Penn hosts Carnival of Bands on Saturday, Sept. 23

Penn High School’s Carnival of Bands will feature 15 of the top marching bands in northern Indiana on Saturday, Sept. 23, at Everwise Freed Field.

The showcase event will start at 3:55 p.m. on Saturday with the national anthem.

Band performances start at 4 p.m.

Admission is $7. Children age three-and-younger are free. All sales will be made at the gate, either cash or card.

Penn Carnival of Bands Performance Schedule 2023.

Carnival of Bands Vendor List

Penn High School’s Marching Kingsmen conclude the event with an exhibition performance at 9 p.m.

The awards ceremony for the competition is scheduled for 9:30 p.m.

The Marching Kingsmen will be performing “Pandora’s Box: Hope Lies Within.”

Musical Selections include:

• “Caves” by Cody Fry
• “Main Theme” from the “Imitation Game” by Alexandre Desplat
• “The Farm” and “Rock Island, 1931” from “Road to Perdition” by Thomas Newman

Drum Majors for the Marching Kingsmen are Anna Murphy, Addison Clark, Elyse Royer and Ellie Satre.

Glenn Northern serves as the Band Director, with D.J. Landoll and Aaron Griesser the assistant directors.

Following the Carnival of Bands, the Marching Kingsmen will complete at the ISSMA Regional at Lafayette on Saturday, Oct. 7.

The ISSMA Semi-State is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 21, at Indianapolis Ben Davis, and the ISSMA State Finals are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, in Indianapolis.

The Penn Marching Kingsmen have placed in the Indiana State Finals Contest 20 times and have been a Bands of America Regional Finalist four times.  The band has also performed in the Orange Bowl Parade, the Fiesta Bowl Parade, The Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Hollywood Christmas Parade and the Tournament of Roses Parade.