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The Virginia Marching Band Cooperative (VMBC) is a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting the art of marching band throughout Virginia.[1] They organize regional competitions in colaboration with local high schools, to bring high quality, marching band experience to all parts of the state. They also host annual state championships that any band within Virginia can participate in.
Classification and Adjudication
[edit]Classes
[edit]Bands are classified based on the number of students marching on the field. Alternates are not counted. Class sizes may ocassionally be adjusted based on the number of bands participating in that class.[2]
| Groups | Enrolled Students |
|---|---|
| Group 1 | 20 - 35 |
| Group 2 | 36 - 50 |
| Group 3 | 51 - 70 |
| Group 4 | 71 - 90 |
| Group 5 | 91 - 114 |
| Group 6 | 115 and above |
Adjudication
[edit]A band's total score comes from 3 different captions: Music, General Effect, and Visual. The Percussion and Color Guard captions are not included in the final score. Within each caption, there are two subcaptions that are totalled together to produce the score of that caption.[3]
| Caption | Subcaption | Score contribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Ensemble Music | 15.0 | 30.0 |
| Individual Music | 15.0 | ||
| Visual | Ensemble Visual | 15.0 | 30.0 |
| Individual Visual | 15.0 | ||
| General
Effect |
GE Music | 20.0 | 40.0 |
| GE Visual | 20.0 |
Each subcaption is scored by one judge. The only exception to this is at the state finals, where two judges score both GE subcaptions.
To produce the final score that is announced during the award ceremony, all scores are divided by 2, and 50 is added. For instance, a score of 85.025 would become 92.513. [3]
Championships
[edit]The VMBC annually hosts their state championships that atract bands from alll over Virginia. This tradition began in 2018, and has been hosted at Liberty University ever since. Unlike all their other local competitions, their states championship has both a prelims round, and a finals round where all class levels have the opportunity of competing against each other. State championships are a full day event, begining in the early morning and ending close to midnight.
The Commonwealth Cup
[edit]The Commonwealth cup is the trophy awarded to the states finals winner. As of 2024, only three bands have won this award.
| Year | Commonwealth Cup Winner |
|---|---|
| 2018 | James Madison High School, Vienna |
| 2019 | James Madison High School, Vienna |
| 2021 | James Madison High School, Vienna |
| 2022 | Bassett High School, Bassett |
| 2023 | Independence High School, Ashburn |
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". VMBC. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Championships". VMBC. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ a b "Scores and Recaps". VMBC. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
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