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WCU's Pride of the Mountains hosting 18th annual high school marching band tournament Oct. 20

10/9/2018

 
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The marching band from Haywood County’s Pisgah High School performs in a previous Tournament of Champions at WCU.
CULLOWHEE – Twenty-two of the top high school marching bands from the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee will be competing for the title of grand champion and other honors at the 18th annual Tournament of Champions, which will be hosted by Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band on Saturday, Oct. 20.

The high school bands will present performances at WCU’s E.J. Whitmire Stadium with hopes of capturing the prestigious Chancellor’s Award, a glass traveling trophy that is presented to the grand champion. The highest scoring band from North Carolina will receive the Roll of Honor.


The bands will compete in four classifications during the preliminaries – A, AA, AAA and AAAA – with the winners from each, as well as the next eight highest scoring bands, battling it out in the event finals. Last year’s grand champion, Dobyns-Bennett from Kingsport, Tennessee, will return this year to defend its title.

The preliminaries competition includes a 20-minute clinic session after each band’s performance during which a nationally recognized band adjudicator provides a constructive critique for the band’s director and staff regarding performance and design.

North Carolina bands and their preliminary performance times are Murphy, 9 a.m.; Clayton, 9:15 a.m.; Tuscola, 11 a.m.; North Lincoln, 11:15 a.m.; Pisgah, 11:45 a.m.; Central Cabarrus, 1 p.m.; Owen, 1:15 p.m.; Enloe, 1:45 p.m.; Ardrey Kell, 2 p.m.; Marvin Ridge, 2:30 p.m.; North Henderson, 2:45 p.m.; Smithfield-Selma, 3 p.m.; Enka, 3:15 p.m.; and East Lincoln, 3:30 p.m.


Tennessee bands and their preliminary performance times are Seymour, 9:30 a.m.; Farragut, 10 a.m.; Bearden, 10:45 a.m.; Hardin Valley, 1:30 p.m.; and Dobyns-Bennett, 3:45 p.m.


South Carolina bands and their preliminary performance times are Clover, 10:30 a.m.; and Mauldin, 11:30 a.m.


A band from a Georgia high school, Allatoona, will have a preliminary performance time of 9:45 a.m.


WCU’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will perform twice during the event – at 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. Results from preliminary competition will be announced at 4:20 p.m., and the event finals begin at 6:45 p.m. Results from the finals will be announced at 10:20 p.m.


Judges for the event include Dale Warren, chief judge; Levi Chavez, Randy Greenwell, J.D. Shaw and Chip Wood, music; Michael Gaines and Jeff Sacktig, visual; Rick Subel, color guard; Shane Gwaltney, percussion; and Emily Salgado, drum majors.


Tickets that cover the entire day of preliminaries and finals are $15, and children under 7 are admitted free. Groups of 15 or more can received a discounted ticket price of $12 per ticket. More information about tickets is available by sending an email to 
potminfo@wcu.edu.

More information about WCU’s award-winning Pride of the Mountains Marching Band is available at prideofthemountains.com.
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