General Effect. Class C: 1st, Norwell, 2nd, Heritage, 3rd, Concordia, 4th, Lakeland, 5th, Bellmont, 6th, New Haven, 7th, Leo, 8th, Wayne, 9th, Elmhurst. Caption Awards went to Norwell for Best Music, Visual and General Effect. Class B: 1st, North Side, 2nd, Columbia City, 3rd, East Noble, 4th, Bishop Dwenger. Caption Awards went to North Side for Best Music, Visual and General Effect. Class A: 1st, Carroll Charger Pride-Also Caption Awards for Best Music, Visual and General Effect. After the awards ceremony, the Carroll drum line was challenged to a "Drum-off" by the host DeKalb drum line. Click the video below to view some of the friendly competition.
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CHALLENGE OF THE BANDS Carroll High School Band and Boosters hosted the 2007 Challenge of the Bands on Saturday, September 8th. Due to constant rain and thundershowers in the Fort Wayne area the competition was moved to the Carroll High School gym. All of the scheduled bands did compete and were scored without visual marching scores. Here are the results from the competition: Class D-1st Place-Tri-Central-Score-60.20 2nd-Garrett-57.80 3rd-Whitco-53.50 4th-Eastside-49.70 Other Class D Awards: Best Music-Tri-Central/General Effect-Tri-Central/Auxilary-Garrett/Percussion-Tri-Central/Drum Major-Garrett Class C-1st Place-Maconaquah-Score-72.20 2nd-Lakeland-64.20 3rd-Knox-57.90 4th-Leo-52.90 5th-Elmhurst-51.90 6th-Bellmont-44.10 Other Class C Awards: Best Music-Manonaquah/General Effect-Manonaquah/Auxilary-Maconaquah/Percussion-Maconaquah/Drum Major-Elmhurst Class B-1st Place-East Noble-Score-66.70 2nd Place-Columbia City-66.40 Other Class B Awards: Best Music-East Noble/General Effect-Columbia City/Auxilary-Columbia City/Percussion-East Noble Drum Major-East Noble/Pit Crew-Columbia City Elmhurst won the Fan's Choice Award. The Carroll Charger Pride gave an exhibition stand-up performance in the gym after the competition concluded and gave the crowd a fantastic end to the evening. Here is a video of their performance:
The Carroll Band Boosters would like to thank the Carroll football team for their support of the Charger Pride! Also, thanks to the dozens of parent volunteers, especially Deb Hillman and Susan Norton for their leadership! _____________________________________________________________________________
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The above video contains highlights from the Carroll Charger Pride pep rally performance before the Carroll-New Haven football game on Friday, September 7th. Thanks to all of the supporters of both the athletic and band programs for making this the pep rally such a great success. Carroll beat New Haven, 26-7 for their 3rd strait win! Go Chargers!!! _____________________________________________________________________________
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE MARCH AT HUNTERTOWN PARADE The 2007-2008 Carroll Charger Pride made their first marching appearance of the season at the Huntertown Parade on Saturday, August 5th. It was a beautiful sunny morning for the 160 members of the Charger Pride to play for the parade spectators. The music used this year was "Vehicle" by the Ides Of March. To see a video of the performance, see below. To see pictures from the parade, click the camera link near the top of this page.
HUNTERTOWN PARADE VIDEO _____________________________________________________________________________
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE On Tuesday, August 14th the 2007-08 Carroll Charger Pride marching band and their families celebrated the end of the summer band camp with their annual band picnic at the band practice field at Carroll High School. For more pictures from the evening, click the camera on the top of this page. _____________________________________________________________________________
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CHARGER PRIDE ROCKS THE DOME! COMPETES IN CLASS A STATE FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME BRINGS HOME TENTH PLACE FINISH
2006 ISSMA STATE FINALS VIDEO On Saturday, October 21st all 161 members of the Carroll Charger Pride along with staff and pit crew parents came through the RCA Dome air-locked doors to the cheers of an estimated 30,000 marching band fans including hundreds of enthusiastic Carroll family and friends. The Charger Pride would be the last band to perform in ISSMA competition this season, moving on to the astro-turf in the climate controlled stadium at 9:37 PM. Thirty nine of the best high school bands from around the state of Indiana had performed starting at 10:00 AM in four different classes before Carroll's last performance of "Astral Cycle". It was amazing to think that of the nearly 200 marching bands that started the competition season, that the Charger Pride would close the evening with a spirited performance before the final placement awards were given out by ISSMA officials. Freshman Clarinet player Selina Hammond said of her experience "When we were in the RCA Dome's air-lock I realized that our band had become one of the top ten bands in Indiana's Class A and I thought it was crazy! Marching band is the best and most fun experience I could have as a freshman". The 2006 The music for the 2006 Charger Pride show entitled "Astral Cycle", written by current Ball State student (and former Carroll graduate) Alex Yoder, consists of five parts. The show is about the life cycle of a star, with part one entitled "Nebula" which represents cosmic matter void of form. Part two is called "Fusion", which represents the creative process as life begins. Part three is called "Red Giant" , and represents the star in it's intermediary stage of existence. Part Four is called "Super Nova" and represents the destruction of the star. Finally, part five is entitled "Black Hole" which represents all matter being engulfed in an inescapable gravitational pull. The drill was written by Bob Buckner. When the Charger Pride first stepped onto the field, the crowd was chanting C-A-R-R-O-L-L! until the band started their warm-up. I had chills up and down my spine as they played the Disney classic from Pinocchio, "When You Wish Upon A Star". The band then opened the competitive portion of their show by spreading out over the entire field with individual poses. Three large star props were placed on the field to add color and extra visual effect to the show. As the performance proceeds, the band forms shows off several celestial star formations. Towards the end of the show the entire band quickly moves to the center of the field, as the color guard covers the band with several huge black flags, representing a black hole. The band then explodes into a crescendo in the front of the field, as the Dome crowd cheers them on. Senior Allie Taller, who had a beautiful Baritone solo during the show, said of the performance "When we were in the holding area, waiting to go on to the field, I was thinking of all the great times we had together and all the things we experienced as a group this year. When we took the field for last time as a "family" it was amazing. There is no greater feeling than when you put your heart on the field with all of your friends right there with you". Many in the Dome crowd gave the Charger Pride a standing ovation and cheered when the came back to the field for the State Finals Awards. Carroll was announced as the 10th Place finalist. Here were the results in Class A they were announced in reverse order. 10th-Carroll Charger Pride 9th-Snider 8th-Lake Central 7th-Castle 6th-Ben Davis 5th-Penn 4th-Center Grove 3rd-Homestead 2nd-Lawrece Central 1st-Avon In a great show of sportsmanship by the Charger Pride, when Avon High School was awarded with first place, they put their instruments on the field, turned to the State Champions, and applauded before leaving the floor. Other Fort Wayne are bands that performed in the other classes included a seventh place in Class B by North Side, a first place in Class C by Norwell along with an eight place by Heritage, and a ninth place finish by Bluffton in Class D competition. Congratulations to all of the bands that made it to the State finals this year. You are all winners! In preparation for their State Finals performance, the Charger Pride had added an extra week of rehearsals in some adverse weather. On Thursday night, the Charger Pride held a pep-rally at the Carroll High School gym where the band performed "Astral Cycle" for their parents who were then hugged by the band students on the floor of the gym. The evening concluded with celebratory cake in the cafeteria. Here is a review of the 2006 Carroll Charger Pride Invitational Season: Carroll Invitational-Exhibition Performance Concord Invitational-4th Place Bands Of America-Louisville, Kentucky-Standing Performance-No Placings District Contest-Homestead-Gold Award-Advancement to Regional Competition Homestead Invitational-3rd Place Snider Invitational-4th Place Regional Finals-Lafayette Jefferson-Gold Award-Advancement to State Finals ISSMA State Finals-RCA Dome-10th Place 2006 represented the fourth appearance in the state finals for the Charger Pride, having qualified in 2001, 2004 and 2005 in Class B competition. Qualifying for the state finals this year was extra special because it is very rare that a school moving up to Class A from Class B makes it their first year. The last school in the state to qualify their first year in Class A was Avon High School, the current state champs, in 2003. Congratulations are due to Director Dick Karkosky, staff members Bryan Munoz, Jim Widmer, Dave Wiegmann, Mike Scheele, Chad Gay, Kenny Schaab, Chris Adamisin, Rachel Clupper, Dee Conley, Erica Hindman and Emily Swavely. Finally , a big congratulations to all 161 band members of the Charger Pride for another memorable year, not only making the ISSMA State Finals in it's first year of Class A competition, but also becoming a State Finalist for the third consecutive year!
THE CHARGER PRIDE EARNS A GOLD AT ISSMA REGIONALS....AND EARNS A TRIP TO THE DOME!
Last Saturday, October 14th, the Charger Pride traveled to Lafayette, Indian to compete in the Class A ISSMA North Regional Contest at Lafayette Jeff High School. Class A featured the fifteen schools from Northern Indiana that received a Gold rating at their ISSMA District Contests which were held on September 30th. The Class A competition started at 3:46 PM with the Carroll Charger Pride performing at 5:04 PM. Awards were given out at 7:20 PM. The top five scored schools out of the fifteen that performed advanced to the ISSMA Class A Finals at the RCA Dome on October 21st. Here are the 2006 ISSMA Class A North Regional Finalists and their Awards earned: Carroll Charger Pride GOLD-STATE FINALIST Penn-GOLD-STATE FINALIST Homestead-GOLD-STATE FINALIST Lake Central-GOLD-STATE FINALIST Snider-GOLD-STATE FINALIST Goshen-GOLD LaPorte-GOLD Northrop-GOLD Chesterton-GOLD Elkhart Central-GOLD Elkhart Memorial-SILVER Portage-SILVER Merrillville-SILVER Huntington North-SILVER Warsaw-SILVER Congratulations to all the students, staff, and pit crew for a superb performance at Regionals and not only making the ISSMA State Finals in it's first year of Class A competition, but also becoming a State Finalist for the third consecutive year!
THE CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE EARNS THIRD PLACE TROPHY AT HOMESTEAD INVITATIONAL....
...AND EARNS A FOURTH PLACE AT THE SNIDER INVITATIONAL THE SAME DAY The Carroll Charger Pride marching band traveled to Homestead High School on Saturday, October 7th to compete in the Homestead "Fall Festival Of Bands". Class A competition started at 3:30 PM and the Charger Pride performed at 4:22 PM. It was a large field of ten of the best Class A marching bands in the state. Here are the results (placing-score-school) from the afternoons competition- 1st-85.00-Avon 2nd-83.70-Penn 3rd-79.15-Carroll Charger Pride 4th-77.50-LaPorte 5th-74.45-Snider 6th-74.00-Lawrence North 7th-71.90-Kokomo 8th-70.40-Chesterton 9th-60.75-Huntington North Homestead-Exhibition Performance After the Homestead competition, the Charger Pride traveled to Wayne stadium to perform in the Snider "Mighty Panther Parade Of Champions" Invitational. The Class A competition started at 7:59 PM and the Charger Pride took the field at 8:25 PM. Class A Awards were presented at 9:35 PM. Here are the results (placing-score-school) from the evenings competition- 1st-85.65-Homestead 2nd-82.55-Goshen 3rd-81.10-Northrop 4th-78.65-Carroll Charger Pride 5th-72.50-Elkhart Central 6th-68.00-Huntington North Snider-Exhibition Performance Congratulations to the Charger Pride Pit Crew on winning the "Best Pit Crew" Award at Snider!
THE CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE EARNS GOLD AWARD AT ISSMA HOMESTEAD DISTRICT COMPETITION ADVANCES TO ISSMA REGIONALS
The Carroll Charger Pride marching band traveled to Homestead High School on Saturday, September 30th to compete in the Northeast Indiana Class A District contest. Although the weather (which included lightning and hail!) nearly cancelled the outside field activities, all of the Class A bands were able to complete their shows. The Carroll Charger Pride gave an excellent performance and came home with an ISSMA Gold Award, along with Homestead, Snider, Goshen, Northrop, Warsaw and Huntington North. Earning a Gold Award at the District level also allows the Charger Pride to compete in the ISSMA Class A North Regional contest which will be held at Lafayette Jefferson High School on Saturday, October 14th. Fifteen High School Marching Band programs from the northern part of Indiana will perform that day for the five coveted State Finals spots that will be determined on the field in a spirited competition. Congratulations to all the students, staff, and pit crew for once again hanging in there under adverse weather conditions and letting the music shine in a Gold Award performance!
RAINED OUT!
THE CARROLL CHARGER PRIDES BANDS OF AMERICA PERFORMANCE GOES INDOORS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY The 2006-2007 Carroll Charger Pride had planned to march in their first "Bands Of America" Regional Championship at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky on September 23rd. Rain started to fall in Louisville on Friday morning then ended on Saturday afternoon which resulted in approximately seven inches on the ground! Because of the extraordinary amount of precipitation in such a short time, major flooding occurred around the Louisville area. On Saturday morning, officials from Bands of America made the decision to move the competition indoors to Louisville Male High School for a "standing" performance by the bands that decided to stay. Due to the fact that several of the twenty seven bands did not make it the indoor competition, no placements or scores were announced. The Charger Pride took the floor at 2:20 PM and played their music called "Astral Cycle" in front of many rain soaked parents in the Louisville Male High School gymnasium. After the performance, Bands of America judges spoke to the students and had many positive comments about the way they played their music. Congratulations to all the students, staff, and pit crew for hanging in there under adverse conditions and letting the music shine!
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE BRING HOME FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT CONCORD INVITATIONAL The 2006-2007 Carroll Charger Pride performed in it's first Class A competition at the 25th Annual Concord Marching Band Invitational on Saturday, September 16th. The Invitational featured a large field of nine of northern Indiana's top Class A bands including multiple State Finalists from 2005. The Charger Pride showed off their improving show called "Astral Cycle", about the life of a star. Carroll was judged to have the fourth best show, with a score of 73.65. Great job Carroll! Here are the results in Class A competition: 1st Place-Homestead-78.75 2nd Place-Penn-77.85 3rd Place-Lake Central-76.00 4th Place-CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE-73.65 5th Place-Goshen-72.35 6th Place-Elkhart Central-69.1 7th Place-Elkhart Memorial-63.65 8th Place-Portage-60.05 9th Place-Michigan City-47.25
ELEVENTH ANNUAL CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE "CHALLENGE OF BANDS" The 2006-2007 Carroll Charger Pride opened their season with a great performance in exhibition at the 11th annual "Challenge of Bands" at Carroll High School's Athletic Complex on Saturday, September 9th. Eleven Northern Indiana Marching Bands performed in front of the packed stands on a night where rain threatened but never materialized during the competition which started at 7:00 PM. The proceedings opened with a performance of the National Anthem by the 8th grade band students of Carroll Middle School and Maple Creek Middle School. An enthusiastic Linda Jackson emceed the event which included 4 Class D Bands, 3 Class C Bands and 4 Class B Bands. The results are as follows (Score followed by School): CLASS D: 1st) 53.00 Manchester 2nd)51.10 Tri-Central 3rd)43.85 Cloverdale 4th)41.85 Eastside CLASS C: 1st)68.05 Maconaquah 2nd)54.70 Leo 3rd)44.60 Whitco CLASS B: 1st)68.30 North Side 2nd)56.10 East Noble 3rd)Tie-51.80 Elmhurst 3rd)Tie-51.80 Columbia City In Class D Competition, Manchester won trophies for Best Music, Visual, General Effect, and Percussion. Tri-Central won trophies for Best Auxiliary and Pit Crew. In Class C Competition, Maconaquah won trophies for Best Music, Visual, General Effect Auxiliary and Percussion. Leo won for Best Pit Crew. In Class B Competition, North Side won trophies for Best Music, Visual, General Effect, Auxiliary and Pit Crew. Elmhurst won for Best Percussion. A big thank you goes out to all of the Carroll Charger Pride parent volunteers on another successful Marching Band Invitational.
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE MARCH AT CEDAR POINT The 2006-2007 Carroll Charger Pride made their second marching appearance of the season at Cedar Point Amusement Park located in Sandusky, Ohio on Monday, August 14th. The band marched along main street in the morning, then were released to enjoy the coasters and shows the rest of the day. It was a great diversion for the students after the hard work they had been putting in during during band camp. For more photos from the day, click the 2006 Marching Band icon at the top of this page.
CHARGER PRIDE FAMILY PICNIC On Thursday, August 17th the Charger Pride along with their families celebrated the end of the summer band camp with a family picnic at the high school. One of the highlights this year was a "dunk tank" which created quite a "splash" at the picnic. Mr. K got quite wet (see photo above)! Along with lots of food, the parents got to see what the band members have been working on this summer.
CARROLL CHARGER PRIDE MARCH AT HUNTERTOWN PARADE The 2006-2007 Carroll Charger Pride made their first marching appearance of the season at the Huntertown Parade
on Saturday, August 6th. It
was a beautiful sunny morning for the 160 members of the Charger Pride
to play for the parade spectators. For more photos from the
day, click the 2006 Marching Band icon at the top of this page.
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Director-Dick
Karkosky
is in his ninth year as Director of Bands at Carroll High
School. Mr. Karkosky received a B.S. in Music Education
from Indiana State University in 1978 and a M.A, in Music
Education from Ball State University in 1985. Under Mr.
Karkosky's leadership, the Carroll Charger Pride competed in
the State Finals for the first time in school history in
2001, placing 9th in Class B, then followed a 6th place in
2004, and in 2005 placing 5th, the bands highest ISSMA State
Finals finish in school history. Mr. Karkosky and his wife,
Pam, of 12 years have two children; Christian, 10 and Brian,
8.
Collegiate Associate Director- Bryan Munoz
is a 2004 graduate of
Carroll High School and is currently a Junior at IPFW
working towards his B.S. in Music Education. Bryan is also
Carroll High School's pep band director, Jazz Band 2
Director and Show Choir Instrumentalist director. Bryan is
also the IPFW Wind Ensemble President and MENC
President-Elect. 
Music Arranger/Music Instructor- Alex Yoder
is a 2004 graduate of Carroll High School. He wrote and
arranged the music for this year's field show and also works
as a music instructor with the band. Alex, who will be a
junior at Ball State University this fall, will be majoring
in Music Education. 
Front Ensemble Director - Mike Scheele
is a 2000
graduate of Carroll High School and a 2006 graduate of IPFW.
This will be his 7th year working with the Carroll Charger
Pride as Front Ensemble Director.
He currently works at the
Fort Wayne Marriott and is also pursuing his Master's degree
in Organizational Leadership at IPFW.
Percussion
Director - Chad Gay
is in his 16th year
teaching percussion in the state of Indiana. A 1995
graduate of Ball State University, Chad's credits include
performing and teaching with the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle
Corps. Chad is currently the instrumental music director at
Northwood Middle School in Fort Wayne. He is married with
one daughter, Katie, who is 6.
Visual Instructor- Dave Wiegmann
is a fourth year staff
member with the Charger Pride, but brings with him 20 years
experience at North Side High School in Fort Wayne. He also
performed with the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps in 1980-81.
Dave is married and has a senior, Elaina, in the Charger
Pride.