Marching band season well under way

Chris playing stand cheers at a recent Darby Panthers away game.

Andy in New Jersey and Chris in Ohio are busy with their high school marching bands again this season.

Andy and his fellow drummers make drummer faces.

Andy, a junior at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, plays tenor drums in the Raider Marching Band drumline.

Chris, a sophomore at Hilliard-Darby High School, plays saxophone in the Panthers Marching Band. Here are some photos of him and his bandmates cheering the football team to victory at a recent away game.

Incidentally, both schools' football games are having good seasons. The Raiders are 2-0, while the Panthers, who started their season earlier, are 4-0.

Below is a bit of video of the SPF band debuting its 2012 show at halftime of the football team's opening game, at its home field Sept. 7.

This part of the show features the drumline. Andy is second-from-left among the tenor drummers.

UPDATE: Click here to watch a Hilliard-Darby parent's video of the Panther band's show, titled "Metroplex: Scenes from the City," as performed at a recent competition.