USBands

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USBands
Company type Public
Founded1988
Headquarters
Allentown, Pennsylvania
,
U.S
Parent Independent (1988-1990)
YEA (1990-2019)
BD Performing Arts (2020-present)

USBands, formally United States Scholastic Band Association [1] and sometimes referred to as USSBA, was formed in the Fall 1988 to provide high school marching bands an opportunity to compete in a circuit featuring top judges from across the continent. USBands is based in Concord, CA and is a programming offering of BD Performing Arts.

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USBands includes over 700 participating high school marching bands. Bands are offered over 200 opportunities per year including competitions and clinics.

In competitions, bands are classified by size and compete with bands within their classification. The classes include range from Group 1, the smallest, to Group 5, the largest. Bands are also classified by skill level. The skill classifications include the Regional A Class for inexperienced bands, A Class for bands that have recently moved to a larger size group and the Open class for established programs. In total, there are 15 classifications ranging from Group I Regional A to Group V Open, who perform and compete with bands of similar size and talent.

USBands has also begun supporting competitive indoor events, and provides cooperative fundraising opportunities. In the winter of 2012, USSBA changed their name to USBands.

Classifications

USBands allows their bands to classify themselves into three groups:

Group size

2016 to 2019

Between 2016 and 2019, groups were classified by the following size, which includes playing members, auxiliary, and command personnel drum majors, and bands from Texas had group sizes that varied from the national ranges:

2020

For 2020, USBands created an additional sizing and eliminated the "Open Class" as part of its "v-USBands" virtual adjudication platform. [4] Individual musicians, guard performers, small ensembles, and group Sizes for marching bands were classified as:

2021

For 2021, USBands restored its Open Class for all competitions in Texas and for all national competitions, effective September 25. Group sizes changed to: [5]

Group VI has been eliminated

2022

For 2022, group sizes again changed with Texas events remaining the same as 2021: [6]

2023

For 2023, group sizes have been changed as follows (Texas events group sizing remains the same as 2021).

Past USBands Open Class champions

YearGroup I-OpenGroup II-OpenGroup III-OpenGroup IV-OpenGroup V-OpenGroup VI-Open
2024 East Haven HS Co-op Marching Band (East Haven, Connecticut) 91.400 Calvert Hall College High School (Baltimore, Maryland) 96.900 King Philip Regional High School (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 95.900 Dartmouth High School (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)

97.650

 Upper Moreland Senior High School (Willow Grove, Pennsylvania) 98.100Class Inactive
2023 West Perry HS Marching Band (Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania) 87.550 Delran HS (Delran, NJ)

92.300

 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania)

94.950

 Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, Virginia)

96.800

 Dartmouth High School (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)

98.050

Class Inactive
2022 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, New Jersey) 90.35 Allentown HS (Allentown, New Jersey) 93.25 Council Rock High School South (Southampton, Pennsylvania) 93.75 Edison High School (Edison, New Jersey) 96.5 Dartmouth High School (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 97.7Class Inactive
2021 Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, New Jersey) 90.1 Passaic HS (Passaic, New Jersey) 94.9 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 94.6 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 95.20 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.00Class Inactive
2020 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 92.0 Edison HS (Edison, New Jersey) 94.67
2019 Burlington City HS (Burlington, New Jersey) 92.45 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 95.9 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, Maryland) 95.425 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 98.325 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.575 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 96.050
2018 Burlington City HS (Burlington, New Jersey) 94.463 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 95.288 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, Maryland) 93.750 Edison HS (Edison, New Jersey) 97.588 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.075 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 95.600
2017 Burlington City HS (Burlington, New Jersey) 95.425 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 96.400 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, Maryland) 96.588 Newtown HS (Newtown, Connecticut) 97.363 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.350 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 97.775
2016 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, Massachusetts) 96.475 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, Maryland) 96.875 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 97.438 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 97.425 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 97.063 Trumbull HS (Trumbull, Connecticut) 97.100
2015 East Stroudsburg HS North (Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania) 95.538 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 96.100 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 95.788 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 96.963 Mechanicsburg HS (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) 97.363 Norwin HS (Irwin, Pennsylvania) 97.200
2014 Haddon Heights HS (Haddon Heights, New Jersey) 94.450 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, New Jersey) 96.425 Edison HS (Edison, New Jersey) 98.300 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 97.975 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.95 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 97.375
2013 Haddon Heights HS (Haddon Heights, New Jersey) 90.25 Edison HS (Edison, New Jersey) 95.738 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 96.138 Smithfield-Selma HS (Smithfield, North Carolina) 96.875 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 96.6 West Genesee HS (Camillus, New York) 95.687
2012 Cedar Cliff HS (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) 92.288 Susquehanna Twp HS (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 96.8 Old Bridge HS (Old Bridge Township, New Jersey) 96.375 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 97.075 Immaculata HS (Somerville, New Jersey) 96.587 Wagner HS (San Antonio, Texas) 97.288
2011 Monsignor Farrell HS (Staten Island, New York) 93.650 Frank W. Cox HS (Virginia Beach, Virginia) 95.7 Montville Twp (Montville, New Jersey) 97.588 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 96.938 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.225 Munford HS (Munford, Tennessee) 98.013
2010 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) 96.063 Williamstown HS (Williamstown, New Jersey) 97.06 Rancocas Valley Reg HS (Mount Holly, New Jersey) 97.875 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 97.400 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.55 George Walton HS (Marietta, Georgia) 97.650
2009 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) 97.35 Timber Creek Reg HS (Sicklerville, New Jersey) 97.163 Rancocas Valley Reg HS (Mount Holly, New Jersey) 97.2 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 97.45 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 97.813 Roxbury HS (Roxbury, New Jersey) 98.188
2008 Biglerville HS (Biglerville, Pennsylvania) 93.92 River Hill HS (Clarksville, Maryland) 98.25 Cedar Cliff HS (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) 96.9 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 98.575 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.275 Immaculata HS (Somerville, New Jersey) 96.05
2007 Deptford Township HS (Deptford Township, New Jersey) 93.35 Century HS (Sykesville, Maryland) 96.3 River Hill HS (Clarksville, Maryland) 95.55 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 97.5 Upper Darby HS (Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) 96.425
2006 Fluvanna County HS (Palmyra, Virginia) 94.675 Shawnee HS (Medford, New Jersey) 94.675 Waterford HS (Waterford, Connecticut) 95.85 Absegami HS (Galloway Township, New Jersey) 96.9 Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 95.8 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 98.475
2005 Shawnee HS (Medford, New Jersey) Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 97.15 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.150
2004 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) McLean HS (McLean, Virginia) 92.85 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.40
2003 Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey) Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 98.0
2002 Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey) Union HS (Union, New Jersey) 95.700 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 96.4 Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 97.9
2001 Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey) Upper Moreland HS (Willow Grove, Pennsylvania) 95.200 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 96.20
2000 Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey) Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 96.300 McLean HS (McLean, Virginia) 95.600 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.500
1999 Brick Memorial HS (Brick Township, New Jersey) 93.60 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 96.900 Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 95.000 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 96.900
1998 Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, New Jersey) South Hadley HS (South Hadley, Massachusetts) 93.10 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 97.400 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.200
1997 Gov Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) and Waterford HS (Waterford, Connecticut) 90.90 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 95.500 Immaculata HS (Somerville, New Jersey) 95.1 North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 95.500N/A
1996 Dunellen HS (Dunellen, New Jersey) 86.700 Central Regional HS (Bayville, New Jersey) 91.30 Brick Memorial HS (Brick Township, New Jersey) 93.80 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 93.30 Piscataway HS (Piscataway Township, New Jersey) 95.90N/A
1995 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 95.800N/A
1994 Morris Knolls HS (Denville, New Jersey) Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1993Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1992Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1991Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1990Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1989Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey)
1988Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey)

Past USBands A Class champions

YearGroup I-AGroup II-AGroup III-AGroup IV-AGroup V-AGroup VI-A
2024 B.M.C. Durfee High School (Fall River, Massachusetts) 96.000Group IIA:

Immaculata High School (Somerville, New Jersey) 95.800

Group IIAA: Hackettstown High School (Hackettstown, New Jersey) 93.600

 Nutley High School (Nutley, New Jersey) 96.100 Ridgewood High School (Ridgewood, New Jersey) 94.300 Marriotts Ridge High School (Marriottsville, Maryland) 94.900Class Inactive
2023 Mainland Regional High School (Linwood, New Jersey) 94.40Group IIA:

Central Dauphin East High School (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 92.700

Group IIAA: Bethel High School (Bethel, Connecticut) 94.0

 Parkside High School (Salisbury, Maryland) 95.4 Tenafly High School (Tenafly, New Jersey) 94.9 Fort Lee High School (Fort Lee, New Jersey) 95.4Class Inactive
2022Group IA:

East Haven HS Co-op Marching Band (East Haven, Connecticut) 95.80 Group IAA: Northern HS (Owings, Maryland) 94.60

Group IIA

Northern Valley HS at Old Tappan (Old Tappan, New Jersey) 95.50 Group IIAA: Lenape Valley Regional HS (Stanhope, New Jersey) 96.70

 Nutley HS (Nutley, New Jersey) 93.60 Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, New Jersey) 95.50 New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 95.00Class Inactive
2021 Delran HS (Delran Township, New Jersey) 96.200 Allentown HS (Allentown, New Jersey) 93.900 West Milford HS (West Milford, New Jersey) 94.800 Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, Virginia) 96.300 Port Chester HS (Port Chester, New York) 89.800Class Inactive
2019 Calvert HS (Prince Frederick, Maryland) 92.705 East Haven HS Co-op (East Haven, Connecticut) 95.940 Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, New Jersey) 93.860 Council Rock HS-South (Southampton, Pennsylvania) 94.350 Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, Virginia) 98.400 New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 94.340
2018 Somerset-Berkley Reg HS (Somerset, Massachusetts) 94.400 Montville Township HS (Montville, New Jersey) 94.438 Thomas S Wootton HS (Rockville, Maryland) 97.275 Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, Virginia) 97.512 West Milford HS (West Milford, New Jersey) 93.650 New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 94.263
2017 Weehawken HS (Weehawken, New Jersey) 92.113 Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, New Jersey) 93.313 Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, New Jersey) 95.088 South County HS (Lorton, Virginia) 97.563 Cicero-N Syracuse HS (Cicero, New York) 94.625 Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson Township, New Jersey) 92.375
2016 Delran HS (Delran Township, New Jersey) 96.763 Bethel HS (Bethel, Connecticut) 96.813 Audubon HS (Audubon, New Jersey) 96.013 Council Rock HS-South (Southampton, Pennsylvania) 96.175 West Orange HS (West Orange, New Jersey) 96.638 New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 95.838
2015 Somerset Berkley Reg HS (Somerset, Massachusetts) 97.425 Kingsway Reg HS (Woolwich Township, New Jersey) 97.100 Montville Twp HS (Montville, New Jersey) 96.663 Parsippany HS (Parsippany, New Jersey) 96.638 Westfield HS (Westfield, New Jersey) 96.738 New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 96.950
2014 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, Massachusetts) 96.6 Wayne Valley HS (Wayne, New Jersey) 93.663 Union HS (Union Township, Union County, New Jersey) 91.213 Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale, New Jersey) 97.400 Cherokee HS (Evesham Township, New Jersey) 92.188 Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS (Scotch Plains, New Jersey) 92.875
2013 Weehawken HS (Weehawken, New Jersey) 96.163 Monroe Township HS (Monroe Twp, New Jersey) 95.613 North Warren Reg HS (Blairstown, New Jersey) 96.425Group IV-A:

Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale, New Jersey) 91.938

Group IV-AA: Absegami HS (Galloway Township, New Jersey) 95.163

 Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, New Jersey) 95.987 Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson Township, New Jersey) 96.300
2012 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, Massachusetts) 94.975 Chopticon HS (Morganza, Maryland) 97.088 Northern Highlands Reg (Allendale, New Jersey) 96.125 Passaic HS (Passaic, New Jersey) 96.263 Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, New Jersey) 97.100 New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 96.300
2011 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, Massachusetts) 94.163 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, New Jersey) 96.413 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) 96.588 Madison County HS (Danielsville, Georgia 95.35 Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, New Jersey) 97.413 New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 96.438
2010 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, Massachusetts) New Providence HS (New Providence, New Jersey) 91.350
2009 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, Massachusetts) 93.250 Allentown HS (Allentown, New Jersey) 91.625 Burlington City HS (Burlington, New Jersey) 93.975 Mount Olive HS (Flanders, New Jersey) 94.450 West Milford HS (West Milford, New Jersey) 94.125 Fort Lee HS (Fort Lee, New Jersey) 86.750
2008Mainland Regional HS (Linwood, NJ) 90.100Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ) 90.800Allentown HS (Allentown, NJ) 90.900South County Secondary HS (Lorton, VA) 95.450
2007 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, New Jersey)
2005 Elizabeth HS [7] (Elizabeth, New Jersey) Passaic High School (Passaic, New Jersey)
2004 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, New Jersey) Passaic High School (Passaic, New Jersey)
2003 Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, New Jersey) 90.40 Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
2002 Blue Mountain HS (Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania) 87.40 Copiague HS (Copiague, New York) 92.70
2001 Northampton Area HS (Northampton, Pennsylvania) 86.70 Governor Mifflin Senior HS (Shillington, Pennsylvania) 88.60 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 94.60
2000 Kearny HS (Kearny, New Jersey) Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 89.30 Pennsbury HS (Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania) 95.50
1999 Lakewood HS (Lakewood Township, New Jersey) 90.95 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) 90.70Group IIIA

Morris Knolls HS (Denville, New Jersey) Group IIIA Kearny HS (Kearny, New Jersey)

 Somerville High School (Somerville, New Jersey) 90.15
1998 Oakcrest HS (Mays Landing, New Jersey) 89.80 Southington HS (Southington, Connecticut) 90.30
1997 Northern Burlington Reg HS (Columbus, New Jersey)
1996 Parsippany HS (Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey)Middletown North HS (Middletown Township, New Jersey) 85.00 Port Chester HS (Port Chester, New York) 92.00
1994 Parsippany HS (Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey)
1990 Parsippany HS (Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey)

References

  1. ↑ "Youth Education in the Arts: US Scholastic Band Association". Archived from the original on August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2006.
  2. ↑ "USSBA revises group sizes for the 2011 marching band season". YEA. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ "|".
  4. ↑ "G2020 v-USBands Participant Guide" (PDF). USBands. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Group Sizes for 2021". USBands. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fall Participant Guide". USBands. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Elizabeth High School - News & Events". elizabeth.nj.schoolwebpages.com. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
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