Heritage Hills Marching Patriots Crowned ISSMA Scholastic Class B State Champions

Bands from all-around Indiana traveled to Franklin Central High School this past Saturday, to compete in the ISSMA Scholastic Class Finals. Similar to high school sports, the class that each band designated into is determined by school size, and other metric factors.

Competing this weekend, locally, was the Heritage Hills Marching Patriots, Pike Central Charger Brigade, and the Northeast Dubois Marching Jeeps, all in the Scholastic Class B competition.

Taking home 1st place in the ISSMA Scholastic Class B State Championship, was the Heritage Hills Marching Patriots, with their 2024 season show: Siren’s Song.

Not only is this accomplishment a major victory for the small band, made up of about 50+ students, but the 2024 Marching Patriots just won the first-ever Marching Band State Championship in school history for Heritage Hills High School.

From Facebook: “First place for your Heritage Hills Marching Patriots!!!
Photo credit: Abby Jo Galyan“

Congratulations to Heritage Hills High School and their 2024 Marching Patriots Band on being the 2024 ISSMA Scholastic Class B State Champions! To see their performance and the celebration that followed this historic performance, you can visit their website: https://www.hhpatriotsband.com/

Next weekend begins the ISSMA Open Class Semi-State Competitions for many larger area bands, including the:

Jasper Marching Wildcats
Washington Golden Pride
Southridge Marching Raider Band
Springs Valley Blackhawk Brigade
Pride of Paoli
Tell City Marching Marksmen
Forest Park Marching Rangers
South Spencer Marching Rebels

These bands will be competing in their respective classes on Saturday, October 26th, 2024 at the following times and locations:

ISSMA Semi-State – Class B at Pike High School, Indianapolis: (all scheduled Class Competitions beginning at 1:00PM EST)

2:30 PM EST – Jasper Marching Wildcats – Performing their 2024 show: “Heartistry”

ISSMA Semi-State – Class C at Decatur Central High School, Indianapolis:

4:30 PM – Washington Golden Pride – Performing their 2024 show: “The Final Wish”
4:45 PM – Southridge Marching Raider Band – Performing their 2024 show: “A Twisted Classic”

ISSMA Semi-State – Class D at Franklin Community High School, Franklin:

1:30 PM – Springs Valley Blackhawk Brigade – Performing their 2024 show: “The Journey of Water”
2:00 PM – Pride of Paoli – Performing their 2024 show: “Inside the Circle”
5:00 PM – Tell City Marching Marksmen – Performing their 2024 show: “Q & A”
5:15 PM – Forest Park Marching Rangers – Performing their 2024 show: “The Throne”
6:45 PM – South Spencer Marching Rebels – Performing their 2024 show: “4X4”