The Deep Run Marching Wildcats is the marching band

Marching band

Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

 of Deep Run High School

Deep Run High School

-History:Deep Run High School was named after one of Henrico County's first schools: Deep Run School. Deep Run School was a two-room schoolhouse that can still be found on the grounds of Short Pump Elementary School...

 in Glen Allen

Glen Allen, Virginia

Glen Allen is a census-designated place in Henrico County, Virginia, United States. The population was 12,562 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, VA

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. The band was founded with the opening of Deep Run High School in 2002. Beginning in 2003, while the band was under the direction of Frank S. Chlorie, the band was named a VBODA Virginia Honor Band each year for five years. Twice competing at Bands of America

Bands of America

Bands of America , a division of Music for All, Inc., is an organization that promotes and organizes marching band competitions for high school students. Competitions include both Regional and Super Regional Championships as well as the Grand National Championships...

 at Towson University

Towson University

Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...

, the band placed 13th out of 25 bands in 2007, and made finals in 2008, placing 9th. The Deep Run Marching Wildcat Band has several staff members and is currently directed by Jaraun M. Ransome. Deep Run High School has also obtained the Blue Ribbon School award for music two years in a row, which involves all music programs being awarded superior ratings at state festivals. The band has also garnered attention on the international stage, being invited to perform as far away as England in the 2007 London New Year's Day Parade.

The Deep Run Invitationals

Since 2005, Deep Run has hosted a marching invitational, which has grown to draw many bands' attendance in both competition and exhibition. In 2006, Deep Run began hosting an indoor percussion and winter guard

Winter guard

Winter guard is an indoor color guard activity, derived from marching band or drum & bugle corps. Unlike traditional color guard, winter guard is performed indoors, usually in a gymnasium or an indoor arena...

competition as well, with a number of high school and college groups coming to perform from across the state.

Wind Ensemble/Concert Band

Since the founding of the band program in 2002, the concert band has been an integral branch along with the marching band. From the first year to the spring of 2004 the program consisted of a single sit-down Concert Band performing concert music grades IV-V. Rapid growth in the band program quickly necessitated the creation of a second band, so in the Fall of 2004 the Wind Ensemble was created to divide the band into an elite group of dedicated high school musicians playing the most challenging repertoire, mostly consisting of Grade VI literature. Currently the band structure remains the same, with the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble playing and rehearsing separately but under the direction of the same director; however, only the Wind Ensemble's scores at musical festivals count towards the overall standing of the school's awards and ratings, specifically the rank of Virginia Honor Band and the Blue Ribbon School.

List of Marching Shows

Year	Show Title	Director	Received "Virginia Honor Band" Title
2002	Latin and Jazz	Frank Chlorie	No
2003	Follow the Dream	Frank Chlorie	Yes
2004	Pirates of the Caribbean	Frank Chlorie	Yes
2005	Spanish Fire	Frank Chlorie	Yes
2006	The Pursuit of Happiness	Jaraun Ransome	Yes
2007	Tra-velocity	Jaraun Ransome	Yes
2008	Frequency	Jaraun Ransome	Yes
2009	Disturbia	Jaraun Ransome	Yes
2010	The Raven	Jaraun Ransome	Yes
2011	The Four Freedoms	Jaraun Ransome	Yes