Columbus North High School’s Sound of North marching band will compete beginning Thursday against 89 other high school ensembles from across the country for America’s national champion title.
The 44th annual Bands of America Grand National Championships, presented by Yamaha, culminates the 2019 Bands of America season that began in September with a total of 23 championships from coast-to-coast featuring more than 130,000 teen student performers.
Outstanding high school marching bands from 20 states will compete in the grand championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Thursday through Saturday.
Sound of North is slated to perform in the preliminary competition at 10:45 a.m. Thursday. Thirty bands from Thursday and Friday’s preliminary competition will advance to Saturday’s semifinals. The top 12 scoring bands on Saturday will move on to the evening finals competition, where the Grand National Champion will be named.
Tickets are available for the Grand National Championships at ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster by phone and at the Lucas Oil Stadium ticket office. Tickets for the three days of events range from $15 to $135. Ticket pricing and details are available at marching.musicforall.org.
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