This year the Herriman Marching Mustangs are bringing the story of Orpheus and Eurydice to the field. Here is summary of it:

Orpheus, a gifted musician whose music could charm all living things and even inanimate objects, falls deeply in love with the beautiful Eurydice. They marry, but their happiness is short-lived — Eurydice dies shortly after the wedding, bitten by a snake while fleeing from a pursuer.

Devastated, Orpheus descends into the Underworld to bring her back. He plays such beautiful, mournful music that Hades and Persephone, rulers of the Underworld, are moved and agree to let Eurydice return to the living world — on one condition: Orpheus must walk in front of her and not look back until they both reach the surface.

Just before they reach the exit, overwhelmed with doubt and longing, Orpheus turns to look at Eurydice — and instantly loses her forever. She fades back into the shadows, and he is left alone, heartbroken.

The story is a timeless symbol of love, loss, trust, and the consequences of doubt.