UIL State Military Class Marching Band Contest Information

Date: Oct 25, 2021
Category: Music

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUSTIN, TX — Bands from across the state will compete for top honors at the 2021 UIL State Military Class Marching Band Championships to be held October 26-27, at Longview Pine Tree High School. This year marks the second year the Military Class contest has been sponsored by the UIL as a pilot program.

Schedule:

Tuesday, Oct. 26

1 p.m.                 4A Preliminaries

7 p.m.                 1A/2A Contest

8:15 p.m.             4A Finals

 

Wednesday, Oct. 27

9 a.m.                 3A Preliminaries

1 p.m.                 5A/6A Preliminaries

7 p.m.                 3A Finals

8:30 p.m.             5A/6A Finals

 

Tickets will be $20 for preliminaries and $20 for finals. ($35-Combined Ticket) Children under 3 will be Free.

Access to a live video feed will be provided through KGAS and will be free to view.

 

Conference 1A/2A participants include the following high schools: Beckville, Gladewater Union Grove, Price Carlisle, and Timpson.

Conference 3A participants include the following high schools: Buna, DeKalb, Diana New Diana, Diboll, Harleton, New Boston, Ore City, Troup, West Rusk, White Oak.

Conference 4A participants include the following high schools: Bullard, Carthage, Center, Gilmer, Hardin-Jefferson, Henderson, Lindale, Pittsburg, Tyler Chapel Hill, Van, and Vidor.

Conference 5A/6A participants include the following high schools: Cleveland, Ennis, Hallsville, Humble Atascocita, Humble Kingwood, Huntsville, Jacksonville, Longview, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, and Whitehouse.

 

MEDIA CREDENTIALS

Media outlets planning to cover the UIL State Marching Band should contact the National Association of Military Marching Bands.

For more information, or to see results during the contests, please refer to the UIL Music website: https://www.uiltexas.org/music/state-military-marching-band-contest.

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