Ballad Health East Tennessee Regional Championship,
presented by Yamaha
BAND PROGRAM INFORMATION
October 18, 2025 - Johnson City, TN
This document is provided to our adjudicators as we no longer print program books at our regional championships. It is listed in prelims performance order as of a few days prior to the show. However, performance orders can change. Please take great care to be certain that you are referencing the correct band program information for the correct performance. If information is missing for a participating group, visit the online spectator guide for this show at marching.musicforall.org/schedule.
West H.S., TN
Knoxville, TN
Director(s): Cody Foster
Drum Major(s): Avalon Lyke
Repertoire: Atlas: Unbound
Musical Selections Include: "Higher Power" by Coldplay; "Easy" by Son Lux; "The Champion" by Carrie Underwood; "Survivor" by Destiny's Child; and "Atlas" by Coldplay
Westside H.S., SC
Anderson, SC
Director(s): Dr. Robert Pettigrew
Drum Major(s): Jaiden Horton
Repertoire: A Night at the Opera
Musical Selections Include: "Fidelio/Bohemian Rhapsody" by Beethoven/Mercury; "The Barber of Seville/Bicycle Race" by Rossini/Mercury; "Love of My Life" by Mercury; and "Killer Queen/Bohemian Rhapsody" by Mercury
Science Hill H.S., TN
Johnson City, TN
Director(s): Carson Vermillion
Drum Major(s): Anthony Damien-Castro, Alexandra Campbell, and Ela Bradshaw
Repertoire: An Appalachian Tapestry
Musical Selections Include: "Appalachian Morning" by Paul Halley; "Joy" by Joseph Curiale; and "Quilting Theme" by Thomas Newman
Worthington Kilbourne H.S., OH
Columbus, OH
Director(s): Alex Brough and James DeFrancesco
Drum Major(s): Spencer Navin*, Laasya Valasala*, Gabby Epling*, Elijah Williams*, and Alyssa Taylor*
Repertoire: Ombré
Musical Selections Include: "Luminous and Unstoppable" by --; "Finale" by --; "Red Route 1" by --; and "Far Away" by --
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Hardin Valley Academy, TN
Knoxville, TN
Director(s): Alex Rector, Chuck Brock, and CJ McCrory
Drum Major(s): Douglas King, Jacey Thomas, Kaylen Tabut, and Carter Case
Repertoire: Start Spreading the News
Musical Selections Include: "Take the A Train" by Billy Strayhorn; "It's Only A Paper Moon" by Billy Rose; "Brother Can You Spare A Dime" by Jay Gorney; and "Air Mail Special" by Benny Goodman
Decatur H.S., GA
Decatur, GA
Director(s): Dr. Ira Jenkins
Drum Major(s): Charlotte Davis and EJ Clark
Repertoire: Glassworks
Musical Selections Include: "Stained Glass" by David Gillingham; "The Canyon" by Philip Glass; "1,000 Airplanes on the Roof" by Philip Glass; "Chandelier" by Sia; and "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox
Lafayette H.S., KY
Lexington, KY
Director(s): Robert Dee Bishop
Drum Major(s): Ellery Brown, Lexi Borck, Addison Hillard, and Acadia Meyers
Repertoire: Sentience
Musical Selections Include: "Microchip" by Amin Bhatia; "Caliban" by Caroline Shaw; "Automata Requiem" by Zacarias De La Riva; "The Grid" by Tigran Hamasyan; "Mind Heist: The Birth of an Idea" by Zack Hemsey; and "Swarm from Matrix Resurrection" by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Donald Davis
Middle Creek H.S., NC
Apex, NC
Director(s): Page Newsome
Drum Major(s): Yoselin Perez and Kimberly Ballesteros Barrientos
Repertoire: She Who Rules
Musical Selections Include: "Prelude in G Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff; "Symphony No. 4 Mvt 4 Finale" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; "It's a Man's World" by James Brown; and "Killer Queen" by Freddie Mercury
D.W. Daniel H.S., SC
Central, SC
Director(s): Chaz Paxton and Maggie Walters
Drum Major(s): Micah Achevarra, Kyle Kerr, and JoJo McGinney
Repertoire: Fowl Play...music for the birds
Musical Selections Include: "Yardbird Suite" by Charlie Parker; "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks" by Modest Mussorgsky; "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd; "Birdland" by Joe Zawinul; "Arrival of the Birds" by Cinematic Orchestra; "Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky; "Blackbird" by Beatles; and "One Day I'll Fly Away" by from Moulin Rouge
Elizabethton H.S., TN
Elizabethton, TN
Director(s): Jonathan Valentine
Drum Major(s): Callie Dickison and Sophia Swink*
Repertoire: Composition: Couleur
Musical Selections Include: "a Rondo" by Adam Schoenberg; "a Valse" by Various artists; and "a Chanson" by Regina Spektor
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Mauldin H.S., SC
Mauldin, SC
Director(s): Adam Scheuch
Drum Major(s): Troy Sult, Samantha Breakfield, Sahalia Prescott, and Norah Dennis
Repertoire: Stardust
Musical Selections Include: "Lost It to Trying" by Son Lux; "Take Me Home" by The Staves; and "For I Have Fought the Good Fight" by Stephen Melillo
Lakeway Christian Academy, TN
White Pine, TN
Director(s): Rhett Butler and Brittney Butler
Drum Major(s): Gabby Ford
Repertoire: To The Edge
Musical Selections Include: "Not Afraid" by Eminem; "Symphony no. 5" by Dmitri Shostakovich; "My Way" by Frank Sinatra; and "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus
Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA
Kennesaw, GA
Director(s): Michael Huebner
Drum Major(s): Alexa Farias, Alex Harmer, and Edie Sanders
Repertoire: Clash Across the Pond
Musical Selections Include: "N/A" by Ralph Vaughan Williams; "N/A" by William Walton; "N/A" by Gustav Holst; "N/A" by Jacob Collier; "N/A" by Elton John; and "N/A" by The Beatles
Panther Creek H.S., NC
Cary, NC
Director(s): Andrew Weiss
Drum Major(s): Hayden Kim, Sam Lee, and Anna Han
Repertoire: It's About Time
Musical Selections Include: "Time after Time" by Cyndi Lauper; "Time" by Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nicholas Mason; "Fly Like and Eagle" by Steven Haworth Miller; "About Damn Time" by Lizzo; and "Original Composition" by Vamsi Tadepalli
Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN
Kingsport, TN
Director(s): Lafe Cook
Drum Major(s): Mia McVey, Kerrington Slagle, Grant Smith, and Ezra Smith - Howard
Repertoire: Until Forever
Musical Selections Include: "Finale from Symphony for Orchestra and Organ" by Copland; "Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin" by Wagner; "Sabre Dance" by Khatchaturian; "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" by Wagner; and "Adagio from Spartacus" by Khatchaturian
Independence H.S., VA
Ashburn, VA
Director(s): Kyle Harrington and Amanda Young
Drum Major(s): Sahasra Mogulla and Evie Thrift
Repertoire: Unleash the Beast
Musical Selections Include: "My Body is a Cage" by Peter Gabriel; "Symphony No. 8" by Anton Bruckner; "Theme from Hollow Knight" by Christopher Larkin; and "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky
George Rogers Clark H.S., KY
Winchester, KY
Director(s): A.J. Cook
Drum Major(s): Caitlynn Mcduffard and Abbey Sparks
Repertoire: The Ring Of Enchantment
Musical Selections Include: "Far Horizons" by Jeremy Soule; "The Voice" by Brendan Joseph Graham; "Dragonborn" by Jeremy Soule; "Kingdom Dance" by Alan Menken; "Tir Na Nog" by Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Johannes Braun, Lukas Hainer; and "May It Be" by Howard Leslie Shore, Ethne Patricia Brennan, Nicky Ryan, Roma Shane Ryan, Enya
Sapulpa H.S., OK
Sapulpa, OK
Director(s): Whitney Yokum
Drum Major(s): Baylea Henderson and Brody Hensley
Repertoire: Clowning Around
Musical Selections Include: "Pagliacci" by Ruggiero Leoncavallo; "Land of Make Believe" by Chuck Mangione; "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim; and "A Song for Jeffrey" by Ian Scott Anderson
Jefferson H.S., GA
Jefferson, GA
Director(s): Nick Golding
Drum Major(s): Bonnie Kate Stephens, Andrew Sorah, and Jade Mattei-Holt
Repertoire: What Could Have Been
Musical Selections Include: "Kaleidoscope Eyes" by Katahj Copely; "Enemy" by Imagine Dragons; "Symphony No. 2" by Dmitri Shostakovich; and "What Could Have Been" by Sting
Dorman H.S., SC
Roebuck, SC
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Wren H.S., SC
Piedmont, SC
Director(s): Jonathan Hegwood
Drum Major(s): Alli Sielicki
Repertoire: All Mine
Musical Selections Include: "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone; "Symphony No. 8 in C Minor: III. Allegro no troppo" by Dimitri Shostakovich; "Never Enough (from The Greatest Showman)" by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; and "I Want It All" by Queen
Boiling Springs H.S., SC
Boiling Springs, SC
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James F. Byrnes H.S., SC
Duncan, SC
Director(s): Chris Moss
Drum Major(s): Kylee Stacker, Noah Rybak, Kinsley Pearson, and Job Ignatio
Repertoire: Dream and Schemes
Musical Selections Include: "Butterflies" by Thomas Bergersen; "1000 Airplanes on the Roof" by Phillip Glass; "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell; and "The Dream of Flight" by Christopher Tin