Escambia High School Band

Donatar is the current name of the indoor colorguard sponsored by the Escambia High School Marching Band Booster Organiztion. The colorguard has been known by several different names throughout its' long and distinguished history.

The name of the first indoor colorguard at EHS was Las Banderas. They performed mainly in the southeastern colorguard circuit and went to the WGI Olympics in Boston in 1980, where they placed 10th in Class 'A' with a score of 66.53.

In 1981 The guard shortened its' name to just Banderas. This was the first year of the newly formed Gulf Coast Colorguard Circuit. Banderas performed all over the gulf coast from Florida to Louisiana. The 1981 guard placed first at the WGI Southern Regionals, with a score of 75.43, the highest 'A' Class score in the country. They were the Gulf Coast Circuit champions and went on to the WGI Olympics in Syracuse NY. and placed 2nd in the world in the Independent 'A' class with a score of 77.83.

1982 saw a big style change for Banderas and the audience LOVED it! The instructors Alan Casey and Michael Sambogna had to move away from Pensacola and the guard was ran by the infamous Nan Treutel or NACO as the guard called her. The guard was 2nd at circuit championships and 6th in the Independent 'A' class at the WGI Olympics in Nashville TN with a score of 73.46.

It took a couple of years before there was another indoor guard at EHS. And this time they were just known as the Escambia High School Colorguard. Roy Lancaster was the instructor for the guards' return in 1985.

The next time the guard would appear in finals they were known as Donatar. They placed 6th in 1994 with a final score of 66.40.

Donatar would greatly improve their ranking in 1995. Under the direction of Stephen Jones, with show design by Skip Kelly, the guard performed to a haunting soundtrack from the Bulgarian Women's Chorus. Donatar would place 2nd in Scholastic 'A' class at the WGI World Championships with a score of 93.90.

It would take seven years for Donatar to return to finalist status. In 2002 they placed 12th in Scholastic 'A' class with a score of 85.90.