A little about Mr. Douglas: A former band member himself in high school, Douglas played bass guitar for pep band, and tuba for concert and marching band. He went to Taylor University where he majored in music education and participated in wind ensemble, jazz band and worship band. Before coming to West Noble, he was the director of bands at Columbia City High School.

A little about Mrs. Sponseller:

Mrs. Sponseller is the director of the West Noble High School choir program, as well as the West Noble Middle School 6th, 7th and 8th grade choirs. She also teaches Introduction to choir for 5th grade students.

WNHS currently has concert band, choir, marching band and pep band. WNHS also has a color guard accompaniment for marching band.

Marching Band Drum Majors are seniors Logan Hager and Hecmarie Rodriguez Alomar, overseeing over two dozen members of the West Noble Marching Band and Color Guard.

West Noble Marching Band will perform at all home football games (see schedule below) as well as at the Ligonier Marshmallow Festival Parade and begin the ISSMA State Series with ISSMA Scholastic Preliminaries. Pep band performs at several home boys and girls basketball games, and have a winter concert performance.

How can you get involved?
Anyone is welcome to join marching band, regardless of your music or dance experience! We will teach you what you need to know. If you have played an instrument before, you might join concert band, or if you love to sing you can join the choir. If you want to learn a new instrument, there are guitar classes and applied music classes offered, depending on interest and scheduling.

What can we hang our hats on?
The concert band, which has nearly 40 members this year, has earned plaques for their performances at the Purdue Fort Wayne Windfest, and the marching band won first place in all captions at the Goshen Invitational in 2024.

Other Dates of Note:
2026 Fall HS Band Concert - DATE COMING SOON!

2026 Winter HS Band Concert - Dec. 7, 2026 at the WNHS Cafetorium

2027 Spring HS Band Concert - May 17, 2027 at the WNHS Cafetorium (location pending)

2026 Fall HS Choir Concert - Oct. 19, 2026 (grades 6-12)

2026 Winter HS Choir Concert - Dec. 15, 2026 (grades 6-12)

2027 Mid-winter HS Choir Concert - March 3, 2027 (grades 6-12)

2027 Spring Choir Concert - May 12, 2027 (grades 6-7 at 6 p.m.; grades 8-12 at 7 p.m.)

High School choir singing the national anthem at FW Komets game - Nov. 15, 2026 at 7 p.m. (Allen County Memorial Coliseum)

2026-27 West Noble Lightning Brigade Handbook - COMING SOON!

2026-27 West Noble High School Choir materials are COMING SOON!

2026-27 Fall Marching Band Schedule