wsbtv.com's Best High School Band Contest Winner Plays Turner Field

Jeff Francoeur is now not the only Parkview High School student to spend some time in the outfield at Turner Field.

The Parkview High School Band won wsbtv.com's "Best High School Band" Tournament last football season. The prize for winning was a chance to play on the field at Turner Field before a Major League Baseball game.

"It was tremendous," Parkview Drum Major Jon Benkeon said after the performance. "You can't really describe it. It was the best feeling in the world. It was just awesome. It was a great honor to be named the best in the state."

SLIDESHOW: Parkview High School Band Wins wsbtv.com Tournament, Plays Turner Field

"It's like a coincidence," assistant band director Jason Atha said. "We told the kids in the Fall, 'We're doing a baseball show during the football season, it will work out.' And then, come to find out, we win this contest, and here we are at Turner Field playing a baseball show."

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The tournament featured 64 high school band from across Georgia. Wsbtv.com users determined the top four bands through online voting. The Atlanta Braves entertainment staff selected the winner from the final four. The staff selected Parkview.

"We're walking out of the tunnel, you could see as we went out, them looking around and like, 'Wow, I'm actually on Turner Field,'" Parkview Band Director Richard Magner said.

Wsbtv.com plans to bring back the "Best High School Band" Tournament again next season. Click on this link to learn more about it.