Mayor Robert Britting, Jr. presented the Pride of Hillsborough Raider Marching Band with a proclamation recognizing them for their hard work and dedication at the Township Committee meeting on Nov. 12.
The Pride of Hillsborough Marching Band is the 2024 NJ Group Open State Champions with a score of 96.4. The team won caption awards for Best Music, Best Visual, Best Overall Effect, Best Percussion, and Best Colorguard.
The Pride of Hillsborough Raider Marching Band consists of the following Hillsborough High School students: Angelica Agapay, Harish Anand, Joseph Angello, Jay Babaria, Om Babaria, Soham Bajaj, Suhit Basu, Hayley Becker, Logan Benson, Mannan Bhardwaj, Priyam Bhuyan, Annika Bicierro, Steven Blanco, David Bochenko, Sebastian Cabrera, Joseph Campana, Samantha Carey, Lindsey Carlsen, Logan Carlsen, Chad Carnish, Brian Cesiano, Ryan Chen, Harita Chithambaranathan, Elaena Clark, Shane Clark, Rachel Corgo, Gabriella Czechowicz, Bihan Das, Danielle DeLeon Cardenas, Isabelle DeLisle, Quinn DeLisle, Juliana Dominguez, Sophia Echevarria, Nicholas Edolo, Emilia Esposito, Saanvi Gande, Brianna Gibson, Aadhya Goel, Aditya Goel, Hanna Goldstein, Frederick Gordon, Laurina Guo, Arnav Iyer, Vihaan Iyer, Dhruv Jampa, Camila Juarez Baltazar, Agranya Kancharlapalli, Lohith Kandalai, Kaavya Kartik, Kruti Kartik, Isabella Kearney, Sabrina Kearney, Annika Lambert-Smith, Ellery Lambert-Smith, Brennan Lee, Gaeun Lee, Kerry Lydon, Alyson Mariano, MacAllistair Mascola, Jay McCloskey, Ana Mellone, Simon Mizrachy, Saanvi Molasi, Roshne Nagrajan, Virat Nambiar, Valerie Ngo, Eunchae Noh, Veer Parlikar, Judith Paulraj, Aarav Pidaparthy, Selena Poon, Judith Quiroz, Meaghan Rabin, Jessica Raia, Magizh Raju, Noah Rambo, Jeremy Reese, Rashi Roy, Rahil Shah, Charlie Shomers, Kavya Singh, Sonja Slavik, Sophia Soto, Ivanna Sutikno, Neethigna Takkella, Kaylani Tam, Anish Tandon, Zooey Thompson, Mat Trevino, Ariston Triano, Sachi Vaidya, Julianne Valeo, Abigail VanLangen, Reya Varun, Ruhie Varun, Charlotte Vidal, Edward Volkov, Elizabeth Warmke, Madison Warmke, Laura Weintraub, and Kevin Williams.
The Pride of Hillsborough Raider Marching Band is led by Director of Bands Julie Haran and Associate Director of Bands, Nicholas Clipperton. Additional instrumental and visual staff include: Ryan Barry, Dustin Ciano, Peter Ciurczak, Bryan Cook, Alex Duma, Rachel Kalinowski, Phil Martin, Ali Mellott, and Thomas Ploskonka.
