Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association (PIMBA) is a nonprofit organization that provides competitive adjudications for high school marching bands in southwestern Pennsylvania. Founded in 1996 (replacing the now-defunct PFCJ marching band circuit), PIMBA coordinates with local high schools to host band competitions throughout the fall, culminating in the PIMBA Championships.

Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association
Founded1996
Location
  • United States
Websitewww.pimba.org

Background

PIMBA events provide both healthy competition and constructive feedback for performing bands. Directors pay membership dues in order for their ensemble to be classified as a member of the circuit. Classifications are broken down by the number of performing students in an ensemble. The current classifications are as follows:[1]

  • Class A: 1–54 members
  • Class AA: 55– 74 members
  • Class AAA: 75–99 members
  • Class AAAA: 100+ members

Directors may also choose to have their ensemble perform in judged exhibition or Festival Class. These bands will not be placed but will still receive judges' commentary and an individual score. From 1997 to 2012, PIMBA also featured a National Class– qualifications for this class included placing in the top five at BOA Regional competitions for two consecutive years or by special request of the director. The final competition to take place for each season is the PIMBA Championships. At the championships, bands receive final scoring in their respective classes with the top scoring band from each class being crowned a PIMBA Class Champion. The championships has historically been held at the following locations:

Scoring is based upon the same system used by Bands of America, featuring a Musical Performance category (worth 20 points), a Visual Performance category (worth 20 points), and a General Effect category (worth 60 points). Unlike BOA, the raw total from these three categories is divided by two and raised by 50 to establish an ensemble's final score.[3][4][5] [6]

PIMBA Championship Results: 1996-2022

Throughout PIMBA's history, there have been 26 Championship competitions. Several historical caveats should be noted:

  • 1996: AAAA was referred to as Open Class
  • 1997-2012: National Class was introduced and lasted for 15 seasons
  • 1999: No Class AAA, AAAA, or National Class Champions (Field Washout)
  • 2019: No Class AAA or AAAA Champions (Weather Cancellation)
  • 2020: No PIMBA Festivals or Championships (COVID-19)

Below is a historical catalogue of each class champion band, including their respective scores and show titles if known. Next to the name of the champion in parentheses is the # of times that band has been crowned a class champion. Additional Note: the current scoring system for PIMBA was introduced in the 2004 season with revisions also being made for the 2013 and 2018 seasons, respectively.

Champion by Year and Classification[7]
Class AClass AAClass AAAClass AAAANational Class
1996North Catholic(1) Mars Area(1)

The Beatles

87.10

East Allegheny(1) Kiski Area(1)

The Music of Gershwin

1997Serra Catholic(1) Beaver Area(1)

Damn Yankees

Gateway(1)

Slavonic Dances

West Allegheny(1) Norwin(1)

Hollywood Classics

1998[8]No Participants in ClassMars Area(2)

The Music of Buddy Rich

87.70

Gateway(2)

Emotions of the Soul

92.45

McKeesport(1)

Earth, Wind, and Fire

89.40

Norwin(2)

Kozhevnikov's "Symphony #3"

96.60

1999South Park(1) Mars Area(3)

Swingin' into the Next Millennium

Cancelled: No Champion
2000South Park(2) Mars Area(4)

Lucy's Back with an Attitude

86.00

West Allegheny(2)

Jesus Christ Superstar

Gateway(3)

The Odyssey

Norwin(3)

Reflections of Earth

2001[9]Beaver Area(2)

Les Misérables

81.75

Southmoreland(1)

The Jackson Five

87.90

Deer Lakes(1)

Fiddler on the Roof

89.80

Trinity(1)

92.85

Norwin(4)

Knights of Honour

94.95

2002[10]Beaver Area(3)

82.70

Elizabeth Forward(1)

Pianoforte

81.60

Mars Area(5)

City of Angels

91.15

Trinity(2)

88.65

Kiski Area(2)

Route 66: Enjoy the Ride

96.15

2003[11]Cochranton(1)

82.35

East Allegheny(2)

The Music of Gershwin

81.20

Mars Area(6)

Going Slightly Insane

91.00

Trinity(3)

The Music of Chase

88.35

Kiski Area(3)

Head, Hands, and Feet

95.80

2004[12]Quaker Valley(1)

Cirque du Soleil

84.83

Blackhawk(1)

90.03

Gateway(4)

Locomotion

92.50

Trinity(4)

Once Upon A Time

90.03

Norwin(5)

Fiesta!

96.48

2005[13]Beaver Area(4)

83.30

Fox Chapel(1)

89.13

Gateway(5)

Reflections

91.68

Trinity(5)

Wicked

89.95

Norwin(6)

Grooves in Motion

94.35

2006[14]Deer Lakes(2)

Cirque du Soleil

83.53

Fox Chapel(2)

Paint Me a Picture

86.65

West Allegheny(3)

Black, White, and Red All Over

88.23

Trinity(6)

89.43

Kiski Area(4)

Viva Las Vegas

94.63

2007[15]Beaver Area(5)

82.88

Blackhawk(2)

Sesame Street

89.10

Gateway(6)

From the New World

90.98

Trinity(7)

90.58

Kiski Area(5)

The Rhythm of Life

94.45

2008[16]Fox Chapel(3)

Out of the Box

85.65

Mars Area(7)

Songs of the Beatles

87.80

Trinity(8)

Cloudburst

90.30

Gateway(7)

Canon

92.20

Kiski Area(6)

Click

95.45

2009[17]Cochranton(2)

Clockworks

86.40

Mars Area(8)

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

86.45

Trinity(9)

Frequency

85.33

Gateway(8)

Winter Sketches

88.83

Kiski Area(7)

Pursuit

94.55

2010[18]Fox Chapel(4)

Rebound

84.83

Blackhawk(3)

This is Halloween

86.48

Mars Area(9)

The Music of Kansas

86.15

Moon Area(1)

Renaissance

88.80

Kiski Area(8)

Imaginarium

93.35

2011[19]Deer Lakes(3)

Rivers

79.53

Blackhawk(4)

The Wicked Wiz of Oz

86.35

Trinity(10)

Kaleidoscope

85.63

Moon Area(2)

To the Top

89.58

Norwin(7)

Salvation

93.30

2012[20]East Allegheny(3)

Only the Good Die Young

77.78

McGuffey(1)

New Orleans Sketches

80.18

West Allegheny(4)

Brazil

83.43

Gateway(9)

Beyond the Forest's Edge

87.68

Norwin(8)

The Road to You

93.20

2013[21]Blackhawk(5)

Les Misérables

83.73

Mars Area(10)

A Night in the City

86.73

Gateway(10)

It Just Ain't Right

90.00

Norwin(9)

The Rise of the Knight

93.60

2014[22]Blackhawk(6)

Mirage

80.85

Mars Area(11)

Phantom of the Opera

86.00

Gateway(11)

Flashback

88.78

Norwin(10)

When Worlds Collide

92.80

2015[23]Blackhawk(7)

Through the Window

78.23

Deer Lakes(4)

The Hero in Us All

80.73

Gateway(12)

Egyptian Impressions

86.88

Kiski Area(9)

Origins

90.98

2016[24]Leechburg(1)

The Drake Equation

77.75

Deer Lakes(5)

MI-6: The 007 Archives

80.48

Gateway(13)

Puppet Master

84.75

Norwin(11)

Con4mity

89.78

2017Leechburg(2)

Connected

80.13

Southmoreland(2)

I am...

83.83

Mars Area(12)

Beethoven: Artistry in Motion

85.40

Norwin(12)

RunAway

92.35

2018Blackhawk(8)

A Darkness Beckons

76.325

Deer Lakes(6)

Stories from the West Side

80.710

Gateway(14)

Enigma

86.710

Kiski Area(10)

Out of the Blue

92.790

2019Leechburg(3)

77.15

Fox Chapel Area(5)

Conquest

81.075

Cancelled: No Champion
2021Southmoreland(3)

Through the Dark

81.400

Mars Area(13)

Missing U

87.15

Moon Area(3)

On the Edge

89.25

Kiski Area(11)

Beneath the Shifting Sands

93.05

2022 Southmoreland(4)

Pieces of One

85.675

Mars Area(14)

A World up in Flames

89.675

Moon Area(4)

Look at the Stars

91.575

Kiski Area(12)

Corners of My Mind

94.90

2023 TBD TBD TBD TBD

The five winningest class champion bands include Mars Area High School (14 times; AA/AAA), Gateway High School (14 times; AAA/AAAA), Kiski Area High School (12 times; AAAA/National), Norwin Senior High School (12 times; AAAA/National), and Trinity High School (10 times; AAA/AAAA). Kiski Area and Norwin are tied as the most winningest overall champions with 12 titles each.

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