3rd Annual Blackwater Classic Marching Band Festival
The 3rd Annual Blackwater Classic Marching Band Festival is Saturday, October 6, at Milton High School’s Haywood Hanna Panther Stadium. The event will feature 17 high school marching bands from Northwest Florida and Alabama. This year the event will also feature a special exhibition performance by the University of Southern Mississippi’s Pride of Mississippi Marching Band from Hattiesburg, Miss. Gates open at 2:30 p.m. with performances beginning at 3 p.m. The event ends around 10:30 p.m. General admission is $7 per person.Senior adults age 65 and older and active military personnel pay $5. Free admission for children age 5 and under.
Bands scheduled to perform include:
Baker High School – Baker, Fla.
Chipley High School – Chipley, Fla.
Deane Bozeman School – Panama City, Fla.
Escambia High School – Pensacola, Fla.
Foley High School – Foley, Ala.
Gulf Breeze High School – Gulf Breeze, Fla.
Jay Jr./Sr. High School – Jay, Fla.
J.R. Arnold High School – Panama City Beach, Fla.
Milton High School – Milton, Fla.
Navarre High School – Navarre, Fla.
Niceville High School – Niceville, Fla.
Northview High School – Century, Fla.
Pensacola High School – Pensacola, Fla.
South Walton High School – Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
Tate High School – Gonzalez, Fla.
Vernon High School – Vernon, Fla.
Washington High School – Pensacola, Fla.
University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, Miss.
Please join us for an evening of pageantry and showmanship and to cheer for the more than 2,400 talented high school musicians who will perform their 2018 halftime shows. For more information, please visit our website at miltonhighschoolband.com or contact the MHS Band Office at 850.983.5611.
