The Southern Lehigh Band Front compliments the band’s performances during the fall season as they dance with props to visually express the band’s music.
Although they are a key part of the halftime show, the band front’s membership has dwindled due to graduating seniors. If new members don’t join, there won’t be enough people to have a band front in upcoming seasons.
Band front is open to both boys and girls, and it is an extracurricular activity as well as a course. The class lasts the first semester and ends with the football season.
To take the course, you attend a band camp during August. At this camp, you learn the equipment and dances used in the shows that the Band Front does at the football games. This camp meets on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6-9:30 for the beginning of the month, and meets Monday-Friday the rest of the month. There are also early morning practices once the school year starts.
“I love Band Front! Growing up I took baton and dance lessons and was a majorette at Atlantic City High School and Wilkes College,” band front instructor Mrs. Sheree France said. “This is my 14th year at Southern Lehigh and I love coming to work with the students here.”
Along with being an interesting extra curricular activity, the band front is also a good social opportunity.
“You should really join because it’s an opportunity to meet new people and be a part of something,” first-year band front member Natalie Jones said. “[I think band front is important] because we show the colors of the music the band is playing. The band front is really fun to watch!”
Like many sports and clubs, the friends you make in band front can last a lifetime. To those interested in joining, Vanessa Kovacs, a third-year band front member and flag captain, passionately expressed her feelings: “Band Front is everything to me. I love it more than anything I’ve ever been involved in. You should join! We make bonds in band front. Band front is one chamber in my four chambered heart.”
Although it is too late to join band front this year, if you are interested in joining, talk to the current members for more information, and take the course next year.
