USBands

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USBands
TypePublic
Founded1988
Headquarters
Allentown, Pennsylvania
,
U.S
ParentIndependent (1988-1990)
YEA (1990-2019)
BD Performing Arts (2020-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 operated by BD Performing Arts.

USBands membership consists of over 700 participating high school marching bands. Annually, bands are offered over 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:

  • Performance 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 used for the 2016 to 2019 seasons):

  • 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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For 2020, USBands created a different group sizing and eliminated "Open Class" as part of its "v-USBands" virtual adjudication platform.[4] While individual musicians and guard performers along with small ensembles were adjudicated, group Sizes for Marching Bands were as follows:

  • Division I - 26 to 50 members
  • Division 2 - 51 to 74 members
  • Division 3 - 75 to 99 members
  • Division 4 - 100 and more members

Bands smaller than 26 members could opt to be adjudicated with Division 1 or as an "Ensemble".

For 2021, "Open" Class has been restored for all Competitions in Texas & beginning with Competitions on September 25 Nationally. Group sizes have been changed as follows:[5]

  • Group I - 1 to 39 members (Texas: 1-59)
  • Group II - 40 to 59 members (Texas: 60–99)
  • Group III - 60 to 79 members (Texas: 100–139)
  • Group IV - 80 to 100 members (Texas: 140–169)
  • Group V - 101 and more members (Texas: 170+)

Group VI has been eliminated

Past USBands Open Class champions[]

Year Group 1-Open Group 2-Open Group 3-Open Group 4-Open Group 5-Open Group 6-Open
2021 Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, NJ) 90.1 Passaic HS (Passaic, NJ) 94.9 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, MA) 94.6 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 95.20 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 98.00 Class Inactive
2020 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, MA) 92.0
2019 Burlington City HS (Burlington, NJ) 92.450 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, MA) 95.900 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, MD) 95.425 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, MA) 98.325 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 98.575 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, CT) 96.050
2018 Burlington City HS (Burlington, NJ) 94.463 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, MA) 95.288 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, MD) 93.750 Edison HS (Edison, NJ) 97.580 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 98.075 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, CT) 95.575
2017 Burlington City HS (Burlington, NJ) 95.425 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, MA) 96.400 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, MD) 96.588 Newtown HS (Newtown, CT) 97.363 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 98.350 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, CT) 97.775
2016 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 96.475 Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, MD) 96.875 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 97.438 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, MA) 97.425 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 97.063 Trumbull HS (Trumbull, CT) 97.100
2015 East Stroudsburg HS North (Dingmans Ferry, PA) 95.538 Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, MA) 96.100 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 95.788 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, MA) 96.963 Mechanicsburg HS (Mechanicsburg, PA) 97.363 Norwin HS (Irwin, PA) 97.200
2014 Haddon Heights HS (Haddon Heights, NJ) 94.450 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ) 96.425 Edison HS (Edison, NJ) 98.300 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 97.975 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 97.95 Norwalk HS (Norwalk, CT) 97.375
2013 Haddon Heights HS (Haddon Heights, NJ) 90.25 Edison HS (Edison, NJ) 95.738 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 96.138 Smithfield-Selma HS (Smithfield, NC) 96.875 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 96.6 West Genesee HS (Camillus, NY) 95.687
2012 Cedar Cliff HS (Camp Hill, PA) 92.288 Susquehanna Twp HS (Harrisburg, PA) 96.8 Old Bridge HS (Old Bridge, NJ) 96.375 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 97.075 Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 96.587 Wagner HS (San Antonio, TX) 97.288
2011 Monsignor Farrell HS (Staten Island, NY) 93.650 Frank W. Cox HS (Virginia Beach,VA) 95.7 Montville Twp (Montville, NJ) 97.588 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 96.938 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 98.225 Munford HS (Munford, TN) 98.013
2010 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, PA) 96.063 Williamstown HS (Williamstown, NJ) 97.06 Rancocas Valley Reg HS (Mount Holly, NJ) 97.875 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 97.400 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth) 98.55 George Walton HS (Marietta, GA) 97.650
2009 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, PA) 97.35 Timber Creek Reg HS (Sicklerville, NJ) 97.163 Rancocas Valley Reg HS (Mount Holly, NJ) 97.2 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 97.45 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 97.813 Roxbury HS (Roxbury, NJ) 98.188
2008 Biglerville HS (Biglerville, PA) 93.92 River Hill HS (Clarksville, MD) 98.25 Cedar Cliff HS (Camp Hill, PA) 96.9 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 98.575 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, MA) 98.275 Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 96.05
2007 Deptford Township HS (Deptford Twp, NJ) 93.35 Century HS (Sykesville, MD) 96.3 River Hill HS (Clarksville, MD) 95.55 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 97.5 Upper Darby HS (Upper Darby, PA) 96.425
2006 Fluvanna County HS (Palmyra, VA ) 94.675 Shawnee HS (Medford, NJ) 94.675 Waterford HS (Waterford, CT) 95.85 Absegami HS (Galloway, NJ) 96.9 Cheshire HS (Cheshire, CT) 95.8 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 98.475
2005 Shawnee HS (Medford, NJ) Cheshire HS (Cheshire, CT) 97.15 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 97.150
2004 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) McLean HS (McLean, VA) 92.85 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 97.40
2003 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 98.0
2002 Union HS (Union, NJ) 95.700 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 96.4 Cheshire HS (Cheshire, CT) 97.9
2001 Upper Moreland HS (Willow Grove, PA) 95.200 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 96.20
2000 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 96.300 McLean HS (McLean, VA) 95.600 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 97.500
1999 Brick Memorial HS (Brick, NJ) 93.60 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 96.900 Cheshire HS (Cheshire, CT) 95.000 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 96.900
1998 Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, NJ) South Hadley HS (South Hadley, MA) 93.10 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 97.400 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 97.200
1997 Gov Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ) & Waterford HS (Waterford, CT) 90.90 Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 95.500 Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 95.1 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 95.500 N/A
1996 Dunellen HS (Dunellen, NJ) 86.700 Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ) 91.30 Brick Memorial HS (Brick Township, NJ) 93.80 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 93.30 Piscataway HS (Piscataway Twp, NJ) 95.90 N/A
1995 King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 95.800 N/A
1994 Morris Knolls HS (Rockaway, NJ) Piscataway HS (Piscataway Twp, NJ)
1993 Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ) Piscataway HS (Piscataway Twp, NJ)
1992 Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ) Piscataway HS (Piscataway Twp, NJ)
1991 Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ) Piscataway HS (Piscataway Twp, NJ)
1990 Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ) Piscataway HS (Piscataway Twp, NJ)
1989 Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ)
1988 Governor Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ)

Past USBands A Class champions[]

Year Group 1A Group 2A Group 3A Group 4A Group 5A Group 6A
2021 Delran HS (Delran, NJ) 96.20 Allentown HS (Allentown, NJ) 93.90 West Milford HS (West Milford, NJ) 94.80 Loudon County HS (Leesburg, VA) 96.30 Port Chester HS (Port Chester, NY) 89.80 Class Inactive
2019 Calvert HS (Prince Frederick, MD) 92.705 East Haven HS Co-op (East Haven, CT) 95.940 Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, NJ) 93.860 Council Rock HS-South (Southampton, PA) 94.350 Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, VA) 98.400 New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 94.340
2018 Somerset-Berkley Reg HS (Somerset, MA) 94.400 Montville Township HS (Montville, NJ) 94.438 Thomas S Wootton HS (Rockville, MD) 97.275 Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, VA) 97.512 West Milford HS (W. Milford, NJ) 93.650 New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 94.262
2017 Weehawken HS (Weehawken, NJ) 92.113 Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, NJ) 93.313 Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, NJ) 95.08 South County HS (Lorton, VA) 97.563 Cicero-N Syracuse HS (Cicero, NY) 94.625 Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson, NJ) 92.375
2016 Delran HS (Delran Twp, NJ) 96.763 Bethel HS (Bethel, CT) 96.813 Audubon HS (Audubon, NJ) 96.013 Council Rock HS-South (Southampton, PA) 96.175 West Orange HS (W.Orange, NJ) 96.638 New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 95.838
2015 Somerset Berkley Reg HS (Somerset, MA) 97.425 Kingsway Reg HS (Woolwich Twp, NJ) 97.00 Montville Twp HS (Montville, NJ) 96.663 Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ) 96.638 Westfield HS (Westfield, NJ) 96.738 New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 96.950
2014 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 96.601 Wayne Valley HS (Wayne, NJ) 93.663 Union HS (Union, NJ) 91.213 Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale, NJ) 97.400 Cherokee HS (Mariton, NJ) 92.188 Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS (Scotch Plains, NJ) 92.875
2013 Weehawken HS (Weekawken, NJ) 96.163 Monroe Township HS (Monroe Twp, NJ) 95.613 North Warren Reg HS (Blairstown, NJ) 96.425 Group 4AA

Absegami HS (Galloway, NJ) 95.163

Group 4A

Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale, NJ) 91.938

Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ) 95.987 Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson, NJ) 96.300
2012 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 94.975 Chopticon HS (Morganza, MD) 97.088 Northern Highlands Reg (Allendale, NJ) 96.125 Passaic HS (Passaic, NJ) 96.263 Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ) 97.100 New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 96.300
2011 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 94.163 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ) 96.413 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, PA) 96.588 Madison County HS (Danielsville, GA) 95.35 Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ) 97.413 New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 96.438
2010 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA)
2009 Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA)
2008 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ) Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, NJ) 90.1
2007 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ)
2005 Elizabeth HS[6] (Elizabeth, NJ)
2004 Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ)
2003 Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, NJ) 90.40 Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ)
2002 Blue Mountain HS (Schuylkill Haven, PA) 87.40 Copiague HS (Copiague, NY) 92.70
2000 Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, MA) 89.30 Pennsbury HS (Fairless Hill, PA) 95.50
1999 Lakewood HS (Lakewood, NJ) 90.95 Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, PA) 90.70 Morris Knolls HS (Rockaway, NJ) Somerville High School (Somerville, NJ) 90.15
1998 Oakcrest HS (Mays Landing, NJ) 89.80 Southington HS (Southington, CT) 90.30
1997 Northern Burlington Reg HS (Columbus, NJ)
1996 Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ) Middletown North HS (Middletown, NJ) 85.00 Port Chester HS (Port Chester, NY) 92.00
1994 Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ)
1990 Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ)

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2006-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "USSBA revises group sizes for the 2011 marching band season". YEA. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  3. ^ "|".
  4. ^ "G2020 v-USBands Participant Guide" (PDF). USBands. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. ^ "Group Sizes for 2021". USBands. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. ^ "Elizabeth High School - News & Events". elizabeth.nj.schoolwebpages.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.

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