2017-2018 Awards

Individual Awards

Overall Instrumental Awards

  • Nancy Leat Color Guard Spirit Awards - Megan Ogden
  • Director's Award - Karli Adams
  • John Philip Sousa Award - Sami Jin

Firebird Marching Band

  • Rookie of the Year - Sandra Vazquez
  • Most Improved - Shane Stroud
  • Most Inspirational - Jerome Varelas and Rose Rodriguez

Winter Season

  • Guard Most Improved - Anvitha Bhat
  • Guard Most Outstanding - Helen Thai
  • Percussion Most Improved - Erik Bach
  • Percussion Most Outstanding - Johanna Refuerzo

Concert Season

  • Orchestra – Samuel Shen
  • Orchestra – Brenda Lopez
  • Chamber Orchestra – Peter Howe
  • Concert Band – Charvi Hoysal
  • Concert Band – Kaveri Iyer
  • Symphonic Band – Varun Srivastava
  • Outstanding Brass – Samantha Louie
  • Outstanding Woodwind – Maya Suresh
  • Outstanding Percussion – Zuriel Galeno
  • Jazz Band – Jerrence Capingian

Concert Season Awards

All-State Honor Groups

  • Peyton Chen, junior - oboe - 3-year member
  • Ko-Wei Cheng, sophomore - cello - 1st year member
  • Sami Jin, senior - 1st chair flute - 4-year member
  • Samantha Louie, senior - French horn - 1st year member
  • Austin Tao, junior - clarinet - 1st year member
  • Rohan Walia, junior - bass trombone - 1st year member

NCBA All Northern Band

  • Austin Tao, junior - clarinet - 1st year member
  • Alice Zhong, freshman - French horn - 1st year member

County Honor Band

  • Sami Jin, senior - 1st chair flute - 4-year member
  • Peyton Chen, junior - oboe - 3-year member
  • Samantha Louie, senior - French horn - 3-year member
  • Austin Tao, junior - clarinet - 1st year member
  • Rohan Walia, junior - trombone - 1st year member
  • Ko-Wei Cheng, sophomore - string bass - 1st year member
  • Darren Zhang, sophomore - clarinet - 1st year member
  • Kevin Zhang, sophomore - clarinet - 1st year member
  • Charvi Hoysal, freshman - clarinet - 1st year member
  • Alice Zhang, freshman - French horn - 1st year member

Marching Season

WBA James Logan Invitational

3a Division (7 Bands)

  • Music - 23.0 3rd place
  • General Effect - 22.4- 4th place
  • Visual Performance - 14.95 - 4th place
  • Auxiliary - 15.4 - 3rd place
  • Percussion - 15.7 - 2nd place
  • Field Show Overall - 76.4 - 4th place

Damonte Ranch Invitational

  • Music -
  • General Effect -
  • Visual Performance -
  • Auxiliary -
  • Percussion -
  • Field Show Overall -

NCBA Fairfield Tournament of Champions

4a Division (3 Bands Division, 14 Bands Overall)

  • Music - 328 - 1st place
  • General Effect - 222.5 - 1st place
  • Visual Performance - 178.5 - 1st place
  • Auxiliary - 88.6 - 1st place (Division) - 2nd place (Overall)
  • Percussion - 86.95 - 1st place
  • Field Show Overall - 90.455 - 1st place (Division) - 4th place (Overall)


Brass - 4th place Overall

Winter Percussion Awards

Concert Percussion - A Class

CCGC Independence - 67.00 - 1st Place

NCPA Dublin - 73.20 - 1st Place

CCGC Oak Grove - 77.40 - 1st Place

CCGC Lynbrook - 79.50 - 1st Place

NCPA Independence - 84.20 - 1st Place

CCGC Fremont Show - 83.60 - 1st Place

NCPA Championships - 91.6 - 2nd Place

CCGC Championships - 84.5 - 1st Place

2018 CCGC Concert Percussion Champions!

Winter Guard Awards

CCGC National A Class

*class promotion from 2017

Logan - 48.77 - 7th place

2nd in Movement & Design Analysis

Independence - 55.47 - 8th place

Oak Grove - 66.60 - 6th place

Lynbrook - 74.92 - 6th place

3rd in Equipment & Movement

WGI Regional @ Logan

Fremont Show

CCGC Championships - cancelled due to power outage