BANDS OF AMERICA GRAND NATIONALS - HISTORICAL RESULTS - THE 1970s

 

1976 (known as Marching Bands of America) 1977 (known as Marching Bands of America)
1976 Participating Bands 1977 Participating Bands
Place Score High School Place Score High School
1   Live Oak (Morgan Hill, CA) 1 85.75 Murray (Murray, KY)
2     2    
3     3   Conant (Hoffman Estates, IL)
4   Conant (Hoffman Estates, IL) 4    
5     5   Oskaloosa (Oskaloosa, IA)
6   Oskaloosa (Oskaloosa, IA) 6    
7     7    
8     8    
9     9    
10     10    
11     11    
12     12    
Finalist   Bridgeport (Bridgeport, MI) Finalist   Bridgeport (Bridgeport, MI)
Finalist   Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake, IL) Finalist   Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake, IL)
Finalist   Dundee (Dundee, IL) Finalist   Dundee (Dundee, IL)
Finalist   Rock Falls (Rock Falls, IL) Finalist   Herscher (Herscher, IL)
      Finalist   Live Oak (Morgan Hill, CA)
      Finalist   Monticello (Monticello, IL)

 

1978 - Whitewater, WI (known as Marching Bands of America) 1979 - Whitewater, WI
1978 Participating Bands  

Open Division

  
Place Score High School Place Score High School
1*  91.90 Live Oak (Morgan Hill, CA) 1 89.75 Sylva-Webster (Sylva, NC)
2  89.60 Haworth (Kokomo, IN) 2 87.15 Flushing (Flushing, MI)
3 86.00 Conant (Hoffman Estates, IL) 3 86.70 Independence (CA)
4 85.70 Bridgeport (Bridgeport, MI) 4 85.80 Falls Church (Falls Church, VA)
5 84.85 George Rogers Clark (Winchester, KY) 5 84.05 Hanover (Hanover, PA)
6 80.25 Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake, IL) 6 80.90 Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake, IL)

"A" Division 

7 78.95 Chesterton (Chesterton, IN)
1 82.90 Monticello (Monticello, IL) 8 77.80 J. M. Tate (Gonzalez, FL)
2 69.95 Herscher (Herscher, IL) 9 77.55 Monticello (Monticello, IL)
3 64.50 Oskaloosa (Oskaloosa, IA) 10 75.55 Kosciusko (Kosciusko, MS)
4 63.90 Webster City (Webster City, IA) 11 72.20 Hilliard (Hilliard, OH)
5 61.90 McGuffey (Claysville, PA) 12 69.25 Oregon (Oregon, WI)
6 60.35 Oregon (Oregon, WI)

* Grand National Champion