WIU Marching Band Classic: Macomb, IL - October 25, 2025

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Grand Champion: Quincy

Links: Recap

Field 1A:

58.750 Galva (Visual, GE)
56.800 Orion
55.600 Blue Ridge
54.450 New Berlin (Music)
53.500 Dwight Township
53.200 Rushville-Industry

Field 2A:

64.500 Farmington (Music, Visual)
63.450 Clark County, MO (GE)
57.950 Rockridge
55.550 Hoopeston Area

Field 3A:

65.650 El Paso-Gridley (Visual, GE)
61.550 Genoa-Kingston (Music)
60.350 Oregon
57.050 Sherrard

Field 4A:

73.050 Macomb (GE)
72.250 Prairie Central (Visual)
71.700 Kewanee (Music)
64.200 Monmouth-Roseville
60.550 Olympia

Field 5A:

73.850 Metamora (Music, Visual)
73.650 Waterloo (GE)
69.000 Rochelle Township
66.050 Canton

Field 6A:

84.700 Fort Zumwalt North, MO (Music, Visual, GE)
77.500 LaSalle-Peru
73.800 Lakes Community
71.300 United Township

Field 7A:

83.900 Quincy (Visual, GE)
83.375 Romeoville (Music)
81.700 DeKalb
81.600 Naperville Central
77.050 Downers Grove South
76.700 Huntley
73.950 Alan B. Shepard
Notes: Small Schools Champion: Macomb

Contact Information:

Matt Thomas
Festival Website

Weather:

Details:

The 43rd annual Western Illinois University Marching Band Classic will feature some of the finest west-central and central Illinois high school bands in field competition on the WIU-Macomb campus. The classic kicks off with the National Anthem at 4 PM on Hanson Field; the awards ceremony is scheduled for 8:10 PM. In between there will be field competition in a two division championship format: small school (Classes 1A, 2A) and large school (Classes 3A, 4A). Overall champion trophies will be awarded in each division and to the top three bands in each class. The best drum major(s), percussion, winds and auxiliaries in each division also will receive trophies.

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDLAiSUZMeOG-mn8naP8fIzRR3wUfJBNFoZ-TltI289_v83A/viewform?pli=1

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Festival Address: 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455

Performance Schedule:

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Field
Class 1A
12:00 PM: Galva
12:15 PM: Dwight Township
12:30 PM: New Berlin
12:45 PM: Blue Ridge
1:00 PM: Rushville-Industry
1:15 PM: Orion

1:30 PM: Break

Class 2A
1:45 PM: Hoopeston Area
2:00 PM: Farmington
2:15 PM: Rockridge
2:30 PM: Clark County, MO

2:45 PM: Break

Class 3A
3:00 PM: Sherrard
3:15 PM: El Paso-Gridley
3:30 PM: Oregon
3:45 PM: Genoa-Kingston

4:00 PM: Break

Class 4A
4:15 PM: Olympia
4:30 PM: Monmouth-Roseville
4:45 PM: Kewanee
5:00 PM: Macomb
5:15 PM: Prairie Central

5:30 PM: Break

Class 5A
5:45 PM: Canton
6:00 PM: Rochelle Township
6:15 PM: Metamora
6:30 PM: Waterloo

6:45 PM: Break

Class 6A
7:00 PM: LaSalle-Peru
7:15 PM: Lakes Community
7:30 PM: United Township
7:45 PM: Fort Zumwalt North, MO

8:00 PM: Break

Class 7A
8:15 PM: Naperville Central
8:30 PM: Huntley
8:45 PM: Alan B. Shepard
9:00 PM: Downers Grove South
9:15 PM: Quincy
9:30 PM: DeKalb
9:45 PM: Romeoville

Exb
10:00 PM: WIU Marching Leathernecks

10:15 PM: Awards

Last Updated On: 10-22-2025