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2017 Hillsborough County All-County Bands

November 29, 2016, 4:13 am
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A big congratulations to our students who were selected for the 9-10 and 11-12 All-County Bands! This year the Band Program had five students earn the honor of being placed in these bands. 

The All-County Bands are split by grade level with one band composed of 9th and 10th graders and the other with 11th and 12th graders. These ensembles will meet for only four rehearsals in January before their concert on Saturday, January 21 at Leto High School at 4:00pm.

9-10 All-County Band
Nic Herberger, Alto Saxophone
Cortnee Godsey, Bari Saxophone

11-12 All-County Band
Sarah Ferguson, Flute
Katelyn Andux, Flute
Morgan Brandt, Trombone

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Color Guard Program Makes 2017 FFCC Premiere January 28

January 9, 2017, 4:19 am
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This past Saturday students of the Color Guard Program, also known as the Blue Radiance Color Guard, spent their day in Riverview’s Ron Wardlow Gymnasium rehearsing their 2017 program, “A Secret Chord.”

The team will debut their show at the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit National Class Premiere on Saturday, January 28 at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando. After that the team will progress their way through four regionals—including Riverview’s Blue Radiance Showcase of Champions on February 11—leading up to the FFCC Championships in Daytona Beach on April 2.

Led by Color Guard Director Herman Rios, this year is the team’s second year in Class A, having started with the FFCC in 2014 in Class B and being promoted three times since then to where they currently compete.

See below for Blue Radiance’s full 2017 tour dates and click here for more information on the Color Guard Program!

2017 Blue Radiance Color Guard Tour
 •  January 28: FFCC Premiere, Dr. Phillips High School
 •  February 11: FFCC Regional, Riverview High School
 •  February 18: FFCC Regional, Plant City High School
 •  March 4: FFCC Regional, Seminole High School
 •  March 18: FFCC Regional, Cypress Creek High School
 •  April 1–2: FFCC Championships, Daytona Beach Ocean Center

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Color Guard Program Continues to Excel!

February 20, 2017, 6:32 am
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This past weekend the Blue Radiance Color Guard competed at the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit Plant City High School Regional and took home second place! In addition to their placement the team improved their score by almost six points compared to the week before.

Color Guard Director Mr. Rios had this to say, “The team’s improvement this year has been quite frankly astonishing. The circuit and judges expect scores to improve about two points a week. So for the team to jump six points shows how hard they have been working this year.”

The team competes next at Seminole High School on March 4 and their season will end on April 2 with their performance at the FFCC Championships in Daytona Beach.

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Deputy Drum Major Sarah Ferguson Earns National Gold Medal From Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

March 20, 2017, 6:47 am
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Congratulations to our Deputy Drum Major Sarah Ferguson for being named a National Gold Medalist from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her flash fiction work. Sarah is one of 39 Gold Medalists representing Florida and was chosen from thousand of entries after winning the Hillsborough Writing Region awards.

Sarah and Riverview High School faculty creative writing adviser Mike Zelazo will travel to New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall in June to collect her award and be recognized at the national ceremony.

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Inaugural Middle School Tour Day

March 21, 2017, 4:12 pm
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Today the Blue Coat Regiment made their first appearance of 2017! The Blue Coats toured three nearby middle schools—Barrington Middle School, Rodgers Middle School and Winthrop Intermediate Charter School—and visited their 8th grade band classes. While there students heard the award-winning Regiment perform a portion of their 2016 program “The Address,” along with Riverview’s fight song “Go Sharks!” and some of the students’ favorite stand tunes. Directors Mr. B and Mr. Miller and select Student Leaders also spoke to the future Sharks about the Riverview Band Program and answered questions students had about the transition from middle school to high school band and school life.

See below for photos from throughout the day!

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Blue Coat Regiment Announces 2017 Summer Schedule, Tour Dates and Program

March 23, 2017, 3:14 pm
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Today the Blue Coat Regiment’s Directors Mr. B and Mr. Miller stood before a crowded band room of students, both newcomers and returners, and revealed their 2017 program, “The Trials.” For the coming fall the Blue Coats will perform music by Frank Sullivan, originally titled “The Coven,” with a retelling of the Salem Witch Trials.

Along with learning of their show that they will perform throughout the Tampa Bay Area, students were also informed of their 2017 tour dates, including summer band days, band camp and their football and competition performances.

Mr. B commented on today’s announcements: “We are incredibly excited about this coming season, and our staff is hard at work on our show design. We plan on hitting the ground running for our first summer band day in June!”

Summer Band Days
Tuesday, June 27 and Thursday, June 29, 4:00-7:00pm
Tuesday, July 11 and Thursday, July 13, 4:00-7:00pm

Band Camp
Tuesday, July 25 – Friday, July 28, 8:00am-8:00pm
Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4, 8:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, August 5, 10:00am-5:00pm

Dinner with the Director
Saturday, August 5, 6:00pm

Tour Dates
Friday, August 18 – Home vs. Bloomingdale
Friday, August 25 – Away at East Bay
Saturday, August 26 – Camp Day, 12:00-8:00pm
Friday, September 1 – Home vs. Freedom
Friday, September 8 – Away at Chamberlain
Friday, September 15 – Home vs. Palm Harbor University
Saturday, September 16 – Camp Day, 8:00am-6:00pm
Friday, September 22 – Away at Newsome
Saturday, September 30 – Seminole Sound Spectacular
Friday, October 6 – Homecoming vs. Alonso
Friday, October 13 – Home vs. Strawberry Crest
Saturday, October 14 – King High School Lion’s Pride
Friday, October 20 – Away at Manatee
Saturday, October 21 – Camp Day, 12:00-8:00pm
Friday, October 27 – Home vs. Sarasota Riverview
Saturday, October 28 – Wiregrass Ranch Marching Music Regional Championship
Saturday, November 4 – FBA Marching MPA, Site TBD
Saturday, November 11 – Riverview Tampa Bay Fall Music Games
Saturday, November 18 – FMBC State Championships

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Blue Radiance Color Guard Ends Their 2017 Tour

April 3, 2017, 5:30 am
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On Saturday members of our Color Guard Program took the floor in a packed Daytona Beach Ocean Center for their Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit Championships performance. 

The team had their final run of “A Secret Chord,” and ended the night scoring a 74.39 and taking home 8th place in the Company Division of the national Scholastic A Class. 

We are so proud of our team’s accomplishments this season! 

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Riverview’s Advanced Theatre Students Present “The Phantom of the Opera.”

April 18, 2017, 7:35 pm
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Support our thespian friends as they present their final show of the season, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved The Phantom of the Opera! There are two weeks to catch a show—we hope to see you there!

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2017–2018 Student Leaders

April 27, 2017, 10:27 am
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We are excited to announce our Student Leaders for the upcoming school year! These students will help lead the Blue Coat Regiment in the fall, the Blue Radiance Color Guard in the spring and everything in between!

Katelyn Andux – Drum Major
Sarah Ferguson – Drum Major
Kacey Massena – Deputy Drum Major
Jacob Massena – Band Captain

Jordan Burnett – Woodwind Captain
Morgan Brandt – Brass Captain
Nathan Chui – Percussion Captain, Drumline
Life Glencer – Percussion Captain, Front Ensemble
Lindsay Cancela – Color Guard Captain

Abby McBride – Flute Section Leader and Uniform Captain
Jordan Burnett – Clarinet Section Leader
Cortnee Godsey – Saxophone Section Leader
Shania Lape – High Brass Section Leader and Uniform Captain
Bryce Torres – High Brass Section Leader
Peyton Toves – Trombone and Baritone Section Leader
Jacob Massena – Tuba Section Leader

Cindy Kenneth – Uniform Captain
Marcus Torres – Uniform Captain

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2017–2018 Booster Board

May 4, 2017, 9:08 am
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Following Mr. B’s introduction at last night’s banquet of our newly elected Booster Board, we are pleased to announce here the individuals who have chosen to help guide the Band Program for the upcoming year:

Bob Hahn, President
Kym Cancela, Vice President
Sarah Godsey, Treasurer
Cynthia Brandt, Secretary
Cathy Massena, Fundraising Coordinator

We want to thank Bob, Sarah and Cathy for continuing to serve on the Board, and we also want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to Marlene Stark, Stephanie Hannett and Sue Masessa for their work on the Board for the 2016–2017 school year!

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2017–2018 Blue Radiance Color Guard

May 12, 2017, 6:50 pm
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Under the direction of Mr. Rios, the students below have been selected as members of our Blue Radiance Color Guard. These students will march with the Blue Coat Regiment in the fall and then transition to their own winter guard season after Thanksgiving break. 

Destiny Bagwell
Keerah Baker
Mikayla Bird
Alanis Blake
Faith Brown
Shelby Bryan
Kailey Cancela
Lindsay Cancela, Captain
Stacie Carey
Naiya Crecy
Jeanae Desir
Destiny Dixon
Lauryn Galloway
Issa Garner
Rachel Hooks
Ashley Kuettner
Taylor Lee
Topanga Montanez
Kylee Moore
Alyssa Morales
Mayra Rubio
Alexandria Steinberg
Tori Thomas
Jaylin Tucker
Alyssa Vance
Angela Vargas
La'Nya Wright

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2017 Summer Schedule

May 13, 2017, 8:33 pm
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Read below to find out more about the Blue Coat Regiment’s summer schedule as they prepare for another season! If you have any questions, visit our contact page to get in touch with our Program Staff.

Summer Band Days
These days are used to help acclimate students with the transition from middle school to high school, so we strongly encourage students new to our program attend. Our staff and student leaders will teach students the basics of marching band and beginning teaching show music—and get to know one another!
• Tuesday, June 27 and Thursday, June 29, 4:00-7:00pm
• Tuesday, July 11 and Thursday, July 13, 4:00-7:00pm

Color Guard Camp Days
Coinciding with our Summer Band Days, members of the color guard will begin rehearsing earlier in the day at 11:00am and end at 3:00pm before rejoining the entire band at 4:00pm.
• Tuesday, June 27 and Thursday, June 29, 11:00am-3:00pm
• Tuesday, July 11 and Thursday, July 13, 11:00am-3:00pm

Band Camp
Unlike our summer band days attendance at band camp is mandatory. An absence from band camp could result in your child losing their spot in the show! Be sure to communicate any conflicts as soon as you know about them.
• Tuesday, July 25 – Friday, July 28, 8:00am-8:00pm
• Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4, 8:00am-5:00pm
• Saturday, August 5, 10:00am-5:00pm

Dinner with the Director
Hosted by Mr. B and the Booster Board this annual dinner simultaneously celebrates the end of band camp and the beginning of our season!
• Saturday, August 5, 6:00pm

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2017 Dinner with the Director

August 7, 2017, 1:13 pm
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Saturday Mr. B and our Booster Board hosted our annual post-band camp Dinner with the Director—and it was a packed house!

As students from the Blue Coat Regiment performed for the cafeteria full of friends, family and alumni one could feel the energy in the air. 

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Director Mr. B said, “The progress the students have made over the last two weeks of band camp has been extraordinary. Today’s performance was only a glimpse of things to come this season.” Bob Hahn, Booster Board President also commented, “It was great to see the enthusiasm everyone has to make this the best year yet for the Blue Coat Regiment. The performance the band gave during the dinner shows the dedication of our program and the show promises to be truly spectacular.”

The Blue Coats will make their 2017 season debut at their first football game on August 25 away at nearby East Bay High School. Watch this space for updates!

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Riverview to be Featured on News Channel 8′s Friday Morning High School Blitz

August 30, 2017, 9:51 am
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Riverview High School has been selected to be featured on WFLA News Channel 8′s weekly Friday Morning High School Blitz! The network will film and air a live morning pep rally at the school’s gymnasium.

Coverage will begin at approximately 6:25am and feature the Blue Coat Regiment Marching Band along with the school’s cheerleaders, football team, Student Government Association, Senior Council and Navy JROTC Shark Battalion.

Be sure to tune in or set your DVR for this Friday, September 1!

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2017 USF HOT Day

September 5, 2017, 7:15 am
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This past Saturday members of the Riverview Band Program took part in the University of South Florida’s HOT Day. This music- and fun-filled day involved over 1,100 high school students from throughout central Florida getting to perform with the school’s Herd of Thunder Marching Band during halftime at their game against Stony Brook at Raymond James Stadium.

A big thanks to the HOT Band and all their staff and students for an un-Bull-evably awesome day! 

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Blue Coat Regiment Makes their 2017 Competition Debut

October 1, 2017, 10:27 am
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This past Saturday students of the Blue Coat Regiment took the field at Seminole High School for the 41st annual Seminole Sound Spectacular, a Florida Marching Band Coalition regional. 

Competing 17 total bands across four classes of competition the Blue Coats took home 4th overall with a score of 67.575.

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Other notables go to our color guard members who placed 3rd overall and our percussion section who places 4th overall!

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Blue Coats Continue to Earn Top Prizes at King High School Lion’s Pride

October 15, 2017, 10:34 am
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For the second year in a row the Blue Coat Regiment participated in King High School’s annual Lion’s Pride competition—and for the second year in a row the Blue Coats earned 1st place in their division!

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Because this competition is not a part of the Florida Marching Band Coalition scores and awards are awarded differently than most competitions the Blue Coats participate in. Despite that, the victories were many! In addition to their best in division win, with a score of 90.5 the Blue Coats earned a superior rating in the captions of percussion, color guard and drum major—the only captions a band can earn a superior in—as well as an overall superior rating. 

Out of all 26 competing bands on Saturday the Blue Coats placed 2nd overall, bettering their 3rd place from 2016.

Congratulations to all of our students and thanks to all our parent and family volunteers for your support and hard work!

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Schedule for The March

November 3, 2017, 2:59 pm
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On November 11 the Riverview Band Program will host its third Florida Marching Band Coalition regional competition, The March. Previously known as the Tampa Bay Fall Music Games, the event was re-themed this year to honor the Veterans Day holiday on which it falls.

In one week eleven bands from throughout the state will take the field at J. Vince Thompson Stadium to compete for the top prize in the final week of the competitive season before the FMBC State Championships. The schedule for the evening is below.

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Blue Coat Regiment Earns Top Rating for Fourth Year

November 7, 2017, 12:08 pm
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On Saturday all 27 public high schools from Hillsborough County (plus the private Berkeley Preparatory Academy) performed at Gaither High School for the annual Florida Bandmasters Association District 7 Marching Music Performance assessment.

Unlike a competition, Marching MPA is done for an evaluation instead of a score. Bands receive a rating of poor, fair, good, excellent or superior in the captions of marching/maneuvering, general effect, music, auxiliary/color guard and percussion, with the music caption receiving two ratings from two judges. 

The Blue Coat Regiment earned a superior rating in each caption, making this the fourth consecutive year they have earned a straight superior rating and the seventh consecutive year they have earned an overall superior rating. This also marks the eleventh consecutive year the color guard has been rated superior, and the fourteenth time since 2000. 

Below is a picture of Directors Mr. B and Mr. Miller with our seniors after receiving their senior medals and hearing they were a superior band yet again!

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Leaving it All on the Field: Wrapping Up the 2017 Marching Season

November 19, 2017, 7:38 am
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This past Saturday the Blue Coat Regiment had one final performance of their 2017 show “The Trials,” in front of a standing room-only stadium at H. B. Plant High School in Tampa.

The students were performing at the Florida Marching Band Coalition State Championships Semi-Finals where bands from across the state were converging with hopes of claiming the top prize and moving on to the finals portion later that evening. When all was said and done the Blue Coats scored a 72.00 and placed 13th in the state!

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“On behalf of the entire Program I want to congratulate our students for their tremendous spirit and the amount of hard work they put in this season. This year’s band was almost a third of students who had never marched before and to see where we are now from where we were is unbelievable. I could not be more proud,” said Director Mr. B. “It is also very important that it isn’t just the staff who got us here, but the Booster Board and volunteers. We say it a lot, but it’s because of you that we can do what we do. So thank you!”

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