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Post by lostinthebands on Sept 15, 2024 13:38:35 GMT -6
They were there. I didn't get to see much of their performance though because Roku was having technical issues. Hmm, maybe they just opted for an exhibition performance to get some good early season feedback? I also noticed they were missing last night and thought it odd… How often does this happen? At least in the past few years of BOA, I’ve never really heard of bands choosing to do exhibition and not be officially scored.
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Post by statechamp1239 on Sept 15, 2024 13:50:32 GMT -6
I was working on a write-up of the entire Sep. 7 OMEA Licking Heights competition -- to which I was going to link here -- but I ran out of time, so here are a few quick thoughts on Central Crossing's show, which was grand champion at that event ... with an 81.3 (which would be somewhere in the low 60s in BOA). ... In overall quality, it seemed at the same level or slightly ahead of last year, when they played twice at Obetz (8th in Prelims; 11th in Finals) but only once at Toledo (13th in Prelims, one point behind Kings). So predictions of 12th seem fair. Not quite. Central Crossing was 13th before the penalty that dropped them to 15th. Turning to another Ohio school, I see that the Copley band website advised parents in advance that the band would not be performing in Finals -- which was an entirely reasonable prediction on their part -- but did we know in advance that they apparently guaranteed it by (I guess) asking not to be scored? They were there. I didn't get to see much of their performance though because Roku was having technical issues. Hmm, maybe they just opted for an exhibition performance to get some good early season feedback? I also noticed they were missing last night and thought it odd… N.E. Brigand kinda exampled it like 6 messages above
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 15, 2024 13:54:04 GMT -6
Not quite. Central Crossing was 13th before the penalty that dropped them to 15th. Turning to another Ohio school, I see that the Copley band website advised parents in advance that the band would not be performing in Finals -- which was an entirely reasonable prediction on their part -- but did we know in advance that they apparently guaranteed it by (I guess) asking not to be scored? Hmm, maybe they just opted for an exhibition performance to get some good early season feedback? I also noticed they were missing last night and thought it odd… N.E. Brigand kinda exampled it like 6 messages above Thank you, like, ever so much for, like, pointing that out.
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Post by statechamp1239 on Sept 15, 2024 14:04:14 GMT -6
Thank you, like, ever so much for, like, pointing that out. I'm always happy to help the blind. (I know you were joking; I'm just playing around with you)
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 15, 2024 14:09:55 GMT -6
Thank you, like, ever so much for, like, pointing that out. I'm always happy to help the blind. (I know you were joking; I'm just playing around with you)And I’ll throw it right back and say it was five messages above bigtrombone’s initial question, not six. Who’s blind now, huh?! 😜 Alright, play time is over. Back to band.
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Post by statechamp1239 on Sept 15, 2024 14:11:10 GMT -6
I'm always happy to help the blind. (I know you were joking; I'm just playing around with you)And I’ll throw it right back and say it was five messages above bigtrombone’s initial question, not six. Who’s blind now, huh?! 😜 Alright, play time is over. Back to band. Nooo! I've been defeated. You won.🏳️
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 15, 2024 14:19:20 GMT -6
And I’ll throw it right back and say it was five messages above bigtrombone’s initial question, not six. Who’s blind now, huh?! 😜 Alright, play time is over. Back to band. Nooo! I've been defeated. You won.🏳️ Burn of the century right there.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 15, 2024 15:45:13 GMT -6
Hmm, maybe they just opted for an exhibition performance to get some good early season feedback? I also noticed they were missing last night and thought it odd… How often does this happen? At least in the past few years of BOA, I’ve never really heard of bands choosing to do exhibition and not be officially scored. One band who appeared in last year's Grand Nationals, William Howard Taft, wasn't scored at that event.
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 15, 2024 17:45:59 GMT -6
They were there. I didn't get to see much of their performance though because Roku was having technical issues. Hmm, maybe they just opted for an exhibition performance to get some good early season feedback? I also noticed they were missing last night and thought it odd… Copley was the first band to perform. Their music sounded solid and their drill was VERY predictable (read stereotypical old-school blocks and straight lines). They attended finals as a group (but did not stay to watch the finale).
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 15, 2024 17:47:17 GMT -6
I'm always happy to help the blind. (I know you were joking; I'm just playing around with you)And I’ll throw it right back and say it was five messages above bigtrombone’s initial question, not six. Who’s blind now, huh?! 😜 Alright, play time is over. Back to band. Five is like six.
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 15, 2024 17:48:23 GMT -6
And I’ll throw it right back and say it was five messages above bigtrombone’s initial question, not six. Who’s blind now, huh?! 😜 Alright, play time is over. Back to band. Five is like six. Shhh, let’s let this die. 😂
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Post by lostinthebands on Sept 15, 2024 19:03:04 GMT -6
Hmm, maybe they just opted for an exhibition performance to get some good early season feedback? I also noticed they were missing last night and thought it odd… Copley was the first band to perform. Their music sounded solid and their drill was VERY predictable (read stereotypical old-school blocks and straight lines). They attended finals as a group (but did not stay to watch the finale). Always appreciate when band directors allow the kids to stay and watch, even if it’s easier to just bus everyone back home. A good learning experience to see what’s possible in the Marching Arts community.
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Post by dbalash on Sept 15, 2024 19:34:08 GMT -6
. Who’s blind now, huh?! 😜 Me, natch.
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 15, 2024 19:35:41 GMT -6
. Who’s blind now, huh?! 😜 Me, natch. Dan, as you would probably say yourself*, your body is a temple… in ruins. ❤️ (And I very much relate to that.) *If not, I’m a jerk.
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Post by dbalash on Sept 15, 2024 19:40:52 GMT -6
Dan, as you would probably say yourself*, your body is a temple… in ruins. ❤️ (And I very much relate to that.) *If not, I’m a jerk. Nah, I'm old. I can't hear very well, can't see, and have arthritis. I'm a walking recessive gene!
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 16, 2024 0:28:42 GMT -6
Hmm, maybe they just opted for an exhibition performance to get some good early season feedback? I also noticed they were missing last night and thought it odd… Copley was the first band to perform. Their music sounded solid and their drill was VERY predictable (read stereotypical old-school blocks and straight lines). They attended finals as a group (but did not stay to watch the finale). Thanks for the additional information. Having now seen Copley's "The Space Between" (though from a low angle), here's a little further description. Visually, the show features an eclipse motif. There are, as cybrunette noted with some concern, two tarps, each in the shape of a circle about 45 feet in diameter with a segment missing. They are placed on the left and right sides of the field between the 27- and 40-yard lines, vertically centered on the field numbers, with the circles' missing segments pointing toward the 50. The one on the left is blue and the one on the right is yellow. Backfield there are three flats on the 35- and 50-yard lines: from left to right there is a dark blue field, a total solar eclipse against a background that fades from blue to orange, and an orange field. At the top of the show, most of the winds are scattered in the field's back left corner and the battery is backfield center. The first movement opens with a prerecorded snippet of "You Will Be Found" from Dear Evan Hansen (I assume it's the Sam Smith cover we hear) -- "have you ever felt like nobody was there," etc. -- and then a brass solo starts on Lorne Balfe's "A True Pasion" from the "Picasso" episodes of the National Geographic TV series Genius. The soloist is on the left tarp. The full band joins in playing to the backfield, a marimba line is prominent. There's spoken narration about feeling alone "in the vastness of space" and the band flutters in waves to a loose set around the left tarp, where they take up the melody, first standing still, then slowly proceeding in a clockwise rotation. There are eclipses on the flags. Next is a faster paced movement, introduced by the percussion, a synth line, and some faux voicing as the winds run to a series of files on the yard lines, the low brass rotates to two rows downfield left and takes up a melody that I don't recognize and which doesn't sound like any of the three tunes listed in their official repertoire. After finishing, they follow the leader back and left as the woodwinds have a standstill feature midfield, followed by a trumpet feature from the blue tarp. The woodwinds have engaged in some shuffle drill return to a block for a further feature. By this point, the brass with the trumpets aforemost are in a large filled parallelogram left and begin a new standstill feature as the woodwinds expand to match that shape to the right. The two forms then mesh as the full band plays. There's an arpeggio from the synthesizer, and with large slow steps the combined form floats right to cross midfield to close that section. More narration is heard -- "in our journey through the shadows" and so forth -- over some tinkling from the pit, and the band again flutters, longingly, to about 20 widely spaced pods of five to six members each scattered across the entire field (the title of the show thus demonstrated visually in a different way, it would seem). Arms are variously outstretched. An extended brass solo from midfield takes up the Evanescence tune, "My Immortal," in a large loose ellipse from the 25 to the 25 within in which the guard, mostly in two groups by the tarps, are presenting orange double-swing flags. The guard, previously attired in slacks, have donned dresses of cream and orange. Those in the middle of the field are manipulating small hand props that I couldn't make out but which might be lanterns. To close the movement over a bell line, most of the guard freezes on the tarps and the band runs to two lines, one each in front and behind the tarps, each extending to the 15-yard lines, and all facing the right side of the field in an extended, pointing stance. (Wow: nine tubas seems like a lot for a band this size.) The final movement begins with more prerecorded singing from "You Will Be Found" over some piano chords, and then the soloist returns, a few guard members who had been crouched on the front sideline spring up, no longer in dresses, as the band moves to files and then two rotating blocks near the front over a building battery feature. The band apparently has some visual work that will be added later for the next ten seconds (they just stood at attention for that part in Toledo). Then the band plays while marching in reasonably complicated rotating, shuffling files as they all move to the right side of the field and we hear a recorded voice singing "you are not alone." They hold that form for a long time as the battery alone moves to the right tarp (they have some lively writing to close out the show). The guard has pale flags with orange suns, and the backfield posters have been rotated to reveal new images: the one at left has a wide orange ribbon against a blue background, that at right has a wide blue ribbon against an orange background, and the one has an orange sun with yellow above and below and blue stripes on either side. It seemed like a full show albeit a relatively short one, running 7 min. 50 sec. As it happens, "The Space Between" was also the name of Grove City's show in 2021, featuring a completely different repertoire and design and no reference whatsoever to an eclipse.
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 16, 2024 0:30:38 GMT -6
Copley was the first band to perform. Their music sounded solid and their drill was VERY predictable (read stereotypical old-school blocks and straight lines). They attended finals as a group (but did not stay to watch the finale). It seemed like a full show albeit a relatively short one, running 7 min. 50 sec. As it happens, "The Space Between" was also the name of Grove City's show in 2021, featuring a completely different repertoire and design and no reference whatsoever to an eclipse. Short? That’s 20 seconds longer than the perfect length for a high school marching show. 😂 “The Space Between” was also the title of Morton’s show last year.
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 16, 2024 10:31:51 GMT -6
When might we expect the Results page to be updated?
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Post by bigtrombone on Sept 16, 2024 11:10:49 GMT -6
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 16, 2024 11:50:43 GMT -6
That’s great, thanks! I just like to see the ordinals.
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 16, 2024 18:06:15 GMT -6
When might we expect the Results page to be updated? When jeremiah has the time to do so.
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 16, 2024 18:33:41 GMT -6
When might we expect the Results page to be updated? When jeremiah has the time to do so. Right, right, I respect his time and wasn’t trying to be pushy! I didn’t know if he was the only one with the ability to update that page, but now I do!
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