Ridgeline Regiment Production: "Kintsugi: Beautifully Broken" - HMBF 2026 - Prelims

The Ridgeline Regiment performs their 2026 production of "Kintsugi: Beautifully Broken" during finals at the Harvest Marching Band Festival in Yakima, WA on October 17th, 2026. Preliminary Scores: 82.204 2nd Place, Open Division Best Percussion Best General Effect Finals Scores: 83.75 1st Place, Overall Best Drum Majors Best Percussion Best General Effect Best Visual (tie) Eric Parker, Band Director Kintsugi: Beautifully Broken This is the story of something broken. The story of Kintsugi - becoming whole. The Japanese philosophy which finds beauty in transience and flaws. A "Kintsugi heart" represents the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, serving as a metaphor for healing brokenness, embracing flaws, and finding beauty in scars. It symbolizes that mended hearts are stronger, more beautiful, and more resilient than before they were broken. By joining pieces together not with glue, but with gold; we discover we are stronger, more beautiful - together. Composition: Gloriosa Movement 1, "Oratio" - Yashuhide Ito Gloriosa Movement 2, "Cantus" - Yashuhide Ito Everybody Hurts - REM Hallow - Syncatto Gloriosa Movement 3, "Dies Festus" - Yashuhide Ito Design Staff: Wind Arranger: Lewis Norfleet Percussion/Electronics Arranger: Nate Hunt Choreography: James Haynes, Kali Hunt, Dean West, Evan West, Aspen Cullen Visual Design: Eric Parker Digital Image Designs: Ian Szymanski 3D Sculpting: Hannah Sims Student Leadership: Drum Major: Bella Mitchell, Claire Barney Percussion Captain: Soren Gotfredson Color Guard Captain: Megan Sears Brass Captain: Hunter Woolf Woodwind Captain: Kiki Zhu Instructional Staff: Color Guard Coordinator: Kali Hunt Color Guard Assistant: Aspen Cullen, Oliver Carcamo, Evelin Contreras, Haidyn Utigard Winds Assistants: Skyler Belfry, Alexis Hochberg, Melissa Jones, Austin Long, Dean West, Evan West Percussion Coordinator: Nate Hunt Front Ensemble Coordinator: Madi Hunt Front Ensemble Asst.: Andrew Wamsley Battery Assts.: Eli Eckelberg, Rob Lewis, Franklin Newman