Our marching band traveled to Tarpon Springs, Florida, this past weekend to compete in the Tarpon Springs Outdoor Music Festival with other high school marching bands from the southeast.  Our kids overcame some tough weather conditions all day long to persevere.  The band had an amazing performance (see the video of our performance on our home page just above our sponsors) and received the following accolades.

In the 5A class...
1st in Music
Best Soloists
2nd in Visual Ensemble Performance
1st in Color Guard
2nd in Percussion

Overall Placement and Ranking...
1st in Color Guard
1st in Music
2nd in Percussion
2nd in Visual Ensemble Performance
3rd in Band Performance

This is an awesome accomplishment. We are very proud of our students and look forward to wrapping up our competitive season on Saturday, November 2, at the White Columns Invitational hosted by Milton High School.

The District/All State Honor Band audition fee of $25 is past due.  The Fulton County Honor Band audition fee of $10 is due this Friday October 18, 2019.  Please pay online by PayPal in Charms or by check payable to ABBA

Our marching band will be competing in the 24th annual Tarpon Springs Outdoor Music Festival this Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Tarpon Springs High School in Tarpon Springs, FL.  The festival is an all-day marching band competition featuring more than 23 bands. The band will stay at the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Clearwater Beach this weekend.  Below is the tentative schedule - anyone wishing to come down and support the band is welcome!

Friday
11:30 am - Load trucks (All students should eat lunch during A lunch)
12:15 pm - Meet in band room to load buses
  1:00 pm - Depart from Alpharetta HS
  5:00 pm - Dinner stop Valdosta, GA (exit 18 off of I-75) (BRING MONEY)
  6:00 pm - Leave Valdosta, GA
10:30 pm - Arrive and check into hotel and then lights out
Saturday 
  6:30 am - Breakfast 
  8:00 am - Board buses and leave hotel
  9:15 am - Arrive at Gulf High School for rehearsal
12:00 pm - Rehearsal ends/load trucks
  1:00 pm - Leave Gulf High School
  1:30 pm - Lunch stop (in Tarpon Springs) (BRING MONEY)
  2:30 pm - Leave lunch stop to go to Tarpon Springs High School
  2:45 pm - Arrive at Tarpon Springs High/Unload/Get dressed/watch other bands
  5:30 pm - Dinner at concessions (BRING MONEY)
  6:45 pm - Head back to buses to get ready for warm up
  9:00 pm - ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL RAIDER BAND PERFORMS (est.)
10:30 pm - Awards ceremony; then board buses to leave Tarpon Springs
11:30 pm - Pizza party at hotel
12:30 am - Lights out!
Sunday  
  8:00 am - Breakfast & beach time
11:15 am - Board buses check out of hotel
12:00 pm - Depart hotel
  4:00 pm - Lunch stop in Valdosta, GA (exit 18 off of I-75) (BRING MONEY)
  5:00 pm - Depart for Alpharetta
  9:30 pm - Arrive at Alpharetta High School

AHS Marching Band was excited to compete this past weekend in the 13th Annual Valhalla Classic at Northgate High School in Newnan, GA.  In what was a very competitive event, our performance earned us the top award in Class AAA and 2nd place overall in the Gold Division.  You can see the You Tube video of our performance as well as the awards ceremony near the bottom of our home page on this site.  Here is a summary of our awards:
 - Superior Rating in all captions (Music, Visual, Color guard, Percussion)
 - Class AAA 1st place Overall Band (music and visual)
 - Class AAA 1st place Percussion
 - Class AAA 1st place Color Guard
 - Gold Division: Color Guard 1st place
 - Gold Division: Overall Band 2nd place
Congratulations to our Marching Raider Band and Color Guard!