The 36th annual Bands of America Grand National Championships begins in less than one week.  We thought we would take the time to break down all of the 92 participants and give their history at Grand Nationals.

A couple of FAQ’s:

How is classification determined?

Enrollment, grades 10-12, gives us these classes:

• 1-600: Class A
• 601-1250: Class AA
• 1251-1750: Class AAA
• 1751+: Class AAAA

Edgewood, OH

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Nightwatch”

Repertoire:

Music by Jay Dawson

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 6

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 30 (1986)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes: N/A

 

 

Corner, AL

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Ludwig and Wolfgang”

Repertoire:

Knuckle Concerto

Claire de Lune

Chopstix

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 38^th place on day (2009.)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes: N/A

 

 

Monrovia, IN

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Tribute”

Repertoire:

Bonaparte-Otto Schwartz

My Immortal-Evanescence

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 4

# of Semifinals Appearances: 1

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 33 (2007)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 9^th place, ISSMA Class D State Finals

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Daviess County, KY

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “The Good Earth”

Repertoire:

Music from “The Forbidden Kingdom” (David Buckley/Harry Gregson-Williams) and “Anna and the King” (George Fenton/Robert Kraft)

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 3

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 19^th place on their day (2005.)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 10^th place KMEA Class 5A Semifinals.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Firestone, OH

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “The Fifth Element”

Repertoire:

Nessun Dorma-Giacomo Puccini

Water Music-George Frideric Handel

Blue Danube Waltz-Johann Strauss

Hymn from Jupiter-Gustav Holst

Infernal Dance from “Firebird”-Igor Stravinsky

original music by Rob Ferguson

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2008

# of GN Appearances: 4

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 38^th place on their day (2002, 2004, 2008)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 14^th place, BOA Akron)

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Sycamore, OH

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Flight”

Repertoire:

Tonight, Tonight-Smashing Pumpkins

1000 Airplanes on the Roof-Philip Glass

Meteor Shower-Owl City

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 6

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 25^th place on their day (2009.)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 10^th place, BOA Mason.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Lake Central, IN

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “Somewhere in Time”

Repertoire:

Somewhere in Time-John Barry

Original music-Richard Saucedo

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 12

# of Semifinals Appearances: 10

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 13^th, 2008

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 8^th place, ISSMA Class A State Finals, 3rd place, BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Lake Orion, MI

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “Femme Fatale”

Repertoire:

Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copland
Suite from Carmen – Georges Bizet
Overture and a Prisoner of the Crusades, from”Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”– Michael Kamen
Romeo and Juliet – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Diamonds From Sierra Leone – Kanye West
Ecstatic Waters – Steven Bryant

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2008

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 26^th place on their day (2008.)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: Ranked 4^th going into MCBA Flight 1 state finals, 6^th place BOA Akron

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Norton, OH

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Around, Over, and Through”

Repertoire:

Music of Rob Ferguson, Ilan Eshkeri and Joseph Curiale

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 15

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 26^th place on their day, 2007

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: First place Class A, BOA Akron

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Adair County, KY

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Caged”

Repertoire:

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 6

# of Semifinals Appearances: 5

# of National Class Championships: 3 (1990, 2005,

# of Class Top 3: 1^st (1990, 2005, 2007) 3^rd (1997, 2003, 2010)

# of Finals appearances: 1

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 14, 1990.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 1^st place Class A, 2^nd place Finals BOA Richmond, 1^st place Class AAA KMEA State Finals

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Western Brown, OH

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Bayou”

Repertoire:

Just a Closer Walk With Thee/When The Saints Go Marching In

Alligator Pie

Jambalaya (on the bayou)

Ain’t Nothin’ But a Party

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 17

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 33^rd place on their day, 2010.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Talawanda, OH

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “The Witch and the Saint”

Repertoire:

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 2

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 36^th place on their day, 2010.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Saint James School, AL

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “A Rock Odyssey”

Repertoire:

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 1

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 34, 2009

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: Class A Champion, Atlanta Super Regional, Class A 2^nd place, BOA Jacksonville Regional.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Indian Hill, OH

Projected Class:

Show Title: “The Red Thread”

Repertoire:

Connexus-Gary Gilroy

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 15

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 25^th place on their day, 1999

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Shortridge Magnet, IN

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Earthdance”

Repertoire:

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 41^st place on their day, 2010.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes: They also compete in the Indianapolis Public Schools Tournament held every year at Grand Nationals.

 

Carlisle, OH

Projected Class: A

Show Title:

Repertoire:

original music by Andrew Markworth.

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 6

# of Semifinals Appearances: 1

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 1 (3^rd, 2006)

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 34^th, 2006.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Carroll, OH

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “I am…”

Repertoire:

Original music by Andrew Markworth

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 22

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 2

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 8^th, 1982 and 1983.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note:

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Central Hardin, KY

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “All In a Day”

Repertoire:

Appalachian Morning-Paul Winter

The Earth Spins

Third Wind-Pat Metheny

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2006

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 27^th place on their day, 2006.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 8^th place BOA Richmond, 12^th place Class 5A KMEA State Semifinals

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Warren Local, OH

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “The Music of Tower of Power”

Repertoire:

You’re Still a Young Man

Can’t You See (You’re Doing Me Wrong)

Below Us

All the City Lights

You’re So Wonderful (So Marvelous)

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 12

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 31^st place on day, 1997 and 2007.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Lincoln-Way East, IL

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “unRavel”

Repertoire:

Bolero-Maurice Ravel

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 2

# of Semifinals Appearances: 1

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 15^th, 2010

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 4^th place, BOA Mason. 9^th place, Illinois State University Marching Band Championships, 7th place BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Milford, OH

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “This is US”

Repertoire:

Original music by Wayne and Andrew Markworth

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 14

# of Semifinals Appearances: 4

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 25, 1999

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 9^th, BOA Mason, 8^th BOA Akron.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Herscher, IL

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Dreams of the Inner Child”

Repertoire:

Mystic Voyage-Chris Bernotas

Xerxes-John Mackey

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 16

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 25^h place on their day, 2003

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 4^th place Class A Illinois State University Marching Band Championships

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Dublin Coffman, OH

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Tug-Of-War”

Repertoire:

Ride of the Valkyries-Richard Wagner

Blowin’ in the Wind-Bob Dylan

1812 Overture-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: Never.

# of GN Appearances: 0

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: N/A

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 5^th place BOA Akron, 6^th place BOA Mason

Other Interesting Notes: This marks Dublin Coffman’s first trip to Grand Nationals.

 

Lake Park, IL

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “Save the Music”

Repertoire:

American Pie-Don McLean

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra-Benjamin Britten

Evening Prayer-Engelbert Humperdinck

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 26

# of Semifinals Appearances: 15

# of National Class Championships: 2 (1988, 1989, Class AAA)

# of Class Top 3: 9 times. 1^st (1988, 1989) 2^nd (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997) 3^rd (1986, 1994, 1996)

# of Finals appearances: 18

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 1 (1996)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: BOA St. Louis 13^th place, ISU Championships 5^th place, 14th place, BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Arsenal Technical, IN

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Circle of Life”

Repertoire:

This Land

I Just Can’t Wait to Be King

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

Circle of Life

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 40^th place on their day, 2010.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A

Other Interesting Notes: They compete in the Indianapolis Public Schools Tournament at Grand Nationals every year.

 

West Bloomfield, MI

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Here’s That Rainy Day”

Repertoire:

Here’s That Rainy Day-Stan Kenton

Umbrella-Rihanna

Singing in the Rain-Nacio Herb Brown

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head-Hal David/Burt Bacharach

Somewhere Over the Rainbow-Harold Arlen

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 3

# of Semifinals Appearances: 3

# of National Class Championships:

# of Class Top 3:

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 17^th place, 2008.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: Currently ranked 2^nd in MCBA Flight 1 going into finals.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Stebbins, OH

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Ascend”

Repertoire:

The Music of Shane Kelbley and Jerry Goldsmith

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 30^th place on their day, 2010.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: N/A.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Troy Athens, MI

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Spirit of Adventure: The Amelia Earhart Story”

Repertoire:

1. Disappearance
2. Angel
3. One With the Wind

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 5

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 22^nd place on day, 2003.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note:

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Western, IN

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Requiem”

Repertoire:

Requiem-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 9

# of Semifinals Appearances: 1

# of National Class Championships:

# of Class Top 3: 8 times: 1^st (1988, 1990) 2^nd (1985,1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2010)

# of Finals appearances: 7

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 5^th, 1984.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 1^st place, ISSMA Class C State Finals, 15th place, BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes: 2010 was Western’s first BOA event in 19 years.

 

Crestwood, OH

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Switch”

Repertoire:

The music of Aaron Copland, Ludwig van Beethoven, Karl Jenkins

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2008

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 33^rd place on their day, 2008.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 2^nd place Class A BOA Akron.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Reeths-Puffer, MI

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Dionysus: God of the Vine”

Repertoire:

Harvest: Concerto for Trombone-John Mackey

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 8

# of Semifinals Appearances: 6

# of National Class Championships: 1

# of Class Top 3: 3 times. 1^st (1999), 2nd( 3^rd(1997, 2007)

# of Finals appearances: 1

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 12, 1999.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 1^st place Class AA BOA Pontiac, 3^rd in finals.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

William Mason, OH

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “A Winter’s Solstice”

Repertoire:

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 11

# of Semifinals Appearances: 6

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 14^th, 2010

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 5^th place BOA Mason, 5^th place BOA St. Louis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Ben Davis, IN

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “The Tables Have Turned”

Repertoire:

Original music by Don Barrett

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances:

# of Semifinals Appearances: 11

# of National Class Championships: 1

# of Class Top 3: 1

# of Finals appearances: 6

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 2^nd, 1983

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 4^th place, ISSMA Class A State Finals, 6th place BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Center Grove, IN

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “Tug of War”

Repertoire:

Amazing Grace-John Newton

Alexander Nevsky-Sergei Prokofiev

Elegy for Dunkirk-Dario Marianelli

Requiem for a Dream-Clint Mansell

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 18

# of Semifinals Appearances: 15

# of National Class Championships: 3

# of Class Top 3: 7 times: 1^st (1996, 1997, 2009) 2nd(1995, 1998) 3rd(1999, 2002)

# of Finals appearances: 14

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 1, 1995.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 5^th place ISSMA Class A State Finals, 9th place, BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Morton, IL

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Fire is Catching: The Hunger Games”

Repertoire:

Celestial Night-Richard Danielpour

Fix You-Coldplay

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 11

# of Semifinals Appearances: 1

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 1 (3^rd, 2010).

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 32^nd, 2010

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 1^st place Class AA, 12^th place finals ISU Marching Band Championships

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Carmel, IN

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “Going Viral”

Repertoire:

Original music by Richard Saucedo and Michael McIntosh

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 17

# of Semifinals Appearances: 15

# of National Class Championships: 1

# of Class Top 3: 5 times: 1^st (2001) 2^nd (2005) 3^rd (1997, 2000, 2007)

# of Finals appearances: 15

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 1^st, 2005.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 3^rd place, ISSMA Class A State Finals, 2nd place, BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Grant, MI

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “Niagara Falls”

Repertoire:

Niagara Falls-Michael Daugherty

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 19^th place on their day, 2009.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: Ranked 3^rd in MCBA Flight IV going into finals.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Lafayette, LA

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Southern Dawn”

Repertoire:

Music of Elmer Bernstein and Morton Gould

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 2

# of Semifinals Appearances: 2

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 1

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 12 (2008)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 7^th place, BOA Conroe.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Walled Lake Central, MI

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Through The Masters’ Eyes”

Repertoire:

Music of Ludwig Van Beethoven

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 2

# of Semifinals Appearances: 2

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 21st place, 2010.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: Ranked 1^st going into MCBA Flight 1 state finals.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Lawrence Central, IN

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “Drumatic”

Repertoire:

Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanist and Orchestra-Philip Glass

Raise the Roof-Michael Daugherty

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 15

# of Semifinals Appearances: 14

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 3 times: 2^nd (2004, 2008) 3^rd (1997)

# of Finals appearances: 14

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 1 (2001 and 2004)

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 6^th place Class A ISSMA State Finals, 5th place BOA Indianapolis.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Jenison, MI

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Tempest’s Fury”

Repertoire:

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 19

# of Semifinals Appearances: 6

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 2 times: 2^nd (1999) 3^rd (2007)

# of Finals appearances: 2

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 12^th, 1992 and 1994.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 4^th place BOA Pontiac

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Eastern, KY

Projected Class: AAA

Show Title: “Rite of the Equinox”

Repertoire:

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2008

# of GN Appearances: 5

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 18^h place on day, 2006 and 2007.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 3^rd place Class 5A KMEA State Finals

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Danville Community, IN

Projected Class: A

Show Title: “The Road Not Taken”

Repertoire:

Nocturno-Franz Strauss

Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals-Camille Saint-Saens

The Moldau-Bedrich Smetana

Nocturnes-Claude Debussy

Arranged by Craig Fitzpatrick

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 1

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 43^rd place on day, 2009.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note:

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Kings, OH

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “Black and White and Read All Over”

Repertoire:

Scootin’ On Hard Rock-David Holsinger

Abram’s Pursuit-David Holsinger

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 20

# of Semifinals Appearances: 4

# of National Class Championships:

# of Class Top 3: 3 times: 2^nd (1999) 3^rd (1998, 2002)

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 26^th, 1997

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 11^th place BOA Mason, 15^th place BOA Akron.

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Northmont, OH

Projected Class: AA

Show Title: “The Roaring 20’s”

Repertoire:

Untouchables Main Title Theme-Ennio Morricone

Someone to Watch Over Me-George and Ira Gershwin

Original music by Andrew and Wayne Markworth

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 25

# of Semifinals Appearances: 13

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 1

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 8^th, 2000.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 8^th place BOA Mason, 5^th place BOA Pontiac

Other Interesting Notes:

 

Rockford, MI

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “Reactivity”

Repertoire:

Original music by Frank Sullivan.

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2010

# of GN Appearances: 0

# of Semifinals Appearances: 0

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 0

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: N/A

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 7^th place BOA Pontiac, 6^th place going into Flight 1 MCBA State Finals

Other Interesting Notes: This year is Rockford’s first year of competing in BOA events.

 

Owasso, OK

Projected Class: AAAA

Show Title: “The Last Straw”

Repertoire:

Fix You-Coldplay

Last appearance at Grand Nationals: 2009

# of GN Appearances: 4

# of Semifinals Appearances: 4

# of National Class Championships: 0

# of Class Top 3: 0

# of Finals appearances: 1

Highest Grand Nationals Placing: 12^th, 2005.

Results of BOA Events this season/Other events of Note: 3^rd place BOA St. Louis, 2^nd place OBA 6A State Finals

Other Interesting Notes:

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