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USBands, formally United States Scholastic Band Association and sometimes referred to as USSBA, was formed in the Fall 1988 to provide high school an opportunity to compete in a circuit featuring top judges from across the continent. USBands is based in Concord, CA and is a programming offering of BD Performing Arts.

USBands includes over 700 participating high school marching bands. Bands are offered over 200 opportunities per year including competitions and clinics.

In competitions, bands are classified by size and compete with bands within their classification. The classes include range from Group 1, the smallest, to Group 5, the largest. Bands are also classified by skill level. The skill classifications include the Regional A Class for inexperienced bands, A Class for bands that have recently moved to a larger size group and the Open class for established programs. In total, there are 15 classifications ranging from Group I Regional A to Group V Open, who perform and compete with bands of similar size and talent.

USBands has also begun supporting competitive indoor events, and provides cooperative fundraising opportunities. In the winter of 2012, USSBA changed their name to USBands.


Classifications
USBands allows their bands to classify themselves into three groups:
  • 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

2016 to 2019
Between 2016 and 2019, groups were classified by the following size, which includes playing members, auxiliary, and command personnel drum majors, and bands from had group sizes that varied from the national ranges:

  • 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+)


2020
For 2020, USBands created an additional sizing and eliminated the "Open Class" as part of its "v-USBands" virtual adjudication platform. Individual musicians, guard performers, small ensembles, and group Sizes for marching bands were classified as:

  • 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 with fewer than 26 members were permitted to be included in Division 1 or as an Ensemble.


2021
For 2021, USBands restored its Open Class for all competitions in Texas and for all national competitions, effective September 25. Group sizes changed to:
  • 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


2022
For 2022, group sizes again changed with Texas events remaining the same as 2021:
  • Group I - 1 to 39 members (Texas: 1-59)
  • Group II - 40 to 54 members (Texas: 60–99)
  • Group III - 55 to 74 members (Texas: 100–139)
  • Group IV - 75 to 99 members (Texas: 140–169)
  • Group V - 100 and more members (Texas: 170+)


2023
For 2023, group sizes have been changed as follows (Texas events group sizing remains the same as 2021).

  • Group I - 1 to 35 members (Texas: 1-59)
  • Group II - 36 to 49 members (Texas: 60–99)
  • Group III - 50 to 64 members (Texas: 100–139)
  • Group IV - 65 to 89 members (Texas: 140–169)
  • Group V - 90 and more members (Texas: 170+)


Past USBands Open Class champions
2025Old Bridge HS 93.800King Philip Regional HS 96.050Perkiomen Valley HS 96.300C.G. Conn Division: West Milford HS 96.250

Selmer Division: Upper Moreland HS 97.600

Norwalk HS 97.500Class Inactive
2024East Haven HS Co-op Marching Band (East Haven, Connecticut) 91.400Calvert Hall College High School () 96.900King Philip Regional High School (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 95.900Dartmouth High School (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 97.650Upper Moreland Senior High School (Willow Grove, Pennsylvania) 98.100
2023West Perry HS Marching Band (Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania) 87.550Delran HS (Delran, NJ) 92.300Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) 94.950Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, Virginia) 96.800Dartmouth High School (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.050
2022Lenape Regional HS (Medford, New Jersey) 90.35Allentown HS (Allentown, New Jersey) 93.25Council Rock High School South (Southampton, Pennsylvania) 93.75Edison High School (Edison, New Jersey) 96.5Dartmouth High School (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 97.7
2021Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, New Jersey) 90.1Passaic HS (Passaic, New Jersey) 94.9Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 94.6North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 95.20Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.00
2020Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 92.0Edison HS (Edison, New Jersey) 94.67
2019Burlington City HS (Burlington, New Jersey) 92.45Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 95.9Calvert Hall College HS (, Maryland) 95.425Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 98.325Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.575Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 96.050
2018Burlington City HS (Burlington, New Jersey) 94.463Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 95.288Calvert Hall College HS (, Maryland) 93.750Edison HS (, New Jersey) 97.588Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.075Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 95.600
2017Burlington City HS (Burlington, New Jersey) 95.425Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 96.400Calvert Hall College HS (, Maryland) 96.588Newtown HS (Newtown, Connecticut) 97.363Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.350Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 97.775
2016Joseph Case HS (Swansea, Massachusetts) 96.475Calvert Hall College HS (, Maryland) 96.875King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 97.438Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 97.425Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 97.063Trumbull HS (Trumbull, Connecticut) 97.100
2015East Stroudsburg HS North (Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania) 95.538Shepherd Hill Reg HS (Dudley, Massachusetts) 96.100King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 95.788Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, Massachusetts) 96.963Mechanicsburg HS (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) 97.363Norwin HS (Irwin, Pennsylvania) 97.200
2014Haddon Heights HS (Haddon Heights, New Jersey) 94.450Lenape Regional HS (Medford, New Jersey) 96.425Edison HS (Edison, New Jersey) 98.300Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 97.975North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.95Norwalk HS (Norwalk, Connecticut) 97.375
2013Haddon Heights HS (Haddon Heights, New Jersey) 90.25Edison HS (Edison, New Jersey) 95.738King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 96.138Smithfield-Selma HS (Smithfield, North Carolina) 96.875Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 96.6West Genesee HS (Camillus, New York) 95.687
2012Cedar Cliff HS (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) 92.288Susquehanna Twp HS (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 96.8Old Bridge HS (Old Bridge Township, New Jersey) 96.375King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 97.075Immaculata HS (Somerville, New Jersey) 96.587Wagner HS (, Texas) 97.288
2011Monsignor Farrell HS (, New York) 93.650Frank W. Cox HS (Virginia Beach, Virginia) 95.7Montville Twp (Montville, New Jersey) 97.588North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 96.938Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.225Munford HS (Munford, Tennessee) 98.013
2010Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) 96.063Williamstown HS (Williamstown, New Jersey) 97.06Rancocas Valley Reg HS (Mount Holly, New Jersey) 97.875Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 97.400Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.55George Walton HS (Marietta, Georgia) 97.650
2009Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) 97.35Timber Creek Reg HS (Sicklerville, New Jersey) 97.163Rancocas Valley Reg HS (Mount Holly, New Jersey) 97.2King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 97.45Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 97.813Roxbury HS (Roxbury, New Jersey) 98.188
2008Biglerville HS (Biglerville, Pennsylvania) 93.92River Hill HS (Clarksville, Maryland) 98.25Cedar Cliff HS (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) 96.9Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 98.575Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 98.275Immaculata HS (Somerville, New Jersey) 96.05
2007Deptford Township HS (Deptford Township, New Jersey) 93.35Century HS (Sykesville, Maryland) 96.3River Hill HS (Clarksville, Maryland) 95.55Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 97.5Upper Darby HS (Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) 96.425
2006Fluvanna County HS (Palmyra, Virginia) 94.675Shawnee HS (Medford, New Jersey) 94.675Waterford HS (Waterford, Connecticut) 95.85Absegami HS (Galloway Township, New Jersey) 96.9Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 95.8North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 98.475
2005Shawnee HS (Medford, New Jersey)Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 97.15North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.150
2004Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania)McLean HS (McLean, Virginia) 92.85North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.40
2003Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey)Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 98.0
2002Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey)Union HS (Union, New Jersey) 95.700Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 96.4Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 97.9
2001Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey)Upper Moreland HS (Willow Grove, Pennsylvania) 95.200North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 96.20
2000Point Pleasant Borough HS (Point Pleasant, New Jersey)Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) 96.300McLean HS (McLean, Virginia) 95.600North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 97.500
1999Brick Memorial HS (Brick Township, New Jersey) 93.60King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts) 96.900Cheshire HS (Cheshire, Connecticut) 95.000North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 96.900
1998Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, NJ) 92.70South Hadley HS (South Hadley, MA) 93.10King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 97.400 North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 95.50
1997Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, NJ)92.60Gov Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ) and Waterford HS (Waterford, CT) 90.90Nazareth Area HS (Nazareth, PA) 95.50Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 95.10North Penn HS (Lansdale, PA) 97.20
1996Dunellen HS (Dunellen, NJ) 86.700Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ) 91.00Brick Memorial HS (Brick Twp, NJ) 93.80King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, MA) 93.30Piscataway HS (Piscataway Twp, NJ) 95.90
1995King Philip Regional HS (Wrentham, Massachusetts)North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 95.800
1994Morris Knolls HS (Denville, New Jersey)Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1993 Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1992South Brunswick HS (Monmouth Junction, NJ) 91.70Brick Memorial HS (Brick Twp, NJ) 93.45Ridgewood HS (Ridgewood, NJ) 93.40Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 90.50Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)95.30
1991Gov Livingston HS (Berkeley Heights, NJ)Lindenhurst HS (Lindenhurst, NY)91.40Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson Twp, NJ)94.05Stroudsburg Area HS (Stroudsburg, PA)93.20Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)97.10
1990Glen Ridge HS (Glen Ridge, NJ)93.00Upper Dublin HS (Fort Washington, PA) 91.80Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 94.85Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ) 94.55Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)97.40
1989 Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 88.25North Penn HS (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) 86.10
1988 Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ)Piscataway HS (Piscataway, New Jersey)


Past USBands A Class champions
2025Group IA: Halifax Area HS (Halifax, PA) 90.000

Group IAA: Northern HS (Owings, MD) 91.000

Council Rock North HS(Newtown, PA) 93.700Marple Newtown HS(Newtown Square, PA)93.000Kingsway Reg HS(Woolwich Twp, NJ) 93.600Upper Darby HS (Drexel Hill, PA) 92.000Class Inactive
2024B.M.C. Durfee HS(Fall River, MA) 96.000Group IIA: Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) 95.800

Group IIAA: Hackettstown HS (Hackettstown, NJ) 93.600

Nutley HS (Nutley, NJ) 96.100Ridgewood HS(Ridgewood, NJ) 94.300Marriotts Ridge HS (Marriottsville, MD) 94.900
2023Mainland Regional HS(Linwood, NJ) 94.40Group IIA: Central Dauphin East HS(Harrisburg, PA) 92.700

Group IIAA:Bethel HS (Bethel, CT) 94.0

Parkside HS (Salisbury, MD) 95.4Tenafly HS (Tenafly, NJ) 94.9Fort Lee HS (Fort Lee, NJ) 95.4
2022Group IA: East Haven HS Co-op (East Haven, CT) 95.80

Group IAA:Northern HS (Owings, MD) 94.60

Group IIA: Northern Valley HS at Old Tappan (Old Tappan, NJ) 95.50

Group IIAA:Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, NJ) 96.70

Nutley HS (Nutley, NJ) 93.60Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, NJ) 95.50New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 95.00
2021Delran HS (Delran Township, NJ) 96.200Allentown HS (Allentown, NJ) 93.900West Milford HS (West Milford, NJ) 94.800Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, VA) 96.300Port Chester HS (Port Chester, NY) 89.800
2020No Championships Held Due to COVID-19
2019Calvert HS (Prince Frederick, MD) 92.705East Haven HS Co-op (East Haven, CT) 95.940Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, NJ) 93.860Council Rock HS-South (Holland, PA) 94.350Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, VA) 98.400New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 94.340
2018Somerset-Berkley HS (Somerset, MA) 94.400Montville Township HS (Montville, NJ) 94.438Thomas S Wootton HS (Rockville, MD) 97.275Loudoun County HS (Leesburg, VA) 97.512West Milford HS (West Milford, NJ) 93.650New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 94.263
2017Weehawken HS (Weehawken, NJ) 92.113Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, NJ) 93.313Pequannock Twp HS (Pompton Plains, NJ) 95.088South County HS (Lorton, VA) 97.563Cicero-North Syracuse HS (Cicero, NY) 94.625Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson Twp, NJ) 92.375
2016Delran HS (Delran Twp, NJ) 96.763Bethel HS (Bethel, CT) 96.813Audubon HS (Audubon, NJ) 96.013Council Rock HS-South (Holland, PA) 96.175West Orange HS (West Orange, NJ) 96.638New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 95.838
2015Somerset Berkley Reg HS (Somerset, MA) 97.425Kingsway Reg HS (Woolwich Twp, NJ) 97.100Montville Twp HS (Montville, NJ) 96.663Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ) 96.638Westfield HS (Westfield, NJ) 96.738New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 96.950
2014Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 96.6Wayne Valley HS (Wayne, NJ) 93.663Union HS (Union Twp, NJ) 91.213Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale, NJ) 97.400Cherokee HS (Evesham Twp, NJ) 92.188Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS (Scotch Plains, NJ) 92.875
2013Weehawken HS (Weehawken, NJ) 96.163Monroe Twp HS (Monroe Twp, NJ) 95.613North Warren Reg HS (Blairstown, NJ) 96.425Group IV-A: Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale, NJ) 91.938

Group IV-AA:Absegami HS (Galloway Twp, NJ) 95.163

Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ) 95.987Jackson Memorial HS (Jackson Twp, NJ) 96.300
2012Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 94.975Chopticon HS (Morganza, MD) 97.088Northern Highlands Reg HS (Allendale, NJ) 96.125Passaic HS (Passaic, NJ) 96.263Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ) 97.100New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 96.300
2011Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 94.163Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ) 96.413Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, PA) 96.588Madison County HS (Danielsville, GA)95.35Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ) 97.413New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 96.438
2010Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) West Milford HS (West Milford, NJ) 92.588New Providence HS (New Providence, NJ) 91.350
2009Joseph Case HS (Swansea, MA) 93.250Allentown HS (Allentown, NJ) 91.625Burlington City HS (Burlington, NJ) 93.975Mount Olive HS (Flanders, NJ) 94.450West Milford HS (West Milford, NJ) 94.125Fort Lee HS (Fort Lee, NJ) 86.750
2008Mainland Regional HS (Linwood, NJ) 90.100Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ) 90.800Allentown HS (Allentown, NJ) 90.900South County HS (Lorton, VA) 95.450
2007Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ)
2005Elizabeth HS(Elizabeth, NJ)Passaic High School (Passaic, NJ)
2004Lenape Regional HS (Medford, NJ)Passaic High School (Passaic, NJ)
2003Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, NJ) 90.40Elizabeth HS (Elizabeth, NJ)
2002Blue Mountain HS (Schuylkill Haven, PA) 87.40 Copiague HS (Copiague, NY) 92.70
2001Northampton Area HS (Northampton, PA) 86.70Governor Mifflin HS (Shillington, PA) 88.60Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, MA) 94.60
2000Kearny HS (Kearny, NJ)Blackstone-Millville HS (Blackstone, MA) 89.30 Pennsbury HS (Fairless Hills, PA) 95.50
1999Lakewood HS (Lakewood Twp, NJ) 90.95Perkiomen Valley HS (Collegeville, PA) 90.70Group IIIA Morris Knolls HS (Denville, NJ)

Group IIIAKearny HS (Kearny, NJ)

Somerville HS(Somerville, NJ) 90.15
1998Maroon Division Oakcrest HS (Mays Landing, NJ) 89.80 Silver Division Point Pleasant Boro HS(Point Pleasant, NJ) 88.40

Gold Division Bernards HS(Bernardsville, NJ)88.30

Maroon Division Abington HS(Abington Twp, PA) 90.20 Bronze Division Brick Twp HS (Brick Twp, NJ) 90.20

Silver Division

Gold Division Oceanside HS(Oceanside, NY)91.10

Maroon Division Copiague HS(Copiague, NY) 89.90 Silver Division

Gold Division Atholton HS (Columbia, MD)90.80

Maroon Division Cheshire HS (Cheshire, CT) 93.70 Silver Division Sachem HS(Farmingville, NY)90.00Southington HS (Southington, CT) 90.30
1997Maroon Division River Dell HS(Oradell, NJ)81.80 Silver Division Morristown HS(Morristown, NJ) 88.50

Gold Division Northern Burlington Reg HS(Mansfield Twp, NJ)84.10

Maroon Division Wicomico HS(Sailsbury, MD)89.00 Bronze Division Morris Hills HS(Rockaway, NJ)89.60

Gold Division Parsippany Hills HS(Morris Plains, NJ)84.10

Maroon Division Middletown HS North(Middletown Twp, NJ)90.40 Silver Division West Windsor-Plainsboro HS(West Windsor, NJ) 90.70Maroon Division John P Stevens HS(Edison, NJ)91.80 Silver Division Ridgewood HS(Ridgewood, NJ)90.80Cumberland Valley HS(Mechanicsburg, PA)& Port Chester HS (Port Chester, NY)91.70
1996Maroon Division Westfield HS(Westfield, NJ)82.30 A Division Lakewood HS(Lakewood Twp, NJ) 87.70

Gold Division North Rockland HS(Thiells, NY)83.30

Maroon Division Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ)86.30 Silver Division Sayreville HS (Sayreville, NJ)83.40

A Division South Hadley HS(South Hadley, MA) 85.50

Gold Division Burlington City HS(Burlington, NJ)86.00

Silver Division Middletown HS North (Middletown Twp, NJ)85.00

A Division South Western HS(Hanover, PA) 91.30

Maroon Division Copiague HS (Copiague, NY)88.30

Gold Division South Brunswick HS(Monmouth Junction, NJ) 92.60

Port Chester HS(Port Chester, NY)92.00
1992Lenape Valley Reg HS (Stanhope, NJ) 80.25Mahopac HS (Mahopac, NY) 86.90East Ramapo HS (Spring Valley, NY) 83.05
1991Bernards HS(Bernardsville, NJ)85.70Wilson HS(West Lawn, PA)89.50Middletown HS North (Middletown Twp, NJ)87.15
1990Parsippany HS (Parsippany, NJ)90.10Westfield HS (Westfield, NJ)83.75Middletown HS North (Middletown Twp, NJ)83.45


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