1985 John Overton High School Band prelims CoC

John Overton High School Band, Nashville, TN. Preliminary performance at the 1985 Contest of Champions in Murfreesboro, TN.
Directors: Rodney Webb and Jo Ann Hood.
In finals performance, Overton scored 1st Place: Grand Champions.

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[iamstevenmichael]

This is the year I marched with Overton. I moved over from FRA my senior year and kept looking for a performance from '86 here on YouTube, but as I finally realized our season was in '85. I marched on the percussion line and was privileged to be part of the legacy that were the Marching Bobcats. Hello to all and THANKS to the ones who post the wonderful videos. They bring back great memories. The Color Guard were trailblazers.

[asneMMan]

@NashvillePat You're right. I remember watching them perform this show at MTSBOA just a few weeks before this performance, and they made a II.

[ibrokemyfingerbowlin]

@NashvillePat This happened because Rodney Webb and Jo Ann Hood were incredibly motivating directors. Somehow when you got to CoC, you just wanted to make it happen for them. Those moments leading up to the performances were just magical.

[kdlew1]

Wow!  What memories. It doesn't seem like that long ago.

[AHProctor]

@NashvillePat This was the second of three times that a band would win without getting the highest finals score. The first was McGavock in 1972 when their finals score dipped under Columbia's finals score by 1.6 points. The last was Lafayette in 1994 when they dipped under McGavock by 2 tenths of a point. In all three instances the winners were the preliminary winners who held on to first place by their combined scores. Since 1995, they have been ranked based on their finals scores.

[NashvillePat]

Top 5 scores 1985 Contest of Champions Results Prelim-Finals-Total

1 John Overton High, Nashville, TN Rodney Webb, Jo Ann Hood 93.30 93.20 186.50

2 North Hardin High, Radcliff, KY Kevin Bowen, Russell Gross 90.40 93.90 184.30

3 Meade County High, Brandenburg, KY Paul Davis, Bruce Sonderstrom 90.90 90.30 181.20

4 Franklin High, Franklin, TN Wayne Simpson, David Hale 89.50 91.20 180.70

5 George Rogers Clark High, Winchester, KY Jeff Hood 86.60 93.80 180.40

[NashvillePat]

I was always impressed with the way Johnny O could turn it up 5 notches the day of CoC and surprise the crap out of the bands that had beat them all season.

[kurtfugol]

I agree this was our best show.

[violinlover320]

I'm proud to say that I personally know 3 of the people in that band =D

[groverman]

I just realized that my user name doesn't really say who I am. This is David Landers. Trombone player, class of 87.