February 24th, 2013 2:39am
Corndog, I'm not sure if I agree with you on that...
VA doesn't have a VBODA or VMEA sponsored State Championship, but there is a State Championship sponsored by USBands. And considering the best bands in state come (with the exception of Chantilly) it's basically official.
Anyways, I currently march at Bassett High School, from Bassett, VA. I've served two years on the sousaphone. We've won all six of the VA state Championships, and only losing one caption (in percussion). We've been 2nd place (in class) at a National Championship five times (twice at BOA GN, three times at USBands Nationals). In 2007, we won the music caption at USBands nationals, and in 2009 we won the Music and Guard captions at USBands Nationals.