Green Canyon marching band performs Thursday in Grand Nationals prelims
The North Logan band performs its show "Festivity" at 4:30 p.m. Mountain time in Indianapolis; semifinalists are announced Friday.
NORTH LOGAN - Green Canyon High School's marching band will perform its show "Festivity" at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time (4:30 p.m. Mountain) Thursday, Nov. 12, in the preliminary round of the Bands of America Grand National Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, according to the official performance schedule.
The Bands of America program lists the director as Jake Andersen, a subject-area teacher at Green Canyon, according to the Cache County School District directory.
The official recap of the Utah Music Educators Association Red Rocks State Marching Band Championships shows Green Canyon won the 5A Open division on Friday, Nov. 6, at Utah Tech University's Greater Zion Stadium in St. George.
American Fork and Westlake high schools, also from Utah, perform later Thursday. Semifinalists are to be announced Friday at 8:45 p.m. Eastern, and the 12 finalist bands begin competing Saturday at 8 p.m. Eastern, the official event schedule shows.
The championships page links to a livestream.
Why this matters
Families and supporters in North Logan can watch the Thursday performance at 4:30 p.m. Mountain time and follow Friday's announcement of which bands advance to Saturday.
Source: Bands of America Grand National Championships; Thursday prelims schedule; UMEA recap.
- Music for All / Bands of America Grand National Championships (participating bands and performance order)
- Bands of America Grand National Championships Thursday prelims schedule (PDF), Nov. 12, 2026
- Bands of America Grand National Championships logistics (Eastern Time, daily schedule, livestream)
- Cache County School District directory search for Andersen
- UMEA Red Rocks State Marching Band Championships official recap, Nov. 6, 2026 (CompetitionSuite)