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Desert Ridge High School Bands

Desert Ridge High School Bands

Home of the Jaguars marching band, proudly serving the Mesa community since 2002. Our award-winning program competes at the highest level of the ABODA circuit, where it took the Division II state championship in 2023 and has placed third in the state in both seasons since.

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This season

Forged in Justice

The show the band is building for this season. Rehearsals run through the summer, the first performances come in the autumn, and the calendar has the dates.

Show title card: Forged in Justice, Desert Ridge HS Marching Band 2026, set in heavy comic-book lettering over a blue starburst

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Color guard performing with spiderweb flags in front of a haunted house backdrop, with lit pumpkins across the field and the drumline in skeleton uniforms

Last season

Hallows’ Eve

A haunted house, a field of lit pumpkins, and a drumline in skeletons. The band took Hallows’ Eve through the autumn competition circuit, from the Corona del Sol Invitational to the Gilbert Invitational, by way of Homecoming and Senior Night.

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