The Bobcat Band brought home four awards from the 47th Alcoa Marching Band Festival –including the highest award: Grand Champion!
Posted October 31, 2022, by Maria Marta Guzmán of WBIR-TV News: Saturday marked a big win for the Central High School Bobcats Band. The band won four awards at the 47th Alcoa Marching Band Festival.
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Those awards included: second place color guard, first place percussion, first place in class AA-1 and Grand Champion for small band division.
The Grand Champion is the highest award at the festival. The Bobcats won the award over 17 other bands competing from across East Tennessee.
Alex Mink, director of bands at Central High, says his students had been practicing long hours for the competition since June.
“I’m extremely impressed and proud of what our kids have done,” Mink said. “So, seeing them be able to celebrate and people recognizing the hard work that we put in, I’m just over the moon.”
Principal Dr. Andrew Brown tweeted: “Couldn’t be prouder of our band! They have an amazing sound and precise execution of their performance.”
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Rob Huffaker, administrator of Fountain City – Yesterday and Today (Facebook) has a page both interesting and informative. For instance, this link has a clipping from the 1922 News Sentinel seeking to name the teams for Knoxville High School and County High School (Central). From that contest came the names Trojans and Bobcats.
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Track team at Central High School is sponsoring the second annual Elf off the Shelf 5k and 1-mile fun run for kids at Central High School on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 8:30 a.m. Get it on your calendar now and we’ll keep you updated. Info: here. Sign up here.
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