THE MANIA BEGINS MARCH 2, 2026.
“The President’s Own” hosts its annual “Sousa’s March Mania,” a tournament pitting 32 musical marches against each other for voters to decide which one will be crowned the year’s champion march. Every weekday marches will compete head-to-head while our friends and fans vote for marches to advance in the tournament. This year the competition celebrates America 250!
Listen to the 2026 playlist of marches.
You can participate as an individual or a team if would like you to get together with some of your friends. The winning team will be crowned “MARCH KINGS” and receive a pizza party during the school day. The competition will begin on Monday March 2 when the first round of voting begins.
Matchups will be posted the day before the so you can listen to the competing marches and make your selection. Selections must be submited by midnight on the day of the matchup. The first matchup will be Monday, March 2. I will post the next matchup each evening.
Make sure you go to the President’s Own Marine Band website
https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Educational/Sousas-March-Mania/
to cast your vote in the national comeptition and increase the chances of your march winning.
Here are the rules:
- Sign up using the link below.
- Each day select your choice of which march you think will win the vote between the competing against each other for that day. The results of the vote will be released the next day.
- You will receive 1 point per team for the correct choices in Round 1, 2 points for correct choice in Round 2, 3 points for correct choice in Round 3, 4 points for each correct choice in Round 4, and 5 point for the correct choice in the final match up.
Here is a link to the official competition website where you can listen to all the marches in the competition and follow along to see who wins each day.
Sign up to play here.
