Crestview High School Band
The Crestview High School Band, nicknamed 'The Big Red Machine', was organized in 1938 and has become a major organization in Crestview. The band has traveled to many locations across the United States, with recent trips including the 1997 Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona, the 2000 Marshall Field's Jingle Elf Parade in Chicago, Illinois, the 2002 Hollywood Christmas Parade in Hollywood, California, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In 2005, band director David Cadle led the Big Red Machine in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the official "Santa band". In honor of this event, December 6, 2005 was proclaimed "Crestview High School Band Day" by Mayor George H. Whitehurst. Following the 2005-06 school year, David Cadle retired from his position as Band Director at Crestview High School. His assistant, Joseph Dunn, replaced him. David Cadle won the election as Crestview's new mayor in 2007. Joseph Dunn is now the head band director of the Big Red Machine.
The band has been selected to perform in the 2012 New Year's Day Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on January 2, 2012.
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