The Mount Pleasant High School Goin’ Gold Band held auditions to select the 2026-2027 Drum Majors in the Performing Arts Complex at MPHS.

Leading the band next year are Head Drum Major Odalys Mejia and Assistant Drum Majors Makayla Mather, Maria Beltran, and Cindy Valle.

The 2026 Goin’ Gold Band marching show, “Rust and Redemption”, is a western show featuring songs “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi, orchestral excerpts from “Wild Wild West”, “Man of the North” by Liam St. James, and “The Ecstasy of Gold” by Ennio Morricone, part of his score for the 1966 Sergio Leone film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The band is under the direction of Theodus Luckett III, Brian Bass, Agustin Garcia, Karen Luckett, Christopher Richard, and Larry Lashley. The Colorguard is under the direction of Marty Newman, Peyton McClendon, Logan Cooper, and Gracie McClendon.

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The 2026-2027 Goin’ Gold Band Drum Majors (L to R) Assistant Drum Maria Beltran, Assistant Drum Major Cindy Valle, Assistant Drum Major Makayla Mather, and Head Drum Major Odalys Mejia