Indiana State Fair Band Day
State Fair Band Day Champions
†Grant County Combined Band consisted of students from seven schools- Van Buren, Jefferson Township, Swayzee, Gas City, Jonesboro, Sweetster, and Fairmount.

Indiana State Fair Band Day

Section Title: State Fair Band Day Champions
Table Section Text: †Grant County Combined Band consisted of students from seven schools- Van Buren, Jefferson Township, Swayzee, Gas City, Jonesboro, Sweetster, and Fairmount.

Year	School	Band	Score	Director	Runner Up

1947	N/A† (1)	Grant County Combined Band	N/A	Fred Reiter (1)	Unknown

1948	Gary Frobel (1)	Frobel High School Marching Band	N/A	Kenneth Resur (1)	Rochester (1)

1949	Odon-Madison Township (1)	Odon-Madison Township High School Marching Band	N/A	Raymond Blair (1)	Gary Frobel (1)

1950	Alexandria (1)	Marching Tigers	N/A	Carroll Copeland (1)	Hammond (1) Morton Memorial (1) Pike Township (1) (tie)

1951	Odon-Madison Township (2)	Odon-Madison Township High School Marching Band	N/A	Raymond Blair (2)	Lawrenceburg Consolidated (1)

1952	Noblesville (1)	Marching Millers	N/A	Herbert Laswell (1)	Lawrenceburg Consolidated (2)

1953	Muncie Central (1)	Bearcat Pride	N/A	Don Parlette (1)	Knightstown (1)

1954	Jasper (1)	Marching Wildcats	90	Tom Bishop (1)	Franklin Community (1)

1955	Vincennes Lincoln (1)	Pride of the Green	100	Hal Meurer (1)	Franklin Community (2)

1956	Franklin Community (1)	Grizzly Cub Band	271	Carroll Copeland (2)	Anderson (1)

1957	Anderson (1)	Marching Indians	263	George Vaught (1)	Muncie Central (1)

1958	Anderson (2)	Marching Indians	243	George Vaught (2)	Princenton (1)

1959	Anderson (3)	Marching Indians	242	George Vaught (3)	Ben Davis (1)

1960	Ben Davis (1)	Marching Giants	236	Ralph Chandler (1)	Anderson (2)

1961	Ben Davis (2)	Marching Giants	241	Ralph Chandler (2)	Crown Point (1)

1962	Vincennes Lincoln (2)	Pride of the Green	236	Hal Meurer (2)	Madison Heights (1)

1963	Madison Heights (1)	Band of Pirates	242	Francis Barker (1)	Ben Davis (2)

1964	Ben Davis (3)	Marching Giants	484	Hal Meurer (3)	Madison Heights (2)

1965	Crown Point (1)	Marching Bulldogs	N/A	Joseph Guth (1)	Richmond (1)

1966	Ben Davis (4)	Marching Giants	N/A	Hal Meurer (4)	Crown Point (2)

1967	Ben Davis (5)	Marching Giants	N/A	Hal Meurer (5)	Madison Heights (3)

1968	Anderson Highland (1)	Marching Highlanders	N/A	Bruce Smith (1)	Marion (1)

1969	Marion (1)	Marching Giants	N/A	Joseph Guth (2)	Ben Davis (3)

1970	Anderson Highland (2)	Marching Highlanders	N/A	Hugh Callison (1)	Ben Davis (4)

1971	Anderson Highland (3)	Marching Highlanders	914	Hugh Callison (2)	Ben Davis (5)

1972	Shenandoah (1)	Marching Raiders	N/A	Frank Bieneas (1)	Wapahani (1)

1973	Richmond (1)	Red Devil Marching Band	N/A	John Parshall (1)	Alexandria (1)

1974	New Castle Chrysler (1)	Trojan Marching Band	N/A	Robert Shauver (1)	Anderson Highland (1)

1975	Wapahani (1)	Imperial Raider Band	916	Jim Craig (1)	Carmel (1)

1976	Greenwood (1)	Marching Woodmen	908	Herman Knoll (1)	Norwell (1)

1977	Norwell (1)	Marching Knights	1074	Thomas Osbourne (1)	Wapahani (2)

1978	Wapahani (2)	Imperial Raider Band	1071	Jim Craig (2)	Norwell (2)

1979	New Castle Chrysler (2)	Trojan Marching Band	1078	Robert Shauver (2)	Wapahani (3)

1980	Madison Heights (2)	Band of Pirates	1062	Thomas Osbourne (2)	Wapahani (4)

1981	Wapahani (3)	Imperial Raider Band	1069	Jim Craig (3)	Madison Heights (4)

1982	Wapahani (4)	Imperial Raider Band	1052	Jim Craig (4)	Madison Heights (5)

1983	Wapahani (5)	Imperial Raider Band	86.63	Jim Craig (5)	Carmel (2)

1984	Carmel (1)	Marching Greyhounds	89.12	Richard Saucedo (1)	Alexandria-Monroe (2)

1985	Anderson (4)	Marching Indians	83.56	Donald Huffman (1)	Jay County (1)

1986	Anderson (5)	Marching Indians	88.90	Donald Huffman (2)	Richmond (2)

1987	Southport (1)	Marching Cardinals	87.95	James Furr (1)	Noblesville (1)

1988	Richmond (2)	Red Devil Marching Band	90.05	Stephen Varnell (1)	Franklin Central (1)

1989	Monroe Central (1)	Marching Bears	67.35	Doug Fletcher (1)	Jay County (2)

1990	Monroe Central (2)	Marching Bears	73.35	Doug Fletcher (2)	Jay County (3)

1991	Monroe Central (3)	Marching Bears	70.90	Doug Fletcher (3)	Jay County (4)

1992	Jay County (1)	Marching Patriots	76.45	David Humbert (1)	Monroe Central (1)

1993	Franklin Central (1)	Marching Flashes	71.45	Raymond Hauser (1)	Jay County (5)

1994	Franklin Central (2)	Marching Flashes	84.70	Raymond Hauser (2)	Jay County (6)

1995	Franklin Central (3)	Marching Flashes	83.25††	Raymond Hauser (3)	Winchester Community (1)

1996	Franklin Central (4)	Marching Flashes	87.70	Raymond Hauser (4)	Winchester Community (2)

1997	Winchester Community (1)	The Force of Winchester	86.20	Doug Fletcher (4)	Franklin Central (2)

1998	Franklin Central (5)	Marching Flashes	89.89	Raymond Hauser (5)	Winchester Community (3)

1999	Franklin Central (6)	Marching Flashes	89.95	Raymond Hauser (6)	Jay County (7)

2000	Muncie Southside (1)	Spirit of South	81.25	Chuck Reynolds (1)	Jay County (8)

2001	Jay County (2)	Marching Patriots	89.20	David Humbert (2)	Muncie Southside (1)

2002	Muncie Southside (2)	Spirit of South	88.30	Chuck Reynolds (2)	Jay County (9)

2003	Muncie Southside (3)	Spirit of South	89.45	Chuck Reynolds (3)	Richmond (3)

2004	Muncie Southside (4)	Spirit of South	93.25	Chuck Reynolds (4)	Anderson Highland (2)

2005	Anderson Highland (4)	Marching Highlanders	91.70	Doug Fletcher (5)	Muncie Southside (2)

2006	Muncie Southside (5)	Spirit of South	91.50	Chuck Reynolds (5)	Jay County (10)

2007	Anderson Highland (5)	Marching Highlanders	91.40	Doug Fletcher (6)	Muncie Southside (3)

2008	Muncie Southside (6)	Spirit of South	89.45	Joe Poio (1)	Richmond (4)

2009	Anderson Highland (6)	Marching Highlanders	87.55	Doug Fletcher (7)	Muncie Southside (4)

2010	Anderson (6)	Marching Highlanders	90.05	Doug Fletcher (8)	Muncie Southside (5)

2011	Winchester Community (2)	The Force of Winchester	88.30	Doug Fletcher (9)	Richmond (5)

2012	Winchester Community (3)	The Force of Winchester	91.60	Doug Fletcher (10)	Muncie Southside (6)

2013	Winchester Community (4)	The Force of Winchester	92.70	Doug Fletcher (11)	Muncie Southside (7)

2014	Muncie Central (2)	Spirit of Muncie	92.35	Jeremiah Bowman (1)	Winchester Community (4)

2015	Winchester Community (5)	The Force of Winchester	92.925	Doug Fletcher (12)	Northeastern (1)

2016	Winchester Community (6)	The Force of Winchester	92.625	Doug Fletcher (13)	Kokomo (1)

2017	Noblesville (2)	Marching Millers	92.600	Eric Thornbury (1)	Winchester Community (5)

2018	Noblesville (3)	Marching Millers	93.35	Eric Thornbury (2)	Anderson (3)

Sentence(s)

The Spirit of Muncie scored a 92.35 to bring the Indiana State Fair Band Day back to Muncie for the first time since 2008 and the first time for Muncie Central since 1953.

final_sentence: The Spirit of Muncie scored a 92.35 to bring the Indiana State Fair Band Day back to Muncie for the first time since 2008 and the first time for Muncie Central since 1953.