Tennessee High takes top honors at the 36th Annual Lonesome Pine Band Festival

Despite a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon, there was warmth for the fans of the Tennessee High Band program on Saturday, as the Mighty Viking Band of Bristol Tennessee took top honors in the 36th Annual Lonesome Pine Band Festival.

The Mighty Viking Band led by director Tom Padgett, took top honors in Class AAAA competition on their way to the Lucian Priode Grand Champion Award presented at the end of the competition at Carroll Dale Stadium on Saturday night in Wise.

Sullivan Central's Cougar Band of Blountville, TN was the Cavalier Pharmacy of Wise Reserve Grand Champion Award winner as the Cougar Band took top honors in Class AAA competition as the second top performing band on the day.

Sweepstakes award winners per class included: Eastside High School in Class A, and Holston High School in Class AA along with Sullivan Central and Tennessee High in Class AAA and Class AAAA respectively.

Holston High School took the David Tipton Soloist Award presented by A&G Coal for the best soloist performance on the day.

Graham took top honors in majorettes followed by Union and Tazewell.

This year's Lonesome Pine Band Festival attracted twenty-two bands from across three states.

Here is a complete run down of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st place winners in the categories of Music, Marching, General Effect, Auxiliary, Drum Major and Percussion in all classes.

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Class A

Music
3rd Place	Marion Sr. High
2nd Place	Eastside
1st Place	Northwood

Marching
3rd Place	Northwood
2nd Place	Tazewell
1st Place	Honaker

General Effect
3rd Place	Williamsburg, KY
2nd Place	Knott Co. Central (KY)
1st Place	Eastside

Auxilary
3rd Place	Tazewell
2nd Place	Northwood
1st Place	Williamsburg, KY

Percussion
3rd Place	Eastside
2nd Place	Williamsburg
1st Place	Honaker

Drum M ajor
3rd Place	Marion Sr. High
2nd Place	Honaker
1st Place	Eastside

Sweepstakes Class A:

Eastside

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Class AA

Music
3rd Place	J I Burton
2nd Place	Lebanon
1st Place	Holston

Marching
3rd Place	Morgan County(KY)
2nd Place	J I Burton
1st Place	Holston

General Effect

3rd Place	Letcher County(KY)
2nd Place	J I Burton
1st Place	Holston

Auxilary
3rd Place	Holston
2nd Place	Morgan Co.
1st Place	Lebanon

Percussion
3rd Place	J.I. Burton
2nd Place	Morgan County
1st Place	Holston

Drum Major
3rd Place	Holston
2nd Place	Burton
1st Place	Lebanon

Sweepstakes:
Holston

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Class AAA

Music
3rd Place	Union
2nd Place	Pulaski Co.
1st Place	Sullivan Central

Marching
3rd Place	Lee
2nd Place	Pulaski Co.
1st Place	Sullivan Central

General Effect
3rd Place	Pulaski Co.
2nd Place	Sullivan Central
1st Place	Lee

Auxilary
3rd Place	Pulaski Co.
2nd Place	Lee
1st Place	Sullivan Central

Percussion
3rd Place	Pulaski Co.
2nd Place	Union
1st Place	Sullivan Central

Drum Major
3rd Place	Union
2nd Place	Pulaski Co.
1st Place	Sullivan Central

Sweepstakes:
Sullivan Central

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Class AAAA

Music
3rd Place	Graham
2nd Place	Patrick Henry
1st Place	Tennessee High

Marching
3rd Place	Graham
2nd Place	Abingdon
1st Place	Tennessee High

General Effect
3rd Place	Abingdon
2nd Place	Graham
1st Place	Tennessee High

Auxilary
3rd Place	Abingdon
2nd Place	Graham
1st Place	Tennessee HighighH

Percussion
3rd Place	Patrick Henry
2nd Place	Abingdon
1st Place	Tennessee High

Drum Major
3rd Place	Graham
2nd Place	Patrick Henry
1st Place	Tennessee High

Sweepstakes:
Tennessee High

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Soloist Award:
Holston -Trumpet

Reserve Grand Champion:
Sullivan Central

Lucian Priode Grand Champion:
Tennessee High

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2011 FESTIVAL ADJUDICATORS

Steve Hedrick -Music

James French -Marching

Trish Rhoton -General Effect

Amy Stewart -Guard

Colleen Semones -Drum Major

Ryan Mullins - Percussion

2011 LP Band Festival Band Lineup and Performance Times Announced

The lineup and performance times have been released for the upcoming Lonesome Pine Band Festival. Twenty-three high school marching bands from three states will perform on Saturday, making this year's band festival one of the largest in recent memory. The Marion Senior H.S. Band will step off first in competition on Saturday at 1:00pm with the Central High Band and UVa-Wise Marching Highland Cavaliers performing in exhibition at the end of the day and awards thereafter.

Awards will be presented for Music, Marching General Effect, Drum Major, Auxilary and Percussion. New this year is the Sweepstakes Award presented to the top band in each class. Awards will also be given for Best Soloist Performance (David Tipton Award), the Crowd Favorite, the reserve Grand Champion and the Lucian Priode Grand Champion Award.

The Lonesome Pine Band Festival is in its 36th year and is hosted by the Central High School Marching Warrior Band and sponsored by the Central High School Band Boosters.

Cavalier Pharmacy and A&G Coal to Sponsor Awards at LPBF

Local Wise businesses, Cavalier Pharmacy and A&G Coal Corporation will sponsor major awards in this year's Lonesome Pine Band Festival to be held on October 1.

Cavalier Pharmacy will sponsor the Reserve Grand Champion Award which is presented to the second highest finishing band of the day in competition. A&G Coal will sponsor the David Tipton Soloist Award, an award presented to the best overall performance by an individual during the festival, regardless of classification. The award is named for the late David Tipton, a former area band director and musician.

The Lonesome Pine Band Festival will be held at Carroll Dale Stadium in Wise, VA on the campus of Central High School (formerly J.J. Kelly High School). The festival will feature twenty-three bands from across Southeastern Kentucky, Southwestern Virginia and Northeast Tennessee vying for top honors and the coveted Lucian Priode Grand Champion Award. For more information, contact Mr. Bob Priest at rpriest@wise.k12.va.us.

The UVa-Wise Marching Cavaliers set to perform at Lonesome Pine Band Festival

Flight. Man has always wanted to soar with the birds.

The Marching Highland Cavaliers celebrate flight with their 2011 show “Free to Fly.” The show opens with an original selection written by senior music education student Jerry Gibbs entitled “Free to Fly.” We then go into free fall with “Defying Gravity” from the musical “Wicked.” The movie Moulin Rouge gave us out next selection, the beautiful ballad, “One Day I’ll Fly Away.” The show closes with a wonderful medley from the movies “The Wiz” and “The Wizard of Oz” entitled “Home/Over the Rainbow.”

The Marching Highland Cavaliers, in addition to their home football schedule, perform exhibitions in local and regional band festivals. This year, The Lonesome Pine Band Festival will feature The Marching Highland Cavaliers in exhibition for the visiting crowd at Carroll Dale Stadium. The celebration of flight takes place on October 1 in Wise. For more information, please contact Richard Galyean, director of bands, via phone 276-328-0235 or email at bands@uvawise.edu.

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