1st Annual Concert Band Preview

The Talladega County Band Directors Association held their 1st annual Concert Band preview on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. The exhibition was designed to serve two purposes; the first to allow concert bands of our Sylacauga City, Talladega City, and Talladega County schools an opportunity to perform for an audience and judge as preparation for upcoming festivals and competitions. The other purpose was to raise money for the Talladega County Band Directors Association's Scholarship fund. $700 was raised for this important cause.

Listed are the participating concert bands and their conductors: B.B. Comer HS Band (Dan Seaborn), Fayetteville HS Band (Melissa Padgett), Lincoln HS Band (Felisha Romine Wach), Munford HS Band (Mike Sims), Sylacauga HS Band (David Simpkins), Talladega High School (David McDaniel), Winterboro HS Band (Grayson Lawrence), and the Zora Ellis JH Band (Danielle Todd).

Dr. Frank Buck was our guest judge and offered valuable commentary about each band's performance.

Sylacauga HS, Talladega HS, and the Zora Ellis JH band members enjoy Tailgate Party!

On Friday, Sept. 12, the members of the Sylacauga HS Band, Talladega HS Band, and the Zora Ellis Junior High Band got together for a Tailgate Party right before the kick-off of the THS vs. SHS game. Band members visited, ate grilled Polish sausages, then performed stand still concerts for each other and for the crowd that had gathered there on the lawn of Dixon School in Talladega.

For an encore, the three bands formed one large band to perform the "Star Spangled Banner" in honor of 9-11 and in celebration of National Anthem Day, Sept. 12, 2008!