If You Go* What: U.S. Scholastic Band Association Southern States Championship.* When: 3:30-9 p.m. Saturday.* Where: Finley Stadium, Carter Street.* Admission: $12.Local Bands’ Scheduled to perform3:45 p.m. Hixson High5 p.m. Signal Mountain6:22 p.m. Ridgeland High7:37 p.m. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High8:07 p.m. Heritage High8:22 p.m. Soddy-Daisy HighSource: USSBA
Brass fanfares will echo through the Southside on Saturday as 19 high school bands from around the Southeast compete in the U.S. Scholastic Band Association’s Southern States Championship.
“Local winners in years past have been Soddy-Daisy, Boyd-Buchannan and Hixson,” said event manager Stuart Benkert. “The best judges in the country are being flown in to Chattanooga to evaluate this program.”
The band competition begins at 3:30 p.m. in Finley Stadium with the performance of the national anthem.
Hixson High School will be the first band on the field at 3:45 p.m., said Benkert. A new band will take the field every 15 minutes.
After the dinner break, the larger Single A and Open divisions will begin performances at 6:15 p.m. Powerhouse bands Soddy-Daisy High School and Grenada High School will conclude the show. The awards ceremony is set for 9 p.m.
The USSBA formed in 1988 to provide high school band programs with a competitive circuit, according to its website. Today, USSBA’s membership tops 700 high school marching bands, who are offered 150 festival opportunities in which to perform.
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