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Area bands receive budget boosts

Lynn High School Assistant Band Director Sharon Fike, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and LHS Band Director Rodney Fike with a check for $5,000 Gudger donated to the LHS band.

Lynn High School Assistant Band Director Sharon Fike, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and LHS Band Director Rodney Fike with a check for $5,000 Gudger donated to the LHS band.

State Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger, who represents the fourth district, has given $5,000 community service grants to every high school band in the district, including those in Winston County and Bear Creek, contributing a total of $90,000 to 18 music programs.
He and his team, including Director of Constituent Affairs Randall Shedd, spent all of Monday, Sept. 8, traveling Cullman, Marion and Winston counties to present checks to the majority of the band programs, a few having received theirs previously.

MHS Band state champions; HHS Band runner up in 4A

From left, MHS Band of Champions Director Kevin Dunham, band students Chase Herron, Tori Payne, Suzie Feist, Mallory Taylor and Holli Hyche with the large 1A state champion award plus individual awards the band received at the second annual statewide competition.

From left, MHS Band of Champions Director Kevin Dunham, band students Chase Herron, Tori Payne, Suzie Feist, Mallory Taylor and Holli Hyche with the large 1A state champion award plus individual awards the band received at the second annual statewide competition.
HOOVER - The Meek High School Band has truly lived up to its name - The Band of Champions - by earning top honors in 1A at the second annual Alabama State Marching Band Championship.
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