Sprayberry Percussion

This weekend the band competed at South Gwinnett High School on the Southern Star Invitational. The band and drumline did excellent. The band received Superior ratings in Percussion, Drum Major, and Overall Band performance.

First Place Percussion Class AAA
First Place Band Class AAA
First Place Musical Performance Overall
First Place Visual Performance Overall
Second Place Percussion Overall
Second Place Band Overall

The Marietta Daily Journal recently published a story about the success of Sprayberry Band members through their participation with ALLIANCE Drum and Bugle Corps.

ALLIANCE was named the DCA Class A World Champions and awarded the High Percussion title last weekend at the DCA World Championships in Rochester, New York. many members and alumni participated in the corps this year. Here's a list of the current and former member Sprayberry Percussion members and staff who were in ALLIANCE:

Alan Sears- Percussion Director at ALLIANCE and Sprayberry
Larry Summerlin- Tenors and Drumline Writer and Instructor at ALLIANCE and Staff at         Sprayberry
Tobi Luna- Front Ensemble, c/o 07
Andy Clay- Front Ensemble, c/o 08
Jacob Matthews- Tenors, c/o 08
Onye Eme-Akwari- Tenors, c/o 09 

The 2008 Marching Band Show is entitled "Outside The Box."

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SNARE
Michael Fernandez............................... Sophomore
Sheppard Martin...................................Junior
Onye Eme-Akwari(Percussion Sergeant)...Senior
Aaron Williams......................................Senior
Calvin Ames.........................................Junior
Peter Bailey.........................................Sophomore

TENORS
Nile Walker.........................Sophomore
Andrew Bazzell(Leadership)...Junior
Dan Wilson.........................Sophomore
Edward Tumulty..................Sophomore

BASS
Emily Morrison....(Top Bass) Freshman
Dylan ...............(2nd Bass) Freshman
Jeff Spradlin.......(3rd Bass) Freshman
Nick..................(4th Bass) Freshman
Todd Whitaker...(Bottom Bass) Senior

FRONT ENSEMBLE
Katie Riess(Leadership)...Junior
Cameron Benefield.........Senior
Darrien Sanders.............Junior
Chad Buxton.................Junior
Brandon Vick.................Sophomore
Paulina Batich................Sophomore
Jamie Hale.....................Freshman
Roderick Mitchell Jr..........Freshman

Katie Coleman, a member of the front ensemble, was named the 2008 Sprayberry Homecoming Queen.

David Bailey

Katie Coleman

Cassandra Burt

Sean Kershner

Andy Clay

Emily Stewart

Atlanta Quest Indoor Drumline recently participated in the 2008 WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. Quest had many members of Sprayberry's Percussion Program:

Donnie Hogue: Snare- c/o 07
Tobi Luna: Front Ensemble- c/o 07
Jacob Matthews: Tenors- c/o 08
Emily Stewart: Front Ensemble- c/o 08
David Bailey: Front Ensemble- c/o 08
Andy Clay: Front Ensemble- c/o 08
Onye Eme-Akwari: Tenors- c/o 09
Aaron Williams: Bass- c/o 09
Jeremy Matthews: Cymbals- c/o 10
Sheppard Martin: Front Ensemble- c/o 10
Andrew Bazzell: Front Ensemble- c/o 10 

The drumline was once again featured in an article of the Marietta Daily Journal. This time it was on Christmas Eve in which they took part in the "12 Days of Christmas" for the Stewart family.

The marching band took a five day trip to Chicago this year to perform in the McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Parade was televised nationally. The band was featured on the front page of the Marietta Daily Journal Thanksgiving morning.

Drumline member Onye Eme-Akwari also had his picture featured on the WGI website while performing with Atlanta Quest. He can be found in the #1 picture.

Drumline member Jacob Matthews had his picture featured on the WGI website while performing with Atlanta Quest.

On Saturday October 27, the Sprayberry Band Of Gold finished their competitive season at the Peach State Marching Band Competition in Rome Georgia. We received Superior Ratings in all captions including Colorguard, Drum major, Percussion, and overall Band.

First Place Band in Class AAA
First Place Percussion Class AAA
Second Place Drum Major Class AAA 
Fourth Place Colorguard Class AAA 
Second Place OVERALL in Percussion
Third Place OVERALL in Overall Band (.07 points behind Gordon Lee)

SNARES
Sheppard Martin.................................Sophomore
Onye Eme-Akwari(Leadership)..............Junior
David Bailey(Leadership)(Center)...........Senior
Jacob Matthews(Percussion Sergeant)...Senior
Calvin Ames........................................Sophomore

TENORS
Timmi Sterritt.....Sophomore
Andrew Bazzell...Sophomore
Sean Kershner....Senior
Dan Wilson.........Freshman

BASSES
Peter Bailey............(Top Bass) Freshman
Michael Fernandez...(2nd Bass) Freshman
Nile Walker.............(3rd Bass) Freshman
Edward Tumulty.....(4th Bass) Freshman
Todd Whitaker.......(Bottom Bass) Junior

This summer the band was visited by a reporter from Marietta Daily Journal. She spent a day of band camp marching along with other members. The band was a featured story in the newspaper.

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This year many alumni, staff, and current band members will be a part of the ALLIANCE Drum and Bugle Corps which recently traveled to Rochester, New York for the DCA World Championships. Drumline members will also be in the corps:                      

Larry Summerlin: Tenors- staff                                                                                    Tobi Luna: Front Ensemble- c/o '07                                                                           Jacob Matthews: Tenors- c/o '08                                                                                 Andy Clay: Front Ensemble- c/o '08                                                                                Onye Eme-Akwari: Trumpet Hole- c/o '09

Quest recently traveled to Dayton, Ohio for the WGI World Championships. This year many members of Sprayberry's Percussion section were members of Atlanta Quest:

Michael Edwards: Tenors- Class of '03
AJ Bryant: Snare- Class of '04
Donnie Hogue: Snare- Class of '07
Tobi Luna: Front Ensemble- Class of '07
Jacob Matthews: Tenors- Class 0f '08
Andy Clay: Front Ensemble- Class of '08
Onye Eme-Akwari: Tenors- Class of '09