Tulsa Area High Schools Advance In National Band Competition

Three Tulsa area bands have advanced to the semi-finals of the Bands of America Grand National Championship competition in Indianapolis.

Friday, November 11th 2011, 10:51 pm

By: Craig Day

Tulsa Area High Schools Advance In National Band Competition

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- Three Tulsa area bands have advanced to the semi-finals of the Bands of America Grand National Championship competition in Indianapolis.

Out of more than 90 bands competing from across the country, the Broken Arrow, Owasso and Union High School Marching Bands are among 33 bands that advanced to the next round of the competition.

Semi-final competition begins Saturday morning. The top 12 bands will advance to the finals Saturday evening. Broken Arrow, Union and Owasso are the only bands from Oklahoma competing at nationals.

At a recent Bands of America super-regional competition in St. Louis, BA scored first, Union was second and Owasso took third place.

Craig Day will be in Indianapolis this weekend and will provide update on Newson6.com and his Facebook fan page.

Craig Day

Craig Day anchors the 5, 6 & 10 o’clock newscasts at News On 6. He’s an Emmy and national Edward R. Murrow award winner, whose work has also been recognized with awards by several other journalism groups, including the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalism, Oklahoma Associated Press, and broadcasting associations in Louisiana and Texas, including reporter and story of the year when he worked in Shreveport, Louisiana.