Lucas Oil Stadium Hosts Bands Of America Super Regional Championship Nov. 8-9
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INDIANAPOLIS – Outstanding high school marching bands from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Virginia and Mississippi will compete in Music for All’s Bands of America Super Regional Championship at Indianapolis, presented by Yamaha, at Lucas Oil Stadium, 500 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Nov. 8-9. The championship event, hosted by Fishers High School, will feature 38 high school marching bands in the preliminary competition, all of which will be evaluated by a panel of nationally recognized music educators and marching band experts. The top 12 bands will advance to the evening finals competition, which will ultimately name the Super Regional Champion. “Bands of America Championships are a program of Music for All, which has a mission to create, provide and expand positively life-changing experiences through music for all,” according to Eric L. Martin, president and CEO of Music for All. “Active participation in music and arts is a vital part of a meaningful educational experience. The thousands of students who will perform at this championship showcase the dedication, teamwork and mastery required and fostered through music and arts education.” The preliminary competition begins at 6 p.m. Nov. 8 and will conclude at approximately 8:15 p.m. The preliminary competition Nov. 9 will begin at 8:15 a.m. and will conclude at approximately 4:30 p.m. Gates will open for the finals at 6:45 p.m. with performances beginning at 7:45 p.m. All times are tentative pending the final schedule of performing bands. Current times will be listed at musicforall.org Ticketing and schedule information is available online at musicforall.org or by calling 800-828-2263. Tickets also will be available at the gate. Standard general admission is $17 for preliminaries on Friday and $19 for preliminaries on Saturday. General admission for finals is $23 or $28 for finals reserved (upper deck). A Super Ticket (day pass) is $48 and includes general admission for preliminaries on Friday and Saturday as well as finals. Children ages 10 and under are free for general admission seats. Discounts will be available at the gate for college students and spectators 11-18 years of age for $7 off any general admission ticket including individual preliminaries, finals or full day passes. Military members and spouses (military ID required) as well as spectators age 62 and over can receive $3 off the applicable adult ticket price. In addition to this event, Music for All’s Bands of America Grand National Championships, presented by Yamaha, will be held in Indianapolis Nov. 13-16. The Grand National Championships is a three-day, preliminary, semi-finals, finals event, held in Lucas Oil Stadium. Bands receive recorded evaluation from panels of leading educators and marching experts, along with written scoresheets. Forty-five bands perform in each of the two separate prelims contests. Thirty bands then advance to semi-finals. The top 12 scoring bands from semi-finals advance to Saturday evening’s finals.
