Local bands receive top scores at contest

Published 12:00 pm Friday, October 21, 2011

On Oct. 15, Robert W. Reid Stadium hosted the fifth annual Pride of Hayden Marching Festival.

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Twenty bands competed in the contest; 19 from Alabama and one from Georgia.

Corner was in Class 2A, Mortimer Jordan in Class 3A and Gardendale in Class 4A.

Corner received superior ratings for drum major, color guard, dance line, percussion and band.

Mortimer Jordan received superior ratings for drum major, color guard, majorettes, dance line, percussion and band. They won best in class for drum major, color guard, majorettes, dance line, percussion and band.

Gardendale received superior ratings for the drum major, color guard, dance line, percussion and band. Gardendale won best in class for dance line and band.