The Racine Concert Band is the tenth recipient of the SUDLER SILVER SCROLL AWARD. The Scroll is recognized as North America's most prestigious award for community bands. It is an award sponsored by the John Philip Sousa Foundation, Dr. Al G. Wright, President.

The mission statement of the Sudler Silver Scroll is, "to identify, recognize and honor those community bands that have demonstrated particularly high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years, in the cultural and musical environment of their local communities."

(a) The band must have achieved and maintained particularly high standards of excellence in concert performance and have selected a high level of musical literature over a period of years.

(b) The conductor must be incumbent in his or her position for a minimum of five years including the current year.

(c) The band must have a demonstrated record of contributing significantly to the high standards of cultrual environment in its community both by its performances and by involving a high percentage of community residents as performers.

Final selection is based on an audition tape reviewed by a panel of 21 of the most outstanding band directors in the United States and Canada. Mr. Ronald J. Keller, Regional Chair of the Selection Committee and a past Sudler recipient with his Naperville, (IL) Community Band, made the presentation in Racine on February 25, 1995.