McDonald's awards two Gulf Coast students with band scholarships | Events

Ocean Springs High School student Adrienne Cocco and Gulfport High School student William Pettey may not play the same instrument, but the two each won band scholarships from the Coast McDonald's Saturday.

Cocco, who plays the trumpet and Pettey, who plays the French horn both attended the 44th Annual Band Directors Clinic held at the Biloxi Junior High School Fine Arts Auditorium, where they were awarded $1,000 scholarships each.

The McDonald's band scholarships are awarded annually by the Mississippi Gulf Coast McDonald's  owners/operators.

The schools that Cocco and Pettey attend were also awarded $1,000 each to go towards the band program.

The judges for this year’s scholarship competition were Artie Adams, Terry Ingram and Archie Rawls.