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West Orange High School Marching Mountaineers Perform "The Beating Heart"; Senior Night and District Band Night Cap Off Exciting Evening: PHOTOS

WEST ORANGE, NJ - The West Orange High School Marching Mountaineers were part of an exciting evening in Suriano Stadium on Sept. 22. The new big screen was unveiled, thanks to a generous donation from Cooperman-Barnabas Medical Center and RWJ Barnabas Health, senior marching band members, football players, and cheerleaders were feted, along with their families during the Senior Night celebration; musicians from Liberty and Roosevelt Middle Schools joined the Mountaineers in the stands for District Band Night; and, the Mountaineers wowed the crowd with a performance of this year's stunning routine "The Beating Heart.""

"The Beating Heart" features:

NEW WORLD by Bjork

ROMEO & JULIET OVERTURE by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

A THOUSAND YEARS by Christina Perri

EL TANGO DE ROXANNE by Ewan McGregor, Jacek Koman, & José Feliciano

This year's senior Drum Major is Anestis Pavlives and the junior Drum Major is Eleanor Jules Kukes.

CLICK ON THE LINK TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS FROM THE MOUNTAINEERS' SENIOR NIGHT, DISTRICT BAND NIGHT, AND PERFORMANCE HERE.

 Mountaineer Seniors

Senior Marching Mountaineers

District Band Night

Mountaineers

The Marching Mountaineers get ready to perform

Marching Band

Marching Band

Hayden Moore

Superintendent Hayden Moore salutes the Marching Band and middle school students during District Band Night

Cynthia Cumming
Sept. 24, 2023