ROYERSFORD PA – Spring-Ford “Rams Pride” takes to a stadium field Saturday (Oct. 25, 2025), as the high school marching band performs in competition in Delaware.
Led by Director Andrew Walls, the band is participating in the “Bands of America Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship” in Delaware Stadium at the University of Delaware, Newark DE, according to information supplied to media outlets.
Its preliminary performance is scheduled for 2:45 p.m., Bands of America reports. Drum Major Allie Felder and the Rams are slated to offer a “Tide to the Ocean” repertoire that includes:
- “Ocean Eyes” by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell;
- “Dark Clouds, Temen Oblak” by Christopher Tin; and
- “How Deep is the Ocean” by Irving Berlin.
Band members will, as is often the case for competitions, be in for a long day. Preparations and rehearsals will run Saturday from 7:30-10 a.m. at the high school and its main lot. Buses will later arrive for the trip to Delaware, and players will likely eat their lunches on the way. The school says they should reach their destination by early afternoon.
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Afternoon Preliminaries, Evening Finals
Then final prep begins. Beginning after 1 p.m., the musicians will warm up, and assemble in units by the gate that will open to present Spring-Ford’s musical envoys.
The 12 highest-scoring bands advance to the evening finals with the top-scoring band named champion at the end of the night, according to organizers. The performances of all are “evaluated by a panel of nationally recognized music educators and marching band experts,” Bands of America adds.
The Rams will know if they’ve succeeded in reaching the finals during the late afternoon, when preliminary winners are scheduled to be announced. By then they will have had a chance to put away their equipment, change out of their uniforms, and return to the stadium for the announcements.
“The Ram Dining Crew,” a group of volunteers who donate their time and also help solicit donations, will treat the competitors to dinner.
If the band moves into finals, its musicians will warm up and rehearse again, dress to perform, and re-emerge on the field by or after 7:30 p.m. depending on their designated order of appearance. The champion band and other place winners will be announced at 10:45 p.m. The long, and many hope joyful, ride home follows.
A Premier Competition
Spring-Ford’s musicians will compete against nearly 30 other bands from New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
The 2025 Bands of America Championships season includes 29 events across America. Organizers report it ends Nov. 13-15 with the Bands of America Grand National Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis IN.
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