The Carroll High School Charger Pride marching band is heading for the ISSMA State Finals in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 5.

Fans still have one more chance to see the band on their home field. The community performance will be Thursday, Nov. 3, in the stadium, and the final run-through of the show will begin at 8:45 p.m. However, consider arriving a bit early so you don’t miss it.

Band fans can attend the Indiana State School Music Association competition at Lucas Oil Stadium, and see the Charger Pride compete among the top 10 Open Class A bands in the Hoosier State. Carroll will march at 8:15 p.m. From across town, the Homestead Spartan Alliance Band will march at 10 p.m. Class A awards follow at 10:30 p.m., ending the day’s activities.

Northeast Indiana also will be represented by these finalists:

Class C: Angola Marching Hornets, 10:30 a.m.; Concordia Lutheran Marching Cadets, 11:15 a.m. Class C awards follow at 12:30 p.m.

Class B: North Side Marching Legends, 1:20 p.m. Class B awards follow at 3:50 p.m.

Class D: Spirit of Woodlan, 5:40 p.m.; Adams Central Squadron of Sound, 6:40 p.m. Class D awards follow at 7:10 p.m.

Admission is $22 for adults and $18 for students and preschoolers.

Visit https://issma.net/mbinfo.php for the official schedule, maps and rules regarding admission to Lucas Oil Stadium.

Printed tickets will not be used for admission. All tickets must be shown on a smart phone at the entrance gate for admittance to the stadium. Tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com or at the Lucas Oil Stadium box office beginning at 7:45 a.m. Saturday.

Seating is general admission, non-reserved seating. Saving of groups of seats is prohibited.

Lucas Oil Stadium is a cashless stadium. Cash-to-card kiosks are available inside the stadium.

Visit https://inbands.com/contests/2022-issma-state-finals for the full schedule.

On Saturday, anyone is welcome to join parents and community members who will be lined up outside of Door 40 at CHS for the send-off. Parents will have cowbells, signs and posters, bullhorns, balloons, etc., to cheer on the kids as they load the buses. The Charger Pride usually has a police escort, sometimes even firetrucks will escort them all the way to I-69, sometimes as far as the county line.

Once the students are loaded onto the buses, parents and fans will leave CHS ahead of the buses and line up along the eastbound sidewalks of Carroll Road and the southbound sidewalks of Lima Road to cheer on the buses as they drive by.

“I cannot put into words how much this all means to the students and staff of the Charger Pride,” said Tiffany Smith, band parent. “They have worked for more than four months, often times 20-plus hours a week to make it to this point in the season.”