Here are the Indiana marching bands that advanced to the ISSMA state finals

The stage is set for 51. Indiana State High School Music Association marching band state finals, which will be held Nov. 9 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

On Saturday, October 26, rising high school marching bands competed in regional, semi-state competitions throughout Indiana. Schools competed in classes based on enrollment, with the largest schools in Class A and smaller schools in Class D.

The following schools made it to the finals:

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Open class A

Floyd Central/Floyds Knobs Homestead/Fort Wayne Brownsburg Noblesville Goshen Fishers Avon Carmel Carroll/Fort Wayne Castle/Newburgh

Open class B

Jasper North/Evansville Concord Community Greenwood Community DeKalb/Waterloo FJ Reitz/Evansville North Side/Fort Wayne Greenfield Central Pendleton Heights Plainfield

Open class C

BoonvilleEdgewood/Ellettsville NorthWood/Nappanee Northwestern/Kokomo Princeton Community Western/Russiaville Northview/Brazil Concordia Lutheran/Ft. Wayne Angola Fairfield/Goshen

Open Class D

Paoli Jimtown/Elkhart Mater Dei/Evansville Forest Park/Ferdinand Springs Valley/French Lick Monrovia Knox Community Adams Central/Monroe Lewis Cass/Walton Woodlan/Woodburn

SCHOOL CLASS EXHIBITION

Heritage Hills/Lincoln Warren Central/Indianapolis

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