it is not often that a halftime performance upstages a football game but that is exactly what happened this past Thursday evening as the Jonesboro-Hodge High School Marching Band made their debut after nearly twenty years of being absent. 

Under the direction of Director, Trey Porchay, the “Tropical Thunder”, as the JHHS band is fondly called, brought Tiger fans to their feet with a rousing performance on the field before coming to the sideline and leading an exuberant final cheer. 

“I am literally overwhelmed with joy,” quoted Porchay in a Facebook post on Friday. “The Jonesboro-Hodge Band “Tropical Thunder” made history by performing its first halftime performance! My students have worked extremely hard and to see them show up and show out the way they did is truly a blessing!!!”