The 6th Annual Dallas Wind Symphony Invitational Windband Festival was held April 13-14 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. A big thank-you to all who participated, and congratulations to our award winners:
Awards
| Grand Champion Windband | Cedar Park High School Honor Band |
| Outstanding Large School Windband | Cedar Park High School Honor Band |
| Outstanding Small School Windband | Palestine High School |
| Outstanding Middle School Windband | Coppell Middle School North Honors Winds |
| Outstanding Woodwind Soloist | Tyler Lehmberg, Cedar Park High School Honor Band |
| Outstanding Brass Soloist | Chris Stubblefield, Coppell Middle School North Honor Winds |
| Outstanding Percussion Soloist | Hideo Ishii, Rice Middle School Wind Ensemble |
| Outstanding Large School Woodwind | Cedar Park Hgh School Honor Band |
| Outstanding Large School Brass | Midlothian High School Wind Ensemble |
| Outstanding Large School Percussion | Forney High School Wind Ensemble |
| Outstanding Small School Woodwind | Palestine High School |
| Outstanding Small School Brass | Palestine High School |
| Outstanding Small School Percussion | Atlanta High School Band |
| Outstanding Middle School Woodwind | Coppell Middle School North Honor Winds |
| Outstanding Middle School Brass | Coppell Middle School North Honor Winds |
| Outstanding Middle School Percussion | Coppell Middle School North Honor Winds |
Overall Scores
| Band | Class | Woodwind | Brass | Percussion | Overall Artistic Impression |
Total |
| Midlothian High School Wind Ensemble | 5A | 96 | 98 | 88 | 84 | 91.1 |
| James Martin High School Wind Symphony | 5A | 95 | 96 | 83 | 88 | 91 |
| John Horn High School Wind Symphony | 5A | 92 | 90 | 81 | 85 | 87.4 |
| Timberview High School Wind Symphony | 5A | 83 | 91 | 72 | 78 | 81.6 |
| Lubbock High School Honors Band | 5A | 93 | 94 | 60 | 70 | 80.25 |
| James Bowie High School Wind Symphony | 5A | 80.5 | 89 | 79 | 69 | 78.375 |
| Midlothian High School Honor Band | 5A | 65 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 76.35 |
| Midlothian High School Symphonic Band | 5A | 71 | 75 | 64 | 60.5 | 67.275 |
| Carl Albert High School Band | 4A | 89 | 85 | 76 | 83 | 83.95 |
| Cedar Park High School Honor Band | 4A | 98 | 97 | 90 | 90 | 93.75 |
| Forney High School Wind Ensemble | 4A | 92.5 | 93 | 91 | 88 | 90.825 |
| Cedar Park High School Symphonic Band | 4A | 97 | 92 | 86 | 79 | 87.8 |
| McKinney North High School Honors Band | 4A | 93.5 | 89 | 85 | 82 | 87.075 |
| Juan Seguin High School Wind Ensemble | 4A | 79 | 91 | 84 | 76 | 81.7 |
| North Garland High School Honors Band | 4A | 80 | 82 | 75 | 80 | 79.75 |
| North Garland High School Symphonic Band | 4A | 75 | 70 | 65 | 75 | 72.25 |
| Rice Middle School Wind Ensemble | 3C | 88 | 82 | 77 | 85.5 | 83.975 |
| Rice Middle School Symphonic Band | 3C | 87 | 78 | 75.5 | 81.5 | 81.1 |
| Williams Middle School Honors Band | 3C | 81 | 83 | 78 | 66 | 75.8 |
| Coyle Middle School Honors Band | 3C | 73 | 80 | 67 | 63 | 70.35 |
| Hurst Junior High Symphonic Band | 3B | 76 | 77 | 71 | 62.5 | 70.775 |
| Bedford Junior High Symphonic Band | 3B | 77 | 78 | 66 | 60 | 69.65 |
| Palestine High School | 3A | 74.5 | 92 | 50 | 61 | 70.475 |
| Atlanta High School Band | 3A | 74 | 76 | 56 | 65 | 68.65 |
| Coppell Middle School North Honor Winds | 2C | 97 | 96 | 82 | 89.5 | 91.875 |
| Coppell Middle School North Symphonic Band | 2C | 78 | 74 | 69 | 77 | 75.3 |
| Walnut Grove Middle School Honor Band | 2C | 72 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 71.5 |
| Cross Timbers Middle School | 2C | 72.5 | 81 | 68 | 64 | 70.975 |
| Hutchinson Middle School Honors Band | 2C | 70 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 67.95 |