Milton High School will host the inaugural Blackwater Classic Marching Band Festival is Saturday, Oct. 1, at Panther Stadium. The event will feature 15 high school marching bands from Northwest Florida and Alabama. Gates will open at 2:30 p.m. with the event ending around 10:15 p.m.  Admission is $7 per person.

Bands scheduled to perform include:

Alabama Christian Academy – Montgomery, AL
Booker T. Washington High School – Pensacola, FL
Chipley High School – Chipley, FL
Choctawhatchee High School – Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Escambia High School – Pensacola, FL
Foley High School – Foley, AL
Gulf Breeze High School – Gulf Breeze, FL
Jay High School – Jay, FL
Milton High School – Milton, FL
Navarre High School – Navarre, FL
Pine Forest High School – Pensacola, FL
Rutherford High School – Panama City, FL
J.M. Tate High School – Pensacola, FL
Walton High School – Defuniak Springs, FL
West Florida High School – Pensacola, FL

It’s an evening of pageantry and showmanship as more than 1,800 talented high school musicians demonstrate their talents and hard work ethic by performing their 2016 halftime shows.  For more information, please visit www.miltonhighschoolband.com or contact the MHS Band Office at 850.983.5611.