
Highlights through the Years
Some of the Band Program’s favorite moments in history.

Retiring trio of Director of Instrumental Music John Owen Davis II, Staff Director Emeritus/Program Administrator Travis Miller and Staff Photographer Michelle Miller pose with their special gifts at the 2022–2023 End-of-Year Celebration Banquet

Outgoing Director of Instrumental Music Mr. John Owen Davis II with incoming Director Mr. Robert A. Luster at the 2023 Instrumental Music Spring Concert

The six members of the inaugural chapter of the Pageantry Arts Honor Society at their induction ceremony

The 2023 Scholastic Marching Class AA McCormick's Division bronze medalists at FFCC Championships, Riverview's Indoor Percussion Ensemble

Members and staff of the 2023 Blue Radiance Winter Guard celebrating their fourth place win at FFCC Championships

2023 Wind Ensemble celebrating yet another Straight Superior rating at Concert MPA

2022 Blue Coat Regiment Marching Band after earning the school's third FMBC regional grand championship at the North Marion High School Kingdom of the Sun Festival

2022 Indoor Percussion Ensemble after earning bronze at FFCC Championships

Students and staff of the 2022 winter guard celebrate making school history as the first team to earn gold at FFCC Championships

2022 Wind Ensemble after hearing of their Straight Superior rating at Concert Music Performance Assessment

Students and staff of the 2022 indoor ensembles: Blue Radiance Winter Guard and Indoor Percussion Ensemble

Blue Coat Regiment class of 2022 seniors at the annual Marching Music Performance Assessment (MPA) where they earned the Band Program's tenth consecutive Superior rating

2021 Blue Coat Regiment at the East Lake High School Classic Florida Marching Band Championships (FMBC) regional, their first competitive performance in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Students and staff attend the University of South Florida Herd of Thunder Marching Band's 2021 HOT Day at Raymond James Stadium

Students and staff of the 2021 Blue Radiance Winter Guard after earning silver medals in the Beyond Division of the Scholastic Class AAA at the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit (FFCC) Championships in Daytona

Drum majors and color guard leaders of the 2020 Blue Coat Regiment showing good public health practice for the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Blue Coat Regiment after being named Grand Champions at Largo High School's 43rd Annual Golden Invitational, and its FMBC season debut
2019 Indoor Percussion Ensemble takes home the bronze medal in the Scholastic Marching Class AA McCormicks Division at the FFCC Championships

2018 Blue Coat Regiment earns the school's first grand championship at a FMBC regional at the Lecanto High School Panther Pride Invitational Marching Band Festival

2018 Blue Radiance Winter Guard closes out season at the Florida State Fairgrounds for FFCC Championships, placing fifth in the Kersten Division of Scholastic Class AA

2017 Blue Coat Regiment wins first in division, Runner-Up Grand Champion at King High School Lion's Pride competition
Blue Coat Regiment hosts 2017 Middle School Tour Day, visiting Barrington Middle School, Rodgers Middle School and Winthrop Intermediate Charter School

Band Program students joined orchestra and chorus students on a trip to Washington, D.C.

2016 Blue Coat Regiment earns school's first block score for FMBC State Championships seeding at the FMBC Braden River Invitational
2016 Blue Radiance Winter Guard makes Riverview Color Guard Program's debut at a Winter Guard International event, attending the Southeastern Color Guard Championship at the University of Central Florida scoring a 74.13 and eighth place
Wind Ensemble earns a Straight Superior rating at Concert MPA
A first for the Band Program: in 2015 students performed at the grand opening of a Wawa
2015 Blue Radiance Winter Guard makes school history as the first team to medal at FFCC Championships, earning silver in the Class AA Knights Division with a score of 77.68
Riverview's first foray into a marching indoor winds ensemble was created in 2015 with the I-4 Winds, an Independent A Class team

2014 Blue Coat Regiment is Riverview's first marching band to have a dome performance, taking the field at Tropicana Field at the FMBC State Championships
2013 Blue Coat Regiment shows off their Halloween spirit
2012 Blue Coat Regiment—renamed from the original Shark Attack Band—attends the USBands National Championships in Annapolis, MD, earning eighth place in Class 4A