Welcome to the Queen Anne's County High School Band Web page, the home of the Lions and the Pride of the Eastern Shore. Please peruse our site for information on the bands, upcoming events, and ways in which you can support the students and help them to succeed.
Upcoming Events
November 11 - Centreville Veterans Day Ceremony
November 25 - 27 - Schools Closed (Thanksgiving Break)
December 2 - Music Department Winter Concert
December 3 - December Band Booster Meeting
December 4 - Centreville Christmas Parade
December 24 - January 1 - Schools Closed (Winter Break)
January 7 - January Band Booster Meeting
January 14 - Early Dismisssal (Exams Periods 1/2)
January 15 - Early Dismissal (Exams Periods 3/4)
January 18 - Schools Closed (MLK Jr. Day)
January 19 - Schools Closed (Staff Professional Development)
January 20 - Schools Closed (Staff Professional Development)
January 21 - Second Semester Starts
January 23 - All Shore Band Auditions @ Parkside HS
January 30 - All Shore Band Auditions (Snow Date)
Announcements
The Next Band Booster Meeting will be held on Thursday, December 3rd at 7:00 PM in the Band Room.
On July 27th - August 7th, the Marching Lions Band held their annual two weeks of Band Camp at QACHS. During the two weeks, the students worked very hard and were able to learn all of the music and half of the field work for their fall field production of There's A Monster Under My Bed. They also worked on the music for Homecoming, along with all the music associated with performing at the home football games this fall. Themed spirit days were enjoyed by the members during the two weeks. Week one had 'Merica Monday, Tropical Tuesday, Wacky Wednesday, Thow Back Thursday, and Whiteout Friday. Week two had Music Monday, Tie-dye Tuesday, Celebrity Day Wednesday, Sectional Color Day Thursday, and Green and Gold Friday. The band also attended a field trip over at the Navy/Marine Corps Stadium for the Drum Corps International competition during the first week of camp as well. The closed out the two weeks sharing what they had accomplished at their Family and Friends Performance.
On September 12th, the 2026 Marching Lions Band traveled to Kent Island High School for the Maryland Marching Band Association’s Eastern Preview show. The Marching Lions gave an outstanding performance for an adjudication panel of three judges who gave overall comments on what the band is doing well and areas for improvement and growth in preparation for their next competitive performance at the Guilford Park HS MMBA Competition on September 26th.
On September 26th, the Marching Lions Band traveled to Guilford Park High School in Jessup, MD, for their first competition of the season. They gave an outstanding performance after a busy week of hard work that earned them a score of 75.83 and a first-place award in Group 1A. Next week, the Marching Lions Band will be headed to Crofton High School in Gambrills, MD, for their next competition.
On October 3rd, the Marching Lions Band traveled to Crofton High School in Gambrills, MD, for their second competition of the season. They gave another outstanding performance after a busy week of cleaning and refining that earned them an improved score of 80.05 and a first-place finish in Group 1A. Next week, the Marching Lions Band will be traveling down to Colonel Richardson High School in Federalsburg, MD, for their next competition.
On October 10th, the Marching Lions Band traveled to Colonel Richardson HS in Federalsburg, MD, for the MMBA Week 4E competition. This was QA’s 3rd competition of their season. After having a week of detailing various aspects of their show, they gave their best performance of it and earned an 83.31 and the 1st place award. This is an improvement of 3.26 points over the previous week, and 7.48 points over their starting score two weeks prior. After the Week 4 West scores came in from the other show at Westminster that evening, it was confirmed that the Marching Lions finished #1 in the state in their group 1A class for the second week in a row. Upon further investigation, it was also discovered that they had finished that week with the highest score among all A Class Bands from across the state regardless of group size. Once again, the hard work and dedication to recognizing that the smallest details matter paid off. Their next competitive performance will now be on November 7th at Towson University for the MMBA State Championships.
On October 24th, the Marching Lions Band had a very busy day as they marched with several Alumni Members in the Homecoming Parade that went from Kennard Elementary to the high school. To help start the game, the Marching Lions, along with the SMS Thunderbird Marching Band and the CMS Golden Retriever Marching Band, presented "God Bless America" as a pre-game Mass Band presentation. After the mass band cleared the field, they returned and presented the Star Spangled Banner to get the game started. During the game, several 8th-grade band members from the two middle schools joined the Marching Lions in the stands to play the QACHS Fight Song and other stands tunes. At halftime, the Marching Lions presented the latest version of their field production of "There's A Monster Under My Bed".
On November 7th, the Marching Lions Band gave their absolute best performance of their 2026 program: There’s a Monster Under My Bed at the MMBA State Championships at Towson University. The band finished their amazing season with their highest score of the season at an 85.9 and a 3rd place finish out of 8 bands in Group 1A. They improved their score by 10.07 points from their first competition of the season just 6 weeks prior. Along with the overall accomplishment of the band as a whole, the Percussion Section had the second-highest score and the color guard the third-highest score of the Class 1A Bands. Beyond what they accomplished in their own group class as an ensemble of 22 performers, they also had the 12th highest score among the 37 A Class Bands of all size classes.