Many students at my school have heard the University of Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI marching bands at sometime during their lives. College football is very popular around here, but some of the musicians only watch to listen to the bands. This year, the Iowa State band program has started another group: Cyclone Sound. This small group of around 50 members is similar to a winter guard group that performs and competes throughout the winter season. Today, this group came to perform their 2015-2016 show for my high school. I was very impressed with the quality since the group has only been running for two or three years. It is still gaining popularity, but I believe the school is promoting the group greatly to encourage more students to audition.
The performance started with several small group performances including a routine by the featured twirler, the color guard, and the drumline. Next, the whole band came out and played a few warm ups while the director explained what they were doing to the audience. Finally, the show started. This year's show was entitled "Stars". The group performed arrangements of three or four tunes that all had something related to stars. In addition, each member wore a uniform with a large star on the front. The tarp which they performed on was designed to be an abstract 'galaxy', and many of their formations were inspired by galaxies and shooting stars.
Overall, I enjoyed the performance very much. It was clear that the group was not as sophisticated as the marching band, but it was still very good. I believe the group will continue to gain popularity and it will become better and better over the next few years. It is difficult starting something brand new like this, but the program is doing very well with it. I am very excited to see what the future holds for Cyclone Sound!
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