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Chapter one
Every section champion at every NABBA Championships, 1983 to 2026. The sections have changed names and number as the association grew; the roll shows each year as it was contested, read straight from the published results.
Most Championship Section titles
10 each
Brass Band of Columbus (1986–2006) and Fountain City Brass Band (2007–2025)
Titles in the most different sections
3 each
Varsity All-Stars: Challenge, Explorer, Youth; Ohio Collegiate Brass Band: Championship, Honors, Challenge; Triangle Youth Brass Band: Youth First, Youth, Youth Open; James Madison University Brass Band: Championship, Honors, Open; Georgia Brass Band: Honors, First, Challenge
Up the ladder: a new section won every year
3 in a row
Ohio Collegiate Brass Band: Challenge 1990, Honors 1991, Championship 1992
First-time champions in 2026
2
St. Louis Academy Brass Band (Youth Open); Fountain City United (Third)
The champion of every section contested that year. The Championship Section is marked in gold.
ChampionshipFive Lakes Silver Band
FirstGeorgia Brass Band
ThirdFountain City United
Youth ChampionshipWatson Brass Band
Youth FirstTriangle Youth Brass Band
Youth OpenSt. Louis Academy Brass Band
ChampionshipFountain City Brass Band
FirstDublin Silver Band
SecondMassanutten Brass BandYouth ChampionshipWatson Brass BandYouth FirstTriangle Youth Brass Band
Youth OpenYouth Brass Academy of Huntsville
ChampionshipJames Madison University Brass BandSecondMassanutten Brass BandYouth ChampionshipWatson Brass BandYouth FirstTriangle Youth Brass BandYouth OpenYouth Brass Academy of HuntsvilleChampionshipFive Lakes Silver Band
FirstPrinceton Brass Band
SecondSan Francisco Brass BandYouth ChampionshipWatson Brass BandYouth FirstTriangle Youth Brass Band
Youth OpenTriangle Youth Academy Brass BandChampionshipFountain City Brass Band
FirstDallas Brass Band
SecondMotor City Brass Band
ThirdTriangle Brass BandYouth ChampionshipWatson Brass BandYouth FirstTriangle Youth Brass BandYouth OpenTriangle Youth Academy Brass BandChampionshipFountain City Brass BandFirstDublin Silver Band
SecondCapital City Brass Band
ThirdOld Crown Brass Band
Youth ChampionshipFountain City Youth Honor BandYouth FirstTriangle Youth Brass Band
Youth OpenFountain City Youth BandChampionshipFountain City Brass Band
SecondRockville Brass BandThirdTriangle Brass BandYouth ChampionshipFountain City Youth Honor BandYouth OpenTriangle Youth Brass Band
ChampionshipAtlantic Brass Band
FirstWeston Silver BandSecondRockville Brass BandYouth ChampionshipFountain City Youth Honor BandYouth OpenFountain City Youth BandChampionshipFountain City Brass BandSecondCapital City Brass BandYouth ChampionshipFountain City Youth BandChampionshipFountain City Brass BandFirstWeston Silver BandSecondDublin Silver Band
Youth ChampionshipFountain City Youth Brass AcademyChampionshipAtlantic Brass Band
SecondNatural State Brass BandChampionshipFountain City Brass Band
SecondSpires Brass BandChampionshipFountain City Brass Band
HonorsCentral Ohio Brass BandChallengeNatural State Brass Band
ExplorerBrass Band of the Tri-State
Youth OpenTriangle Youth Brass EnsembleChampionshipFountain City Brass BandHonorsGeorgia Brass BandChallengeSpires Brass BandExplorerBrass Band of the Tri-StateYouth OpenTriangle Youth Brass EnsembleChampionshipFountain City Brass BandHonorsCentral Ohio Brass BandChallengeMassanutten Brass Band
Youth OpenBend in the River Brass Band
ChampionshipBrass Band of Central FloridaChallengeSpires Brass Band
ExplorerBrass Band of Central Illinois
Championship · tieBrass Band of Columbus&
Championship · tieIllinois Brass Band
HonorsPrairie Brass Band
ChallengeSunshine Brass Band
ExplorerVarsity All-StarsChampionshipIllinois Brass BandChallengePrairie Brass BandChampionshipBrass Band of ColumbusChallengeVarsity All-StarsChampionshipBrass Band of ColumbusYouthVarsity All-StarsChampionshipBrass Band of Columbus
HonorsEastern Iowa Brass BandYouthVarsity All-StarsHonorsEastern Iowa Brass BandChampionshipBrass Band of ColumbusChallengeEastern Iowa Brass BandYouthVarsity All-StarsChampionshipBrass Band of ColumbusHonorsSunshine Brass BandHonorsSunshine Brass BandHonorsSunshine Brass BandEarly years draw on Diana Herak's 2007 history; where her tables and the results records differ, the results records are shown. The Instant Band, assembled at the contest each year, is not counted. Corrections to history@nabba.org.
Section titles, all sections counted.
Every band that has held each section, with its years.
