JWCC to Host Blazer Pep Day January 20

Blazer Pep Band Day
January 10, 2024

JWCC will host Blazer Pep Day Saturday, January 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., located at the JWCC’s Quincy campus at 48th & Harrison. This event is free to all high school students involved in band, cheer, or dance performance groups.

JWCC Pep Band, Cheer Squad, and Dance Team will provide instruction on specific songs and routines to their respective groups during the morning from 9 a.m. to Noon. Participants will break for lunch and a campus tour at noon. All l groups will later perform during JWCC’s Women’s and Men’s Basketball games at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

All participants will receive a complimentary lunch and t-shirt. Band attendees should bring their own instrument, water bottle, and folding music stand. Cheer and dance participants are asked to wear workout clothes and appropriate shoes.

Pep Day is an opportunity to showcase the talents of area high school students and for those students to connect with JWCC instructors, coaches, and current students.

For more information on the Pep Band component of the events, please contact JWCC’s Dr. Steven Soebbing at ssoebbing@jwcc.edu or Jessica Snider at jsnider@jwcc.edu,.  For information on the event’s cheer component, contact Meagan Root at mroot@jwcc.edu. Interested dance attendees can direct questions to Kristen Stegeman at kstegeman@jwcc.edu.


John Wood Community College is the educational link between business and community. JWCC collaboratively creates innovative and relevant academic and training programs with business leaders to educate young people and the workforce for today's needs and tomorrow's opportunities. JWCC has centers in Quincy, Pittsfield, Baylis and Mt. Sterling, Illinois. Programs include a comprehensive baccalaureate transfer curriculum, customized business training, career/technical degrees, certificates, and personal enrichment courses.