Southern Indiana Marching Bands Shine in 2025

The 2025 high school marching band season is hitting its big finale, and if you’ve been out to a Friday night football game or one of the local invitationals, you already know how much talent we’ve got right here in Southern Indiana. The students have put in hours (and hours, and hours) of hard work – on the field, in the band room, and even in parking lots – to bring us the kind of performances that give you goosebumps. And now, it’s almost time for the big stage: the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) competitions.

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Here’s how ISSMA competition works: Indiana marching bands are divided into two main groups. The Scholastic Class was created so

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