Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association
| Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association | |
| Division: | P.F.C.J. (Pennsylvania Federation of Contest Judges) |
|---|---|
| Activity: | Marching Band Festival Adjudication |
| Founded: | 1996 |
| Country: | United States (Western Pennsylvania) |
| P.I.M.B.A. Officers | Tom Snyder (West Allegheny SD), President Shawn Pityk (Kiski Area HS), Vice President Daryl Lesnik (Fox Chapel Area HS), Secretary Bob Barthen (Blackhawk HS- Retired), Treasurer Dr. Charles Prijatelj (Tuscarora SD), Immediate Past President |
| Class Representatives | John Panella (Rochester Area HS), Class A Chris Snyder (Deer Lakes HS), Class AA David Haines (McGuffey HS), Class AAA Nick Barthen (Moon Area HS), Class AAAA |
| Staff | Chris Hestin, Judge Education Coordinator Bob Thomas, Judge Education Coordinator Dr. Chris Protho, Webmaster and Digital Audio Recorder Amy Protho, Field Operations Coordinator |
| 2015 P.I.M.B.A. Champions: | A: Blackhawk High School AA: Deer Lakes High School AAA: Gateway High School AAAA: Kiski Area High School |
| Official Website: | http://www.pimba.org |
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association (P.I.M.B.A.) is a nonprofit organization that provides high school marching bands of western Pennsylvania with a chance to be adjudicated in either festival class or to compete in one of four classifications. Founded in 1996 from the P.F.C.J. marching band circuit, the organization now includes about 20 member bands and has become a well known program in the area, drawing hundreds of people to the festivals and ever-coveted P.I.M.B.A. Championships. Local bands are hosts to these numerous adjudications throughout the season, which run from the first weekend in September to the first weekend in November. These events not only provide healthy competition for those involved, but also include feedback for performing bands in order to help them improve and succeed later on in the season. The final competition to take place is P.I.M.B.A. Championships, which is often held at a neutral location with expansive seating. In the past 19 years, it has been most commonly held at Elizabeth Forward High School (2003, 2005, and 2007), Gateway High School (2008, 2009, 2013, and 2015), North Allegheny Senior High School (1996), Norwin High School (2000, 2002, 2006, and 2011), Penn-Trafford High School (1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014), and South Park High School (1998). At these Championships, bands are judged in their respective classes, including A (Includes: Blackhawk, Elizabeth Forward, Leechburg, Springdale, and Trinity), AA (Includes: Deer Lakes and Southmoreland), AAA (Includes: Fox Chapel, Gateway, Mars Area, and Penn-Trafford), and AAAA (Includes: Kiski Area, Moon Area, and Norwin). Other bands are given the opportunity to perform as Guest or Festival Class Bands (Includes: Apollo-Ridge, Belle Vernon Area, Hampton, Indiana Area, Jeannette, Marion Center, McDowell, North Penn, and Rochester Area) for the season. The scores for the competitive classes are based upon a system that is broken up into the Outstanding Musical Performance Category (worth 20 points), the Outstanding Visual Performance Category (worth 20 points), and the Outstanding General Effect Category (worth 60 points). This raw total, which is the same as a Bands of America score, is then divided by two and combined with an addition 50 points to get the final score.
2016 Class Members and Show Titles
| Class | Band Director | Band Size | Show Title |
| Class A | |||
| TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Class AA | |||
| TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Class AAA | |||
| TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Class AAAA | |||
| TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Guest Bands | |||
| TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
P.I.M.B.A. Championship Results: 1996-2016[1]
| Class A | Class AA | Class AAA | Class AAAA | National Class (1997-2012) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | North Catholic | Mars Area: "The Beatles" (87.10) | East Allegheny | Kiski Area: "The Music of Gershwin" (Open Class) | |
| 1997 | Serra Catholic | Beaver Area: "Damn Yankees" | Gateway: "Slavonic Dances" | West Allegheny | Norwin: "Hollywood Classics" |
| 1998[2] | No participants in class | Mars Area: "The Music of Buddy Rich" (87.70) | Gateway: "Emotions of the Soul" (92.45) | McKeesport: "Earth, Wind, and Fire" (89.40) | Norwin: Boris Kozhevnikov's "Symphony #3" (96.60) |
| 1999 | South Park | Mars Area: "Swinging into the Next Millennium" | Cancelled: No Champion | Cancelled: No Champion | Cancelled: No Champion |
| 2000 | South Park | Mars Area: "Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Lucy's Back with an Attitude" (86.00) | West Allegheny: "Jesus Christ Superstar" | Gateway: "The Odyssey" | Norwin: "Reflections of Earth" |
| 2001[3] | Beaver Area: "Les Misérables" (81.75) | Southmoreland: "The Jackson Five!" (87.90) | Deer Lakes: "Fiddler on the Roof" (89.80) | Trinity (92.85) | Norwin: "Knights of Honour" (94.95) |
| 2002[4] | Beaver Area (82.70) | Elizabeth Forward: "Pianoforte" (81.60) | Mars Area: Selections from "City of Angels" (91.15) | Trinity (88.65) | Kiski Area: "Route 66: Enjoy the Ride!" (96.15) |
| 2003[5] | Cochranton (82.35) | East Allegheny: "The Music of Gershwin" (81.20) | Mars Area: "Going Slightly Insane!" (91.00) | Trinity: "The Music of Chase" (88.35) | Kiski Area: "Head, Hands, and Feet" (95.80) |
| 2004[6] | Quaker Valley: "Cirque du Soleil" (84.83) | Blackhawk (90.03) | Gateway: "Locomotion" (92.50) | Trinity: "Cirque du Soleil" (90.03) | Norwin: "Fiesta!" (96.48) |
| 2005[7] | Beaver Area (83.30) | Fox Chapel (89.13) | Gateway: "Reflections" (91.68) | Trinity (89.95) | Norwin: "Grooves in Motion" (94.35) |
| 2006[8] | Deer Lakes: "Cirque du Soleil" (83.53) | Fox Chapel: "Paint Me a Picture" (86.65) | West Allegheny: "Black, White, and Red All Over" (88.23) | Trinity (89.43) | Kiski Area: "Viva Las Vegas" (94.63) |
| 2007[9] | Beaver Area (82.88) | Blackhawk: "Sesame Street" (89.10) | Gateway: "From the New World" (90.98) | Trinity (90.58) | Kiski Area: "The Rhythm of Life" (94.45) |
| 2008[10] | Fox Chapel: "Out of the Box" (85.65) | Mars Area: "Songs of the Beatles" (87.80) | Trinity: "Cloudburst" (90.30) | Gateway: "Canon" (92.20) | Kiski Area: "Click" (95.45) |
| 2009[11] | Cochranton: "Clockworks" (86.40) | Mars Area: "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" (86.45) | Trinity: "Frequency" (85.33) | Gateway: "Winter Sketches" (88.83) | Kiski Area: "Pursuit" (94.55) |
| 2010[12] | Fox Chapel: "Rebound" (84.83) | Blackhawk: "This is Halloween" (86.48) | Mars Area: "The Music of Kansas" (86.15) | Moon Area: "Renaissance" (88.80) | Kiski Area: "Imaginarium" (93.35) |
| 2011[13] | Deer Lakes: "Rivers" (79.53) | Blackhawk: "The Wicked Wiz of Oz" (86.35) | Trinity: "Kaleidoscope" (85.63) | Moon Area: "To the Top" (89.58) | Norwin: "Salvation" (93.30) |
| 2012[14] | East Allegheny: "Only the Good Die Young" (77.78) | McGuffey: "New Orleans Sketches" (80.18) | West Allegheny: "Brazil" (83.43) | Gateway: "Beyond the Forest's Edge" (87.68) | Norwin: "The Road to You" (93.20) |
| 2013[15] | Blackhawk: "Les Misérables" (83.73) | Mars Area: "A Night in the City" (86.73) | Gateway: "It Just Ain't Right" (90.00) | Norwin: "The Rise of the Knight" (93.60) | |
| 2014[16] | Blackhawk: "Mirage" (80.85) | Mars Area: "The Phantom of the Opera" (86.00) | Gateway: "Flashback" (88.78) | Norwin: "When Worlds Collide" (92.80) | |
| 2015[17] | Blackhawk: "Through the Window" (78.23) | Deer Lakes: "The Hero in Us All" (80.73) | Gateway: "Egyptian Impressions" (86.88) | Kiski Area: "Origins" (90.98) | |
| 2016 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
External links
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/champions.asp
- ↑ http://www.marching.com/events/1998/scores/103198.html#Library
- ↑ http://www.marching.com/events/2001/scores/102001.html#Harrison
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2002
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2003
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2004
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2005
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2006
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2007
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2008
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2009
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2010
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2011
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores.asp?y=2012
- ↑ http://pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores2.asp?y=2013
- ↑ http://pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores2.asp?y=2014
- ↑ http://pimba.org/pimba/site/main/scores2.asp?y=2015
- ↑ http://www.marching.com/
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/background.asp
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/membership.asp
- ↑ http://www.pimba.org/pimba/site/main/