Band Directors, we look forward to seeing you at the 43rd New Mexico Pageant of Bands on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at Wilson Stadium, 12200 Lomas Boulevard NE in Albuquerque. Be a part of the musical excellence and showmanship of this wonderful competition! Online band registration for the event is open. We also wish to thank you for your timeless dedication to your students, for without them, there would be no Pageant of Bands.
To see a list of the bands who have entered this year’s competition, see our 2024 POB Band Entries page. You can also view the submitted band programs on our 2024 POB Band Programs page.
CompetitionSuite
The New Mexico Pageant of Bands uses CompetitionSuite for scoring and adjudicator commentary for all competitions. When you register for the NM POB competition, your band will be added to the NM POB CompetitionSuite event. The email address you provide for this feature will be receiving a notification that it has been added to your group. The account will be able to add additional access to your commentary. If you don’t currently have a CompetitionSuite account, please Sign Up. It is free to you!
New Mexico Pageant of Bands
The New Mexico Pageant of Bands is a marching band competition for New Mexico High School Bands where bands are classified by band size, not by high school enrollment. Band size includes all students participating in the performance, including brass, woodwinds, drum line, pit and auxiliary along with students holding and moving props. These classes include:
| Band size includes all participating students | |
To enter your band into the competition, click 2024 POB On-Line Entry Form, complete the form and submit it. You will receive a confirmation email. This should be submitted as soon as possible, or no later than Friday, August 16, 2024. The NM POB reserves the right to close entries earlier if we have reached capacity.
Please indicate on the entry form the class in which your band will be participating. A band may move up in class, but cannot move down in class. The Pageant of Bands Organizing Committee recognizes that enrollments may change; therefore you may move down by class through August 30, 2024. If you have more students in band than your entry classification at the event, you will be moved to the proper class based on the number of your student performance participants. Please know your student count when you arrive at POB.
The entry form also requires the email address that will be associated the CompetitionSuite NM POB Group associated with your band that we will create. It will be used for receiving adjudicator commentary for the NM POB competition. This can be the directors’ email address or anyone you designate. The CompetitionSuite email account will have the administrative role and be able to add additional email addresses for your Group. Don’t worry if you do not have an CompetitionSuite account yet, please Sign Up. It is free to you.
The 2024 POB non-refundable entry fee is still $175.00. Please complete the ENTRY FORM and return it with your entry fee as soon as possible, or no later than August 16, 2024. Your registration is not complete until we receive the $175 entry fee. The fee should be sent as soon as possible, or no later than Friday, August 30, 2024. Payment can be mailed to: New Mexico Pageant of Bands, P.O. Box 20324, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87154-0324. Alternatively, you can pay on-line with a credit/debit card (or PayPal Account, but a PayPal account is not needed). Simply go to our 2024 POB On-Line Entry Fee Payment complete and submit. You will be directed to your payment options.
Placement for competition in Class 1A and 2A for non APS bands will be assigned (we attempt to do this based on distance from Wilson Stadium). Placement for competition in 3A, 4A , 5A, and 1A and 2A APS bands will be determined by a draw that will be held on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at the New Mexico Pageant of Bands meeting. All Class 3A, 4A , 5A, and 1A and 2A APS bands who have returned their completed entry form by August 5, 2024 will be in the draw. Drawings will be held by class size and the first drawn is the last to perform within a class. Based on prior years POB performance times, we anticipate approximate performance times for 1A and 2A to fall between 8:00am-12:00pm, 3A between 10:00-2:00, 4A between 12:00-3:00, 5A between 2:00-6;00. Actual performance times will be set closer to the competition date when entries are finalized. New Mexico Pageant of Bands can accommodate a maximum of 28 bands for competition. Should more than 28 bands apply, the acceptance will be based upon postmark and payment of returned submissions. If we do not have 28 bands by the drawing, other bands may still enter.
The NM POB normally has eight judges, including specific percussion and auxiliary (color guard) judges. Your school can compete against other bands in your classification, or you have the opportunity to perform for comments only.
The completed 2024 POB Program Sheet must be submitted by Friday, September 13, 2024. This information is used by our judges and the public address program announcer.
If you have any questions or comments, use our Contact form or email us at info@nmpob.org.
