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BCF HOSTS DISTRICT BAND FESTIVAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 22, 2010
BCF Associate Professor of Music Ron Branning directs the Tri-State Community Orchestra.
More than 500 students flocked to The Baptist College of Florida's Graceville campus in spite of the falling snow to attend the annual Florida Bandmasters Association District 2 Solo and Ensemble Festival Feb. 12 and Feb. 13.
High school and middle school students from District 2, including Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and Washington Counties, prepared musical pieces to present in ten minute slots before one of the nine adjudicators. The adjudicators, who were accomplished professional musicians chosen to judge, rated the student selections as superior, excellent, fair or poor. They also provided written evaluations of the musical elements of each piece selected and offered positive feedback and improvement suggestions to the students.
BCF's Associate Professor of Music, Ron Branning, coordinated the event for the Bandmasters Association and welcomed the students to campus. BCF has served as host of the event for the past eight years.