Guest Conductor 2008
Mel Saunders
A native of Roanoke, Virginia, retired in June of 2007, after 33 years as an instrumental-music teacher in Mercer County. He spent the first six years of his teaching career at Central Junior High School in Bluefield, West Virginia, and 27 years as Band Director at Bluefield High School. His Bluefield High School bands received consistently high ratings over the years, and the Beaver Marching Band was well known for its traditional "8 to 5" marching style...
Audition Results 2008
Literature 2008
| Nott'num Town | Allan Street |
| In the Land of the Golden Fleece | Sousa |
| American Dream | James Beckel |
| Harmony Heaven | Barnhouse, arr. Paynter |
| Amazing Grace | Jay Dawson |
| It Don't Mean A Thing | Ellington, arr. Moss |
| Freedom | Michael W. Smith, arr. Bocook |
| Cavatina | Stanley Mills, arr. Edmunds |