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MARCH MANIA

BRACKET
1st ROUND SOUSA’S ENLISTED FIDELIS FINAL FIDELIS ENLISTED SOUSA’S 1st ROUND
SIXTEEN EIGHT FOUR FOUR EIGHT SIXTEEN

SEMPER FIDELIS THE IMPERIAL MARCH

MARCH 1 MARCH 2
THE VOLUNTEERS THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE

RAIDERS MARCH MARCH 17 MARCH 18 KNIGHTSBRIDGE MARCH

MARCH 5 MARCH 6
RADETZKY MARCH MARCH FROM EL CID
ACROSS THE DANUBE MARCH 25 MARCH 26 KING KARL KING

MARCH 9 MARCH 10
HANDS ACROSS THE SEA THE MELODY SHOP
MIKADO MARCH MARCH 21 MARCH 22 GLORIA

MARCH 13 MARCH 14
FROM MAINE TO OREGON THE CHARLATAN

MARCH 29 MARCH 30
THE LIBERTY BELL ENTRY OF THE GLADIATORS

MARCH 3 MARCH 4
CHILDREN’S MARCH NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE
OUR FLIRTATION MARCH 19 MARCH 20 EL CAPITAN
MARCH 31
MARCH 7 MARCH 8
THE BRIDE ELECT GOLDEN JUBILEE
MARCH FROM SUPERMAN MARCH 27 MARCH 28 MOORSIDE MARCH

MARCH 11 MARCH 12
DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM THE NATIONAL GAME
THE WASHINGTON POST MARCH 23 MARCH 24 MARCH FROM 1941
PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND
MARCH 15 MARCH 16
Listen and vote at www.marineband.marines.mil.
SONS OF UNCLE SAM THEY ARE THERE
Competition begins March 1.
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From March 1-31, “The President’s Own” will host its annual “Sousa’s March
Mania,” a tournament pitting 32 marches against each other for the Marine Band
online community to determine which one is the favorite. Every day through
March 31, marches will compete head to head while our friends and fans vote
MARCH MANIA
March 1 − 31 | 9 a.m. (ET) Daily
COMPETING MARCHES

which marches advance in the tournament!

how to pARTICIPATE
STEP 1: Visit the Marine Band website (www.marineband.marines.mil) to
listen to the competing marches.

STEP 2: Fill out the bracket on the back with your winning picks.

STEP 3: Vote every day for your favorites beginning March 1 and support your
marches on social media. You can vote daily on the Marine Band website at
www.marineband.marines.mil.

STEP 4: Become a March King! At the end of the competition, anyone with
the winning march on their bracket, completed prior to the first match (honor
system), will officially be dubbed an honorary “March King!” Participants
are invited to share completed brackets with the Marine Band by emailing them
to marineband.communication@usmc.mil or posting to Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram. Teachers are encouraged to create their own reward system as well.

www.marineband.marines.mil