The Pioneer Marching Panthers had a banner 2024 season, featuring several first-place finishes and topped by a fourth place in the New York State Field Band Conference Championship.
Drum majors McKenzie Hutchinson, Lillian Moore and Bruin Woolley joined band director April Woolley in reviewing the band's year. They said they missed first place in only one of their local competitions, in Orchard Park, where they missed out by only 1/10 of a point.
The band's show this year, "Concert in Blue," saluted the George Gershwin composition 'Rhapsody in Blue', which is celebrating its 100th birthday.
Mrs, Woolley expressed her pride at the band's accomplishments, and shared a video spotlighting the students,