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Results: 2012 US Open

Fountain City retain their US Open title.

Fountain City
 

Full Results:

Further details to follow

1. Fountain City Brass Band
2. Brass Band of Central Florida
3. Dublin Silver Band
4. Chicago Brass Band
5. Prairie Brass Band
6. Illinois Brass Band
7. Eastern Iowa Brass Band
8. Capital City Brass Band

Other Results:
Most Entertaining: Dublin Silver Band
Best Cornet of the Day: Ryan Sharp, Fountain City Brass Band
Best Featured Soloist: Nate Gay Eup, Fountain City Brass Band
Best March: Chicago Brass Band, Knight Templar
Best New Arrangement of Composition: Dublin Silver Band, Appalachian Spring
Best Percussion Section: Brass Band of Central Florida
Best Busker: The Shamrock Stompers from the Dublin Silver Band

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