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
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
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
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
Science Hill H.S., TN
Johnson City, TN
Director(s): Carson Vermillion
Drum Major(s): Anthony Damian*, Alexandra Campbell*, and Ela Bradshaw*
Repertoire: An Appalachian Tapestry
Musical Selections Include: "Joy" by Joseph Curiale; "Quilting Theme" by Thomas Newman; and "Appalachian Morning" by Paul Halley
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
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; "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim; "A Song for Jeffrey" by Ian Scott Anderson; and "Land of Make Believe" by Chuck Mangione
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 DO NOT LIST; "Red Route 1" by DO NOT LIST; "Far Away" by DO NOT LIST; and "Finale" by DO NOT LIST
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Decatur H.S., GA
Decatur, GA
Director(s): Dr. Ira Jenkins
Drum Major(s): Charlotte Davis* and EJ Clark*
Repertoire: Glassworks
Musical Selections Include: "The Canyon" by Philip Glass; "1,000 Airplanes on the Roof" by Philip Glass; "Stained Glass" by David Gillingham; "Chandelier" by Sia; and "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
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: "Arrival of the Birds" by Cinematic Orchestra; "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks" by Modest Mussorgsky; "Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky; "Yardbird Suite" by Charlie Parker; "Blackbird" by Beatles; "One Day I'll Fly Away" by from Moulin Rouge; "Birdland" by Joe Zawinul; and "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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
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: "Symphony No. 8" by Anton Bruckner; "Theme from Hollow Knight" by Christopher Larkin; "My Body is a Cage" by Peter Gabriel; and "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky
James F. Byrnes H.S., SC
Duncan, SC
Director(s): Chris Moss
Drum Major(s): Kylee Stacker, Noah Rybak, Kinsley Pearson, and Job Ignacio
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
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: "The Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Jacob Collier, Elton John, and The Beatles"
Dorman H.S., SC
Roebuck, SC
Director(s): Dave Bruce and Victor Perez
Drum Major(s): Leah Bray, Leah Burgess, and Avery Sanders
Repertoire: When Arrows Fly
Musical Selections Include: "When Arrows Fly" by AJ Pace; "The Book of Love" by Peter Gabriel; "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims; and "Love Story" by Taylor Swift
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: "The Voice" by Brendan Joseph Graham; "Kingdom Dance" by Alan Menken; "Far Horizons" by Jeremy Soule; "Dragonborn" by Jeremy Soule; "May It Be" by Howard Leslie Shore, Ethne Patricia Brennan, Nicky Ryan, Roma Shane Ryan, Enya; and "Tir Na Nog" by Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Johannes Braun, Lukas Hainer
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" by Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nicholas Mason; "Fly Like and Eagle" by Steven Haworth Miller; "About Damn Time" by Lizzo; "Time after Time" by Cyndi Lauper; 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: "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" by Wagner; "Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin" by Wagner; "Sabre Dance" by Khatchaturian; "Adagio from Spartacus" by Khatchaturian; and "Finale from Symphony for Orchestra and Organ" by Copland
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; "It's a Man's World" by James Brown; "Killer Queen" by Freddie Mercury; and "Symphony No. 4 Mvt 4 Finale" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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: "What Could Have Been" by Sting; "Symphony No. 2" by Dmitri Shostakovich; "Kaleidoscope Eyes" by Katahj Copely; and "Enemy" by Imagine Dragons
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: "Symphony no. 5" by Dmitri Shostakovich; "My Way" by Frank Sinatra; "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus; and "Not Afraid" by Eminem
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
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