Local bands marching for State Fair Band Day title after a summer of competition

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Muncie Central competes during Band Day at the Indiana State Fair in 2021, when it won the championship. Local bands will be back at the annual competition on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.
Muncie Central competes during Band Day at the Indiana State Fair in 2021, when it won the championship. Local bands will be back at the annual competition on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.

After weeks of competition and even more weeks of practice in the hot summer sun, local high school marching bands will line up to compete at State Fair Band Day on Friday, Aug. 5, the pinnacle of the summer track season.

Muncie Central won the Band Day championship in 2021, after no contest was held in 2020.

This year's day-long Indiana State Fair competition at the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand will have preliminaries starting at 9 a.m. and finals beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets/information: indianastatefair.com.

Prelims will open with the Cowan/Daleville band performing at 9 a.m. Friday. Scheduled performance times for other local bands competing at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis will be Yorktown at 9:54 a.m., Blackford at 11:03 a.m., Winchester at 1:24 p.m., Muncie Central at 1:33 p.m., Monroe Central at 1:51 a.m., Henry County at 2 p.m. Jay County at 2:27 p.m. and Randolph Southern marching last at 4:12 p.m. Awards are scheduled for 4:45 p.m.

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Well before getting on the bus to Indy, bands were placing at competitions in July. Here's how local high schools have fared this year, according to the Central Indiana Track Show Association website:

  • At the Centerville Archway Classic on July 16 at Centerville High School. Jay County came in second and Winchester third, finishing behind Anderson. Muncie Central placed sixth, Yorktown ninth and Blackford 12th out of 14th bands competing.

  • At the Jay County Lions Club Band Contest on July 22 at the Jay County Fairgrounds, Jay County came in second and Winchester third, finishing behind Centerville. Muncie Central placed fifth, Yorktown seventh, Henry County 11th, Blackford County 15th and Randolph Southern 16th out of 19 bands competing.

  • At the Muncie Central Spirit of Sound contest on July 23 at Muncie Central High School, Muncie Central came in second and Jay County third behind champion Kokomo. Yorktown finished fifth, Monroe Central eighth, Blackford 13th and Cowan-Daleville 14th out of 18 bands competing.

  • At the Anderson Tartan Tournament of Bands on July 29 at Highland Middle School, Muncie Central came in second behind Kokomo. Yorktown finished eighth, Monroe Central ninth and Henry County 18th out of 23 bands competing.

  • At the Drums at Winchester contest on July 30 at Winchester High School, Winchester came in second behind Kokomo. Jay County finished fourth, Yorktown seventh, Monroe Central ninth, Randolph Southern 13th, Henry County 15th and Blackford County 17th out of 20 bands competing.

This article originally appeared on Muncie Star Press: Local bands marching for State Fair Band Day title on Friday