Type | Marching Band |
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Location | Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana |
Founded | 1947 |
First champions | Grant County Combined Band |
Current champions | Muncie Central High School Spirit of Muncie Band and Guard |
Website | http://www.indianatrackmarchingbands.com/ |
The Indiana State Fair Band Day is a marching band competition held at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis every August. The contest serves as the championship for the Central Indiana Track Show Association, an organization that governs high school track show marching band contests in Indiana each summer.
First held in 1947, it is one of, if not the oldest, high school marching band contest in the United States. The 77th Indiana State Fair Band Day competition was held on 2 August 2024.
Indiana high school marching bands participate in the Indiana State Fair Band Day every year. Bands are categorized into three classes—Class AAA, Class AA, and Class A—based on band size. Each band is allowed up to six minutes to perform, two minutes for entry and one minute to exit the performance area. Preliminary competition takes place in the morning, with awards for first through third place in each class, along with caption awards for best music, visuals, auxiliary (guard), and percussion. The 16 top scoring bands, regardless of class, compete in the finals competition that night. [1] [2]
Year | Champion | Runner Up |
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2024 | Muncie Central High School | Anderson High School |
2023 | Kokomo High School | Muncie Central High School |
2022 | Kokomo High School | Winchester Community High School |
2021 | Muncie Central High School | Centerville Senior High School |
2020 | No Contest (Covid) | No Contest (Covid) |
2019 | Anderson High School | Kokomo High School |
2018 | Noblesville High School | Anderson High School |
2017 | Noblesville High School | Winchester Community |
2016 | Winchester Community | Kokomo High School |
2015 | Winchester Community | Northeastern (Fountain City) |
See the full history of Band Day Results dating back to 1947 on the CITSA website: Band Day Hall of Champions
Record | School | Number | Year(s) |
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Most Championships | Anderson | 7 | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1985, 1986, 2010, 2019 |
Most Consecutive Championships | Franklin Central | 4 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
Highest Finals Score | Kokomo | 96.300 | 2022 |
Highest Runner Up Score | Winchester Community | 93.950 | 2022 |
Most Band Day Appearances | Anderson | 68 (all consecutive) | 1955-2024 |
Most Finals Appearances | Richmond | 54 | 1967-1983, 1985-1994, 1996, 1998-2019, 2021-2024 |
Largest Margin of Victory | Muncie Southside over Anderson Highland | 8.25 | 2004 |
Smallest Margin of Victory | Winchester Community over Richmond | 0.05 | 2011 |
Most Years Between Championships | Noblesville | 65 years | 1952 and 2017 |
Most Wins by Director | Douglas Fletcher | 13 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2005-07, 2009-13, 2015-16 |
1st Place | $3700 |
2nd Place | $3200 |
3rd Place | $2700 |
4th Place | $2400 |
5th Place | $2100 |
6th Place | $1700 |
7th Place | $1600 |
8th Place | $1500 |
9th Place | $1400 |
10th Place | $1300 |
11th-16th Place | $1100 |
17th-25th Place | $850 |
26th-30th Place | $600 |
31st-49th Place | $500 |
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