The Heart of Georgia Invitational
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th 2025
Philosophy
The Heart of Georgia Marching Band Invitational embraces the ideals of the highest standards of performance and creativity in music and visual design in the marching band activity. It is an opportunity for band members to perform for an appreciative crowd and to be appropriately rewarded for their excellence, hard work and dedication to this activity. It is also an opportunity for these same students to see, hear and appreciate the work of other band students whose performances may expose these young musicians to a wide variety of music and visual concepts.
Order of Performance
In order to provide a quality competition the performance field shall be limited to 25 performances. These groups will be admitted on a first-come first-served basis. Bands will be scheduled within the appropriate classifications based on the number of WIND players in the group. Bands are allowed to enter above their classification, but not below. Bands will be scheduled in order of postmarked dates on the applications that arrive with the performance bonds and entrance fees. The earlier postmarks will perform later in the class. ALL applications MUST be accompanied by the appropriate fees and include the signature of the school principal. Performance order within class will be in reverse order of application receipt.
Bands will be allowed a total of 15 minutes of field time (including entrance, performance and exit). Penalties of 0.1 points for every 15 seconds will be assessed to contest bands exceeding their allotted time. An additional penalty of 0.5 points for every minute will be assessed for delay of performance. Disturbances in warm-up will have a penalty of 5 points.
Units Judged:
Band
Drum Major(s)
Color Guard
Percussion
Majorettes
Dance Line / Drill Team * Majorette teams consisting of less than 3 will not be eligible for contest rankings.*
Adjudication
The Heart of Georgia Marching Band Invitational will strive to provide the best possible evaluation of each performing ensemble by utilizing CAPTION JUDGING for bands participating in the contest. There will be 2 adjudicators each for Visual Performance and Musical Performance, and 1 adjudicator each for Music Effect and Visual Effect.
The other areas of judging will have 1 adjudicator each for Drum Major(s), Color Guard, Percussion and Majorettes/Dance Line.
Awards and Ratings
All bands and their respective units will receive a division rating based upon the following scale:
I – Superior: 85-100
II – Excellent: 70-84.9
III – Good: 55-69.9
IV – Fair: 54.9 & Below
Superior and Excellent rated performances will receive trophies.
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