The Wando High School Band is a consistent Grand National finalist, a consistent super regional finalist, and a recipient of the Sudler Flag.
In 2017, Wando is expected to compete at the Atlanta Super Regional.
2016
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| Wando (SC) performs in semifinals Nov. 12, 2016, at Lucas Oil Stadium. // Photo by Jeremiah Wooten |
In Atlanta, Wando began to eat away at Tarpon's long-held dominance of the Southeast. Absent a trip by Broken Arrow, Tarpon has historically swept captions, if not the entire adjudication panel. This year, Wando beat Tarpon in both the music and visual caption, closing the margin of victory to just over a single point.
At Grand Nats, Wando gave three outstanding performances, receiving ninth place in semifinals and improving on that in finals to finish eighth overall. That was right between Ronald Reagan and Claudia Taylor Johnson, two outstanding groups from Texas.
2015
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| Wando (SC) oboist performs in finals Nov. 12, 2016, at Lucas Oil Stadium. // Photo by Jeremiah Wooten |
The Jacksonville regional could have been a pretty easy victory for Wando. The only other band who would have given them a run for their money was Kennesaw Mountain, but the flooding in South Carolina cause Wando to lose not days but weeks of rehearsal time and prevented their travel to Jacksonville.
That lost rehearsal time would follow them to Atlanta, where they placed 10th, much lower than in years past. We believe this year was the exception, not the rule and expect Wando to be much better in 2016 as they head back to Grand Nats. Odd are, another flood of the century won't get in their way two years in a row.
2014
Wando competed at the Atlanta Super Regional and Grand National Championships. We were excited to see Wando at the Atlanta regional because Tarpon, Harrison, and Mason were all also competing. Wando finished the lowest of this group, just a quarter of a point behind Harrison and finished seventh at Grand Nats just a few weeks later. It was a very successful season for Wando, and we hope that they'll continue to attend Grand Nats at a much greater frequency.2013
Wando's 90 at the Atlanta Super Regional and third place finish was sadly the only time we saw this band at a BOA event last year, but their consistent Top 6 finishes at Atlanta would've made them a likely finalist at Grand Nats last season. Usually band director transitions are rough and take a couple of years to recover from, but Bobby Lambert appears to have transitioned rather smoothly from Marian Catholic to Wando. Under his direction, we're expecting big things from Wando.
Top 30 History
16th on 10/31/17 (Week 8)19th on 10/24/17 (Week 7)
19th on 10/17/17 (Week 6)
17th on 10/10/17 (Week 5)
17th on 10/03/17 (Week 4)
17th on 9/26/17 (Week 3)
16th on 9/19/17 (Week 2)
15th on 9/12/17 (Week 1)
13th on 11/15/16 (Week 10)
14th on 11/08/16 (Week 9)
16th on 11/01/16 (Week 8)
temporarily unranked
28th on 11/03/15 (Week 8)
14th on 10/27/15 (Week 7)
14th on 10/20/15 (Week 6)
16th on 10/13/15 (Week 5)
17th on 10/06/15 (Week 4)
17th on 9/29/15 (Week 3)
14th on 9/22/15 (Week 2)
13th on 9/15/15 (Week 1)
11th on 11/18/14 (Week 10)
15th on 11/11/14 (Week 9)
15th on 11/04/14 (Week 8)
22nd on 10/28/14 (Week 7)
23rd on 10/21/14 (Week 6)
20th on 10/14/14 (Week 5)
22nd on 10/07/14 (Week 4)
21st on 9/30/14 (Week 3)
18th on 9/23/14 (Week 2)
16th on 9/16/14 (Week 1)
13th on 11/19/13
View the current Top 30
Past Competition Results:
| Event | Music Performance | Visual Performance | General Effect | Total | Class # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind | Ens | Avg | Ind | Ens | Avg | Mus 1 | Mus 2 | Mus Total | Vis | GE Total | |||
| 2017 Atlanta Finals | 19.00 (2) | 18.30 (2) | 18.65 (1) | 18.30 (2) | 17.90 (3) | 18.10 (2) | 18.00 (3) | 18.00 (2) | 36.00 (2) | 18.20 (2) | 54.20 (2) | 90.95 (2) | |
| 2017 Atlanta Prelims | 17.10 (4) | 17.50 (2) | 17.30 (4) | 17.10 (4) | 17.90 (2) | 17.50 (2) | 18.80 (1) | 18.70 (2) | 37.50 (1) | 17.60 (5) | 55.10 (2) | 89.90 (2) | AAAA-1 |
| 2016 Grand National Finals | 18.20 (9) | 18.50 (10) | 18.35 (8) | 18.20 (9) | 18.70 (8) | 18.45 (7) | 18.70 (8) | 18.40 (8) | 37.10 (8) | 17.60 (11) | 54.70 (8) | 91.50 (8) | |
| 2016 Grand National Semifinals | 18.40 (10) | 17.50 (11) | 17.95 (9) | 19.00 (6) | 18.70 (7) | 18.85 (6) | 18.30 (7) | 17.60 (15) | 35.90 (11) | 18.50 (8) | 54.40 (9) | 91.20 (9) | AAAA-6 |
| 2016 Grand National Prelims 2 | 18.00 (8) | 18.20 (7) | 18.10 (7) | 18.00 (6) | 19.00 (2) | 18.50 (2) | 18.30 (4) | 18.80 (2) | 37.10 (3) | 18.80 (2) | 55.90 (3) | 92.50 (3) | AAAA-1 |
| 2016 Atlanta Finals | 18.90 (1) | 18.10 (6) | 18.50 (2) | 18.30 (1) | 17.90 (3) | 18.10 (1) | 17.70 (3) | 18.10 (2) | 35.80 (2) | 18.20 (2) | 54.00 (2) | 90.60 (2) | |
| 2016 Atlanta Prelims | 17.30 (5) | 18.30 (2) | 17.80 (2) | 17.50 (5) | 18.10 (2) | 17.80 (2) | 17.60 (5) | 18.10 (3) | 35.70 (3) | 18.30 (2) | 54.00 (3) | 89.60 (3) | AAAA-1 |
| 2015 Atlanta Finals | 16.90 (11) | 17.20 (10) | 17.05 (10) | 15.40 (11) | 16.80 (9) | 16.10 (11) | 16.90 (7) | 15.70 (12) | 32.60 (10) | 16.50 (9) | 49.10 (10) | 82.25 (10) | |
| 2015 Atlanta Prelims | 17.00 (8) | 17.00 (11) | 17.00 (7) | 17.50 (2) | 16.60 (11) | 17.05 (6) | 17.20 (7) | 17.20 (10) | 34.40 (7) | 16.60 (13) | 51.00 (9) | 85.05 (8) | AAAA-5 |
| 2014 Grand National Finals | 17.70 (8) | 17.70 (9) | 17.70 (8) | 17.40 (8) | 16.90 (11) | 17.15 (9) | 18.10 (6) | 18.10 (9) | 36.20 (8) | 18.40 (6) | 54.60 (6) | 89.45 (7) | |
| 2014 Grand National Semifinals | 17.60 (15) | 17.50 (6) | 17.55 (9) | 18.40 (8) | 18.20 (7) | 18.30 (6) | 18.40 (5) | 18.30 (11) | 36.70 (8) | 18.30 (7) | 55.00 (8) | 90.85 (7) | AAAA-5 |
| 2014 Grand National Prelims 2 | 17.70 (8) | 17.90 (4) | 17.80 (7) | 17.30 (8) | 18.80 (5) | 18.05 (4) | 18.10 (6) | 18.50 (5) | 36.60 (5) | 18.30 (4) | 54.90 (4) | 90.75 (4) | AAAA-3 |
| 2014 Atlanta Finals | 17.20 (5) | 17.50 (5) | 17.35 (5) | 16.80 (9) | 17.80 (4) | 17.30 (6) | 17.50 (3) | 18.40 (3) | 35.90 (3) | 17.70 (2) | 53.60 (2) | 88.25 (4) | |
| 2014 Atlanta Prelims | 17.30 (5) | 18.30 (3) | 17.80 (4) | 17.40 (3) | 18.00 (4) | 17.70 (3) | 17.50 (4) | 17.40 (6) | 34.90 (5) | 18.10 (4) | 53.00 (5) | 88.50 (4) | AAAA-2 |
| 2013 Atlanta Finals | 17.70 (3) | 18.30 (4) | 18.00 (4) | 18.00 (3) | 17.10 (6) | 17.55 (4) | 18.20 (3) | 18.70 (2) | 36.90 (2) | 17.90 (3) | 54.80 (3) | 90.35 (3) | |
| 2013 Atlanta Prelims | 17.40 (4) | 18.90 (1) | 18.15 (3) | 17.50 (4) | 18.00 (4) | 17.75 (3) | 18.00 (3) | 17.40 (8) | 35.40 (4) | 16.00 (9) | 51.40 (5) | 87.30 (5) | AAAA-3 |
| 2012 Atlanta Finals | 18.20 (4) | 17.30 (5) | 17.75 (4) | 15.80 (8) | 17.40 (4) | 16.60 (6) | 17.40 (5) | 17.50 (2) | 34.90 (3) | 17.50 (3) | 52.40 (3) | 86.75 (3) | |
| 2012 Atlanta Prelims | 18.00 (4) | 17.00 (4) | 17.50 (4) | 16.40 (7) | 17.10 (3) | 16.75 (5) | 17.90 (3) | 18.00 (3) | 35.90 (2) | 17.80 (2) | 53.70 (2) | 87.95 (2) | AAAA-1 |
| 2011 Grand National Finals | 17.40 (11) | 17.80 (10) | 17.60 (11) | 17.00 (11) | 18.20 (8) | 17.60 (10) | 17.00 (12) | 17.00 (12) | 34.00 (12) | 17.00 (11) | 51.00 (12) | 86.20 (12) | |
| 2011 Grand National Semifinals | 17.00 (14) | 17.50 (9) | 17.25 (11) | 17.60 (11) | 17.90 (9) | 17.75 (9) | 17.90 (12) | 17.80 (10) | 35.70 (12) | 18.00 (8) | 53.70 (11) | 88.70 (11) | AAAA-10 |
| 2011 Grand National Prelims 2 | 17.50 (7) | 17.30 (7) | 17.40 (7) | 16.90 (10) | 18.20 (6) | 17.55 (6) | 17.90 (6) | 18.00 (6) | 35.90 (6) | 18.40 (5) | 54.30 (6) | 89.15* (6) | AAAA-5 |
| 2011 Atlanta Finals | 16.30 (7) | 18.00 (3) | 17.15 (6) | 14.80 (10) | 15.80 (10) | 15.30 (11) | 17.50 (3) | 16.60 (5) | 34.10 (4) | 15.40 (11) | 49.50 (4) | 81.95 (6) | |
| 2011 Atlanta Prelims | 17.70 (3) | 16.80 (5) | 17.25 (3) | 15.60 (7) | 16.20 (10) | 15.90 (9) | 16.50 (7) | 17.70 (5) | 34.20 (6) | 16.20 (8) | 50.40 (6) | 83.55 (5) | AAAA-3 |
| 2010 Atlanta Finals | 17.40 (5) | 17.10 (3) | 17.25 (4) | 17.80 (3) | 18.00 (2) | 17.90 (2) | 17.20 (3) | 17.50 (5) | 34.70 (4) | 16.70 (4) | 51.40 (4) | 86.55 (3) | |
| 2010 Atlanta Prelims | 17.30 (3) | 17.00 (6) | 17.15 (3) | 17.50 (3) | 17.70 (2) | 17.60 (2) | 18.40 (2) | 17.10 (3) | 35.50 (3) | 18.30 (1) | 53.80 (2) | 88.55 (3) | AAAA-1 |
