HUNTINGDON COLLEGE
Faith | Wisdom | Service
NEWS RELEASE
February 23, 2018
For more information, contact:
Su Ofe
(334) 833-4515; news@hawks.huntingdon.edu
Huntingdon Hosts AISA Bands and Honor Band
Montgomery, Ala.—About 500 high school band students—plus parents, band directors, and spectators—will be on the Huntingdon College campus Friday and Saturday, February 23–24, as the College band programs host the Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) Band Festival and Honor Band. During the Festival, Friday, February 23, 15 bands will perform at half-hour intervals, beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the College’s Drum Theater on the Cloverdale Campus. The Honor Band (Friday and Saturday) will meet in Smith Music Building and in the new Huntingdon Bands Rehearsal Hall. The Honor Band will perform a concert Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in Roland Arena. Huntingdon music and band students, staff, and faculty will assist with both days’ festivities.
Following is a list of high school bands and their Festival performance times:
- East Memorial Christian Academy, 8:00 a.m.
- Glenwood School Concert Band, 8:30 a.m.
- Escambia Academy, 9:00 a.m.
- Lee-Scott Academy Concert Band, 9:30 a.m.
- Lee-Scott Academy Jazz Band, 10:00 a.m.
- Cottage Hill Christian Academy Wind Ensemble, 10:30 a.m.
- Kingwood Christian School Concert Band, 11:00 a.m.
- Sumiton Christian, 11:30 a.m.
- Faith Elementary Beginner Band, 1:00 p.m.
- Faith Academy Concert Band II, 1:30 p.m.
- Faith Academy Concert Band I, 2:00 p.m.
- Faith Academy Symphonic Band, 2:30 p.m.
- Escambia Academy Jazz/Rock Ensemble, 3:00 p.m.
- Pickens Academy Concert Band, 3:30 p.m.
- Pike Liberal Arts Concert Band, 4:00 p.m.
Drum Theater is located at 1125 E. Fairview Avenue. Street parking is available. Roland Arena is located inside Catherine Dixon Roland Student Center at 3139 Jim Wilson Loop East on the Huntingdon Campus. Parking is available inside the Gibbs Tennis Center parking lot entrance off of Narrow Land Road.
Huntingdon College, grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the United Methodist Church, is committed to nurturing growth in faith, wisdom, and service and to graduating individuals prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Founded in 1854, Huntingdon is a coeducational liberal arts college recognized as a top 10 best buy among regional colleges and in the top tier of regional colleges by U.S. News and World Report; among the top tier of regional colleges by the Princeton Review; among “Colleges that Contribute to the Public Good,” by Washington Monthly; and on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The Huntingdon campus, a Tree Campus USA, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Suellen (Su) Ofe
Vice President
for Marketing and Communications
Huntingdon College
1500 E. Fairview Ave., Montgomery, AL 36106
(334) 833-4515; Cell (334) 324-6591
www.huntingdon.edu
