MARCHING BAND

An experience like no other.

Be part of this amazing, award-winning team.

The Golden Eagle Marching Band has a long and proud history of providing students with a wonderful opportunity to enrich their lives through participation in the pageantry arts. We have been very competitively successful in the Michigan Competing Bands Association (MCBA) for the last 4 decades (including 11 State Championships). We are very proud of this, and we hope that our past achievements can lead us to continued and greater success, but we cannot do that without YOU!

The marching band is the Ferndale HS Music Department’s most high-profile organization. We are a competitive marching band, which means we travel around the Midwest (mostly Michigan) during the fall to compete at various invitational and preliminary competitions, finishing the season at Ford Field for the MCBA State Championships.

It has been our experience that while this is a demanding activity and schedule, the rewards are tremendous. Through the fantastic support of FSFAB and the Marching Band Committee, we boast a comprehensive staff. There is a music instructor for each wind section in the band, two marching instructors, and multiple instructors for the guard and percussion sections. We also have an incredible team of volunteer parents who travel with us, chaperone the cabins at band camp, load the semi, move equipment at performances, and so on. We ALWAYS need new volunteers; the volunteer parents always have a great time, and as we all know, many hands make light work!

Being involved in the marching band also makes the transition to high school easier! Our upperclassmen pride themselves on creating a safe and supportive environment throughout this new experience. They go out of their way to make new students feel at ease and to ensure they are successful in the band. The relationships that are made between the members of the band are powerful, and what keeps students, parents, and staff coming back season after season. Being in our marching band gives you an instant hundred or so friends, who all believe in you and your contribution to our family, and who will support you in school and beyond!!