Awards Ceremony & Street Dance

Each festival week concludes with an exciting and high energy outdoor award ceremony/street dance held at the Winter Park Resort Village. Fanfare music, special lighting, smoke effects, and the company of other student musicians- set the tone for an evening to be remembered. Attending groups are welcomed and recognized, followed by all ensembles receiving their divisional rating trophy. Classification runner-up and winner trophies are then awarded for each ensemble type, school size, and ensemble level.

 To conclude the awards portion of the evening- the Overall Grand Champion is awarded to the judges’ choice of best Concert Band, Concert Choir, Orchestra, Instrumental Jazz Ensemble and Show/Pop/Jazz

The WPSMF DJ’d street dance, a festival tradition, will be remembered for a lifetime. Many directors share the awards ceremony and street dance revives an enthusiasm within their music program. Festival alumni claim the WPSMF awards and street dance as the highlight of their entire high school experience.

During the street dance, directors are invited to the Director’s Reception hosted by the festival staff. Here, directors will receive all adjudication critiques and comments, their original scores, performance recordings, a final thank you, and a chance to meet other attending directors from that week’s festival competition.