Westlake High School Marching Band

The Westlake High School Marching Band, also called the Marching Thunder, is a high school marching band from Saratoga Springs, Utah.

2012
The Thunder were the 4A Utah State Champion in 2012 with their show titled "The Making of a Masterpiece", and they placed 10th at the St. George Bands of America Regional.

2013
They took a second state championship in 2013 with their show "Our Town" and placed 4th at the St. George BOA Regional.

2014
They placed 4th again in 2014 at the St. George BOA Regional with their show "The Witch and the Saint". The Marching Thunder were also invited to be the Utah representative to march in the Pearl Harbor Memorial parade in December 2014.

2015
With their 2015 show "Black Tears", they were a BOA regional finalist at the St. George, UT Regional and the American Canyon, CA Regional, taking 7th place in St. George and 9th place at American Canyon. They also placed 3rd in the St. George preliminaries.

2016
In 2016, the band received the caption award for Outstanding Visual Performance and Outstanding Color Guard at the Red Rocks state championship in St George. The band was also accepted as a 2016 competitor in the Bands of America Grand National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. They attended in November of that year, competing with their show "The Siege", placing 55th out of 100 bands. They narrowly missed qualification for semi-finals (the top 50 bands qualified).

2017
In the fall of 2016, it was revealed that the Marching Thunder had been invited to be participants in the January 2018 Tournament of Roses Parade. They were priveleged to spend a week in Pasadena at the end of 2017/beginning of 2018, participating in the 2018 Rose Parade, and in the 2018 Bandfest with their show "Making a Difference".

The Thunder changed band directors following the 2017 season.

2021
In 2021, they placed 4th in the 6A OPEN division at State competition in St George, UT, and placed 7th in the subsequent St. George BOA Regional. Their 2021 show was titled "Another Time".