Almost a year after one of rock’s biggest acts ever issued a challenge to marching bands everywhere, the winners have been crowned. Metallica’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls” was a national marching band competition and the victors of multiple categories range from high school to college groups.
Auburn University took home the Division I College prize, worth $75,000, while Eastern New Mexico University won the Division 2 & 3 event and $40,000. On the high school side, Dobyns-Bennett High School from Kingsport, TN won out of larger-sized bands ($15,000) and Oaken High School in Vienna, VA won the smaller-sized competition, also worth $15k.
In a dramatic twist for Texans, the medium-sized high school competition ended up in a tie between Boerne High School of Boerne, TX and Malverne High School from Malverne, NY. Auburn University and Dobyns-Bennett High School took home the Fan Favorite prizes from college and high school, respectively.
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