Content is created entirely by the band's members; the graduating class assumes responsibility of choreography while the director arranges the music.

Much of what the band practices today has been passed down through generations of South Fayette students and directors, including its three-part audition process and “rookie” spot rotation.

In addition to numerous performances at Pittsburgh Steelers games, the band has performed in the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, the Walt Disney World “Magic Music Days” Parade and many other high visibility venues across the East Coast.

[citation needed] In April 2014, it was reported that Christian Stanfield, a sophomore at South Fayette High, was brought up on charges of disorderly conduct after he recorded several people bullying him.

[7] In May 2019, a 15-year-old student was suspended from South Fayette High School for retaliating against a white classmate who repeatedly called him a racial slur at lunch.

[8] In March 2021, teacher Donald Sekelik was suspended after his 10th-grade World Cultures class was told to imagine themselves as retired captains in the British navy and asked, “Is the slave trade profitable?”.