USBands

USBands
Public
Founded 1988
Headquarters Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S
Parent Independent (1988-1990)
YEA (1990-present)

USBands (formally United States Scholastic Band Association[1] or USSBA) was formed in the Fall of 1988 to provide high school band programs with a competitive circuit featuring top judges from across the continent and a venue for the US Scholastic Band Championship. It is currently owned by Youth Education in the Arts.

USBands membership consists of over 700 participating high school marching bands. Annually, bands are offered 150 festival opportunities and invitations to compete at major Regional Championships and the US Scholastic Band Championship. Bands are classified by size, with Group 1 being the smallest and Group 6 being the largest, and by skill level. The A Class is for inexperienced bands, new bands, and bands that have recently moved to a larger size group. The Open class for established programs. This results in twelve groups ranging from Group I A to Group VI Open, performing and competing with other bands of like size and talent. USBands has started to support competitive indoor events as well as cooperative fundraising opportunities. In the winter of 2012, USSBA changed their name to USBands.

Classifications

The USBands allows their bands to classify themselves into three groups in:

  • Festival Class - Ensembles who prefer a non-competitive experience at any USBands sanctioned event.
  • A Class - Ensembles who demonstrate a basic to intermediate skill set (may be building/rebuilding their program) and are adjudicated on a scale representing fundamental to intermediate skills.
  • Open Class - Seasoned ensembles that demonstrate expanded skill sets and are adjudicated on a scale supporting intermediate to advanced skills.

Group Size

Bands are grouped by the number of members on the field. This count includes playing members, auxiliary, and command personnel drum majors. Group sizes are as follows (new class size breaks for 2016):

  • Group I 1 to 38 members (Texas: 1-45)
  • Group II 39 to 53 members (Texas:46-80)
  • Group III 54 to 70 members (Texas:81-115)
  • Group IV 71 to 95 members (Texas:116-160)
  • Group V 96 to 130 members (Texas:161-200)
  • Group VI 131 and more members (Texas:201+)[2]

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Past USBands Open Class Champions

Year Group 1-Open Group 2-Open Group 3-Open Group 4-Open Group 5-Open Group 6-Open
2017 Burlington City High School 95.425 Shepherd Hill Regional High School 96.400 Calvert Hall College High School 96.588 Newtown High School 97.363 Dartmouth High School 98.350 Norwalk High School 97.775
2016 Joseph Case High School 96.475 Calvert Hall College High School 96.875 King Philip Regional High School 97.438 Blackstone-Millville High School 97.425 Dartmouth High School 97.063 Trumbull High School 97.100
2015 East Stroudsburg High School North 95.538 Shepherd Hill Regional High School 96.100 King Philip Regional High School 95.788 Blackstone-Millville High School 96.963 Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School 97.363 Norwin High School 97.200
2014 Haddon Heights High School 94.450 Lenape High School 96.425 Edison High School 98.300 Nazareth Area High School 97.975 North Penn High School 97.95 Norwalk High School 97.375
2013 Haddon Heights High School 90.25 Edison High School 95.738 King Philip Regional High School 96.138 Smithfield-Selma High School 96.875 Dartmouth High School 96.6 West Genesee High School 95.687
2012 Cedar Cliff High School 92.288 Susquehanna Township High School 96.8 Old Bridge High School 96.375 King Philip Regional High School 97.075 Immaculata High School 96.587 Wagner High School 97.288
2011 Monsignor Farrell High School 93.650 Frank W. Cox High School 95.738 Montville Township High School 97.588 North Penn High School 96.938 Dartmouth High School 98.225 Munford High School 98.013
2010 Perkiomen Valley High School 96.063 Williamstown High School 97.063 Rancocas Valley Regional High School 97.875 Nazareth Area High School 97.400 Dartmouth High School 98.55 George Walton High School 97.650
2009 Perkiomen Valley High School 97.35 Timber Creek Regional High School 97.163 Rancocas Valley Regional High School 97.2 King Philip Regional High School 97.45 Dartmouth High School 97.813 Roxbury High School 98.188
2008 Biglerville High School 93.92 River Hill High School 98.25 Cedar Cliff High School 96.9 Nazareth Area High School 98.575 Dartmouth High School 98.275 Immaculata 96.05
2007 Deptford Township High School 93.35 Century High School 96.3 River Hill High School 95.55 Nazareth Area High School 97.5 Upper Darby High School 96.425
2006 Fluvanna County High School 94.675 Shawnee High School 94.675 Waterford High School (Connecticut) 95.85 Absegami High School 96.9 Cheshire High School 95.8 North Penn High School 98.475
2005 Cheshire High School 97.15 North Penn High School 97.150
2004
2003
2002 Union High School 95.700
2001 Upper Moreland High School 95.200
2000 Nazareth High School 96.3 North Penn High School 97.500
1999 Brick Memorial High School 93.60 King Philip Regional High School 96.900 Cheshire High School 95.000 North Penn High School 96.900
1998 King Philip Regional High School 97.4
1997 Governor Livingston High School & Waterford High School

90.90

Nazareth Area High School 95.500 Immaculata High School 95.1 North Penn High School 97.200 N/A
1996 Chatham High School 86.700 Central Regional High School 91.3 Piscataway High School 95.900 N/A
1995 King Philip Regional High School 90.800 North Penn High School 95.800 N/a

Past USBands A Class Champions

Year Group 1A Group 2A Group 3A Group 4A Group 5A Group 6A
2017 Weehawken High School (Weehawken, NJ) 92.113 Lenape Valley Regional HS(Stanhope, NJ) 93.313 Pequannock Township HS (Pompton Plains, NJ) 95.088 South County HS

(Lorton, VA) 97.563

 C-NS HS (Cicero, NY) 94.625 Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson, NJ) 92.375
2016 Delran High School

(Delran Twp, NJ) 96.763

 Bethel High School

(Bethel, CT) 96.813

 Audubon High School (Audubon, NJ) 96.013 Council Rock HS-South

(S Hampton, PA) 96.175

 West Orange High School 96.638 New Providence High School 95.838
2015 Somerset Berkley Reg HS (Somerset, MA) 97.425 Kingsway Reg HS (Woolwich Twp, NJ)97.000 Montville Twp HS

(Montville, NJ) 96.663

 Parsippany High School

(Parsippany, NJ) 96.638

 Westfield High School 96.738 New Providence High School 96.95
2014 Joseph Case High School (Swansea, MA) 96.601 Wayne Valley HS

(Wayne, NJ) 93.663

 Union High School

(Union, NJ) 91.213

 Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale,NJ)97.400 Cherokee High School 92.188 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School 92.875
2013 Weehawken High School (Weekawken, NJ) 96.163 Monroe Township HS(Monroe Twp, NJ) 95.613 North Warren Reg HS(Blairstown, NJ) 96.425 Absegami High School

(Galloway, NJ) 95.163

Elizabeth High School 95.987 Jackson Memorial High School 96.3
2012 Joseph Case High School (Swansea, MA) 94.975 Chopticon High School (Morganza, MD) 97.088 Northern Highlands Reg HS

(Allendale, NJ) 96.125

 Passaic High School

(Passaic, NJ) 96.263

 Elizabeth High School 97.1 New Providence High School 96.3
2011 Joseph Case High School

(Swansea, MA) 94.163

 Lenape High School (Medford, NJ) 96.413 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, PA) 96.588 Madison County High School (Danielsville, GA) 95.35 Elizabeth High School 97.413 New Providence High School 96.438
2010 Joseph Case High School (Swansea, MA)
2009 Joseph Case High School

(Swansea, MA)
2005 Elizabeth High School[4](Elizabeth, NJ)
2003 Elizabeth HS

(Elizabeth, NJ)

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
  2. ↑ "USSBA revises group sizes for the 2011 marching band season". YEA. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  3. ↑ https://yea.org/programs/usbands
  4. ↑ "Elizabeth High School - News & Events". elizabeth.nj.schoolwebpages.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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