The Marching Southerners proudly present their 2025 production, ILLUMINATION, a musical journey that explores the many faces of light—its warmth, its intensity, and its beauty. From the flicker of a single candle to the roaring blaze of fire, from the golden glow of the sun to the shimmering elegance of moonlight, this show radiates with energy, passion, and spectacle.

The journey begins with Satoshi Yagisawa’s “Hymn to the Sun,” a triumphant and powerful opener that captures the life-giving force of the sun, its radiant beams igniting the world with brilliance. Next, we transition into the pulsing, vibrant energy of CeeLo Green’s “Bright Lights Bigger City,” where neon lights flash and the electricity of the city comes alive, filling the night with excitement and motion.

The production then takes a dramatic turn with Sia’s “Chandelier,” evoking the elegance and grandeur of cascading light, shimmering with emotion and intensity. This moment of dramatic beauty gives way to a fresh, fiery (and Latin) reimagining of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” where the once-serene melody now burns with passion and energy, transforming moonlight’s quiet glow into an unstoppable inferno.

Through powerful music, dynamic visuals, and breathtaking performances, Illumination celebrates the forces of light that guide, inspire, and energize us. From the first flicker to the final blaze, this show promises to set the field aglow in an unforgettable spectacle of sound and motion.