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Auburn High School 405 S. Dean Rd. Auburn, AL 36830 (334) 887-2117 __________ |
the most decorated bands in the United States today. The Concert,
Jazz, and Marching bands have all received recognition at the highest levels
of competition. From 50 years of straight superior ratings at the
district level to participation in the Paris and London New Year's Parades
at the international level, the Auburn High School Band has consistently
shown why it is considered to be among the strongest bands in America.
Here is a partial list of the Band's awards and honors.
| Honors Band |
| 1987 | Sudler Flag of Honor |
| 1987 | Placed on the Historic Roll of Honor of Distinguished High School Concert Bands in America |
| 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 | Superior ratings from all judges at district band competition; overall superior rating. |
| 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 | Superior ratings from all judges at state band competition; overall superior rating. |
| 1965, 1972 | Overall superior rating, state band competition |
| 1974 | Overall excellent rating, state band competition |
| 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003 | Performed for Alabama Music Educators Association Conference |
| 1978, 1993 | Performed for Southeastern USA Concert Band Clinic |
| 1972, 1977 | Performed for Music Educators National Conference, Southeastern Division |
| 1996 | Performed for College Band Directors National Association/National Band Association Conference (first high school band ever invited) |
| 1973 | Performed for University of Southern Mississippi Conductors' Conference |
| 1983, 1987, 1998 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Best Overall, Smoky Mountain Music Festival (Gatlinburg) |
| 1990, 1993 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Contest of Champions (Orlando) |
| 1988, 1989 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Overall Championship, World Music Showcase (Orlando) |
| 1998, 1999 | Invited to National Adjudicators' Invitational Grand Nationals (Knoxville) |
| 2006 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Best in Class, Gold Award (best overall), Festival Disney (Orlando) |
| 2004 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Best in Class, Festival of Champions (Panama City) |
| 2002 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First Place, Best in Class, Best Overall Performance, Seasonal Champions, Musical Adventures Festival (Orlando) |
| 1995 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Second Place, Musicfest (Orlando) |
| 1994 | Invitation to Magic Music Days Concert Series, Disney World (Orlando) |
| 1992 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Second Place, Musicfest (Orlando) |
| 1991 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Second place, Contest of Champions (Orlando) |
| 1987 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Miracle Strip Music Festival (Panama City) |
| 1986 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Best Overall, Contest of Champions (Orlando) [Scored higher then three Sudler Bands. (only seven existed at this point)] |
| 1985 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Best Overall, Daytona Beach Music Festival |
| 1984 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Best in Sightreading, Best Overall, Festival of Music (Orlando) |
| 1982 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Second Place, Dogwood Arts Festival (Knoxville) |
| 1992 | Bellringer Award |
| 1984 | Invitation to World Band Festival |
| 1975 | Judges Choice, Lake Martin Concert Band Festival |
| 1956, 1968 | Featured performers on Alabama Public Television (The Stockade, Music for Listening) |
| 1967 | Played for Alabama Association of Student Councils Convention |
| Undated | First Place, Horseshoe Bend Band Festival |
| Symphonic Band |
| 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 | Overall superior rating, district band competition |
| 1976, 1980, 1997 | Superior ratings from all judges at state band competition; overall superior rating. |
| 1977, 1978, 1998 | Overall superior rating, state band competition |
| 1970, 1971, 1974, 2002 | Overall excellent rating, state band competition |
| 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Festival of Champions (Panama City) |
| 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991 | Overall superior rating, First place, Festival of Champions (Panama City) |
| 2002 | Overall superior rating, First Place, Best in Class, Musical Adventures Festival (Orlando) |
| 1998 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Third Place, Smoky Mountain Music Festival (Gatlinburg) |
| 1995 | Overall superior rating, Third Place, Contest of Champions (Orlando) |
| 1993 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Opryland Music Festival (Nashville) |
| 1992 | Overall superior rating, First place, American Music Festival (Nashville) |
| 1991 | Overall superior rating, First place, Spring Fling (Orlando) |
| Concert Band |
| 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2003 | Superior ratings from all judges at district band competition; overall superior rating. |
| 1998 | Overall superior rating, district band competition |
| 1999 | Overall excellent rating, district band competition |
| 1998 | Overall superior rating, State Band Competition |
| 1998 | Overall superior rating, Third Place, Smoky Mountain Music Festival (Gatlinburg) |
| Marching Honors |
| 1996, 1997 | Invited to Lord Mayor's of Westminister's New Year's Parade in London, England (participated 1997) |
| 2001 | Invited to and performed in the La Grande Parade de Paris in Paris, France. |
| 1957, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1999 | Performed alone for halftime at Auburn University football game (attendance 80,000+) |
| 1947, 1955, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1995 | Invited to Alabama Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade (participated 1947, 1955, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1983) |
| 1971, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1984 | Student named to McDonald's All-Star Band |
| 1971, 1974 | Performed at Atlanta Braves MLB game |
| 1981 | Invitation to New Orleans Marti Gras Parade |
| 1966 | Performed alone for halftime at Atlanta Falcons NFL football game (attendance 60,000+) |
| 1962 | Invited to Inaugural Parade of President John F. Kennedy |
| 1955 | Invited to Florida State University Band Day |
| 1955, 1957 | Named top band, first place, Auburn University Band Clinic |
| 1939, 1946, 1967 | Performed alone for halftime for Blue-Grey College All-Star Game |
| 1960, Undated | Performed alone for halftime for Senior Bowl College All-Star Game |
| Lab Band |
| 1974 | Rated as one of nation's top ten high school jazz bands |
| 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Sweepstakes, Loyola University Jazz Festival (New Orleans) |
| 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Sweepstakes, Alabama Jazz Festival (Birmingham) |
| 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, All-American Jazz Festival (Mobile) |
| 1981, 1986, 1991 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Overall Best, New Orleans Jazz Festival |
| 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Columbus College Jazz Festival |
| 1987, 1998 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Smoky Mountain Music Festival (Gatlinburg) |
| 1988, 1989 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Overall Championship, World Music Showcase (Orlando) |
| 1983, 1988 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Outstanding Combo, Outstanding Ensemble, Memphis State Jazz Week |
| 1982 | Performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) |
| 1993 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, American Classic Music Festival (Nashville) |
| 1992 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Third Place, Musicfest (Orlando) |
| 1989 | Self-sponsored performance tour of Europe |
| 1986 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Best of Festival, Auburn Jazz Festival |
| 1985 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best in Class, Best Overall, Daytona Beach Music Festival |
| 1984 | Performed for Alabama Music Educators Association Conference |
| 1984 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, Best Sightreading, First place, Best in Class, Best Overall, Festival of Music (Orlando) |
| 1984 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Outstanding High School, Columbus College Jazz Festival |
| 1983 | Invitation to First Chinese Invitational Music Festival (Shanghai, China) |
| 1983 | Invitation to International Youth and Music Festival (Vienna, Austria) [Only U.S. band invited] |
| 1982 | Invitation to Paris Jazz Festival (Paris, France) |
| 1982 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, three of four top section awards, Dogwood Arts Festival (Nashville) |
| 1981 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, Best Big Band, Columbus College Jazz Festival |
| 1978 | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First place, International Jazz Festival (Frankfurt, Germany) |
| 1977 | Invited to perform on National Association of Jazz Educators Project II record (one of eight bands selected nationwide) |
| 1996, 1997 | Instrumental Accompanist Award, South Central Classic Show Choir Invitational |
| 1996 | Best Instrumental Group, Southern Showcase |
| Undated | Superior ratings from all judges, overall superior rating, First Place, Birmingham Jazz Festival |
© Trey Armistead, 2006. Last revised 2 April 2006.
The Sudler Flag of Honor
The Bands
• Honors Band
• Symphonic Band
• Marching Band
• Lab Band
Music of the Honors Band
• By title
• By composer
• By year performed
Related Links
• All-State Band Members
• AHS Band Individual Awards
