Welcome to the 2025 Sherando Showcase!
Program Sponsors
Event Sponsors
Donations and Contributions
Event Schedule
Event Concessions
Color Guard Clinic
Upcoming Fundraisers
Sherando Band Staff
Special Thanks
Upcoming Dates
Program Sponsors
Thank you to the following organizations for being our Sherando Showcase Digital Program Sponsors!
Event Sponsors
Thank you to the following organizations for being our Sherando Showcase General Event Sponsors!
First Aid Station Sponsor
Laurel Ridge Community College Health Professions
Please Visit our 2025 Vendors in the School Commons
Sherando High School Guard Closet
Sherando Horticulture Department
Thank You to the Following for Their Hospitality Donations
Starbucks Coffee
Pleasant Valley Road
Sclafani’s New York Bagels & Bread
And many thanks to the innumerable parents, families,
friends, and community members for donations!
Event Schedule
Color Guard – Division CGSRA2
| Fluvanna High School Winterguard Just for Tonight | 9:00 AM |
| Page County HS Winterguard Close to You | 9:07 AM |
| Harrisonburg City Combined Schools Under the Rain | 9:14 AM |
| Gar-Field Senior High School Winter Guard Creed | 9:21 AM |
| Culpeper County High School Indoor Colorguard Moonstruck | 9:28 AM |
| James Wood High School Indoor Guard The Emerald City | 9:35 AM |
| Loudoun Valley HS Winterguard SECRET AGENT | 9:42 AM |
| South Lakes HS Winterguard Painters Dream | 9:49 AM |
| Kettle Run Combined Indoor Guard From the Stars | 9:56 AM |
| Herndon Winterguard From Dust | 10:03 AM |
| Stone Bridge HS Winterguard Life Long Love Letter | 10:10 AM |
| Tuscarora Winterguard Rising Above | 10:17 AM |
| BREAK | 10:24 AM |
Color Guard – Division CGMS
| Powhatan JV Winterguard What in the World? | 10:40 AM |
Color Guard – Division CGSRA1
| Madison County HS Winterguard The Raven | 10:47 AM |
| Potomac Falls High School Winterguard Storm | 10:54 AM |
| Freedom HS Winter Guard Love is a Compass | 11:01 AM |
| Broad Run HS Winterguard Dare to Dream | 11:08 AM |
| Langley HS Winterguard Sweet Like Candy | 11:15 AM |
| C.G. Woodson HS Winter Guard Caged Bird Blues | 11:22 AM |
| Rock Ridge HS Winterguard The Composition | 11:29 AM |
| John Champe HS Winter Guard Art in Movement | 11:36 AM |
| Awards for CGSRA and CSMS Classes | 11:43 AM |
Color Guard – Division CGSA3
| West Potomac HS Winterguard Expedition | 1:30 PM |
| Patriot HS Winterguard Double Agent | 1:38 PM |
| Briar Woods HS Falconaires Winterguard Go Ask Alice | 1:46 PM |
| Fairfax HS Winterguard Cosmic Love | 1:54 PM |
| Colonial Heights HS Concept Winterguard Extinction | 2:02 PM |
| Deep Run HS Combined Winterguard Tell-Tale | 2:10 PM |
| Spotsylvania County Combined Schools Winterguard GLAM! | 2:18 PM |
| Jefferson Forest HS Winterguard The Witching Hour | 2:26 PM |
| Oakton HS Winterguard The Afterlife Doesn’t Mean Alone | 2:34 PM |
| BREAK | 2:42 PM |
Color Guard – Division CGSA2
| Sherando HS Indoor Color Guard Cosmic Love | 2:55 PM |
| Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School Winterguard Breaking Through Mental Barriers | 3:03 PM |
| Chantilly HS Charger Guard How We Went Nowhere | 3:11 PM |
| James Madison HS Winterguard Make Your Way | 3:19 PM |
| Stuarts Draft HS Winterguard Sugar, Butter, Flour | 3:27 PM |
| Woodgrove HS Winter Guard The Purple Crayon | 3:35 PM |
| South County HS Winterguard The Evil Queen | 3:43 PM |
Color Guard – Division CGSA1
| McLean High School Winter Guard The Dream of Life | 3:51 PM |
| BREAK | 3:59 PM |
Color Guard – Division CGIA
| Powhatan Winterguard Rihanna 2.5 | 4:10 PM |
| JMU Nuance A Rose Colored Rearview | 4:18 PM |
| BREAK | 4:26 PM |
Color Guard – Division CGIS
| DC’s Different Drummers Winterguard Passion, Resilience, Inclusion, Defiance, Expression | 4:32 PM |
| BREAK | 4:42 PM |
Color Guard – Division CGIO
| JMU Nuance Open On the Rocks | 4:47 PM |
| Awards for CGSA, CGIA, CGIS, CGIO Classes | 4:56 PM |
Percussion – Division PSCA
| Rockingham County Combined Schools Indoor Percussion Dia De Los Muertos | 6:42 PM |
Percussion – Division PSCO
| Broadneck Concert Percussion Elegy of the Fallen | 6:51 PM |
| BREAK | 7:01 PM |
Winds – Division PSCO
| Tuscarora Winds FIVE | 7:07 PM |
| BREAK | 7:16 PM |
Percussion – Division PSRA
| Kettle Run Combined Indoor Percussion Voices of Percussion | 7:22 PM |
| Stone Bridge HS Indoor Percussion Into Thin Air | 7:31 PM |
| Broad Run HS Combined Percussion Moonlight | 7:40 PM |
| Millbrook HS Indoor Percussion (VA) The Deal | 7:49 PM |
| LC Bird Skyhawk Percussion When the Forest Calls | 7:58 PM |
| BREAK | 8:07 PM |
Percussion – Division PSA
| John Champe Indoor Drumline The Summit | 8:17 PM |
| Westfield HS Percussion Timeless | 8:26 PM |
| Centreville Combined Schools Percussion Ka’ach – Echoes of the Mayan World | 8:35 PM |
| Clover Hill Indoor Percussion Tried By Fire | 8:44 PM |
| South Lakes HS Combined Indoor Drumline Of the Abyss | 8:53 PM |
| Rock Ridge Combined Schools Indoor Percussion Deja Vu | 9:02 PM |
| Clarke Indoor Drumline Crash Course | 9:11 PM |
| Stafford County Combined Percussion Sweet Dreams | 9:20 PM |
| BREAK | 9:29 PM |
Percussion – Division PSO
| Freedom HS Percussion The Uninvited | 9:42 PM |
| Sherando HS Indoor Percussion Fate of the Kings | 9:52 PM |
| Chantilly HS Percussion The Caged Bird | 10:02 PM |
| Awards for all Winds and Percussion Classes | 10:12 PM |
Event Concessions
Thank you to the following for their contributions to our concession stand:
Pizza by Italian Delight
Subs from Anthony’s Pizza
Chick-fil-A Apple Blossom Mall
We are also excited to have Laura’s Lemons and Sugar Creek Snowy & Sweet Co. Ice Cream Shop joining us for the event. They will be donating a portion of sales today to our band program.
2025 Spin Clinic – Open to all!
Learn More: Color Guard Spin Clinic
Upcoming Sherando Band Fundraisers
Learn More: Sherando Band Charity Golf Tournament
Sherando Band Director and Staff
Joel Cosner, Director of Bands
Mr. Cosner is a 2011 graduate of James Madison University, a 2007 graduate of Turner Ashby High School, and is a former member of the JMU Marching Royal Dukes, Wind Symphony, and Jazz Ensemble in the JMU School of Music. Prior to his work at Sherando High School, he taught in both Rockbridge County and Rockingham County. He has teaching and administrative experience with many different musical groups, including Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Music Theory, Music History, Percussion, Guitar, Indoor Percussion, Indoor Color Guard/Winter Guard, Pep Band, small chamber ensembles, and others. His students have been selected for various honors and events, including District, County, District Jazz, and All-State Jazz and Concert/Symphonic bands. He has directed many groups to VBODA “Superior” ratings in both Concert and Marching Assessments during his career, along with multiple VBODA Honor Band Awards and VMEA Blue Ribbon School Awards as well.
A lifelong Shenandoah Valley resident, he highly enjoys having the opportunity to live in the Stephens City area, and also highly values the opportunities to serve the students and community of Sherando High School. Outside of music education, he enjoys playing music in multiple gig bands (Everyday People, Jump Alley, Jumptown, and subbing with others), motorcycling, golf, and watching various sports in his spare time.
Kayla Wright, Director of Color Guard
Mrs. Wright is a 2013 graduate of Purdue University where she was a member and technician of the Golden Silks Color Guard in the Purdue All-American Marching Band. Her passion for color guard began at the age of 4 when her dad would take her to Indiana Marching Band State Finals every year. Not only was she an active participant and captain at Westfield H.S. beginning in middle school, other performance opportunities included 2005-06 BOA Summer Symposium, 2007 Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corp, and 2009 BOA Tournament of Roses Honor Band. In 2013, she took on the Color Guard Director at Westfield H.S., Indiana and led them to a State Finals appearance in IHSCGA for the first time in 4 years.
New career opportunities led Kayla and her husband Michael to explore the U.S., residing in Arizona and South Carolina after college. They moved to Stephens City, VA in 2018 where she started directing color guard at Sherando H.S. within two weeks. Throughout these past several years, the color guard program has continued to grow in talent and size. The 2022 Winter Guard made school history by being the first SHS Guard program to be promoted into the next class. She appreciates all of the support from Mr. Cosner, students, parents, and administration in the continuous efforts to strive for success!
Scott Kittrell, Director of Percussion
Mr. Kittrell was born in Falls Church, VA. He has performed in DCI with several corps between 1990-1994. Dutch Boy (1990 – 1992), Bluecoats (1993), and the DCI World Champion, Blue Devils (1994). He also Marched with the Westshoremen Drum Corps (1995 – 1996), winning high drums in 1995, and going undefeated to win a DCA World Championship in 1996. Scott was a member of the Marine Drum and Bugle Corps from 1997-2001. He retired from the Marines in 2009.
Mr. Kittrell started teaching in 1993 at Franklin High School and won two back to back KIDA Championships in 1993 and 1994. He continued to teach at numerous high schools throughout the years and has taught numerous Drum Corps, including the Bluecoats and Blue Devils.
Devon Stein, Band Assistant
Mrs. Stein is excited to join the team as band assistant! She has been a volunteer with the Sherando Band Boosters for the last several years and fell in love with the “band mom” life. She is looking forward to spending even more time with this talented group of students, staff, and volunteers.
When she’s not doing band things, Mrs. Stein enjoys photography, playing board games, spending time with family, and is an avid figure skating fan. She’s a proud mom of a mellophone/French horn player and a color guard member in the Sherando band.
Special Thanks To:
SHS Learning Center
Sherando HS Band Boosters Association – Officer Board
President: Adam Stein
Vice President: Phil Benson
Secretary: Stephanie Mangino
Treasurer: Sam Kilkus
Communications: Ciara Ray
Logistics: Justin San Agustin
Volunteer Coordinator: Melissa Cotton
Advancement: Noelle Callas
Uniforms: Jennifer Boycourt
Member-at-Large: Shannon Damron
Many thanks to all other “untitled” volunteers as well – every person is important to the operation of the organization!
Sherando Faculty & Staff
Principal: Karen McCoy
Assistant Principals: Tim Combs, Darrius Fenton, Deborah Grumbacher
Coordinator of Student Activities: Jason Barbe
SHS Custodial Staff
All other teachers, faculty, and staff of Sherando HS
Upcoming Dates
March 22 – Indoor Competition – Mt. Vernon
March 29 – AIA Championships – Guard
March 30 – AIA Championships – Percussion
April 1 – Indoor Community Night at Sherando
April 2 – District Jazz Event at Sherando
April 3 – Band Booster Meeting 7pm
April 8-11 – Disney Band Trip & Performance
April 12 – Frederick County Spin Clinic
April 22 – Full Band Department Photos
May 2 – Apple Blossom Firefighters’ Parade Performance
May 3 – Apple Blossom Grand Feature Parade Performance
May 6 – Band Booster Meeting 7pm
May 7 – Band Orientation for 25-26 School Year 6:30pm
May 8-10 – Chantilly Jazz Festival
May 15 – Spring Band Concert 7pm
May 20 – Band Awards Ceremony 6:30pm
May 23 – Sherando Band Charity Golf Tournament
May 24 – Newtown Heritage Festival Performance (Jazz Ensemble)
May 30 – Sherando High School Graduation
June 7 – Touch-A-Truck
June 10 – Spirit Night Fundraiser at JB’s Ice Cream Shoppe