Best high school band
YOUR PICKS
You say, “I really tip my hat to Hillgrove for putting creative and amazing shows on the field, and also for growing and maturing so fast. Good job Hillgrove.”
3) Southwest DeKalb High School
5) Kennesaw Mountain High School
OUR PICKS
1) Southwest DeKalb High School
We say, “This powerhouse organization has a list of accomplishments miles long, including performing at the opening ceremony at the 1996 Olympics, starring in a reality television show and the movie ‘Drumline,’ and playing at the Tournament of Roses and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parades.”
2) Kennesaw Mountain High School
4) Martin Luther King Jr. High School
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425 comments Add your comment
murphy jr
August 24th, 2009
8:53 pm
The Jaguars of Stephenson High School, Stone Mountain GA
Trojan "73
August 24th, 2009
8:59 pm
It has to be “first down Vikings” or as they are better known, The BRIDGEMAN who are THE LOWNDES HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND in 1AAAAAA is the best I have seen.
Christine
August 24th, 2009
9:04 pm
Amazing, supposed grown adults have to call each others losers. Welcome to life, we all have our opinions. We are supposed to be able to state them and not be called names for them.
As for the bands… Lasiter and Sprayberry.
Trumpet Player
August 24th, 2009
9:05 pm
Norcross High School’s band program as a whole is one of the finest in the southeast. It’s marching band should certainly be included in the top 5 in Georgia.
Stephanie Stephens-Hardaway
August 24th, 2009
9:10 pm
Druid Hills High School Band is the best in Atlanta! Come see us and you will see!
flymommy2dmb!
August 24th, 2009
9:13 pm
Kennesaw Mountain High School!!!!
Stephen
August 24th, 2009
9:22 pm
Forest Park High is the best in Atlanta.
psi guy
August 24th, 2009
9:24 pm
SWD Truly the best band in the land
Terrance SWD ALUMNI 2003
August 24th, 2009
9:25 pm
YO I WAS PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THESE SORRY SCHOOLS OFF THIS LIST.NOW EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SWD HAS ONE OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE LAND AND THE BEST BANDS RESIDE IN FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTY.SO EVERYBODY JUST NEEDS CHILL OUT UNTIL THERE SCHOOL IS FEATURED IN A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE AND HAS THERE OWN TV SHOW.SWD PANTHERS ALL THE WAY.
Raidermom
August 24th, 2009
9:25 pm
East Paulding Raider Brigade!! Go Raiders!!
MCDOGG
August 24th, 2009
9:26 pm
S.H.A. ARCHER HIGH 1976-1980
MRS.B
August 24th, 2009
9:26 pm
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS ACT ALL THE WAY. THIS BAND IS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGES!!!!!!!!!!
Alumini
August 24th, 2009
9:28 pm
Red Devils…Druid HIlls
AtlantaFan
August 24th, 2009
9:29 pm
The Big, The Bold, The Black and The Gold, Frederick Douglass Marching Astros. Always have the most class and represents Atlanta well.
Born and Raised Georgia
August 24th, 2009
9:35 pm
I’m sorry but for all of those SWD fans, the band is truly overrated. Let the records be known: Cedar Grove Marching Saints is the BEST Band from 1995-2002 with Mr. M. Decuir. Stephenson has been on point since Cedar Grove crumbled. Lithonia and Columbia are starting to be the best right now. Miller Grove and MLK are just starting and have a long ways to go.
NOT TELLING
August 24th, 2009
9:35 pm
SHILOH HIGH SCHOOL IS THE ONE TO WATCH! new band director, new year, new look. Come out and watch them you’ll see!
crgaddis
August 24th, 2009
9:36 pm
Northwest Whitfield High School Band
gaddisro
August 24th, 2009
9:37 pm
Southeast Whitfield High School
Bud_Roswell
August 24th, 2009
9:38 pm
Has to be Lassiter. The size of the band and the sound they makes. Sounds like a symphonic band on a field.
John
August 24th, 2009
9:39 pm
State’s 10 Best Without Question But Not Necessarily in Order
Carrollton
Lassiter
Fayette County
Brookwood
Rome
Southwest DeKalb
Lowndes
East Paulding
McEachern
Tift County
lashanda
August 24th, 2009
9:40 pm
Morrow High School
Kelly
August 24th, 2009
9:44 pm
George Walton Academy, Monore GA!!!
3 time GISA State Champs
Laurie
August 24th, 2009
9:45 pm
walton band. THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE ROSE BOWL PARADE! THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND IN GEORGIA!
rgaddis
August 24th, 2009
9:48 pm
Ringgold High School Band
Mikefalcon63
August 24th, 2009
9:52 pm
The Georgia Bridgemen of Lowndes High!
Wesley Glover
August 24th, 2009
9:54 pm
How can you have a band competition without the Lowndes High Bridgemen? Easily the premier band of South Ga.
Teacher
August 24th, 2009
9:56 pm
North Clayton High School Band is the best Band in The Land!!!!!!
astro member
August 24th, 2009
10:01 pm
For four decades now the might astros of frederick douglass and the bulldogs of washington established the mark for everybody else to follow. most of you are following in the footsteps we laid. hands down the two best in georgia. added to that list is the swd band now the number one. the end!
Jay
August 24th, 2009
10:03 pm
Southwest Dekalb is the best band in the south hands down. People from other states talk about SWD band.
Gator Actual
August 24th, 2009
10:07 pm
Lassiter High School. 2 time Grand National Champions BOA.
Fan
August 24th, 2009
10:20 pm
Stephenson High Stone Mountain
Jen
August 24th, 2009
10:20 pm
Lithia Springs
TommyBoy
August 24th, 2009
10:30 pm
All Lassiter, all the time.
astro member
August 24th, 2009
10:43 pm
to trying hard to be patient–The ghetto fabulous comment was unwarranted. No one should be put down because they are born into a non affluent category. Most of the aforementioned bands of Atlanta, Fulton and Dekalb counties don’t have the funds to compete nationally with the schools with affluent parents. Use this medium to honor all those bands that have earned their bragging rights not tear it apart with your ignorant comments. We georgians realized we have the best of all worlds including the high school bands.
Katrina
August 24th, 2009
10:43 pm
Forsyth Central H.S. – Flash of Crimson Marching Band – with a drum line that is awe-inspiring! The band students, John Mashburn and Tom Tucker create miracles of music every year! Disciplined, classy and superior!!!
Courtney
August 24th, 2009
10:51 pm
Morror High School
joeinformed
August 24th, 2009
11:06 pm
OK SWD IS OVERRATED…..WE SEEN THAT WHEN MILLER GROVE GOT ON YALL HEADS AT JAMBOREE….YALL ARE NOT WHAT YOU GUYS ONCE WERE..NOW YALL ARE STILL A GOOD BAND BUT THE BEST TWO BANDS ARE STEPHENSON BEST SOUND IN DEKALB CO. AND REDAN WHO COME WITH POWER AND SOUND … IT GOES STEPHENSON,REDAN ,MLK,SWD,MILLER GROVE…
tgm
August 24th, 2009
11:08 pm
Brookwood High School by far has the most enthusiastic and professional HS marching band around. This year’s show ‘JOY’ is fast paced, technically excellent and a delight to watch.
Viking Dad
August 24th, 2009
11:14 pm
Lakeside Drumline!
Al Bundy
August 24th, 2009
11:20 pm
Parkview…need I say more?
RC
August 24th, 2009
11:32 pm
Brookwood!
ATLborn
August 24th, 2009
11:51 pm
I haven’t been to a HS game with a good band in years so I’m speaking purely from what I experienced back in the 80s – early ’00s when I regularly witnessed great HS bands. I’d have to rate the top 10 I’ve seen as:
1. SWD (truly a great band)
2. South Atlanta
3. Booker T. Washington (Is number 1 if u take in to account overall history of a band performing at a high level)
4. McNair
5. Columbia
6. Lucy Laney (Augusta, GA)
7. Redan
8. Towers
9. Crim
10. Stephenson
(I’ve never seen MLK so I can’t call it with them)
Andre
August 24th, 2009
11:52 pm
MLK the kings of halftime.
ATLborn
August 24th, 2009
11:54 pm
Tri- Cities was good back in the day and so was the old Fulton High Band. Mays is pretty good, so is North Atlanta. Cedar Grove used to have a great band as well, but the fell off in the late 90s.
Fred R
August 24th, 2009
11:56 pm
Druid Hills all the way.
blate
August 24th, 2009
11:58 pm
The Drumline of Druid Hills. Go Red Devils!!!!
Sweatboxx 1993
August 25th, 2009
12:01 am
Mays Marching Raiders is da bomb.. Go Atomic Thunder..
90 Degrees
August 25th, 2009
12:06 am
Benjamin E. Mays High School!
Band member
August 25th, 2009
12:15 am
Under the direction of our new band director, McNair Marching Mustangs is going to take them all!
Isiah
August 25th, 2009
1:12 am
Mays High Marching Raider Band