| The Festival of Champions is an end of the season, Regional High School Band Championship competition that is in its 15th season, continuing the 27th year tradition of excellence established by Music Bowl Missouri. The University of Central Missouri, Meyer Music and the Ararat Shrine Temple of Kansas City host the competition that includess high school bands from across the Mid-West, with additional high schools participating in just the Drumline/Auxiliary competitions. 
The average attendance has been 8,000 consisting of families of the participants, area band enthusiasts and much of the local community. The profits are used to offer scholarships to the University of Central Missouri music students, with a portion donated to the Ararat Shrine Temple Hospital Transportation Fund, which is used to fly severely burned children to their hospitals for treatment. 
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| Participating Bands | 9:15 Warsaw 
9:30 Clinton 
9:45 Smith-Cotton 
10:00 Tipton 
10:15 Raytown South 
10:30 Winfield 
10:45 William Chrisman 
11:00 Windsor C-1 
11:15 Van Horn 
11:30 Staley 
11:45 Warrensburg 
12:00 Lee's Summit North 
12:15 Shawnee Mission North 
12:30 LUNCH BREAK 
1:30 Parkway North 
1:45 Lee's Summit 
2:00 Shawnee Mission East 
2:15 Topeka West 
2:30 Platte County 
2:45 Blue Valley Southwest 
3:00 BREAK 
3:15 Liberty 
3:30 Shawnee Mission South 
3:45 Olathe Northwest 
4:00 Fort Zumwalt West 
4:15 Olathe South 
4:30 Truman 
5:00 Marching Mules 
5:30 Prelim Awards 
7:00 FINALS BEGIN 
10:00 FINALS AWARDS 
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