Nominees

Best Director- Director or Assistant Director who has shown exceptional leadership ability within the drill team community. Nominees are: Arlene Womick- Eastwick Commandoes Wayne Kennedy- Sophisticated Debs Sarah Smith- Umoja Angela Doggett- New Millennium

Best Snare Line- To a snare line that has shown excellent skills/technique in a drum line that has competed consecutively within the last 2 years. Nominees are: Kingsessing Soul Universe Kadence Block Alliance Sophisticated Gents Eastwick Commandoes

Best Quad/Quint line- To the Quad/Quint line that has shown excellent skills/technique in a drum-line that has competed consecutively within the last 2 years. Nominees are: Kingsessing Soul Universe West Powelton Sophisticated Gents Wall Street

Best Bass Line- to a Bass Line who has shown excellent skills/technique in a drum-line that has competed consecutively within the last 2 years. Nominees are: West Powelton Kadence Block Alliance Sophisticated Gents Kingsessing Soul Universe

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Best Drum-line- To the drum line that has shown excellent skills/technique and has completed consecutively within the last 2 years. Nominees are: West Powelton Kadence Block Alliance Sophisticated Gents Kingsessing Soul Universe

Best Junior Stepper- To a solo stepper who has shown excellent skills/technique in marching that has competed consecutively within the last 2 years with the same drill team. Nominees are: Aniyah Jefferson- Unique Miracles Shanna Mack- Talented Youth Cavaliers Jaada Collins- Sophisticated Debs Shataya Gun- Talented Youth Cavaliers

Best Senior Stepper- To a solo stepper who has shown excellent skills/technique in marching that has competed consecutively within the last 2 years with the same drill team Nominees are: Khadijah Johnson-Miller Homes Smooth Steppers Shakia Talley- Kingsessing Soul Universe Bomesha Allen- Kingsessing Soul Universe Andre "Toot" Johnson- Kadence Block Alliance Tracie Smalls- Dramatic Impacq

Best Junior Drill Team- To a drill team that has consistently demonstrated excellence in performance, showmanship, and leadership. Nominees are: Talented Youth Cavaliers T-Town Classy Steppers Sophisticated Debutants Eastwick Commandoes

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Best Senior Drill Team- To a drill team that has consistently demonstrated excellence in performance, showmanship, and leadership. Nominees are: Dramatic Impacq Sophisticated Debutantes Kingsessing Soul Universe Iconik Most Improved- To the Drill Team/ Drum line that has shown the most improvement in performance and showmanship. Nominees are: Umoja Talented Youth Cavaliers Unique Miracles Elegant Cavaliers Best Captain Emeritus- awarded to the person who was a captain/co-captain in a unit and has not marched in the past 5 years but was inspirational to their team. Nominees are: Willie Womick- Eastwick Commandoes Chaka Lee- Youth of East Logan Tyree Miller- Imperial Dynasty Jeannie- Post 224

Best Director Emeritus- awarded to the person who was a director/asst direct of a unit and has not been the director in the past 5 years, yet still supports the youth/drill team arena. Nominees are: Mr. & Mrs Thomas- Sophisticated Debutantes Jean & Jack Banks- Youth of East Logan Anthony Cooper- Green Hornets Tonya Rose-Davis- Eastwick Commandoes

Choreographer of the Year- presented to the choreographer who represents the highest artistic level of choreography. Nominees are: Butter Ellington & Demetrius Oliver- Command Performance Darius Smith- Iconik Wayne Kennedy- Sophisticated Debutantes Danny Maultsby & Sharyon Green- Dramatic Impacq

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Best Performance of the Year- presented to the unit who presents an original level of choreography/performance chosen by the spectators. Nominees are: Dramatic Impacq (2010 State Championship) Kingsessing Soul Universe (The Return at PA States) South Shore Drill Team (2010 Von Steuben Parade) Sophisticated Debutantes (Intermediates)

Best Costume- Emphasis is on creativity and the way in which the costume supports the program. Nominees are: Eastwick Commandoes Iconik Dramatic Impacq Sophisticated Debutantes

Best Parade Corps- To the corps/drill team who gave the best performance in a parade. Nominees are: West Powelton Youth of East Logan Eastwick Commandoes Iconik Christian Warriors

Best Fancy Drill Team- To the Fancy corps/drill team who gave the best performance in a parade. Nominees are: Christian Warriors New Edition Nation Drill Squad

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