Contest Results for 2003-2004 School Year:

8^th Annual Golden River Marching Contest

• Superior rating

¨      Band

¨      Drum line/Color Guard

¨      Drum major

• Class Placement AA

¨      Band 2^nd place

¨      Dance line 2^nd place

¨      Drum line 2^nd place

¨      Color guard 3^rd 

¨      In overall competition, the band placed 5^th out of 19 bands.

ABA Concert Band Competition

• District

¨      All Superiors

• State

¨      All Superiors  - Stage performance and Sight Reading

Contest Results for 2004-2005 School Year:

2004 Circle of Champions Band Competition:

·        First Place Band

2004 Covered Bridge Marching Band Contest:

• Superior rating

¨      Band

¨      Drum line/Color Guard

¨      Drum major

¨      Percussion

• Class Placement AAA

¨      Band 1^st place

¨      Drum major 1^st place

• Division one champion’s

¨      Band (in a field of 22 bands)

ABA Concert Band Competition

• District

¨      All Superiors

• State

¨      All Superiors  - Stage performance and Sight Reading

Contest Results for 2005-2006 school year:

41^st Annual Mid-South Marching Band Festival

• Superior ratings

¨      Band

¨      Color Guard/Dance Line

¨      Drum Major

¨      Percussion

• Bob Rush Memorial Award for all superiors

Mud Creek Marching Band Contest

• Superior ratings

¨      Band

¨      Color Guard/Dance Line

¨      Drum Major

¨      Percussion

• Class Placement

¨      1^st Place Band

¨      1^st Place Color Guard

¨      1^st Place Drum Major

• Silver Division Winner

¨      Band

• Tam Easterwood Memorial Award

¨      Best in Show Color Guard

ABA Concert Band Competition

• District

¨      All Superiors

• State

¨      All Superiors  - Stage performance and Sight Reading

 District II ABA Concert Band Assessment

• District

¨      All Superiors

• State

§         All Superiors

Alabama Music Educators Association’s

In-Service Conference

• Saks High School Concert Band performed in the Moody Music Auditorium at the University of Alabama January 18, 2007. 

Guest Conductor’s;

Dr. David L. Walters, Band Director Emeritus Jacksonville State University

Dr. David Gregory, Past President, National Band Association

Music/Band Scholarship Winners for 2007

• Cedrick Boyd – Jacksonville State University
• Josh Bullock – Jacksonville State University
• Kyle McNair – Jacksonville State University
• John Nunnally – Jacksonville State University
• Luke Weathington – Reinhardt College
• (These students will collective receive over $20,000.00 toward tuition.)