Photo by: Annette Crimmins
In 2008, the Grant County Board of Education established the
Hall of Fame Award recognizing the achievements of individual students or
groups of students during their high school career. The award is given in the Fall, following the
completion of each academic year.
Those receiving Hall of Fame status have performed at an
exceptionally high level and have met the award’s pre-determined benchmarks in
one or more of the following areas:academics, athletics, the arts, and co-curricular organizations.
On the evening of October 16, 2015, the 2014 Grant County
High School Marching Band was recognized and inducted into the Grant County
Schools Hall of Fame – honoring their 2nd place state finish in the 2014
Kentucky Music Educators Association AAAA Marching Band competition!
Throughout the 2014 season, the GCHS marching band, under
the direction of Dr. Tim Dailey and assistant, Mr. Andrew McGrannahan, earned
the following for their show, “Dilemma”:
- Third place overall at the Beechwood Festival of
Bands
- Third place overall at Northern Kentucky
Marching Band Festival - Campbell County
- Sixth place overall at Madison Central
Tournament of Bands
- Reserve Grand Champion at Bryan Station’s
Bluegrass Pageant of Bands
- Second place in KMEA AAAA East Regionals
- First place in KMEA AAAA State Semi-Finals
-
Second place KMEA AAAA State Finals
The pre-determined Hall of Fame criteria recognizes first or
second place state finishes in various disciplines. A first or second place state finish for a
marching band means these students have persevered through sun, wind, and rain
to perfect the timing, direction, and distance of every single step made by 85
individual students, all while properly interpreting and performing
extraordinarily difficult music – and have done so under the critical eye of
some of the state and nation’s most renowned adjudicators.
Our congratulations to the 2014 Grant County High School
Marching Band! These students have
represented Grant County with excellence!
Mr. Jim Colson, Vice-Chair, Grant County Board of Education, (center) presents Dr. Tim Dailey (left) and Mr. Andrew McGrannahan (right) with the 2015 Hall of Fame Plaque.