WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE AT&T COTTON BOWL CLASSIC MUSIC FESTIVAL!

High School bands from Alabama, Tennessee and New Jersey took home top honors at the three-day National AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Music Festival and Pageantry held Dec. 31, 2009 through Jan. 2, 2010, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Bands participated inconcert band, field show and parade competition while performing before tens of thousands of people at the Comerica Bank New Year’s Parade and nationally televised pre-game and halftime pageantry performances at the 74^th annual AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.

On December 31, Washington Township High School from Sewell, N.J., won the Field Show Grand Championship and Outstanding Auxiliary and Percussion awards. As a result, Washington Township performed its field show routine during AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic pre-game ceremonies at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Ravenwood High School from Brentwood, Tenn., captured top honors in Concert Band competition for Category III at the National AT&T Cotton Bowl Music Festival in Addison, Texas. Daleville High School from Daleville, Ala., won the Concert Band competition among Category I schools, while Joplin High School from Joplin, Mo., took first-place in the Jazz Band Competition.

On New Year’s Day, all bands marched and competed in the 2010 Comerica Bank New Year’s Parade in downtown Dallas before nearly 100,000 spectators and an even larger television and Internet audience. Daleville High School and Ravenwood High School were named this year’s top Parade winners from Category I and Category III, respectively.

Schools receiving awards in parade competition included:

Daleville High School, Daleville, Ala. (1^st place)

Pauls Valley High School, Pauls Valley, Okla. (2^nd place)

Grandview High School, Grandview, Texas (3^rd place)

Category III

Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, Tenn. (1^st Place)

Canyon High School, New Braunfels, Texas (2^nd Place)

Washington Township High School, Sewell, N.J. (3^rd Place)

 
On Jan. 2, 2009, band members performed before the second-largest crowd in Cotton Bowl history (77,000+) and a national television audience in the millions as part of the pre-game and halftime pageantry at the first AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic played in Cowboys Stadium.

“We congratulate each of the bands for representing their communities so well at the National AT&T Cotton Bowl Music Festival,” said Mark Keiffer, president, AT&T mobililty and consumer sales and service. “Great bands, beautiful weather and big crowds combined to make this a festival to remember.” 

 

The participating bands included: 

Allen Consolidated High School from Allen, Neb., directed by Richard Lacy and Amy Stewart 
Bald Knob High School from Bald Knob, Ark., directed by Kevin Gilbee
Belle Plaine High School from Belle Plaine, Kan., directed by Amanda Weisshaar
Canyon High School from New Braunfels, Texas, directed by Jason Adam, Robert Whipkey and Rachel Pruitt
Daleville High School from Daleville, Ala., directed by Mark Nichols and Stephanie Jordan
Grandview High School from Grand View, Texas, directed by F. Mac McKinnerney and Rick Webb
Joplin High School from Joplin, Mo., directed by Rick Castor, Amy Palmer, Jamie Sippel and Nick Moore
Lakewood High School from Lakewood, Ohio, directed by Brian Maskow
Pauls Valley High School from Pauls Valley, Okla., directed by Drew Etheridge and Stan Stevenson
Ravenwood High School from Brentwood, Tenn., directed by Mark Kinzer
Saint Joseph High School from Victoria, Texas, directed by Michael Petrisky
Washington Township High School from Sewell, N.J., directed by Casey Corigliano and Shannon Schoch

 

The Music Festival and Pageantry were directed by National Events from Sandy, Utah and Encore Creative Productions from Dallas.

The AT&T Cotton Bowl Music Festival is one of several events developed by AT&T and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association to extend the legacy of the Classic beyond the Jan. 2 football game. Other activities include the AT&T Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame, AT&T Cotton Bowl Art Contest and support for the Scovell Scholarship Foundation.