The 4rd Annual Dallas Wind Symphony Invitational Windband Festival was held May 7-8 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 | Forestwood Middle School Symphonic Band |
| Outstanding Woodwind Soloist | Tasha Brazil, Soprano & Alto Saxophone, DeSoto High School Wind Symphony |
| Outstanding Brass Soloist | Andy Shriver, Trumpet, Cedar Park High School Honor Band |
| Outstanding Percussion Soloist | David Montgomery, Timpani, Marcus High School Wind Symphony |
| Outstanding Large School Woodwind | Cedar Park High School Honor Band Marcus High School Wind Symphony Rowlett High School Wind Symphony |
| Outstanding Large School Brass | Cedar Park High School Honor Band |
| Outstanding Large School Percussion | Marcus High School Wind Symphony |
| Outstanding Small School Woodwind | Palestine High School |
| Outstanding Small School Brass | Palestine High School |
| Outstanding Small School Percussion | Palestine High School |
| Outstanding Middle School Woodwind | Crosstimbers Middle School |
| Outstanding Middle School Brass | Forestwood Middle School Symphonic Band |
| Outstanding Middle School Percussion | Coyle Middle School |
Overall Scores
| Band | Type | Woodwind | Brass | Percussion | Overall Artistic Impression | Total |
| Cedar Park High School Honor Band | Large HS | 100 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 93.00 |
| Marcus High School | Large HS | 100 | 84 | 93 | 90 | 91.75 |
| Rowlett High School Wind Symphony | Large HS | 100 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 90.25 |
| Forney High School Wind Ensemble | Large HS | 96 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 90.25 |
| Red Oak High School | Large HS | 90 | 85 | 81 | 89 | 86.25 |
| John Horn High School | Large HS | 97 | 77 | 79 | 85 | 84.50 |
| DeSoto High School | Large HS | 89 | 71 | 86 | 92 | 84.50 |
| Cedar Park High School Symphonic Band | Large HS | 95 | 84 | 73 | 82 | 83.50 |
| Newman Smith High School | Large HS | 90 | 73 | 63 | 89 | 78.75 |
| Forney High School Symphonic Band | Large HS | 70 | 80 | 79 | 82 | 77.75 |
| North Garland High School Honor Band | Large HS | 78 | 67 | 85 | 80 | 77.50 |
| Forney High School Concert Band | Large HS | 78 | 61 | 77 | 79 | 73.75 |
| North Garland High School Symphonic Band | Large HS | 77 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 70.75 |
| Palestine High School | Small HS | 76 | 74 | 65 | 79 | 73.50 |
| Forestwood Middle School | MS | 92 | 80 | 80 | 71 | 80.75 |
| Central Junior High | MS | 82 | 73 | 72 | 83 | 77.50 |
| Coyle Middle School | MS | 73 | 72 | 82 | 76 | 75.15 |
| Huffines Middle School Wind Symphony | MS | 84 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 73.75 |
| Crosstimbers Middle School | MS | 95 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 71.75 |
| Hedrick Middle School | MS | 77 | 69 | 62 | 79 | 71.75 |
| Briarhill Middle School | MS | 80 | 58 | 74 | 68 | 70.00 |
| Parkhill Junior High Symphonic Band | MS | 73 | 58 | 70 | 70 | 67.75 |
| The Classical Center at Brandenburg | MS | 69 | 62 | 71 | 68 | 67.50 |
| Dessau Middle School | MS | 65 | 57 | 60 | 67 | 62.25 |
| Travis Middle School | MS | 69 | 47 | 59 | 64 | 59.75 |
| Parkhill Junior High Concert Band | MS | 59 | 56 | 51 | 64 | 57.50 |