2010 Best In Class Winners: To be posted after
the Festival ends 5/8/2010
2009 Best In Class Winners: Festival was
cancelled due to Swine Flu pandemic issues
2008 Best in Class Winners:
GROUPS
Outstanding
Beginning Orchestra – de Zavala MS Beginning Orchestra, Harold Scarborough,
Amarillo
Outstanding
MS/JH Non-Varsity Orchestra – Crockett MS Advanced Orchestra, Diana Goad
Outstanding
MS Orchestra - Hutchinson Middle School Orchestra Jeanette Markee, Lubbock
Outstanding
Beginning Band – Crockett Middle School Beginning Band, Lindsey Traughber
Outstanding
MS/JH Non-Varsity Band – Frenship MS Symphonic Band Chris Dye
Outstanding
High School Non-Varsity Band – Sanford Fritch Eagle Band Wade Hampton
Outstanding
MS/JH Jazz Band – Frenship MS Jazz I, Frenship MS, June Bearden
Outstanding
MS/JH Show Choir – Encore - Pampa MS Show Choir Suzanne Wood
Outstanding
HS Show Choir – Pampa HS Show Choir - Fred Mays
Outstanding
Elementary Choirs – Sleepy Hollow Horsemen Chorale - Sleepy Hollow Elementary,
Paige Storlie
Special Recognition Award - Woodlands
Honor Choir - Woodlands Elementary, Jessica Swenn
Outstanding
Beginning Choir – Crockett MS Pioneer Chorale, Rod Zeman
Outstanding
MS Choir – O.L. Slaton Men's Chorus Larry Bichsel Lubbock TX
Outstanding
MS/JH Non-Varsity Choir – Travis 6th Mixed Choir Nichole Wells
Outstanding
“Special” Choir – Amarillo Girl’s Concert Choir, Rod Zeman
Outstanding
MS Band – Frenship MS Honors Band – June Bearden, Wolfforth
Outstanding
JH Band – Clovis High School Freshman Campus, Brian Wargel, Clovis
Outstanding
Small HS Choir – Bushland High School Varsity Women's Choir, Bushland, Laura
Lane
Outstanding
HS Non-Varsity Choir – Women's Non-Varsity Choir, Pampa, Wanetta Hill
Outstanding
HS Jazz Band – Plainview High School Jazz Band, Plainview, Anthony Gonzales
Outstanding
Small HS Band – Lubbock-Cooper High School Wind Ensemble, John Mayo
Outstanding
Large HS Band – Frenship HS Honor Band, Wolfforth, Tom Sorelle
SOLO/ENSEMBLE
Outstanding
“Special” Instrumental Ensemble – Amarillo College Suzuki Orchestra, Amarillo,
David Hinds
Outstanding
Solo String – Isaiah Chapman, Jen Tyler Studio, Amarillo TX
Outstanding
Solo String – Cole Craven, cello, Eleonora Lopez
studio
Outstanding
Solo Instrumental – Spencer Crawford – Percussion – Canyon HS, Mike Sheffield
Outstanding
Solo Instrumental – Laci Pruitt Tuba, Canyon HS, Mike Sheffield
Outstanding
Piano Solo – Lynsi Porterfield, Denise Parr-Scanlin, Amarillo
Outstanding
Piano Solo – Rachel McCarthey, King Studio, Lubbock
Outstanding
Vocalist - Ryan Sustaita - Suzanne Hewitt Studio, Amarillo
Outstanding
Vocalist - Gabie Bustamante - Susan Shaw Studio, Hereford TX
2007 Best in Class Winners:
GROUPS
Outstanding Beginning Orchestra – de Zavala
MS Young Rebel Orchestra, Amarillo, Harold Scarborough
Outstanding Elementary Choir – Woodlands
Elementary Honor Choir, Amarillo, Jessica Swenn
Outstanding Beginning Band –
Bonham Middle School Beginning Band,
Amarillo, Dale Pfrimmer
Outstanding MS/JH Non-Varsity Orchestra –
de Zavala MS Orchestra, Amarillo, Harold
Scarborough
Outstanding MS/JH Non-Varsity Band –
Hutchison MS Band, Lubbock, Robbie Edwards
Outstanding High School Non-Varsity Band –
Hereford High School Symphonic Band,
Hereford, Tara Lankford
Outstanding High School Non-Varsity Orchestra
– Amarillo HS Philharmonic Strings, Amarillo, Roger Edwards
Outstanding HS String Orchestra - Amarillo HS
Symphony Strings, Amarillo, Roger Edwards
Outstanding MS/JH Show Choir – Planview
Estacado JH Express, Planview, Michelle Taylor
Outstanding Beginning Choir – Pampa JH 6th
Grade Girl’s Choir, Pampa, Tammy May
Outstanding JH Choir –
Yucca JH Advanced Women’s Choir, Clovis,
NM, Virginia Morrison
Outstanding MS Choir – Hutchinson JH Combined
Girl’s Choir, Lubbock, Daniel Todd
Outstanding MS/JH Jazz Band –
Frenship MS Jazz Band, Wolfforth,
Christopher Dye
Outstanding MS/JH Orchestra – Austin Middle
School, Amarillo, Jill Bradford
Outstanding MS Band –
Canyon JH Honors Band,
Canyon, Mike Ellis
Outstanding JH Band –
Nimitz JH Band, Odessa, Cindy Bulloch
Outstanding Large HS Choir – Amarillo HS
Sandie Chorale, Amarillo, Shane Swenn
Outstanding Small HS Choir –
Bushland High School
Mixed Choir, Bushland, Laura Lane
Outstanding HS Jazz Band –
Plainview High School Jazz Band,
Plainview, Anthony Gonzales
Outstanding Small HS Band –
Panhandle Symphonic HS
Band, Panhandle, Jason Jones
Outstanding Large HS Band – Frenship HS Honor
Band, Wolfforth, Tom Sorelle
SOLO/ENSEMBLE
Outstanding “Special” Instrumental Ensemble – Amarillo College
Suzuki Orchestra, Amarillo, David Hinds
Outstanding MS/JH Non-Varsity Choir –
Frenship MS Men’s Chorus, Wolfforth, Jared Hardy
Outstanding “Special” Choir – Amarillo Boys
Concert Choir, Amarillo, Jerry Perales
Outstanding Solo String – Jillian Read –
Amarillo HS, Roger Edwards and Kim Huber – Austin MS, Jill Bradford.
Outstanding Solo Woodwinds –
Brittney Johnson, Michael Johnson Studio
and Campbell Cooksie, Bonham MS, Dale Pfrimmer
Outstanding Piano Solo – Christina Young –
Kemmerling Piano Studio, Amarillo and Rachel McCartney – Linda King, Lubbock
Outstanding Vocalist –
Andy Martinez -Jean Grey Studio of Music and
Alyssa
Veteto –Paige Brown Studio
2006 Best in Class Winners:
GROUPS
Beginning Orchestra
– Belmar and Sleepy Hollow Elementary Orchestras, Amarillo, Julie Taylor
Elementary Choir – de Zavala Middle School Fifth Grade Choir,
Amarillo, Cindy Mills
Beginning Band –
Crockett Middle School
Beginning Band, Amarillo,
Julie Taylor
MS/JH Non-Varsity Orchestra –
Crockett MS Intermediate Orchestra,
Amarillo, Julie Taylor
MS/JH Non-Varsity Band –
Shallowater
Middle School Concert Band,
Shallowater, Don Summersgill
High School Non-Varsity Band –
Randall High School
Concert Band, Canyon, Eric Rath
High School Non-Varsity Orchestra –
Amarillo
HS Philharmonic Strings, Amarillo,
Roger Edwards
HS String Orchestra - Amarillo
HS Symphony Strings, Amarillo,
Roger Edwards
MS/JH Show Choir –O.L. Slaton JHS Shade of Red, Lubbock, Deborah Russell
MS Choir – Sam
Houston
MS Mixed , Amarillo, Lynn Wilson
MS/JH Jazz Band –
Taft Middle School
Jazz Band, Albuquerque ,
J. Rick Striegel
MS/JH Orchestra – Crockett
Middle School Advanced, Amarillo, Julie Taylor
MS Band – Westover Park JH Honor Band, Canyon, Chris Wurtz
JH Band – Yucca JH Varsity Band,
Clovis, Matthew Seltzer
HS Show Choir –
Pampa High Show Choir,
Pampa, Fred Mays
Large HS Choir – Tascosa High School Les Chenteurs Varsity Mixed, Amarillo,
Billy Talley
Small HS Choir – Bushland
High School, Bushland, John Sheppard
HS Jazz Band –
Plainview High School
Jazz Band, Plainview,
Cliff Franklin
Small HS Band – Lubbock-Cooper Wind Ensemble, Lubbock, John Mayo
Large HS Band – Palo Duro HS Band.
Amarillo, Jeff Doughten
“Special” Instrumental Ensemble –
Amarillo
College Suzuki Orchestra,
Amarillo, Camille Nies
MS/JH Treble Choir – Austin MS 8th Grade Girls Choir,
Amarillo, Susan Burt
MS/JH Tenor/Bass Choir – Alamo JH
Tenor/Bass Choir, Midland, Beth Kaufman
High School Non-Varsity Choir – THS Freshmen Select NV Mixed Choir,
Amarillo, Billy Talley/ Rod Zeman
MS/JH Non-Varsity Choir –
Austin
Middle School 7th Grade girls,
Amarillo, Susan
Burt
“Special” Choir –
Amarillo Boys Choir,
Amarillo,
Katrina Perales
SOLO/ENSEMBLE
Solo String – Cole Craven, Cello, Lopez Studio
Solo Woodwinds –Nichelle Bustillos White Face ISD,
Darwin
McCasland, Levon Mdzinarishvili, Alto
Sax, Jim Laughlin Studio
Ensemble - Palo Duro High Flute Ensemble,
Palo
Duro High School,
Jeff Doughten
Piano Solo – Nicholas Levy, Keyboards & Kindermusik, Karen Vandivere
Vocalist –Chris Ratliff, Sam
Houston Middle School,
Lynn Wilson
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