February 29, 2020 The Desert Ridge High School Winter Guard took first place at the Guard Focus Show at Mesquite High School in Gilbert, AZ. The unit is on a roll with multiple first place finishes already this season. Photo credit: Doreen Shelafoe
February 22, 2020 The Desert Ridge High School Winter Guard took first place at the Casa Grande Show at Casa Grande Union High School. The unit won every category it was critiqued on for an impressive victory. Photo credit: Doreen Shelafoe
November 16, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band won third place overall in the 2019 Arizona State Marching Band Championships (ABODA) which took place November 16, 2019 at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. In addition, the DRHS Color Guard had a terrific showing which earned first place in the “Auxiliary” caption. The…
November 9, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band placed fourth overall out of 24 bands in their division at the AzMBA 2019 3A Class Championships hosted by Campo Verde High School in Gilbert, Arizona. The band presented their 2019 show, “Zodiac.” The band faced very tough competition and finished with a highly respectable…
November 2, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band won second place in the 2019 Arizona State Marching Band Semifinals (ABODA) which took place November 2, 2019 at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona. The band’s successful run qualifies them to compete in the Arizona State Marching Band Championship on November 16, 2019 at…
October 26, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band won second place in the Gilbert Marching Invitational which took place October 26, 2019 at Gilbert High School in Gilbert, Arizona. Additionally, the band placed first in the caption of “General Effect.” The band delivered a solid performance of their 2019 show, “Zodiac.” Please join…
October 19, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band won first place overall in their division at the 2019 Corona del Sol Invitational. The band delivered an outstanding performance of their 2019 show, “Zodiac.” Please join us in congratulating the Band and Color Guard! Judging was completed by the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors…
October 5, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band placed second overall in their division at the Mesquite Invitational hosted by Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Arizona. The band presented their 2019 show, “Zodiac.” They accomplished this despite being in a very tough division! This was the band’s second invitational of the season. Judging…
September 28, 2019 The Desert Ridge High School Marching Band won first place overall in their division at the 2019 Desert Ridge Invitational. Additionally, they placed first in the categories of Music Performance and General Effect and second place in Auxiliary. Please join us in congratulating this outstanding performance by the Band and Color…
The East Valley Tribune recently published an article discussing the Desert Ridge High School Marching Band’s historic trip to Normandy, France to help commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. You can read the article here: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/our_community/desert-ridge-band-marched-for-history/article_07d508c4-d8a6-11e9-b8dc-2f786ffa6ea4.html