MARCHING SOUTHERNERS SHOW HISTORY
Click the year/title of each show to view a video of the performance.
2024 – JOY
- Opener: Vitae Aeternum (Eternal Life)
- Ballerina Tune: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher/Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- Ballad: You Will Be Found
- Closer: Finale from James Barnes’ Third Symphony/Finale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
2023 – Reflection
- Intro: Reflection
- Opener: Firebird/Fly to Paradise
- Ballerina Tune: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- Ballad: I’ll Fly Away/Over the Rainbow
- Closer: Malagueña/Reflection
2022 – One Giant Leap
- Intro: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Opener: Interstellar Suite
- Ballerina Tune: Dancing in the Moonlight
- Ballad: Jupiter
- Closer: Enterprising Young Men/Go the Distance
2021 – Fate of the Gods
- Intro/Opener: The Battle
- Ballerina Tune: Venus
- Ballad: Watermark
- Closer: Clocktower Parade
2020 – United We Stand
- Joint performance of the Opener: “United We Stand” with the Florida State University Marching Chiefs on September 11th, 2021 in tribute of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
2019 – Earth, Wind, and Fire
- Intro: Earth for Flute and Piano
- Opener: Windsprints
- Ballerina Tune: September
- Ballad: Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Closer: Day of Wrath/Metropolis 1927
2018 – When I Think of Home
- Intro: From Now On (from The Greatest Showman)
- Opener: Coming Home
- Ballerina Tune: All That Jazz
- Ballad: Largo (from the New World Symphony)
- Closer: Malagueña
2017 – Angels Among Us
- Intro: Fly to Paradise
- Opener: Resplendent Glory
- Ballerina Tune: Are You Ready for a Miracle
- Ballad: Angel
- Closer: JoyRIDE
2016 – Heroes: Lost and Fallen
- Opener: Independence Day
- Ballerina Tune: Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941)
- Ballad: Honor (from the Pacific)
- Closer: Heroes Finale (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
2015 – Celebration
- Opener: Festive Overture, William Tell Overture
- Ballerina Tune: The Best is Yet to Come
- Ballad: Tribute
- Closer: New World Symphony/1812 Overture
2014 – Salvation Is Created
- Opener: Carmina Burana/Dies Irae
- Ballerina Tune: I’m Gonna Live Until I Die
- Ballad: Death and Transfiguration/Elsa’s Procession
- Closer: Gloria (Mvt. III)
2013 – One More Time
- Opener: One More Time Chuck Corea
- Ballerina Tune: Habanera (from Carmen)
- Ballad: Spirit of the Bull
- Closer: Malaga/Malagueña
2012 – I’ll Fly Away
- Intro: Enterprising Young Men
- Opener: Flight (Enter the Galaxies)
- Ballerina Tune: Moondance/Fly Me to the Moon
- Ballad: I’ll Fly Away/Over the Rainbow
- Closer: Defying Gravity
2011 – Fire and Ice
- Opener: The Firebird
- Ballerina Tune: Fever
- Ballad: Ice Castles
- Closer: Greensleeves
2010 – Sea to Shining Sea
- Opener: Rocky Point Holiday
- Ballerina Tune: Ol’ Man River
- Ballad: Shenandoah
- Closer: Overture to Candide
2009 – Of Thee I Sing : Part 1 : Part 2
- Opener: Esprit de Corps
- Ballerina Tune: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- Ballad: Requiem for a Soldier (Band of Brothers Theme)/You Raise Me Up
- Closer: America the Beautiful
2008 – From Russia With Love
- Opener: Russian Sailor’s Dance
- Ballerina Tune: Trepak (Nutcracker Suite)
- Ballad: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Closer: Symphony No. 5/Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition)
2007 – Higher, Faster, Louder : Part 1 : Part 2
- Opener: A Mis Abuelos
- Ballerina Tune: Sway
- Ballad: Gabriel’s Oboe
- Closer: El Toro Caliente
2006 – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
- Opener: El Camino Real
- Ballerina Tune: Too Darn Hot
- Ballad: Yesterday
- Closer: Appalachian Spring
2005 – Muy Caliente
- Opener: Firedance
- Ballerina Tune: Fever
- Ballad: Fire of Eternal Glory
- Closer: New World Symphony
2004 – Remembrance
- Opener: Southerner’s Hits (arr. Fifer)
- Ballerina Tune: Bottle Dance
- Ballad: Time to Say Goodbye
- Closer: Remembrance
2003 – A Night At The Opera
- Intro: Phantom of the Opera
- Opener: Bohemian Rhapsody
- Ballad: Nessun Dorma
- Closer: Pagliacci
2002 – A Southerner’s Spanish Fantasy
- Intro: Pictures of Spain
- Opener: Carmen
- Closer: Malagueña
2001 – A Southerner’s Odyssey: Space, Sea, and Sand
- Intro: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Opener: Selections from The Planets
- Ballerina Tune: Land of Make Believe
- Ballad: Watermark
- Closer: Danse Bacchanale (from Samson and Delilah)
2000 – A Night in Birdland
- Opener: Birdland
- Ballerina Tune: Night in Tunisia/Harlem Nocturne
- Closer: Strawberry Soup
1999 – Dance Movements
- Opener: Russian Christmas Music
- Ballerina Tune: Dance Movements/Bottle Dance
- Ballad: Vespers
- Closer: 10th Symphony, Mvt. 2 (Shostakovich)
1998
- Opener: Firebird
- Ballerina Tune: Big Noise from Winnetka
- Ballad: Nessun Dorma
- Closer: Malaga
1997
- Opener: A Mis Abuelos/Barcelona
- Ballerina Tune: Gamecock Saturday Night
- Ballad: Make Our Garden Grow
- Closer: One More Time
1996
- Opener: Symphony for Brass and Percussion
- Ballerina Tune: Fly Me to the Moon
- Closer: Spanish Fantasy
1995
- Opener: Carmina Burana
- Ballerina Tune: Lulu’s Back in Town
- Ballad: Simple Song at Sunrise
- Closer: Malagueña
1994
- First Opener: Charade/Touch of Evil
- Second Opener: Festive Overture
- Ballerina Tune: Satin Doll
- Percussion Feature: Freeda
- Concert Tune: Firedance
- First Closer: Moon River
- Second Closer: Circle of Life