The Preview of Champions Competition Results
A Great Night of Musical Entertainment
The Preview of Champions, an annual high
school marching band show and competition
sponsored by the Allegany Band Boosters,
was held on Saturday, September 25, 2004
at Greenway Avenue Stadium, Cumberland,
Maryland. This annual event was sanctioned
by the Tournament of Bands (TOB). The TOB
is one of the largest competitive band organizations
in the country and currently has over 400
active schools encompassing nine states
(www.tob.org/).
Thirteen high school marching
bands from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West
Virginia participated in the 8th Preview
of Champions. The bands are classified by
the number of student performers involved
with Group I being the smallest and Group
IV being the largest. The bands compete
within the appropriate group. Some bands
play a series of individual compositions,
however, most bands have a theme for the
performance for the 2004-2005 season.
The results are:
NOTE: Performance themes,
selections provided for all first place
bands and all bands winning individual awards.
Group I Bands:
First - Southern Garrett High School, Oakland,
Maryland. Score 77.75. Three awards: Best
Music, Best Marching, Best Percussion. Performance
Theme: Pirates of the Caribbean
Second - Northern Garrett High School, Accident,
Maryland. Score 75.3.
Third - Westmar High School Marching Band,
Lonaconing, Maryland. Score 69.8
Group II Bands:
First -Greencastle-Antrim High School Blue
Devil Marching Band, Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
Score 82.35. Three awards: Best Music, Best
Marching, Best Percussion. Performance Theme:
Excerpts from Miss Saigon
Second - Musselman High School Marching
Applemen, South Berkeley County, West Virginia.
Score 80.5. One award: Best Color Guard.
Performance Theme: Moods
Third - Beall High School Marching Band,
Frostburg, Maryland. Score 63.85.
Group III Bands:
First - Frankfort High SchoolMarching Band
Short Gap, West Virginia. Score 75.15. Two
awards: Best Marching, Best Percussion.
Performance Selections: White Rabbit, The
Sound of Silence, We're An American Band,
The Track of My Tears
Second - Williamsport High School Blue Band,
Williamsport, Maryland. Score 75.05. One
award: Best Music. Performance Theme: Mr.
Holland's Opus
Third - Petersburg High School, Petersburg,
West Virginia. Score 72.15.
Fourth - Boonsboro High School Warrior Band,
Boonsboro, Maryland. Score 71.55. One award:
Best Color Guard. Performance Theme: Pirates
of the Caribbean.
Group IV Bands:
First - Keyser High School Golden Tornado
Band, Keyser, West Virginia. Score 83.5.
Four awards: Best Music, Best Marching,
Best Percussion, Best Color Guard. Performance
Theme: My Favorites - Farewell. NOTE: Mr.
Richard T. Frush is retiring after 32 years
of conducting and directing the band program
at Keyser High School and, hence, the performance
of favorites.
Exhibition Bands: NOTE: These bands did
not compete - they performed for exhibition
only - this is the case for "hometown"
bands in TOB competitions.
Allegany High School Marching
Band, Cumberland, Maryland. Performance:
Theme: 1984
Fort Hill High School Marching Band, Cumberland,
Maryland. Performance Selections: House
of the Rising Sun, Soak Up the Sun, A Whiter
Shade of Pale.
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The Allegany High School Marching Band and
the Allegany Band Boosters want to thank
the community for attending The Preview
of Champions. The Preview of Champions is
a wonderful, family-oriented event and will
be held again next fall - be there to hear
great music and to see fabulous routines
by marching bands and color guards.
Bretta Reinhard
Allegany Band Boosters Publicity Chairperson
Cumberland, Maryland
Home 301-777-0999
Cell 301-707-9990
The Allegany High School Marching Band
Cumberland, Maryland
The Allegany High School Marching Band -
- - This Week (September 27th):
The award winning Allegany High School Marching
Band will compete in another Tournament
of Bands event on Saturday evening, October
2, 2004. It is the Music in the Park Marching
Band Competition at the Mechanicsburg Area
High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Tickets are available from the Allegany
Band Boosters and at the event. For additional
information call the Allegany Band Office
at 301-777-2567 or visit www.tob.org/ and
click to marching band - schedules.
Bretta Reinhard
Allegany Band Boosters Publicity Chairperson
Cumberland, Maryland
Home 301-777-0999
Cell 301-707-9990
