The United States Scholastic Band Association (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.

The USSBA 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 Class 1 being the smallest and Class 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 eighteen classes ranging from Class I A to Class VI Open, performing and competing with other bands of like size and talent. The USSBA has started to support competitive indoor events as well as cooperative fundraising opportunities.

Contents 1 Group Size 2 Classification 3 National Champions (with scores) 4 Past Open Champions 5 Past A Champions 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Group Size

Bands are grouped by the number of members on the field. This includes playing members, colorguard, and drum majors. Groups sizes are as follows:
Group I 20 to 43 members
Group II 44 to 58 members (Texas:44-69)
Group III 59 to 77 members (Texas:70-99)
Group IV 78 to 103 members (Texas:100-139)
Group V 104 to 140 members (Texas:140-189)
Group VI 141 and more members (Texas:190+)^[1]

[edit] Classification

Bands are also further divided by class at Regional, Invitational, and Championship events. Bands will be assigned and compete within each group in either Open Class, A Class, or Festival Class. Non-competitive bands may compete in Festival Class in any event.

Open Class is for established programs who frequently have scored over a 90 at a championship while in their current size class.

A Class is for bands who are less established and competitively successful while maintaining their current size group.

Festival Class allows bands to perform non-competitively at any of the USSBA-sanctioned shows, including the Regional and Championship events. Festival Class bands may or may not receive critique tapes and may or may not be awarded ratings of Superior (90-100), Excellent (80-89), Good (70-79), or Fair (69 & below).

[edit] National Champions (with scores)

Year	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Grand National Champion
2006	Fluvanna County - 94.675	Shawnee High School - 94.675	Waterford Township High School - 95.85	Absegami High School - 96.9	Mona Shores High School - 95.8	North Penn High School - 98.475	North Penn High School
2007	Deptford Township High School - 96	Century High School (Sykesville - 96.3	River Hill High School - 95.55	Nazareth Area High School - 97.5	Upper Darby High School - 96.425	North Penn High School - 96.95	Nazareth Area High School
2008	Biglerville - 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	Nazareth Area High School
2009	Perkiomen Valley High School - 97.35	Timber Creek High School - 97.163	Rancocas Valley Regional High School - 97.2	King Phillip Regional High School - 97.45	Dartmouth High School - 97.813	Roxbury High School - 98.188	Nazareth Area High School

[edit] Past Open Champions

Year	Group 1-Open	Group 2-Open	Group 3-Open	Group 4-Open	Group 5-Open	Group 6-Open
2009	Perkiomen Valley High School (93.113)	Williamstown High School (95.513)	Cheshire High School (97.538)	Absegami High School (97.275)	West Orange High School (97.825)	Bridgewater Raritan High School (95.95)
2008	Haddon Heights High School	River Hill	Morris Knolls	Nazareth Area	North Penn	South Brunswick, New Jersey (98.7)
2007	Haddon Heights High School	Methacton	River Hill	Nazareth Area	Dartmouth	Roxbury (98.0)
2006	Fluvanna County	Shawnee	Edison	King Philip	Cheshire High School (97.25)	North Penn
2005	Fluvanna County	West Windsor-Plainsboro	Shawnee	King Philip	Cheshire High School	North Penn
2004	Haddon Heights High School	Methacton	Morris Hills High School	Nazareth Area	Dartmouth (98.25)	North Penn
2003	Cherry Hill High School West	Point Pleasant Boro High School	Morris Knolls High School	Nazareth Area	Dartmouth	North Penn
2002	Point Pleasant Boro High School	Union	Nazareth Area	Dartmouth	North Penn
2001	Point Pleasant Boro High School	Brick Memorial High School	Upper Moreland	Dartmouth	North Penn
2000	Point Pleasant Boro High School	Morris Hills High School	Nazareth Area	McLean High School	North Penn
1999	Morris Hills High School	Brick Memorial High School	King Philip	Dartmouth	North Penn
1998	Glen Ridge High School	South Hadley High School	King Philip	Norwich Free Academy	North Penn
1997	Glen Ridge High School	Governor Livingston High School & Waterford	Nazareth Area	Immaculata High School	North Penn
1996	Dunellen High School	Central Regional High School	Brick Memorial High School	King Philip	Piscataway Township High School
1995	Chatham High School	King Philip	Pennsauken High School	Kempsville	North Penn
1994	Dunellen High School	Morris Knolls High School	Mount Olive High School	Kempsville High School	Piscataway Township High School
1993	Glen Ridge High School	Governor Livingston High School	Shikellamy	Stroudsburg High School	Piscataway Township High School
1992	Governor Livingston High School	Brick Memorial High School	Ridgewood High School	Shikellamy	Piscataway
1991	Governor Livingston High School	Lindenhurst	Jackson Memorial High School	Stroudsburg High School	Piscataway Township High School
1990	Governor Livingston High School	Upper Dublin	Immaculata High School	Elizabeth High School	Piscataway Township High School
1989	Governor Livingston High School
1988	Governor Livingston High School

[edit] Past A Champions

Year	Group AA	Group 1-A	Group 2-A	Group 3-A	Group 4-A	Group 5-A	Group 6-A
2009		Joseph Case High School, Fauquier High School	Allentown High School, Nutley High School	Washington Township High School, Burlington City High School	Mount Olive High School	West Milford High School	Fort Lee High School
2008		Mainland Regional High School	Parsippany Hills High School (H), Glen Ridge High School (A),	Allentown High School, Burlington City High School (A)	South County Secondary
2007		Sayreville War Memorial High School	Lenape Valley Regional High School	Parsippany Hills High School	Montville Township High School	Elizabeth High School	Pennsbury
2006		King George 11/5/2006 Rustin 11/11/2006	Freehold 11/5/2006 Brick 11/11/2006	Edison (VA) 11/5/2006 Shepherd Hill 11/11/2006	Parsippany Hills	West Springfield Whippany Park High School	Fort Lee
2005	Park Ridge High School	Crestwood 11/6/2005(H) Bellville 11/6/2005(A) Lenape Valley Regional High School 11/12/2005 (A)	Middletown 11/6/2005(H) Hammonton High School 11/6/2005(A) Montville Township High School 11/12/2005	Salesianum 11/6/2005(H)Hicksville 11/6/2005(A) Central Bucks South 11/12/2005 Rancocas Valley Regional High School2004 3A Champions A)	Elizabeth 11/6/2005(H) Upper Moreland 11/12/2005	West Springfield 11/6/2005 Passaic High School 11/12/2005	Pleasant Valley

(H) Hershey, PA
(A) Allentown, PA

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• United States Scholastic Band Association
• USSBA Indoor
• March 4 Music fundraising