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Blue Ribbon Award
 
Blue Ribbon Award medals may be ordered from the Bale Company.

 

Criteria:
Superior performance as evidenced by the district festival rating from each of the top performing groups of each ensemble course taught at the school (band, choir, and orchestra).
 
All schools must complete the Online Declaration Form which designates the top performing group of the genre.  This must be one of the groups performing the highest grade of literature.
 
The Online Form must be submitted to the State Manager thirty days prior to the festival.
 
In order to be considered for the Blue Ribbon Award the top performing groups MUST perform two pieces from approved graded music lists (Band and Orchestra from the VBODA manual, Choirs from the Virginia, New York or Texas lists), not to include the warm-up selection.  When performing music of two different grade levels the group will be classified at the lower level.
 
Note: Changes have been made as a direct result of difficulties that have been encountered in administrating the Blue Ribbon Award.  It is the hope of the President’s Committee that these changes will not only clear up problems, but “legitimize” the process. 

 
Recognition: The recognition will consist of a certificate and cover letter of congratulations mailed to the principal of the school.  Eligible schools may obtain the Blue Ribbon Pin for individual students. Deadline is May 1st.

Note: All top eligible-performing groups must receive a final superior rating at VMEA District Concert Festival. Multi-school combined ensembles are not eligible as an individual school's representative ensemble for this award.

 
PAST RECIPIENTS
SCHOOL SYSTEM 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
A.G. Wright Middle School Stafford         x        
Albemarle High School Charlottesville x         x   x x
Alleghany High School Covington         x        
Annandale High School Annandale x   x   x x x x x
Bailey Bridge Middle School Midlothian         x     x x
Battlefield High School Haymarket           x x x x
Battlefield Middle School Fredericksburg                 x
Benton Middle School Manassas           x x x  
Blacksburg High School Blacksburg       x   x x    
Blacksburg Middle School Blacksburg       x   x x x x
Brandon Middle School Virginia Beach         x x     x
Brooke Point High School Stafford x x x x x   x    
Brookville Middle School Lynchburg             x x x
Bruton High School Williamsburg x                
Buford Middle School Charlottesville   x   x         x
Bull Run Middle School Gainesville           x      
C.D. Hylton High School Woodbridge   x     x x      
Carl Sandburg Middle School Alexandria     x x       x x
Central High School Woodstock               x  
Centreville High School Clifton       x          
Chancellor High School Fredericksburg x   x            
Chantilly High School Chantilly x   x x   x      
Charles City High School Charles City                 x
Charlottesville High School Charlottesville   x x x   x   x x
Christiansburg High School Christiansburg             x   x
Clover Hill High School Midlothian       x     x x x
Colonial Forge High School Stafford   x x x x x x x x
Corporate Landing Middle Virginia Beach             x   x
Courtland High School Spotsylvania             x    
Crestwood Middle School Chesapeake       x          
Culpeper County High School Culpeper           x x x  
Deep Creek High School Chesapeake x   x            
Deep Run High School Glen Allen             x x x
E.C. Glass High School Lynchburg               x  
Edison High School Alexandria       x         x
Fairfax High School Fairfax                 x
Falls Church High School Falls Church           x   x x
Fauquier High School Warrenton   x   x          
First Colonial High School Virginia Beach                 x
Forst Park High School Woodbridge   x   x x x x x  
Frank W. Cox High School Virginia Beach       x   x     x
Franklin Middle School Chantilly           x x x  
Freedom Middle School Fredericksburg             x    
G.W. Carver  Middle School Chester   x              
Gar-Field High School Woodbridge x x x x x        
George Mason High School Falls Church   x x x   x x    
George Washington M.S. Alexandria               x  
Glasgow Middle School Alexandria           x      
Gloucester High School Gloucester                 x
Grafton Middle School Yorktown               x x
Grafton High School Yorktown             x   x
Granby High School Norfolk           x      
Great Bridge High School  Chesapeake   x           x  
Great Bridge Middle School Chesapeake x x x         x  
Great Neck Middle School Virginia Beach             x x x
Harrisonburg High School Harrisonburg                 x
Hayfield High School Alexandria x           x    
Hayfield Middle School Alexandria x     x          
Hermitage High School Richmond   x              
Herndon High School Herndon               x  
Hickory High School Chesapeake x           x   x
Hickory Middle School Chesapeake     x x x x      
Hines Middle School Newport News x                
Holmes Middle School Alexandria   x   x   x      
I.C. Norcom High School Portsmouth x                
Independence Middle School Virginia Beach             x    
J.E.B. Stuart High School Falls Church     x     x   x x
James Madison High School Vienna   x         x    
James Monroe High School Fredericksburg                 x
James River High School Midlothian         x x     x
James W. Robinson H.S. Fairfax x x x x   x     x
James W. Robinson M.S. Fairfax x x x x x x   x x
James Wood Middle School Winchester           x      
James Wood High School Winchester         x        
Jamestown High School Williamsburg         x        
Jolliff Middle School Chesapeake           x x    
Joyce Kilmer Middle School Vienna       x       x  
Kemps Landing Magnet Sch. Virginia Beach           x x   x
Kempsville High School Virginia Beach           x x    
Kempsville Middle School Virginia Beach             x   x
King George Middle School King George           x      
Lake Braddock High School Burke x x x         x  
Lake Braddock Middle School Burke       x       x x
Landstown High School Virginia Beach       x          
Lanier Middle School Fairfax                 x
Langley High School McLean         x x      
Liberty High School Bealeton     x            
Liberty Middle School Ashland     x            
Liberty Middle School Clifton             x x  
Longfellow Middle School Falls Church           x x x  
Loudoun County High School Leesburg               x  
Manchester Middle School Richmond x                
Manassas Park High School Manassas Park             x  
Marshall Middle School Marshall             x    
Mark Twain Middle School Alexandria       x x     x x
Massaponax High School  Fredericksburg   x              
Midlothian High School Midlothian x x     x x   x  
Midlothian Middle School Midlothian     x            
Millbrook High School Winchester           x x x  
Mills Godwin High School Richmond           x      
Monacan High School Richmond               x  
Mountain View High School Stafford           x   x x
North Stafford High School Stafford         x        
Northside Middle School Norfolk x                
O.T. Bonner Middle School Danville x                
Oak Knoll Middle School Mechanicsville       x          
Oakton High School Vienna x x   x       x  
Osbourn Park High School Manassas         x x      
Oscar Smith High School Chesapeake               x  
Patrick Henry High School Glade Spring           x x    
Plaza Middle School Virginia Beach             x x  
Poe Middle School Annandale     x x   x      
Poquoson High School Poquoson   x              
Poquoson Middle School Poquoson x x     x   x    
Potomac High School Dumfries       x     x    
Princess Anne High School Virginia Beach x         x x    
Pulaski County High School Dublin             x   x
Rachel Carson Middle School Herndon x x   x     x x  
Radford High School Radford                 x
Richlands High School Richlands x x x     x     x
River Bend Middle School Sterling         x x      
Robert E. Lee High School Springfield       x x     x  
Robert Frost Middle School Fairfax x               x
Robious Middle School Midlothian           x      
Salem High School Virginia Beach   x              
Salem Middle School Virginia Beach                 x
Salem Church Middle School Richmond         x        
Saunders Middle School Manassas         x   x    
Sherando High School Stephens City x x   x x x      
Spotswood High School Penn Laird               x  
Stafford High School Fredericksburg       x       x  
Tazewell High School Tazewell       x          
Thomas Dale High School Chester