After a long morning of competition, only 16 bands remain in the hopes of becoming the winner of the 2014 Music Travel Consultants Indiana State Fair Band Day tonight. The highest scoring of the 40 bands that performed during preliminaries at 9 a.m. this morning will move on to the final competition at the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand. The finalists, in performance order, include:
- Kokomo High School
- Yorktown High School
- Frankton Jr./Sr. High School
- Hagerstown Jr./Sr. High School
- Mooresville High School
- West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School
- Monroe Central Jr./Sr. High School
- Southmont High School
- Jay County High School
- Muncie Central High School
- Noblesville High School
- Anderson High School
- Richmond High School
- Winchester Community High School
- Northeastern Jr./Sr. High School
- Centerville High School
The finals will begin at 8 p.m. with an exhibition performance from Medellin Gran Banda, a marching band from Colombia, 10 minutes prior to that. The caption awards for the preliminary competition have also been announced. They are:
Class A Class AA Class AAA
Music Monroe Central Centerville Winchester
Visuals Monroe Central Centerville Muncie Central
Effects Monroe Central Centerville Muncie Central
Percussion Monroe Central Centerville Richmond
Auxiliary Frankton Centerville Muncie Central
SOURCE: Indiana State Fair