Fourty Six Indiana Marching Bands Compete in the State Fair Band Day Preliminaries

Considering my lack of musical talent, I was more than impressed by my first experience at today’s Indiana State Fair Band Day Competition.  Between the color guards’ precision and the drums’ resounding beat, all 46 bands put on a show worthy of mention. 

However, only the following bands will advance to the “Sweet Sixteen” and compete in tonight’s final competition: 

Anderson High School

Centerville High School

East Central High School

Elwood High School

Frankton High School

Jay County High School

Kokomo High School

Mooresville High School

Muncie Central High School

Muncie Southside High School

Noblesville High School

Northeastern High School

Richmond High School

Union County High School

Winchester Community High School

Yorktown High School

The class awards for the preliminary competition are as followed:

	Class A	Class AA	Class AAA
3rd Place	Manchester	Yorktown	Richmond
2nd Place	Wabash	Frankton	Muncie Southside
1st Place	Sheridan	Centerville	Winchester

Finals begin at 8 p.m. with the last band to compete at 10:30 p.m. We’ll share the results with you as soon as they are announced!

If you’ve never been to Band Day or just couldn’t make it this year, look through a few pictures from the preliminary round.