Aggie Memorial Stadium hosts New Mexico Regional Bands of America Marching Band Championship

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- High school students from New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona piled into Aggie Memorial Stadium Saturday to compete in the New Mexico Regional Bands of America Championship.

Bands of America describe their events as "the premier marching bands in the nation."

High school marching bands from all over the state, including from Albuquerque, Clovis, Valencia, and Alamogordo, along with bands traveling from as far east as the Dallas-Fort Worth area, made the trek to the City of Crosses Saturday. Cienega High School, which is outside of Tucson, AZ, also made the trip.

El Paso-area high school bands marched as well, including Eastwood, Eastlake, Bel Air, Del Valle, and Canutillo.

ABC-7 spoke with some members of the Canutillo marching band, and they that their hard work is finally paying off.

A mother of one of the members told us that she's proud of all the work her daughter has put in, and even refers to the rest of the band as "her children."

A number of bands from the Borderland ended up making the finals Saturday night, including Eastwood, Eastlake, Bel Air, Del Valle, Organ Mountain, Las Cruces, and Alamogordo.