Pictured: Members of The Sound of Hope on the fieldHOPE – As the new school year is soon approaching, we are coming closer and closer to it being time for the Hope High School marching band, The Sound of Hope, to begin their 2026 season. To learn more about this, we interviewed Christian Davis, Hope High School Director of Bands, now beginning his seventh year. To open, we asked Mr. Davis about the meaning of their new show. In recent years, the Bobcat band has been seen wearing a large variety of colors and themes for their show uniforms. Mr. Davis answered, “With all of these kids’ hard work and dedication to winning, truly, I simply want these kids to have a love for music.