The Seaforth and District All Girls Marching Band... can trace its roots back to 1948. The band began as a one-drum accompaniment to cadet inspections at Seaforth High School, led by principal Laurence P. Plumsteel. The Band soon expanded to include bugles but was made up entirely of boys. The first Bandmaster was E.M. Close. In 1953, the group grew to include girls and by 1957 had become an all girls band. It was widely acknowledged in those days that girls were better musicians as more girls than boys were able to read music. In 1957, the Seaforth District High School Girls Trumpet Band emerged with George Hildebrand as director. This was the beginning of the switch from bugles to brass and a few woodwind instruments. Smart new uniforms were purchased and membership required students to maintain a high academic standard.

The only female director, Nancy Berger, wielded the baton briefly from 1965-1967. Mr. Hildebrand resumed directing following this period until 1978. After assisting with the group in 1977, Charles Kalbfleisch took over as Director in 1978. Mr. Kalbfleisch was teaching high school history in the area at that time and his lifelong love of music and youth led him to the group. He retired from active teaching in 1991 but continues to direct the Band. Shauna Breen Belleville, a University of Western Ontario graduate, as well as a graduate of the Band, volunteers as Assistant Director. Other band graduates volunteer in many capacities as time permits. After Mr. Kalbfleisch assumed leadership of the group in 1978, he invited girls from high schools throughout Huron County to join and also drew members from the senior grades of the feeder elementary schools. He added more brass and woodwind instruments, dancers, flag twirlers and a colour party so that even non-musicians could participate.

The name of the group was altered from "Trumpet Band" to "Marching Band". Always in demand for parades, the popularity of the band grew quickly. Unlike the militaristic style of American marching bands, the group displayed a uniquely feminine and Canadian style. The uniform, introduced in the early 1980Õs was a "Lindsay" tartan kilt, tie and tam worn with a burgundy blazer and green knee socks. As the current traditional uniform is now over 25 years old, the group has adopted a, cozy winter uniform for those cold Christmas parades. The cost to replace the traditional uniform is extremely high, so that uniform is kept for special performances in spring and fall. A new "western" style uniform was adopted in 2006, just in time for the Calgary Stampede and has been a hit with audiences everywhere.

Some of the enormous success of the Band may be due to the style of music introduced under the leadership of Charles Kalbfleisch. Instead of traditional "John Philip Sousa" marches played by most marching bands, the group performs popular show tunes, "Disney" music and even rock and roll tunes. They perform on the march, in concert band formation and in choreographed routines and field drills.