FIRST COLONIAL HIGH SCHOOL BAND
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The First Colonial Patriot Percussion Ensemble is a cocurricular ensemble open to all musicians in the FCHS Performing Arts Department.  The Patriot Percussion Ensemble is a competitive ensemble, competing in the Atlantic Indoor Association (AIA) & Winter Guard International (WGI) circuits locally, regionally, & nationally.  The Patriot Percussion Ensemble rehearses multiples times per week November-April to learn a show, competing in the Scholastic Concert Percussion class at events.  Since formation, the PPE has established a tradition of excellence in AIA class competition & won AIA North Championships in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 & 2025

2017-2018 Season: "Thirst"

AIA Forest Park HS Competition
1st Place        Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA South County HS Competition
1st Place        Percussion Scholastic Concert A

2018-2019 Season: "Metroplex"

Arranger:  KJ Stafford
​Musical Selections:  "Metroplex" by Robert Sheldon, "Children's Hour of Dream" by Charles Mingus

AIA EC Glass HS Competition

1st Place       Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA Atlee HS Competition
1st Place      Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA Potomac HS Competition
1st Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA North Championships at South County HS
​Gold Medal   Percussion Scholastic Concert A

2019-2020 Season: "Winter is Coming"

Arranger:  KJ Stafford
Musical Selections:  "Selections from the Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, "The Night King" by Ramin Djwadi, "Winter from the Four Seasons" by Vivaldi


AIA Patriot HS Competition
1st Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA Mount Vernon HS Competition
1st Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
WGI Richmond Competition
2nd Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA Potomac HS Competition
1st Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A


2021-2022 Season:  "1UP"

Arranger:  KJ Stafford
Musical Selections:  "Korobeiniki" (Theme from Tetris), "Theme of Love" from Final Fantasy IV, "Dragonborn" from Skyrim


AIA Jefferson Forest
2nd Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
WGI Richmond Regional
1st Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA Powhatan
1st Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA North Championships at Hampton Coliseum
Gold Medal  Percussion Scholastic Concert A

WGI World Percussion Championships in Dayton, Ohio
​8th Place    Percussion Scholastic Concert A

2022-2023 Season:  "A Night That Never ends"

AIA Grassfield
2nd Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA James river @ Clover hill
1st Place     Percussion Scholastic Concert A
AIA North Championships at Hampton Coliseum
Gold Medal  Percussion Scholastic Concert A

2024-2025 Season:  "The Queens Gambit"

Arranger:  KJ Stafford
Musical Selections: "Everybody Want to Rule The World" by Tears for Fears, "Waltz No.2" by Shostakovich 


AIA Landstown
1st Place Percussion Scholastic A
AIA Midlothian
1st Place Percussion Scholastic A
AIA James River
​1st Place Percussion Scholastic A
AIA North Championships at Hampton Coliseum
Gold Medal Percussion Scholastic A
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      • Patriot Percussion
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