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  • The most BOA Grand National Championships won by any school is seven by Marian Catholic High School of Chicago Heights, Illinois. The band program also holds a record 16 BOA Grand Nationals Class Championships and an unprecedented five BOA Summer National Championships.
  • The highest score ever posted in a Bands of America Event was 97.75 by Avon High School (Avon, Indiana) at the 2008 Grand National Championship Finals.
  • The highest score at a BOA Regional Championship was by Marcus High School (Flower Mound, Texas) with a 96.20 at the 2007 Bands of America San Antonio, Texas Super Regional Championships.
  • The longest consecutive and uninterrupted national championship streak is three years, held by Marian Catholic High School (1987,1988,1989) and Avon High School (2008,2009,2010). Rocky Mount High School of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, won in three consecutive appearances (1983,1984,1986).
  • The longest streak of consecutive BOA Grand National Finals appearances is held by Marian Catholic High School (1984- ).
  • The largest scoring gap between 1st and 2nd place at BOA Grand Nationals was 5.60 set in 1988 by Marian Catholic High School over Lake Park High School. The following year the two high schools set another record for smallest scoring gap at .3 (Marian over Lake Park).
  • The smallest margin of points between 1st and 2nd place at Grand National Finals was 0.05 points, which occurred in 1990, 2001, and 2003.
  • The 2001 Grand Nationals presented the closest scoring gap between several groups, with 1st (Lawrence Central High School) and 5th (Marian Catholic High School) places separated by less than 0.95 points.
  • The only two Grand Nationals "A-Class" Champions to place in the top five at Grand National Championship Finals are Danville High School of Danville, Kentucky in 1982 and Western High School of Russiaville, Indiana 1984.
  • The longest streak of winning consecutive BOA Regional Championships belongs to Centerville High School (Centerville, Ohio). The "Centerville Jazz Band" holds 8 wins from 2002-2006. They were Regional Champions at the Toledo,OH, Massilon, Ohio (twice), Pontiac, Michigan (3 times), Youngstown OH and Atlanta, Georgia Regionals.
  • 5 Class A (A-Class) bands to ever make the Grand National Championship Finals are Danville High School (Danville. Kentucky) in 1982, Western High School (Russiaville, Indiana) in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, Adair County High School (Columbia. Kentucky) in 1990, Jackson Academy (Jackson, Mississippi) in 1993, and Bellbrook High School (Bellbrook, Ohio) in 2000.
  • The only band ever to win at least one regional in the past five decades (70's-present) is Norwin High School (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) with 24 regional wins.

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