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

MARCH MANIA 2019 BRACKET SOUSA’S ENLISTED FIDELIS FIDELIS ENLISTED SOUSA’S 1st ROUND FINAL 1st ROUND SIXTEEN EIGHT FOUR FOUR EIGHT SIXTEEN

COMMANDO MARCH ATHLETIC FESTIVAL MARCH

MARCH 4 MARCH 5 ENTRY OF THE GLADIATORS AMERICAN PATROL

THE DIPLOMAT MARCH 20 MARCH 21 THE WASHINGTON POST

MARCH 8 MARCH 9 HANDS ACROSS THE SEA THE CIRCUS BEE SEMPER FIDELIS MARCH 28 MARCH 29 THE FAIREST OF THE FAIR

MARCH 12 MARCH 13 THE PURPLE PAGEANT KING COTTON DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM MARCH 24 MARCH 25 GUIDE RIGHT

MARCH 16 MARCH 17 MARINES OF BELLEAU WOOD MIDWAY MARCH

APRIL 1 APRIL 2 STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER VALDRES

MARCH 6 MARCH 7 HAIL TO THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY RIGHT-LEFT THE LIBERTY BELL MARCH 22 MARCH 23 THE THUNDERER APRIL 3 MARCH 10 MARCH 11 MARCH FROM 1941 BY LAND AND SEA REVIEW MARCH 30 MARCH 31 SONS OF UNCLE SAM

MARCH 14 MARCH 15 THE INVINCIBLE EAGLE CENTURY OF SERVICE THE PRIDE OF PITTSBURGH MARCH 26 MARCH 27 ENTRY MARCH OF THE BOYARES PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND MARCH 18 Listen and vote at www.marineband.marines.mil. MARCH 19 OH, HENRY! NATIONAL EMBLEM Competition begins March 4. MARCH MANIA 2019 March 4 − April 3 | 9 a.m. (ET) Daily From March 4 through April 3, “The President’s Own” will host its annual “Sousa’s COMPETING MARCHES 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 April 3, marches will compete head to head while our friends and fans vote 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 4 and support your marches on social media. You can vote on the Marine Band website or Facebook page (facebook.com/marineband).

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” for a day! Participants are invited to share completed brackets with the Marine Band by emailing them to [email protected] or posting to Facebook and Twitter. Teachers are encouraged to create their own reward system as well.