Gibson Southern Marching Titans

The Gibson Southern Marching Titans are the marching band For Gibson Southern High School in Fort Branch, Indiana. The Gibson Southern Marching Titans' consistent storybook-like appearances at the ISSMA state finals really(?) began almost 15 years ago in 1994. At that time Gibson Southern didn't even have a band since it was disbanded in 1985. Dwight Emmert was hired to start up the band mainly for the football team that had no halftime entertainment due to the absence of a marching band. The band had 19 members at the time Emmert was hired.
Things started to look up only a few years later, when they placed 9th in their first ever state finals appearance and the first for Gibson County since Princeton placed 10th in a non-class state finals in 1991. When Gibson Southern eventually worked their way to first place in 2001, they brought home the first state band title for a Gibson County band in 25 years, when Princeton won it in 1976.
Since then, they have won 2 more state titles and have been to the state finals every year fot the last 10 years and even earned recognition in 2004 by Representative Troy Woodruff by mentioning the Marching Titans in Indiana House Resoulution. Also, in 2008, they placed 33rd in BOA, 11th in their class. 010.
Gibson Southerns finished in 1st place in 2007.
Every year, the Marching Titans participate in the parades of the three largest towns festivals; The Haubstadt Somerfest in June, The Owensville Watermelon Festival in August, and the Fort Branch Fall Days in September.
The Marching Titans' record at ISSMA State Finals is as follows
1994- 8th place
1995- 10th place
1996- 6th place
1998- 3rd place
1999- 2nd place
2000- 2nd place
2001- 1st place
2002- 2nd place
2003- 2nd place
2004- 1st place
2005- 5th place
2006- 4th place
2007- 1st place
2008- 4th place
2009- 9th place

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