| 1980 |
Heritage Festivals founded. |
| 1982 |
Heritage creates 5-star adjudication process that creates a standardized adjudication panel for festivals, including on-stage performances and mini-clinics, 3 outstanding choral and instrumental adjudicators at each festival, written and taped comments, awards, and first-class accommodations at each festival. |
| 1984 |
Heritage Festivals establishes Bowl Games of America, providing exclusive opportunities for high school bands to perform in college football bowl game halftime shows while also enjoying a music festival experience. |
| 1987 |
The Bands on Parade division is added, creating additional opportunities for marching bands to participate in national parades. |
| 1990s |
Throughout the 1990s, Bowl Games of America
adds numerous special events and international performance opportunities
such as professional football games, World Cup soccer, the Super Bowl,
and World Series baseball games. |
| 1990 |
BGA Performance is established, providing exclusive opportunities for dance groups to perform in college football game halftime shows and parades. |
| 1992 |
Heritage Festivals produces its first international performance tour in Austria, England, and Italy. |
| 1994 |
Our Festival of Gold invitational
successfully debuts at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing
Arts. The Festival of Gold is an annual national series of choral
and instrumental festivals for groups that have demonstrated a Superior
or Gold performing level. |
| 1994 |
Sky’s the Limit is founded, producing exciting events for sports teams and other sports events across the country. |
| 1995 |
Heritage Festivals launches its first international festival in London at the Royal Academy of Music. |
| 1999 |
In 1999, Heritage Festivals became a part
of WorldStrides, the leader in the educational student travel industry.
By becoming a member of the WorldStrides family, Heritage Festivals
has allied itself with more than 35 years of travel coordination experience,
the most successful safety record, and the most comprehensive insurance
package in the industry. |
| 1999 |
Heritage Festivals establishes its Children’s Choir division, providing opportunities for children to perform and improve their skills in amazing venues around the world. |
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2004 |
Heritage Festivals celebrates its 25th anniversary as your partner in music education. |
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2005 |
Heritage Festivals establishes its Classic Format, providing a non-competitive festival format with extended stage time and adjudication. |
| 2006 |
Heritage Festivals launches its Professional Development Program for educators, allowing music directors who participate in our programs to earn points toward recertification. |
| 2007 |
Heritage Festivals expands its education program to develop the opportunity for high school students to earn one-semester of performing arts credit through their participation in a festival and completion of online coursework. |
| 2008 |
Heritage Festivals joins forces with Field Studies, an organization that has provided students with the phenomenal opportunity to perform in Carnegie Hall since 1991.This partnership now allows groups traveling with Heritage Festivals the opportunity to perform at this celebrated venue. |