Indiana State Fair Band Day

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 marching band contests in Indiana during the Summer. First held in 1947 it is one of, if not, the oldest high school marching band contests in the United States. The next Indiana State Fair Band Day (73) competition will be held on 6 August 2021, as 2020 was scrapped caused by COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

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Indiana State Fair Band Day logo for 2015
TypeMarching Band
LocationIndiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana
Founded1947
First championsGrant County Combined Band
Current championsAnderson High School Marching Highlanders
Websitehttp://www.indianatrackmarchingbands.com/

Contest Format

Between 40 and 50 bands participate every year. They are separated into three classes Class AAA, Class AA, and Class A, based on band size. The preliminary competition takes place in the morning and the top 16 bands regardless of class compete in the finals competition at night. Each band is allowed 4–6 minutes to perform 2 minutes for entry and one minute to exit.[2][3]

Records
RecordSchoolNumberYear(s)
Most ChampionshipsAnderson71957, 1958, 1959, 1985, 1986, 2010, 2019
Most Consecutive ChampionshipsFranklin Central41993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Most Class B/Small Bands/Class AA ChampionshipsCenterville171999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Most Consecutive Class B/Small Bands/Class AA ChampionshipsCenterville82012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Most Class C/Espirit de Corps/Class A ChampionshipsMonroe Central62011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
Most Consecutive Class C/Espirit de Corps/Class A ChampionshipsMonroe Central32017, 2018, 2019
Highest ScoreNoblesville93.352018
Highest Scoring Runner UpWinchester Community92.002014
Most Band Day AppearancesAnderson65 (all consecutive)1955-2019
Most Finals Appearances (tie)Anderson501967-2001, 2004, 2006-2019
Most Finals Appearances (tie)Richmond501967-1983, 1985-1994, 1996, 1998-2019
Largest Margin of VictoryMuncie Southside over Anderson Highland8.252004
Smallest Margin of VictoryWinchester Community over Richmond0.052011
Most Years Between ChampionshipsNoblesville65 years1952-2017

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Prize Money
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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References
  1. "Home Page".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2016-06-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://indianatrackmarchingbands.com/2016_Information/2016%20CITSA%20Rules%20and%20Entry.pdf
  4. "Honor Roll of Bands".
  5. "AWARDS".
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