Band Day

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} [[File:Band Day at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009.jpg|thumb|The University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band at the 2009 Band Day at the University of Massachusetts Amherst]] '''Band Day''' refers to an annual marching band festival or competition, usually intended for high school bands.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111006040436/http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/uabands/bandday/ University of Arizona Band Day]</ref>

==Background== High school marching bands are invited onto a university campus to rehearse with and play alongside the university marching band for a halftime show or exhibition performance.<ref>[http://www.umass.edu/band/bandday/ University of Massachusetts Amherst Band Day]</ref> Band day may also be a competition, where high schools compete against each other, while the university bands play exhibition performances. Occasionally, the band day competition is hosted at a state fair, such as the Indiana State Fair Band Day held at the Indiana State Fair every August.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cavaliermarchingband.com/band-day |title=University of Virginia Band Day announcement |access-date=2014-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904210231/http://www.cavaliermarchingband.com/band-day |archive-date=2014-09-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==External links== {{Commons category|Band Day}} *{{cite web| url = http://www.indianatrackmarchingbands.com | title = Indiana State Fair Band Day}} *{{cite web| url = http://www.okstatefair.com/content/band-day-contest | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140830020251/http://www.okstatefair.com/content/band-day-contest | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2014-08-30 | title = Oklahoma State Fair Band Day}}

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Category:College marching bands Category:High school marching bands from the United States Category:Marching band competitions