The ninth annual Adrian Carroll Official HBCU/High School Battle of the Bands was held Sunday, October 16th at N.C. Central University's O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium.
This year the event was dedicated to bringing awareness to Breast Cancer. Everyone wore pink in the honor of October being breast cancer awareness month.
The founder of the Battle of the Bands, Adrian Carroll, was pleased to team up with "NC Triangle Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure" to help raise money for Susan G. Komen.
The title sponsor for the event was the Thurgood Marshall College fund; it committed to awarding up to three tuition and fees scholarships to participating HBCU Marching Bands, and up to 12 book scholarships for the high school Marching Bands.
"The turnout was great, we got a lot of support this year," said Carroll. Though the Battle of the Bands had more high school performances, N.C Central University, Winston Salem State University, and Howard University all preformed at the showcase.
There were three different divisions in the show; 3A which is the largest division, 2A the second largest, and 1A the smallest.
The champion for the 3A divison was Highland Springs high school from Virginia; they were also the winner overall competition and received the Grand Trophy.
The 2A champ was South Gwinnett high school. And lastly the champ for 1A was Warren County high school.
The winners in each category received $300 from each division. "We are planning to have our tenth annual Battle of the Bands here at Central next year," said Carroll.
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