We need everybody's help. It takes all of us with one goal - to help our kids be in the best band program the staff, school and we as parents can provide and support, and with less funding, with less funding, higher band fees. With higher band fees - less students in band, less student in band... well you know the rest... we have more than 200 kids in the band, if one family member (parents, grandparents, older siblings, etc.) or family friend of each band kid volunteers for at least one shift, we will have a very successful concession season. If you can only volunteer a portion of a shift, do sign up for the shift and just let us know what time you can be there.

We encourage you to please register and use TRS, this is the best way to track if we have coverage for each event. Please visit the website to register. Thanks!

WGI World Championships! The Avon World Winterguard and World Drumline went to Dayton, Ohio to compete in the Winterguard International World Championships. The World Guard ended their season by earning the bronze medal in the 'World' class, and the World Drumline placed fifth in their class. Congrats to the Avon World Guard and Drumline for a fantastic winter season!

'World' Guard Results 1) 97.25 - James Logan HS, CA 2) 95.55 - Carmel HS, IN 3) 94.65 - AVON 4) 92.10 - Flanagan HS, FL 5) 91.70 - Marian Catholic HS, IL 6) 91.50 - Arcadia HS, CA 7) 88.45 - Trumbull HS, CT 8) 87.05 - Warren Central HS, IN 9) 86.85 - Miamisburg HS, OH 10) 86.70 - Choctawhatchee HS, FL 11) 85.85 - Center Grove HS, IN 12) 84.70 - Seminole HS, FL 13) 81.85 - Lawrence Central HS, IN 14) 81.15 - Chino HS, CA 15) 81.10 - Centerville HS, OH

'World' Drumline Results 1) 97.175 - Ayala HS, CA 2) 96.750 - Chino Hills HS, CA 3) 95.500 - Dartmouth HS, MA 4) 94.625 - Mission Viejo HS, CA 5) 94.275 - AVON 'World' 6) 93.363 - Chino HS, CA 7) 92.000 - Arcadia HS, CA 8) 91.650 - Northglenn HS, CO 9) 89.538 - Los Alamitos HS, CA 10) 89.163 - Centerville HS, OH 11) 88.325 - Forsyth Central HS, GA 12) 87.588 - King Phillip Regional HS, MA 13) 86.825 - Walled Lake HS, MI 14) 86.588 - Fishers HS, IN 15) 86.125 - Center Grove HS, IN

'A' and 'World' Drumlines are State Champions! The Avon 'A' and World Drumline competed at Ben Davis HS on Saturday, March 20 in the IPA State Finals where both drumlines were named State Champions in their class! The World Winterguard competed in IHSCGA State Finals competition at Center Grove HS and was awarded 2nd place! Congratulations to all performing groups for an outstanding showing at State Finals!
'A' Drumline Results 1) 87.900 - AVON 'A' 2) 87.350 - New Albany HS 3) 85.625 - Mt.Vernon HS 4) 85.200 - Carroll HS 5) 83.188 - Greenwood HS 6) 81.888 - Vincennes-Lincoln HS 7) 79.625 - East Noble HS 8) 79.500 - Maconaquah HS 9) 77.363 - Richmond HS 10) 76.850 - Martinsville HS 11) 75.200 - Noblesville HS 12) 73.500 - Bishop Dwenger HS	'World' Drumline Results 1) 90.775 - AVON 'World' 2) 89.025 - Center Grove HS 3) 87.100 - Fishers HS 4) 82.650 - Franklin Central HS
World Guard Results 1) 92.50 - Carmel HS 2) 91.45 - AVON HS 3) 84.05 - Warren Central HS 4) 84.00 - Lawrence Central HS 5) 83.00 - Center Grove HS 6) 76.10 - Northview HS

Winter Season Week #3! The Avon 'A' and World Drumline competed at Greenfield Central HS on Saturday, February 27 where the 'A' Drumline was awarded 2nd place in their class, and the 'World' Drumline received 1st. The World Winterguard traveled to Dayton, Ohio to compete in the WGI Dayton Power Regional and received 1st place!
'A' Drumline Results 1) 85.25 - Carroll 2) 84.95 - Avon 'A' 3) 84.83 - Greenwood HS 4) 83.78 - East Noble HS 5) 82.35 - Corydon Central HS 6) 81.95 - Martinsville HS	'World' Drumline Results 1) 84.40 - Avon 'World' 2) 82.65 - Victor J. Andrew (IL) HS 3) 81.45 - Franklin Central HS
World Guard Results 1) 86.30 - Avon HS 2) 85.40 - Carmel HS 3) 82.30 - Warren Central HS 4) 79.30 - Miamisburg HS 5) 78.90 - Center Grove HS 6) 77.30 - Centerville HS 7) 76.90 - Marian Catholic HS 8) 72.70 - Northview HS 9) 71.20 - Northmont HS

Winter Season Week #2! The Avon 'World' Drumline traveled to East Central High School to compete in competition and received first place in their class with a score of 86.60. The World Guard competed at Greenfield-Central High School and also received first place in the World class with a score of 83.70. Congrats to both performing groups on a great weekend!
'World' Drumline Results 1) 86.60 - Avon 'World' 2) 84.45 - Center Grove HS 3) 84.15 - Fishers HS	World Guard Results 1) 83.70 - Avon HS 2) 78.20 - Lawrence Central HS 3) 75.40 - Warren Central HS 4) 74.00 - Center Grove HS

The Winter Season Starts! The Avon 'A' and World Drumline and World Guard started their competition season on February 13. Both the 'A' and World Drumlines performed at Decatur Central. The 'A' Drumline received fourth place with a score of 74.20 and the World Drumline placed first in their class with a score of 83.00. The World Guard went to the Danville Invitational and also placed first in the World class with a score of 80.90. Congratulations to all performing units on a great start to the winter season!
'A' Drumline Results 1) 76.00 - New Albany HS 2) 75.45 - Mt.Vernon HS 3) 72.98 - Carroll HS 4) 74.20 - Avon 'A' 5) 72.55 - Vincennes Lincoln HS 6) 68.40 - Greenwood HS 7) 68.05 - Corydon Central HS 8) 67.90 - Martinsville HS 9) 67.23 - Kenosha Beats Indoor 10) 66.25 - Bishop Dwenger HS 11) 65.95 - Tell City HS 12) 65.00 - Winchester HS	'World' Drumline Results 1) 83.00 - Avon 'World' 2) 80.95 - Fishers HS 3) 80.10 - Center Grove HS 4) 76.70 - Victor J. Andrew HS 5) 75.00 - Franklin Central HS
World Guard Results 1) 80.90 - Avon HS 2) 75.20 - Center Grove HS 3) 72.10 - Lawrence Central HS 4) 71.70 - Northview HS

Avon Repeats as National Champion! Congratulations to the Avon Marching Black and Gold for being named the 2009 Bands of America Grand National Champion! The Avon Band was able to accomplish a feat that had not been done since 1991--winning a back-to-back National Championship! Avon was awarded 1st Place in Class AAAA in Semi-Finals and won awards for Oustanding Visual Performance and Outstanding General Effect. In finals the Avon band tied the visual caption with Marian Catholic HS (IL), tied the general effect award with LD Bell HS (TX), and was named National Champion! Congratulations to ALL finalist bands for putting on one of the most talented evenings in Bands of America history!

BOA Grand National Finals Results 1. AVON HS 96.60 2. LD Bell HS, TX 95.25 (GE) 3. Marian Catholic HS, IL 95.25 4. Marcus HS, TX 94.50 5. Carmel HS, IN 94.45 6. Broken Arrow HS, OK 92.75 7. The Woodlands HS, TX 92.50 8. Lawrence Central HS, IN 92.15 9. Center Grove HS, IN 90.40 10. Wando HS, SC 89.65 11. James Bowie HS, TX 89.15 12. Centerville HS, OH 88.80 Best Music: Marcus HS, TX Best Visual: AVON HS/Marian Catholic HS, IL Best General Effect: AVON HS/LD Bell HS, TX

BOA Semi-Finals Results Class A Best Music: Bourbon County HS, KY Best Visual: Bourbon County HS, KY Best General Effect: Bourbon County HS, KY 1. Bourbon County HS, KY 2. Williamstown HS, KY 3. Springs Valley HS, IN Class AA Best Music: Marian Catholic HS, IL Best Visual: Marian Catholic HS, IL Best General Effect: Marian Catholic HS, IL 1. Marian Catholic HS, IL 2. North Hardin HS, KY 3. Bellbrook HS, OH Class AAA Best Music: Center Grove HS, IN Best Visual: Center Grove HS, IN Best General Effect: Center Grove HS, IN 1. Center Grove HS, IN 2. Lafayette HS, KY 3. West Johnston HS, SC Class AAAA Best Music: Marcus HS, TX Best Visual: AVON HS Best General Effect: AVON HS 1. AVON HS 2. LD Bell HS, TX 3. Marcus HS, TX

Avon Wins BOA Indy Championship!! In the preliminary round of the BOA Indy Regional, the Avon band won awards for Outstanding Music Performance and Outstanding Visual Performance in Class AAAA and were named Class AAAA Champions, advancing the group to the finals competition in the evening. In the evening's finals competition, the Marching Black and Gold won awards for Outstanding Music, Outstanding Visual (tied with Lawrence Central), and Outstanding General Effect and was named the 2009 BOA Indianapolis Regional Champion! Congrats to all bands on an outstanding finals field!

BOA Indianapolis Prelims Results Class A Best Music: Union City HS, TN Best Visual: Union City HS, TN Best General Effect: Union City HS, TN 1. Union City HS, TN 2. Orleans HS Class AA Best Music: Marian Catholic HS, IL Best Visual: Marian Catholic HS, IL Best General Effect: Marian Catholic HS, IL 1. Marian Catholic HS, IL 2. Brentwood HS, TN 3. Father Ryan HS, TN Class AAA Best Music: Center Grove HS, IN Best Visual: Center Grove HS, IN Best General Effect: Center Grove HS, IN 1. Center Grove HS, IN 2. Lincoln-Way East HS, IL 3. Castle HS, IN Class AAAA Best Music: AVON HS Best Visual: AVON HS Best General Effect: Carmel HS, IN 1. AVON HS 2. Carmel HS, IN 3. Lawrence Central HS, IN

BOA Indianapolis Finals Results 1. AVON HS 93.25 2. Carmel HS, IN 92.55 3. Lawrence Central HS, IN 90.90 4. Marian Catholic HS, IL 90.05 5. Centerville HS, OH 89.45 6. Center Grove HS, IN 86.90 7. Penn HS, IN 86.35 8. Lake Central HS, IN 83.45 9. Lake Park HS, IL 83.20 10. Ben Davis HS, IN 81.85 Best Music: AVON HS Best Visual: AVON HS and Lawrence Central HS, IN Best General Effect: AVON HS

Avon Wins State Championship!!

The Avon Marching Black and Gold added another 1st place State Championship trophy to its collection by becoming the 2009 ISSMA Class 'A' State Champions! The band performed its 2009 production "Comm-UNIFORM-ity" featuring Samuel Barber's Symphony No.1 and No.2. This State Championship makes Avon's 8th since 2001, winning two State Championships in Class 'B' (2001, 2002) and six in Class 'A' (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009).

1. AVON HS 2. Lawrence Central HS 3. Center Grove HS 4. Homestead HS 5. Ben Davis HS 6. Penn HS 7. Columbus North HS 8. Snider HS 9. Goshen HS 10. Lake Central HS