Months of Hard Work Pay Off
Months of early mornings, late nights, and long summer band camps, where students marched for hours in the July heat, are about to pay off. The Indiana high school marching band season is reaching its grand finale, and some of our own Southwestern Indiana bands are ready for the biggest show of the year.
Six Local Bands Earn a State Finals Spot
While many bands have already wrapped up their seasons, six Southern Indiana schools have earned a spot at the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) State Finals. Now it all comes down to one performance inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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The competition is coming up on Saturday, November 7th. Here are the performance times (EST) for the schools representing Southern Indiana. You can see the full performance schedule HERE.
Class A
- Castle Marching Knights: 9:45 p.m.
Class B
- Jasper Marching Wildcats: 11:30 a.m.
- North Green Brigade: 11:45 a.m.
Class C
- Vincennes Lincoln Pride of the Green: 1:35 p.m.
Class D
- Mater Dei Marching Wildcats: 6:10 p.m.
- South Spencer Marching Rebels: 6:55 p.m.
If you’ve never been to a marching band competition, this is the one to see. It’s indoors, so you can forget about checking the forecast. It’s held in Lucas Oil Stadium, which is an awesome experience all by itself. And you’ll get to watch the very best high school marching bands in the state show off what they’ve been working toward all season…