What is the best high school band in Illinois?
1st Place | Monticello High School.
What is a good marching band score?
A band who scores 85 for music, 60 for marching, and 78 for GE would receive an average score of 74 (Excellent). However, you can see that this band needs to work on marching competencies, and that even though their GE is technically excellent it is extremely close to a superior level.
How many high school marching bands are in Illinois?
42 Illinois high school marching bands
Participation is open to the first 42 Illinois high school marching bands that are divided into six classifications based on IHSA school enrollment.
How many marching bands are in Illinois?
42
The Illinois State Marching Band Championships (ISMBC) is the state’s premiere invitational event hosting 42 high school marching bands in preliminary and finals competition. Participating bands are divided into the six classifications determined by the Illinois High School Association school enrollment.
What is the longest marching band show?
Twenty years ago, the Maranatha Christian Academy marching band made history by playing and marching continuously for 52 miles. Thanks to the students’ accomplishment that hot summer day, the small private school still holds the Guinness world record for the longest musical march.
What is the Illinois Marching Band Championships?
The Illinois Marching Band Championships provides participating marching bands with feedback from the activity’s finest adjudicators, relevant and educational evaluation rubrics, and the thrill of performing in historic Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois!
Will the Marching Band Championships be webcast?
We are pleased to announce that once again, the Illinois State University Invitational Marching Championships as well as the Illinois Marching Band Championships will be webcasted! ISU and U of I to be webcasted!
Are the Illinois State University Invitational marching championships webcast?
We are pleased to announce that once again, the Illinois State University Invitational Marching Championships will be webcasted!