The Southgate Anderson Marching Band is under the Direction of Danny Walsh and began its competitive edge back in the late 1960's and its spirit is still alive and well!
Recently, the band has climbed among the elite in Flight II and has placed as high as 3rd Place at the Michigan Competing Band Association State Championships in 2012 and 2013. This past season they competed on the National Stage at the Bands of America Toledo, OH Regional and have been a State Finalist for the past 12 consecutive years.
The Southgate Anderson Winter Percussion is a 3-time Michigan Color Guard Circuit State Champion, is a WGI Regional Finalist in several nationwide regionals, they are the current WGI Troy Regional Champion and are a current WGI World Semi-Finalist. In 2009, they finished as a WGI World Finalist!
The Winter Guard is consistently one of the biggest programs in the State and is also one of the elite. The have a Middle School, JV and Varsity team and both the JV and Varisty teams finished 2nd in the State last season. They have been a WGI finalist in the Pittsburgh, Walled Lake and Indianapolis Regionals and recently became a Mid-East Championship Finalist. Lastly, they finished as a WGI World Semi-Finalist in the top 25 in the Nation! We are a small but mighty band and our goal is to entertain!
The band will be performing their own mix of "Jingle Bells" and "Jingle Bell Rock."