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ACHS Band makes history, wins 2005 Class A Grand Nationals Championship!
This is a story that will continue to unfold through the week, but to make it short and sweet. . . very sweet . . . The ACHS Marching Band just won the Bands of America Grand Nationals Class A Champship, plus, within their class, won highest achievement awards for Best Visuals, Best Music and Best Overall Effects.
They swept every award in their class!!!!!
This is a first in the history of the Adair County High School Band.
For the story of how the band went from State to National Champs, you can follow their progress at this link State ACHS Champions route to Nationals
WEEKEND TRACKING OF NEWS AS WE KNEW IT:
Adair County High School's Marching Band won the National Championship in Class A!!!
UPDATE: 6:07 p.m. Sunday: The band arrived home to downtown Columbia at about 5:12 p.m. The delayed arrival was necessitated because a group of performers had gone to London, KY, today, with Mr. Allen, for All-State Band tryouts, and the wait was for them to return and board the buses from Indianapolis before the parade began. Several hundred lined the streets, all of whom were wildly enthusiastic as the police cars, fire engines, ambulances, band support vehicles , and buses carrying Adair County's Finest triumphantly through the Square and on to the wrap up rally at the Adair County Schools campus. A report on that will be added later.
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UPDATE 3:19 p.m., November 13, 2005: They have just left E-town! Dispatcher Teresa Butler has just called to say that the estimated time of arrival is 4:00 p.m. Fire Department, Police, Rescue Squad staging area for Grand Parade through Columbia is Innovative Designs across the bridge on North 55, the Campbellsville Road. There's time to get to town to welcome our heroes.
Saturday night/Sunday morning update: Finals have ended at the Grand Nationals competition in Indianapolis with fantastic news, and we're going to need a bigger band building to hold awards and trophies!
The caravan is on its way home as we write this and there is still time to be part of the welcome-home parade this afternoon. They will be communicating from the road with dispatcher Teresa Butler who will soon know their estimated time of arrival.
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GRAND NATIONAL ACHS BAND CHAMPS ON THEIR WAY: Bring 'em home safely Orvis!
2005-11-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. ORVIS GRIDER, SENIORS BUS DRIVER, is one of three bus drivers, two props and supply truck crews and many others in vehicles bringing home the Adair County High School Marching Band leader, musicians, pit crew and boosters. Early news coming in says that ACHS won the Class A National Championship!
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2005 ACHS BAND NATIONAL CHAMPION: Big Crowds
2005-11-13 - Square, Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Crowds lined the route of the returning Class A National Champions Band. Many had waited since 4:00 p.m to cheer the returning heroes. The 2005 Adair County High School band and its awesome parade of support vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars and approximately 100 carloads of boosters was well worth the time when they appeared at around 5:10 p.m, and no one was complaining about the schedule.
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Welcome home ACHS Band National Champs!
2005-11-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE BY THIS GROUP and they are going to need a bigger sign to add: 2005 Class A Grand National Championship. Congratulations go out to Director Tim Allen and his students and their support crews of family and friends devoted to the band's success.
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ACHS Band plays in front of 30,000 to win Grand Nationals
2005-11-14 - Indianapolis, IN - Photo Doyle Lloyd. THE ADAIR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND brought home the first ever national championship for their school. They have gone to the Grand Nationals five times in the past, have made it to third, and have made it to second place. This was the year they made it all the way to Number 1 in their class in the Nation.
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One of first on Square to meet the band: Billy Holt
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. One of the first people on the Square to await the arrival of the Adair County High School National Champion Band was Billy Holt of Columbia. Mr. Holt came mid-afternoon, anticipating the announced 4:00 p.m. arrival. He was still there, after dark, when the band came through. Mr. Holt has been retired in Columbia fo the past four years after 35 years with General Electric in Louisville.
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Waiting for the band: Proud Grandparents
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Columbia, KY. BAND IS FAMILY TRADITION: Richard and Shirley York had good reason to anticipate the arrival of the Nationa Champion ACHS Band Sunday evening, November 13, 2005. Their grandchildren, Cameron Barnett and Jerica. The Yorks have a family tradition in the band. Daughter Anita Barnett was a band member, as was Cameron and Jerica's Aunt Melissa Matthews.
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Waiting for the band: Keeping in touch
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Marie Tupman, mother of band member Stephen Tupman, had inside information, via cell phone, on the exact whereabouts of the band. She was talking with Stephen while the band was en route to the celebrations in town. It was a bit after 4:00 p.m., Sunday, November 13, 2005, and the band was in Campbellsville, KY.
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Waiting for the Band: Danny Mouser
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Danny Mouser, owner of Mouser Realty & Auction Co., had one of the best vantage points in Columbia to wait for the National Champion ACHS band Sunday afternoon, November 13, 2005.: his office at Campbellsville ST and the Public Square. Fittingly, the office is in what was once the home of another national champion, National Fiddle Champion Casey Jones, who operated a jewelry store in the historic little buiding.
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Waiting for the Band: Veronica Mouser, Mickey Feese
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Veronica Mouser and her dad, Mickey Feese, took advantage of the steps at Mouser Realty & Auction Company while waiting for the arrival of the National Champion ACHS band, Sunday afternoon, November 13, 2005.
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Waiting for the band: A blur of lights
2005-11-15 - Hudson ST, Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. The triumphant parade was a blur of light as it came over the hill off Burkesville ST and down Hudson ST, headed for the Adair County School Campus. The lead vehicle for the ACHS National Championship band is almost to the Red Barn Barbecue Restaurant at this point. Lights at Gate and Chevron can be seen at the top of the hill, while the moving headlights blend to a single streak of white in this still. The photo was taken Sunday evening, November 13, 2005.
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Waiting for the band: Ethel and Rabon Burton
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Ethel and Rabon Burton had a perfect place to wait for the arrival of the Adair County Band, Sunday, November 13, 2005: the comfort of their truck parked in front of Photo-Video. And a special reason to wait: Grandson Will Loy. "They've worked so hard, so long," Mrs. Burton said, and acknowledged Tim Allen, with a special thought, "And they've got a wonderful director." The Burton's were in Indianapolis for the Bands of America competition. She reports that one friend, Bill Doss, told her, "I can say one thing--Adair County has the best spirit of any place."
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ACHS National Band Champions perform at Middle School
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. DRUM MAJOR HILLARY GIVES THE SIGNAL TO BEGIN in a special performance today. Middle and Elementary students packed the old high school gym to get a sample of the program which won the historic national championship for the ACHS Marching Band last Saturday. The band was given a standing ovation by the proud students and teachers in the audience.
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Band Boosters working behind the scenes
2005-11-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. BAND BOOSTERS ALICE WHEELER, BEVERLY MERRIT and LARRY WALKER are wearing big smiles during this award-winning season, first with a state championship and now a history-making national championship. They are part of the support crew of family and friends who help out in the background. Beverly and Larry were in the band together when they were in high school. Beverly has been to band competitions almost every single year. All three have family members in the band this year.
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ACHS Band gives concerts to fellow students
2005-11-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. THE CHAMPION ACHS MARCHING BAND gave two concerts this week for fellow students after bringing home the Grand Nationals Class A Championship last Saturday. Above the flute and percussion sections are featured. The band will have two more concerts coming up this holiday season to showcase their award-winning program.
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Finest Bandboosters in the nation
2005-11-23 - Indianapolis, IN - Photo Doyle Lloyd. Look closely. You might see yourself or someone you know. This is a section of the finest Band Boosters ever to sit in the RCA Dome. Here they were captured in this photograph by Doyle Lloyd, as they awaited the soon-to-be 2005 National Champion Adair County High School band. Click Read More to review our growing album of band photographs.
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2005 National Band Champions in Indy: Mr. Allen
2005-11-25 - RCA Dome, Indianapolis, IN - Photo Doyle Lloyd. Another striking photo from the National Championship ACHS Band at the Bands of America Competition. This photo with Director Tim Allen at the mike, was taken inside the RCA dome where the competition took place.
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2005 National Championship Band: Anna Paige
2005-11-26 - Indianapolis, KY - Photo one of her many major fans. A future field commander? Anna Paige Lloyd performed in front of the RCA Dome in Indianapolis during the Bands of America competition. Anna Paige was one of the hundreds of Adair Countians on hand for the biggest band victory of all, the 2005 National Championship.
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Effort underway to reward National Champions ACHS band members
2005-12-01 - Columbia, KY - Photo staff. Posters are prominent around Columbia. asking for help in a community effort to raisse funds to honor the Adair Marching Band, Grand National Champions, Bands of America, Class A. The drive will raise money to give each of the band members a Commemorative Keepsake, a National Championship Ring. Contributions can be made at local banks to a fund set up in the name of the Adair County Band. A list of contributors will be kept and may be publicized, but the amount of each gift will not be public. The posters issue this challenge, "Let us show these heroes that we appreciate them. We want to honor them for the honor they have brought to us." The posters have an official Bands of America photograph of the Adair County Marching Band.
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