"the pride of capital high" marching band is the result of hard-working students. with the first marching competition season came two grand championships, a marching style second to none, and what is called the trademark bow. since the school's opening, the pride of capital high has won over 70 grand championships. the pride of capital high, along with the seven other public high schools in kanawha county, compete in the gazette-mail kanawha county majorette and band festival. 2007 marked the tenth win for the band at the festival and the class of 2008 became the first in to win the festival every year (including when the school was grades 10 through 12). in 2008, the band won the festival again and became the first band since 1984 to have won the festival for five consecutive years. they broke this record in 2009 and continued a winning streak until 2015, an eleven consecutive win streak with an overall of eighteen wins (1989–90, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2004–14, 2016). the band has had five girls named miss kanawha majorette at the festival (in 1991, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2014). in the 2006–2007 academic school year, the pride of capital high went undefeated with a 5-0 winning streak, the first time the band went undefeated. the band has also performed for numerous governors of west virginia, two presidents and vice presidents of the united states, including former vice president al gore and former senator hillary clinton in 2008. they have marched in the indianapolis 500 pageant parade, the 2005 chicago state street thanksgiving day parade, the citrus bowl parade (all three were nationally televised) in universal studios orlando, and walt disney world. the current director of bands is brianna blankenship. former directors include william r. "bobby" jenks and robert m. "bob" scott; the latter had been the director of bands since the school opened in 1989 until his retirement in 2011.