Portage High School Pride of Portage
Portage, Indiana
| Year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Director | Patrick Teykl |
| Drum Majors | Isabel Stauffer, Arabella Hedger |
| Show Theme/Title | Heartland |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating (Music, Visual Distinction) Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| Year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Director | Patrick Teykl |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Director | Patrick Teykl |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| Year | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| Year | 2020 |
|---|---|
| ISSMA | Events not held |
| Year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Directors | Drew Rhoda, Annalisa Rhoda, Chad Brinkman, Sean Bergholz |
| Drum Major | Victor Ramirez |
| Show Theme/Title | The Ties That Bind |
| Repertoire | Angels in the Architecture (by Frank Ticheli) Mona Lisa & Mad Hatters (by Elton John) Slalom (by Carter Penn) |
| Total Members | 100 |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating (Music, Visual Distinction) Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| BOA Regional | Indianapolis - Prelims Class AAAA Division 2 |
| Year | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Directors | Drew Rhoda, Annalisa Rhoda, Chad Brinkman, Sean Bergholz |
| Show Theme/Title | Divided |
| Repertoire | Egmont Overture (by Beethoven) Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven) Lux Aurumque (by Eric Whitacre) Fly to Paradise (by Eric Whitacre)/td> |
| Total Members | 111 |
| ISSMA Class | Open Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Open Class Invitational - Gold Rting (Music Distinction) Semi-State - Participant |
| Year | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Directors | Drew Rhoda, Annalisa Rhoda, Chad Brinkman, Sean Bergholz |
| Show Theme/Title | Canyon |
| Total Members | 130 |
| ISSMA Class | Open Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Open Class Invitational - Gold Rting (Music, Visual, General Effect Distinction) Semi-State - Participant |
| Year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Directors | Drew Rhoda, Annalisa Rhoda, Chad Brinkman |
| ISSMA Class | Open Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Open Class Invitational - Gold Rting (Music, General Effect Distinction) Semi-State - Participant |
| Year | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Directors | Drew Rhoda, Annalisa Rhoda, Chad Brinkman |
| Show Theme/Title | Mechanize |
| Total Members | 105 |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| Year | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Directors | Drew Rhoda, Annalisa Rhoda, Chad Brinkman |
| Drum Majors | Nicholas Blue, Amber Young |
| Show Theme/Title | Legends of the East |
| Total Members | 97 |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating (Visual, General Effect Distinction) Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| Year | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Assistant Directors | Drew Rhoda, Annalisa Rhoda, Andy Schultz |
| Drum Major | Meaira Bennette |
| Show Theme/Title | The Fire Within |
| Total Members | 100 |
| ISSMA Class | Scholastic Class A |
| ISSMA Results | Scholastic Prelims - Gold Rating (Music Distinction) Scholastic Finals - Participant |
| Year | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Major | Kim Coffey |
| Show Theme/Title | Third Times a Charm |
| Repertoire | Symphony No. 3 in E-Flag Major (by Beethoven) March from "Love for Three Oranges" (by Prokofiev) The Washington Post March (by Sousa) St. Paul's Suite (by Holst) |
| Total Members | 64 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Concord District - Gold RatingNorth Regional - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Show Theme/Title | The Dot and the Line |
| Repertoire | Music by Ted Reicher |
| Total Members | 67 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Penn District - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Major | Nick Worman |
| Show Theme/Title | Cityscape |
| Total Members | 72 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Concord District - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Major | Elizabeth de la Cruz |
| Show Theme/Title | A Day at the Circus |
| Repertoire | Music by Gary Gilroy |
| Total Members | 68 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Penn District - Gold Rating North Regional - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Heather Robinson, Valerie Keehn |
| Show Theme/Title | Regeneis - The enlightment of man and the destructive power possessed within. |
| Total Members | 72 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Concord District - Gold Rating North Regional - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Stefanie Grbich, Heather Robinson |
| Show Theme/Title | Adventures in Puzzleland |
| Total Members | 76 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Penn District - Gold Rating North Regional - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Amanda Bridges, Stefanie Grbich |
| Show Theme/Title | Reflection |
| Repertoire | Mirror/rorriM (by Troy Webdell) |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Concord District - Gold Rating North Regional - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Allysa Medanich, Amanda Bridges |
| Show Theme/Title | No One Sleeps |
| Repertoire | Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture (by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka) Nessum Dorma (by Giacomo Puccini) Coronation Scene (by Modest Mussorgsky) |
| Total Members | 96 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Penn District - Silver Rating |
| Year | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Jeremy Bucy, Allysa Medanich |
| Show Theme/Title | Heart, Mind, and Soul |
| Repertoire | Music by Stephen Melillo |
| Total Members | 105 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Concord District - Bronze Rating |
| Year | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Directors | William Timmerman, Robert Symer |
| Drum Majors | Delanie Yermack, Jeremy Bucy |
| Show Theme/Title | Musica Furioso |
| Repertoire | Sun Cat Pico de Paco Flight of the Condor |
| Total Members | 80 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Penn District - Division 2 |
| Year | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael DePasquale |
| Assistant Directors | William Timmerman, Robert Symer |
| ISSMA Class | Festival Class |
| ISSMA Result | Festival Class _ Division 1 |
| Years | 2000 - 2001 |
|---|---|
| ISSMA | Did not participate |
| Year | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Director | Troy Webdell |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Brandon Rainwater, Carrie Coleman |
| Show Theme/Title | Music From a Dark Millennium |
| Repertoire | Music by Joseph Schwantner |
| ISSMA | Did not participate |
| BOA Grand Nationals | Prelims Class AAA Division 3 |
| BOA Regionals | Louisville - Prelims Class AAA Division 3 Toledo - Prelims Class AAA Division 3 St. Louis - Prelims Class AAA Division 2 Indianapolis - Prelims Class AAA Division 2 |
| Year | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Director | Troy Webdell |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Repertoire | Homage to Perotin (by Nelson) O Mio Babbino Caro (by Puccini) Symphomic Metamorphosis (by Hindesmith) |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Marion District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 2 |
| BOA Regionals | Toledo - Prelims Class AAA Division 2 Indianapolis - Prelims Class AAA Division 2 |
| Year | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Director | Troy Webdell |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Robert Cox, Trisha Eastwood |
| Show Theme/Title | Ghost Light |
| Repertoire | At the Edge of Unknown Earth Remembrance of a Childhood Dream Into the Ghost Light |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Lewis Cass District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 1 |
| BOA Grand Nationals | Prelims Class AAA Division 2 |
| BOA Regionals | St Louis - Prelims Class AAA Division 2 Indianapolis - Prelims Class AAA Division 2 |
| Year | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Director | Troy Webdell |
| Assistant Directors | William Timmerman, Jerry Steinhiber |
| Drum Majors | Robert Cox, Trisha Eastwood |
| Total Members | 99 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Lewis Cass District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 1 |
| BOA Regional | Indianapolis - Prelims Class AAA Division 2 |
| Year | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Director | Troy Webdell |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Annette Munoz, Donald Woodke |
| Show Theme/Title | Rome: The Music of Ottorino Resphigi |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Lewis Cass District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 1 |
| BOA Regional | Indianapolis - Prelims Class AAA Division 3 |
| Year | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Director | Troy Webdell |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Repertoire | Star Trek E.T. Jupiter |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Lewis Cass District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 2 |
| Year | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Director | Victor Racster |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Drum Majors | Katie Belcher, Holly Forem an, Chandra Hasse, Jenny Parduhn |
| Show Theme/Title | Selections from "Beauty & the Beast" |
| Total Members | 151 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Penn District - Division 2 |
| Year | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Director | Victor Racster |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| Show Theme/Title | Robin Hood |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Concord District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 2 |
| Year | 1991 |
|---|---|
| ISSMA | Did not participate |
| Year | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Director | Victor Racster |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Concord District - Division 2 |
| Year | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Director | |
| Assistant Director | William Timmerman |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Penn District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 2 |
| Year | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Director | Robert Miller |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Chesterton District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 2 |
| Year | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard York |
| Assistant Director | Robert S. Symer |
| Total Members | 115 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Concord District - Division 2 |
| Year | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard York |
| Assistant Director | Robert S. Symer |
| Drum Majors | Debi Daniels, Tim Wiggins |
| Total Members | 138 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Penn District - Division 1 North Regional - Division 1 |
| Year | 1985 |
|---|---|
| ISSMA | Did not participate |
| Year | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Pavell |
| Assistant Director | Robert S. Symer |
| Total Members | 118 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Concord District - Division 2 |
| Year | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Pavell |
| Assistant Director | Martin Sensenbaugh |
| Drum Major | Cindi Graveline |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Result | Penn District - Division 2 |
| Year | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Pavell |
| Assistant Directors | Martin Sensenbaugh, Steve Betz |
| Drum Majors | Dan Neary, Robert Kachur |
| Total Members | 115 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Penn District - Division 1 State Prelims - Division 2 |
| Year | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Pavell |
| Assistant Directors | Martin Sensenbaugh, Steve Betz |
| Drum Majors | Nancy Lockhart, Pam Franklin, Ross Fortini |
| Total Members | 138 |
| ISSMA Class | A |
| ISSMA Results | Chesterton District - Division 1 (Best Drill Team) State Prelims - Division 3 |
| Year | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Directors | Michael Pavell, Martin Sensenbaugh |
| Drum Majors | Will Robbins Jr., Nancy Lockhart, Pam Franklin |
| Repertoire | Pictures of Spain La Fiesta Land of Make Believe Soulero |
| Total Members | 163 |
| All-State Marching Band Contest | Class A Prelims Division 2 |
| NISBOVA Class | A |
| NISBOVA Result | Penn - Division 1 |
| Year | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Directors | Michael Pavell, Martin Sensenbaugh |
| Drum Major | Will Robbins Jr. |
| Total Members | 140 |
| NISBOVA Class | A |
| NISBOVA Result | Northrop - Division 2 |
| Year | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Directors | Michael Pavell, Martin Sensenbaugh |
| NISBOVA Class | A |
| NISBOVA Result | Northrop - Division 2 |
| Years | 1962 - 1977 |
|---|---|
| NISBOVA | Did not participate |
| Year | 1961 |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Sensenbaugh |
| Drum Major | Richard Main |
| Total Members | 65 |
| NISBOVA Class | A |
| NISBOVA Result | Lowell - Division 1 |
| Year | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Sensenbaugh |
| Drum Major | Barb Roby |
| Total Members | 71 |
| NISBOVA Class | A |
| NISBOVA Result | Lowell - Division 1 |
| Year | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Sensenbaugh |
| Drum Major | Ruth Carmichael |
| Total Members | 81 |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Merillville - Division 1 |
| Year | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Sensenbaugh |
| Drum Major | Edi Robbins |
| Total Members | 47 |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Merrillville - Division 1 (Sweepstakes Award) |
| Year | 1957 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| Assistant Director | Roger Lindquist |
| Drum Major | Janice Anderson |
| Total Members | 87 |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Valparaiso - Division 2 |
| Year | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| Assistant Director | Roger Lindquist |
| Drum Majors | Janet Robbins, Karen Sines |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Merrillville - Division 2 |
| Year | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| Assistant Director | Roger Lindquist |
| Drum Majors | Janet Robbins, Karen Sines |
| Total Members | 44 |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Merrillville - Division 2 |
| Year | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| Assistant Director | Roger Lindquist |
| Drum Major | Lynne Ripperdan |
| NISBOVA Class | A |
| NISBOVA Result | Valparaiso - Entered, event cancelled due to rain |
| Year | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| NISBOVA Class | A |
| NISBOVA Result | Valparaiso - Division 1 (Overall Best Drum Major) |
| Year | 1952 |
|---|---|
| NISBOVA | Did not participate |
| Year | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Valparaiso - Division 1 |
| Year | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Hobart - Participant (Overall Best Drum Major) |
| Year | 1949 |
|---|---|
| Director | George Myers |
| Total Members | 57 |
| NISBOVA Class | B |
| NISBOVA Result | Hobart - Participant |
| Years | 1947 - 1948 |
|---|---|
| NISBOVA | Did not participate |