Marching bands, dancers wow audience during Circle City Classic Parade

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana  --  Percussion, horns and shouts echoed across Downtown Saturday as the 30th annual Circle City Classic Parade of performers winded through the streets.

Marva Shaw, 77, stood along Pennsylvania Avenue to bask in the energy of marching bands and dancers. Ever year, “rain or shine,” she attends.

“This is a great come together,” she said of the thousands of enthralled spectators lining the route. “I love the rhythm of the drums. That is a great skill.”



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There was no shortage of skill as band after band — some college, other high school — drill teams and others wowed attendees with intricate choreography, thundering breakdowns, flips, dips and step routines. Groups came from across the state and country to perform in the parade and other competitions this weekend.

University bands brought some of the loudest cheers during the parade. Grambling members filled half a block and sunk low to the ground. Others sang out during one portion as the percussion line and horns filled a funky break.

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