West Virginia will host an international marching band competition next year. The World Association of Marching Show Bands will hold the championship event in Buckhannon from July 17 to 24, 2023. Applications have been submitted so far by 47 bands from 24 nations to compete in marching performance, jazz, symphonic, percussion and auxiliary dance. This year’s event will be held July 11 to 16 in Bangkok, Thailand. The statement said the only other time in the event’s 26-year history that the competition was held in the United States was in Palm Springs, California, in 2017.