Florida classic battle of the bands 2009...? -

If you went 2 the florida classic botb how did all the high school bands do? who was the best high school band iin attendence??? Who was crowds favorite? Who sounded the best? Who were the winners or how did they rank the bands? Who was the first high school band to perform? And who was the last high school band to perform? Plz try 2 answer all parts 2 the best of ur ability!

I was lucky enough to get tickets at the last minute. I don t know if you know but tix sell out every year to this thing (the best seats are bought in July). We had great seats, the bands (section 104) were facing us. In all, there had to be about 10 HS bands, the event went from 7pm to about 10:45 including awesome performances by the BCU and FAMU bands. We thought there would be a winner, but all they did at the end of the HS performances was line the drum majors/directors out and hand out a bunch of plaques. I tried to figure out if this is a battle, then who s the winner? Anyways they had bands from Lousiana, Alabama, Georgia (quite a few), South Carolina, and Florida. They all had their good points...two of the larger ones had great formation. I d have to say that only two had polished looking dancers. A couple of standouts were this band from GA (Jaguars), they had great sound but they looked very well funded. Another band from S. FL (green and black) played a great MJ tune. Selections that were popular...Michael Jackson s Torture (MJ was being played a lot), Beyonce Sweet Dream (?), BlackDada Ima Zoe , Young Jeezy. The locals played last (Jones and Evans). It was a great experience and of course the end was phenomenal...BCU s drumline came out and rocked it. Then the whole band came out and played. FAMU then came out and played some great concert pieces and showed that great precision. Hope that helps.