HALIFAX, Pa. (WHTM) — Last week, the Halifax Wildcat Marching Band finished less than a point short of what would have been a third straight Pennsylvania state championship. This week, they own a better title.
The Wildcats were one of several local bands making the trip to the Lehigh Valley this weekend for the U.S. Bands A Class National Championships.
At J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, they performed their annual field show, Aurora, featuring Aurora by Luke McMillan, In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins, and Rewrite The Stars by The Greatest Showman, all while wearing uniforms adorned with northern lights imagery.
“It’s as many ways as we can get color on the field as possible,” David Eagleson, director of bands at Halifax, said. “We put our instruments in the shape of a star and all the different ways that we could try to explore that. It was easily our favorite show so far that we’ve put together.”…