Lightning Marching Band
The Lightning Marching Band consists of students in Grades 9-12 and performs at all Liberty Varsity Home Football Game, Two Marching Band Competitions as well as the Liberty Homecoming Parade and University of Iowa Homecoming Parade. The Lightning Marching Band concludes its season with the Liberty Band Extravaganza. The Lightning Marching Band added a Color Guard and began competing in 2022, and added frontline percussion to the ensemble in 2023. For 2024 the Liberty Color Guard added rifles to their routine. The Lightning Marching Band continues to grow and be a presence and source of pride in our community.
2024 Leadership Team
Directors
Mr. Ryan Arp and Mr. Nick Carlo
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Drum Majors:
Connor Dallner
Colsen Shaffer
Miriam Terwilleger
Band Librarian:
Ivy Reske
Upper Woodwinds:
Grace Evans
Aurora Delin
Riley Dorman
Piyush Pydipalli
Asa Pelzel
Ivy Reske
Sophia Smith*
Taylor Smith*
Saxophones:
Parker Kacmarynski
Eden Scherrer*
Lilly Vogts*
High Brass:
Zander Junge*
Trevor Petersen
Blake Sehmann
Will Stoakes*
Maddie Schieltz
Low Brass:
Megan Brewer
Pete Hanson
Tyler Hodges*
Ben Mohr*
Percussion:
Isaac Greazel
Brynn Davis*
Cooper Jurs*
Ethan Meyer
Evan Miller*
Toby Schoon
Sylvia Woltman*
Color Guard:
Evelynne Finley
Rachel Peters
Ellie Stopak
Guard Equipment Manager:
Asher Bonner
Bold=Senior *=Section Leader
2024 Lightning Color Guard
Color Guard Coach
Mrs. Amanda Carlo
Audrey Adams
Sophia Artemyeva
Brooke Bernhard
Veda Berquam
Asher Bonner*
Ian Bonner
Elizabeth Brown
Rylee Corbett
Daphne Faga
Evelynne Finley*
Payton Flick
Charlie Harvey
Jaimie Johnson*
Macy Kacmarynski
Tayler Knight
Ayla Nixt
Savannah Page
Anaya Patel
Rachel Peters
Sydney Roethler
Vanessa Schwieger
Ellie Stopak
Greg Stratton*
Marili Thigpen
Alyssa Weaver*
Sophia Weaver
*Selected for inaugural rifle line
2024 Lightning Drumline/Pit
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Drumline/Frontline Instructors
Hannah Oberhoffer-Phillips and Shaun Everson
Snares:
Isaac Greazel
Ethan Meyer
Toby Schoon
Marquita Spading
Melissa Tian
Sylvia Woltman*
Quads:
Lukas Acas
Brynn Davis*
Noah Jaggers
Basses:
Bass 1: Micaela Thigpen
Bass 2: Cindy Eckhardt
Bass 3: Cooper Jurs*
Bass 4: Yuma Squires
Bass 5: Sam Jungen
Cymbals:
Austin Adam
Greta Daniels
Sophia Graziano
Kate Hodgson
Ellis Naick
Emma Pirkl*
TJ Thames
Zack Yokum
Pit
Marimba 1: Zoe Edkin
Marimba 2: Caleb Hoth
Vibes: Evan Miller*
Vibes: Connor Gibbons
Xylo/Glock: Ben Henry
Piano: Ella Ausman
Synth: Jackson LaBrecque
Timpani: Daniel Orosco Rocha
Bass Drum/Gong: Bella Kellbach
Auxiliary Percussion: Mason Derby, Noah Spading
Electric Bass: AJ Flynn
*=Section Leader