Dan Balash

Big Ten schedule is being released Wednesday afternoon, so we'll get an idea of where IMBC will fall into the schedule.

Whole bunch of tentative dates have come out: September 6 Stagg September 14 Grayslake North September 20 Plainfield South September 27 Mt. Zion Providence Catholic October 4 Downers Grove South October 11 Metamora Naperville Central (here or October 18th) October 18th Lincoln-Way Naperville Central (here or October 11th) October 25th Oblong Pinckneyville WIU

EIU tentatively scheduled for September 27th.

Lake Park: September 6 (according to Lake Central's calendar) CMBF: September 13

It is going to be a daunting task to get the 15 Chicago area shows that were before ISU last year into a consolidated, 5 week schedule, assuming all stay prior to ISU.

2 more dates, courtesy of Edwardsville, who looks to be attending Grand Nationals for the first time next year: Metro East: September 13 Edwardsville: September 20

Recaps: Marian beat everyone in Class A handily in prelims, and then they're 4 points behind Murray in semifinals. Okay. 2024-BOA-GN-Finals-Recap-1.pdf 2024-BOA-GN-SemiFinals-Recaps.pdf 2024-BOA-GN-Thursday-Prelims-Recap.pdf

Semifinals Schedule: 6:45 - Argyle H.S., TX 7:00 - Deer Creek H.S., OK 7:15 - Franklin H.S., IN 7:30 - Brownsburg H.S., TN 7:45 - Walled Lake H.S., MI 8:00 - Norwin H.S., PA 8:15 - Rosemount H.S., MN 8:30 - Friendswood H.S., TX BREAK 9:00 - Homestead H.S., IN 9:15 - Bridgeland H.S., TX 9:30 - O'Fallon Township H.S., IL 9:45 - American Fork H.S., UT 10:00 - Prosper H.S., TX 10:15 - Tarpon Springs H.S., FL 10:30 - Bartlett H.S., TN 10:45 - Catawba Ridge H.S., SC 11:00 - Union H.S., OK 11:15 - Avon H.S., IN 11:30 - Broken Arrow H.S., OK 11:45 - EXH. The Ohio State University Marching Band BREAK 12:15 - Jenison H.S., MI 12:30 - Carmel H.S., IN 12:45 - Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN 1:00 - Cedar Park H.S., TX 1:15 - Leander H.S., TX 1:30 - Fishers H.S., IN 1:45 - Lincoln-Way Community H.S., IL 2:00 - William Mason H.S., OH 2:15 - Jenks H.S., OK 2:30 - Rockford H.S., MI 2:45 - Castle H.S., IN BREAK 3:15 - Marian Catholic H.S., IL 3:30 - Cass H.S., GA 3:45 - Bourbon County H.S., KY 4:00 - Archbishop Alter H.S., OH 4:15 - Murray H.S., KY 4:30 - EXH. University of Michigan Marching Band 4:45 - EXH. Joint performance between OSU, UofM, & United Sound 5:00 - Semifinals Awards Ceremony

Semifinalists: Avon, IN Deer Creek,OK Franklin, TN Homestead, IN Norwin, PA Cass, GA Archbishop Alter, OH Fishers, IN Leander, TX Jenison, MI Carmel, IN Cedar Park, TX Bridgeland, TX Murray, KY William Mason, OH Friendswood, TX Broken Arrow, OK Tarpon Springs, FL Bourbon County, KY American Fork, UT Jenks, OK Rosemount, MN Lincoln-Way, IL Argyle, TX Bartlett, TN Brownsburg, IN O'Fallon Township, IL Walled Lake, MI Rockford, MI Catawba Ridge, SC Union, OK Dobyns-Bennett, TN Castle, IN Prosper, TX Marian Catholic, IL

Open dates for them were 10/11 and 10/25. I've heard the competing directors this year were polled on which they wanted, and the majority chose 10/11, which in some ways makes sense, as there's two super regionals, Nationals, possibly U of I afterwards, and this date more than likely won't conflict with any of those.

Thursday: 7:00 AM: Valley, KY 7:15 AM: Clarksville, TN 7:30 AM: Monticello 7:45 AM: Herscher 8:00 AM: Colerain, OH 8:15 AM: South Dearborn, IN 8:30 AM: Cambridge, GA 8:45 AM: Batesville, IN 9:00 AM: Owen Valley, KY 9:15 AM: Norwood, OH 9:30 AM: Simon Kenton, KY 9:45 AM: Murray, KY 10:00 AM: Boyle County, KY 10:15 AM: Ben Davis, IN 10:30 AM: Clinton-Massie, OH 10:45 AM: Hardin Valley Academy, TN 11:00 AM: Garrard County, KY 11:15 AM: Avon, OH 11:30 AM: Archbishop Alter, OH Exb 11:45 AM: Indianapolis Public Schools Music Showcase 12:00 PM: Break 12:15 PM: O'Fallon Township 12:30 PM: Springboro, OH 12:45 PM: South Oldham, KY 1:00 PM: Kalida, OH 1:15 PM: West Carrollton, OH 1:30 PM: Tippecanoe, OH 1:45 PM: Marion Local, OH 2:00 PM: Greenfield Central, IN 2:15 PM: Anderson County, KY 2:30 PM: Walter E. Stebbins, OH 2:45 PM: Noblesville, IN 3:00 PM: Lawrence Township, IN 3:15 PM: South Point, OH 3:30 PM: Reeths-Puffer, MI 3:45 PM: Kickapoo, MO 4:00 PM: DeWitt, MI 4:15 PM: Walled Lake, MI 4:30 PM: Broken Arrow, OK 4:45 PM: East Clinton, OH 5:00 PM: Friendswood, TX 5:15 PM: Campbell County, KY 5:30 PM: Hamilton, OH 5:45 PM: Miamisburg, OH 6:00 PM: William Mason, OH 6:15 PM: Marian Catholic 6:30 PM: Floyd Central, IN 6:45 PM: Monrovia, IN 7:00 PM: Lincoln-Way 7:15 PM: John Hardin, KY 7:30 PM: Westlake, UT 7:45 PM: Center Grove, IN 8:00 PM: Avon, IN 8:15 PM: Break 8:30 PM: Centerville, OH 8:45 PM: American Fork, UT 9:00 PM: Brownsburg, IN 9:15 PM: Columbus, IN 9:30 PM: Carmel, IN 9:45 PM: Fishers, IN 10:00 PM: Christian Academy of Louisville, KY 10:15 PM: Dobyns-Bennett, TN 10:30 PM: Castle, IN 10:45 PM: Norwin, PA Friday: 7:00 AM: Nicholas County, KY 7:15 AM: Bob Jones, AL 7:30 AM: Green Level, NC 7:45 AM: Franklin, TN 8:00 AM: Catawba Ridge, SC 8:15 AM: Prosper, TX 8:30 AM: Summit, TN 8:45 AM: Cass, GA 9:00 AM: Camdenton, MO 9:15 AM: Cedar Park, TX 9:30 AM: Deer Creek, OK 9:45 AM: Jenks, OK 10:00 AM: Union, OK 10:15 AM: Break 10:30 AM: Nixa, MO 10:45 AM: Newberry, FL 11:00 AM: Leander, TX 11:15 AM: Rosemount, TX 11:30 AM: DeSoto Central, MS 11:45 AM: Argyle, TX 12:00 PM: Panther Creek, NC 12:15 PM: Tarpon Springs, FL 12:30 PM: Cheney, WA 12:45 PM: Mustang, OK 1:00 PM: Bridgeland, TX 1:15 PM: Stoneman Douglas, FL 1:30 PM: South Jones, MS 1:45 PM: Break 2:00 PM: Hollister, MO 2:15 PM: Bartlett, TN 2:30 PM: Meade County, KY 2:45 PM: Shawe Memorial, IN 3:00 PM: Lakota East, OH 3:15 PM: Rockford, MI 3:30 PM: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, MI 3:45 PM: Huron Valley, MI 4:00 PM: Greendale, WI 4:15 PM: Pulaski County, KY 4:30 PM: Clover, SC 4:45 PM: Bourbon County, KY 5:00 PM: Goshen, IN 5:15 PM: Break 5:30 PM: Norton, OH 5:45 PM: Dixie Heights, KY 6:00 PM: Warren Local, OH 6:15 PM: Worthington Kilbourne, OH 6:30 PM: Homestead, IN 6:45 PM: Milford, OH 7:00 PM: Lebanon, OH 7:15 PM: Finneytown, OH 7:30 PM: Bellbrook, OH 7:45 PM: Cary, NC 8:00 PM: Central Crossing, OH 8:15 PM: Carlisle, OH 8:30 PM: Jenison, MI Exb 8:45 PM: Missouri State University Pride Marching Band 9:00 PM: Awards

I know it's early, but here's a list of shows that we have received information on for 2025. All dates are tentative. September 6 Lake Park Stagg Washington September 13 CMBF Limestone (returns after 7 year absence) Metro East Pontiac VJA September 14 Grayslake North September 20 BOA Toledo Edwardsville Geneseo Illinois Valley Central - NEW NIU Plainfield South September 27 BOA Columbus, OH EIU Morton Normal Prospect Providence Catholic October 4 BOA Chattanooga, TN BOA Des Moines, IA Downers Grove South Romeoville October 11 ISU Metamora Mt. Zion October 17-18 BOA St. Louis October 18 Dunlap Lincoln-Way Quincy October 24-25 BOA Indianapolis October 25 Oblong Pinckneyville U of I WIU November 1 November 8 November 13-15 Grand Nationals

I would be remiss if I didn't mention this: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1069366738526529&id=100063596379426&rdid=Nhq8ZvFn1dIQkwxJ#

Oblong: Parade: Junior High: 432.000 Mt. Carmel (Percussion) 423.000 Nuttall (Auxiliary) 419.000 Casey-Westfield 401.000 Mattoon 376.000 Cumberland 372.000 Jasper County 353.000 St. Thomas Combined: 447.000 St. Elmo (Percussion) 424.000 Ramsey 408.000 Arcola (Auxiliary) 387.000 Lawrenceville 371.000 Martinsville 364.000 Hutsonville 1A: 472.000 Blue Ridge (Auxiliary) 462.000 Red Hill 381.000 Sullivan 2A: 455.000 Pana (Percussion) 452.000 Casey-Westfield 451.000 Charleston 396.000 Cumberland 3A: 496.000 Richland County (Percussion) 488.000 Mattoon 479.000 Altamont 474.000 Robinson (Auxiliary) 4A: 559.000 Newton (Percussion) 554.000 Rich Township 481.000 Richwoods (Auxiliary) 462.000 Urbana Field: 1A: 689.000 Arcola (Music, Percussion, Auxiliary) 676.000 Blue Ridge (Visual) 674.000 Sullivan 624.000 Vandalia 2A: 841.000 Mt. Carmel (Music, Visual, Percussion, Auxiliary) 728.000 Charleston 723.000 Pana 697.000 Cumberland 3A: 823.000 Taylorville (Music, Visual, Auxiliary) 723.000 Robinson (Percussion) 692.000 MacArthur 4A: 814.000 Urbana (Music) 802.000 Mattoon (Auxiliary) 778.000 Richwoods 772.000 Rich Township (Visual, Percussion) Music Performance Individual.pdf

Pinckneyville: Parade: B: 78.300 DuQuoin Middle (Color Guard, DM) 77.100 Carbondale Middle (Percussion) 1A: 112.700 Wesclin (Percussion, Color Guard, DM) 88.600 Okawville 84.100 Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 80.100 Marissa 78.200 Elsberry 72.200 Vienna 2A: 121.000 Harrisburg (DM) 114.100 Columbia (Color Guard) 107.700 Potosi, MO (Percussion) 103.600 Massac County 97.700 Carterville 86.400 Benton 83.600 DuQuoin 3A: 111.700 Marion (Percussion, Color Guard, DM) 82.900 Hazelwood, MO Field: 1A: 888.000 Wesclin (DM) 871.000 Wright City, MO (Percussion, Color Guard) 711.000 Sparta 661.000 Frankfort Community 2A: 950.000 Potosi, MO (Percussion) 915.000 Carterville (Color Guard, DM) 884.000 Anna-Jonesboro 3A: 1001.000 Mehlville, MO (Percussion, Color Guard) 972.000 Marion (DM) Grand Champion: Marion

Some truly...interesting things pop out on the recaps. Music Performance Ensemble in 1A: Mater Dei scores a 17.60, Watseka 17.55. Hoopeston 3rd...with an 8.45. Tri-Valley last with a 6.90. Mahomet-Seymour with a 19.80 in Visual Individual, East Peoria 2nd with a 19.10. They also had a 19.20 in Music Ensemble. Victor J. Andrew 6th in Music General Effect 1, almost 2 points behind Yorkville in 5th. Granite City winning Visual GE in 5A by almost a point ahead of VJA Lake Park a point ahead of Normal in Music Individual. Normal winning Music GE 1 by 3 points over Lake Park, and Lake Park being right on Normal's tails for Music GE 2 and Visual GE

Large Schools 4A: 77.000 Washington Community (Music, Visual, GE) 69.900 Champaign Central 69.700 Grayslake North 66.600 Kaneland 54.550 Antioch 5A: 84.450 Plainfield North (Music, Visual, GE) 74.750 DeKalb 74.600 Granite City 73.500 Victor J. Andrew 73.250 Yorkville 71.450 Mundelein 68.650 A.A. Stagg 6A: 89.100 Normal (Music, Visual, GE) 82.450 Lake Park 79.350 Naperville Central 78.850 Carl Sandburg 78.550 Minooka Community 76.650 Waubonsie Valley 74.250 Huntley 71.550 Neuqua Valley 70.200 Fremd CompetitionSuite-U of I Class 6A Recaps 2024.pdf U of I 5A.pdf 4A Recap 2024 U of I.pdf

Small Schools: 1A: 74.100 Mater Dei (Music, GE) 70.975 Watseka Community (Visual) 63.575 Hoopeston Area 63.400 Maroa-Forsyth 62.350 ROWVA 61.750 Tri-Valley 54.950 Blue Ridge 54.850 Okaw Valley 2A: 80.250 Illinois Valley Central (Music, Visual, GE) 77.250 Effingham 76.000 Paris Cooperative 73.700 Monticello 72.700 Pontiac Township 72.650 Newton 71.150 Prairie Central 3A: 87.900 Mahomet-Seymour (Music, Visual, GE) 83.050 Geneseo 82.575 East Peoria 75.000 University 71.675 Highland 2024 IMBC 1A Recap (1).pdf

St.Louis_Finals_Recap.pdf St.Louis_Prelims_Recap.pdf

WIU Marching Band Classic scores: 1A: 60.700 Sherrard (Music) 59.300 Orion (GE, Percussion) 57.400 Galva (Visual, DM) 53.000 Rushville-Industry (Color Guard) 2A: 73.350 Macomb (Music, Percussion, Color Guard) 72.000 Kewanee (Visual, GE) 65.950 Rock Falls 65.250 El Paso-Gridley 59.950 Oregon 59.150 Canton (DM) 58.600 Farmington 56.550 Monmouth-Roseville 55.550 Genoa-Kingston 49.950 Illini West 3A: 73.350 Metamora (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard) 67.200 Rochelle Township 66.950 Jacksonville (DM) 65.500 Lincoln Community 4A: 79.200 LaSalle-Peru (Music, Visual, GE, DM) 77.150 Grayslake North (Percussion) 75.600 Lakes Community (Color Guard) 68.400 United Township 65.900 McHenry WIU CompetitionSuite.pdf

St. Louis: Panel 1, top 5, no order: Rosemount, MN O'Fallon Township Bentonville, AR Broken Arrow, OK Timber Creek, TX Panel 2, top 5: no order: Morton Blue Springs, MO Lakota West, OH Camdenton, MO Marian Catholic Next 4 highest scoring bands, no order: Lincoln, SD McNeil, TX Union, OK Hernando, MS Finals: Blue Springs, MO Broken Arow, OK Bentonville, AR O'Fallon Township Rosemount, MN McNeil, TX Timber Creek, TX Morton Lakota West, OH Lincoln, SD Marian Catholic Hernando, MS Union, OK Camdenton, MO

Class 1A Mater Dei Watseka Maroa-Forsyth Class 2A IVC Paris Newton Class 3A Mahomet-Seymour Geneseo East Peoria Small Schools Governors Cup: Mahomet-Seymour Class 4A Washington Community Champaign Central Grayslake North Class 5A Plainfield North VJA Yorkville Class 6A Normal Naperville Central Lake Park Large Schools Governors Cup: Normal

1A: 10:30 Vandalia 10:45 Arcola 2A: 11:00 Pana 11:15 Break 11:30 Mt. Carmel 11:45 Cumberland 1A: 12:00 Sullivan 12:15 Blue Ridge 12:30 Break 2A: 1:00 Charles 3A: 1:15 Taylorville 1:30 Robinson 1:45 MacArthur 2:00 Break 4A: 2:15 Mattoon 2:30 Urbana 2:45 Rich Township 3:00 Richwoods Exhibition: 3:00 Oblong 3:45 Drumline Showcase 5:00 Awards

Anymore?! It's been 30+ years! 😄

Sandwich: 1A: 81.250 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Music, Visual, Percussion, Auxiliary) 69.550 Marmion-Rosary 66.300 Marengo (DM) 2A: 75.800 Waukegan (Music, Visual, Percussion) 73.500 Glenbrook South (DM) 70.300 Morris Community (Auxiliary) 66.400 William Howard Taft 3A: 81.650 Buffalo Grove (Music, Visual, Percussion, Auxiliary, DM) 79.050 Bloom Township 74.000 Grayslake Central 73.300 Evergreen Park 4A: 80.300 Rolling Meadows (Music, DM) 78.450 Round Lake (Visual, Percussion, Auxiliary) 5A: 84.750 Yorkville (Music, Visual, Percussion, Auxiliary, DM) 78.200 East Aurora 10.20.24 Sandwich TABS FINAL w SCHS.pdf