Awards and Recognition
Redan produced grammy award winning producers Swizz Beats and Danger Mouse as well as R&B group Jagged Edge and rapper Cyhi the Prynce. It is also home school to MTV regular Alana "LaLa" Vasquez and actor TJ Hassan.
Redan has also proudly produced two Super Bowl champions (former Chicago Bears kicker Kevin Butler and Pittsburgh Steelers punter Chris Gardocki); 18 Major League Baseball draftees, including rising Cincinnati Reds star Brandon Phillips; and former Atlanta Falcon Terrance Mathis.
The Redan High School Blue Thunder Marching Band is one of the largest high school marching bands in the state of Georgia and in the Southeast. The band has a long list of awards which include winning the National VH1 Save the Music Battle of the Bands twice. They are the first and only high school band invited to perform in this competition to do so.
The band consistently earns superior ratings in both marching band and concert band competitions, and was considered for performance in the inaugural parade of President Barack Obama, in January 2009. The band has also had several featured spots including being featured in the blockbuster movie, Drum Line, the Disneyland Christmas parade, as well as being the only high school band to shoot a live commercial while performing at the Atlanta Football Classic.
Keeping with its high stepping tradition, the band has performed for countless college and university half-time shows including: the Florida A&M Homecoming Celebration, Jackson State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Norfolk State University, and Tennessee State University. In addition, the band has been invited to perform at major international events including the Chinese Festival, in Beijing, China.
With regard to national acclaim, the band has recorded live commercials for several Fortune 500 companies and has featured on the cd's of many recording artist. In November 2009, the Marching Blue Thunder was asked to perform in the upcoming feature movie "Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming", which will be released in 2010. Among traditional marching bands, the Marching Blue Thunder is currently ranked number two in the nation, number two in the Southeast, number one in the South, and sits as the number one ranked "High Stepping" High School Marching Band in the state of Georgia. The band continues to earn thousand of dollars annually in scholarship and tuition funds.
Their Lady Raiders Basketball Team won the 5A State Championship in 2009.
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