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Post by neop on Aug 25, 2024 0:46:05 GMT -6
Schedules for the first weekend of OMEA events are now up. It appears that the show at Cloverleaf has been cancelled due to lack of attendance.
Here are the bands in attendance at the other shows:
Licking Heights: Licking Heights (AA) - Host Newark (AA) Central Crossing (AA) Teays Valley (A) Norton (A) Canal Winchester (A) Logan Elm (B) Black River (B) Licking Valley (B) Heath (B) Marion Local (C)
Philo: Warren Local (A) Highland (B) Meadowbrook (B) Coshocton (B) Philo (C) - Host Fairfield Christian (C)
Troy: Troy (AA) - Host Newton (A) Tippecanoe (A) Tecumseh (B) Valley View (B) Carlisle (B) Fort Recovery (C) Ada (C) Mississinawa Valley (C) Columbus Grove (C) Arcanum (C)
Some notes on the above:
Canal Winchester has dropped from class AA to class A. Tecumseh has dropped from class A to class B.
Newton has moved from class B to class A. Coshocton has moved from class C to class B.
Valley View returns to OMEA competition for the first time since (I believe) 2019. Fairfield Christian is a new name for me in OMEA. If anyone has more information on this band, I would love to know. I'm hoping their inclusion isn't a mislabeled exhibition performance.
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Post by ohioguy2 on Aug 25, 2024 8:43:25 GMT -6
Schedules for the first weekend of OMEA events are now up. It appears that the show at Cloverleaf has been cancelled due to lack of attendance. Here are the bands in attendance at the other shows: Licking Heights:Licking Heights (AA) - Host Newark (AA) Central Crossing (AA) Teays Valley (A) Norton (A) Canal Winchester (A) Logan Elm (B) Black River (B) Licking Valley (B) Heath (B) Marion Local (C) Philo:Warren Local (A) Highland (B) Meadowbrook (B) Coshocton (B) Philo (C) - Host Fairfield Christian (C) Troy:Troy (AA) - Host Newton (A) Tippecanoe (A) Tecumseh (B) Valley View (B) Carlisle (B) Fort Recovery (C) Ada (C) Mississinawa Valley (C) Columbus Grove (C) Arcanum (C) Some notes on the above: Canal Winchester has dropped from class AA to class A. Tecumseh has dropped from class A to class B. Newton has moved from class B to class A. Coshocton has moved from class C to class B. Valley View returns to OMEA competition for the first time since (I believe) 2019. Fairfield Christian is a new name for me in OMEA. If anyone has more information on this band, I would love to know. I'm hoping their inclusion isn't a mislabeled exhibition performance. Newton moving into Class A is 100% their decision. Their school enrollment is still in the Class C range. Back in the day, Newton used to do this so they would have bands of similar skill set to compete against (similar to the way Berne Union does now). Newton’s program is not near what it once was but they will still move up in class. I don’t know if they’re planning to do it full-time, or on a show by show basis. I would imagine the other class changes are enrollment based. Fairfield Christian is a small private school in the Lancaster area (southeast of Columbus). They have a decently sized band for a school their size and they have frequently performed at non-competitive festivals in the past. As you mention, I don’t know if they’re moving a more competitive direction or not, especially since the Philo show is traditionally a “Ratings Only” event. Obviously the Licking Heights show would be much closer but perhaps they wanted to attend an event without rankings. You are correct on Valley View, who are competing in both OMEA and MSBA this year for the first time since 2019.
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Post by neop on Aug 25, 2024 18:27:16 GMT -6
Fairfield Christian is a small private school in the Lancaster area (southeast of Columbus). They have a decently sized band for a school their size and they have frequently performed at non-competitive festivals in the past. As you mention, I don’t know if they’re moving a more competitive direction or not, especially since the Philo show is traditionally a “Ratings Only” event. Obviously the Licking Heights show would be much closer but perhaps they wanted to attend an event without rankings. I have to imagine the decision to go to Philo is deliberate for that reason. They could just as well have performed in exhibition or ratings-only at Licking Heights, but maybe they were looking for a short, small venue show. Hopefully they enjoy their time at Philo.
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Post by ohioguy2 on Aug 25, 2024 19:38:52 GMT -6
Schedules for the first weekend of OMEA events are now up. It appears that the show at Cloverleaf has been cancelled due to lack of attendance. Here are the bands in attendance at the other shows: Licking Heights:Licking Heights (AA) - Host Newark (AA) Central Crossing (AA) Teays Valley (A) Norton (A) Canal Winchester (A) Logan Elm (B) Black River (B) Licking Valley (B) Heath (B) Marion Local (C) Philo:Warren Local (A) Highland (B) Meadowbrook (B) Coshocton (B) Philo (C) - Host Fairfield Christian (C) Troy:Troy (AA) - Host Newton (A) Tippecanoe (A) Tecumseh (B) Valley View (B) Carlisle (B) Fort Recovery (C) Ada (C) Mississinawa Valley (C) Columbus Grove (C) Arcanum (C) Some notes on the above: Canal Winchester has dropped from class AA to class A. Tecumseh has dropped from class A to class B. Newton has moved from class B to class A. Coshocton has moved from class C to class B. Valley View returns to OMEA competition for the first time since (I believe) 2019. Fairfield Christian is a new name for me in OMEA. If anyone has more information on this band, I would love to know. I'm hoping their inclusion isn't a mislabeled exhibition performance. Newton moving into Class A is 100% their decision. Their school enrollment is still in the Class C range. Back in the day, Newton used to do this so they would have bands of similar skill set to compete against (similar to the way Berne Union does now). Newton’s program is not near what it once was but they will still move up in class. I don’t know if they’re planning to do it full-time, or on a show by show basis. I would imagine the other class changes are enrollment based. Fairfield Christian is a small private school in the Lancaster area (southeast of Columbus). They have a decently sized band for a school their size and they have frequently performed at non-competitive festivals in the past. As you mention, I don’t know if they’re moving a more competitive direction or not, especially since the Philo show is traditionally a “Ratings Only” event. Obviously the Licking Heights show would be much closer but perhaps they wanted to attend an event without rankings. You are correct on Valley View, who are competing in both OMEA and MSBA this year for the first time since 2019. In addition to what you mentioned, I would love to know Marion Local’s thought process for attending the Licking Heights show, which is 112 miles from their school, vs. the Troy show, which is 41 miles from their school. That is a long way to go for such an early season show. Is it really just to get first in class? I can’t imagine that would be the case.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Aug 26, 2024 0:01:11 GMT -6
Schedules for the first weekend of OMEA events are now up. It appears that the show at Cloverleaf has been cancelled due to lack of attendance. Here are the bands in attendance at the other shows ... Tecumseh has dropped from class A to class B. ... Fairfield Christian is a new name for me in OMEA. If anyone has more information on this band, I would love to know. I'm hoping their inclusion isn't a mislabeled exhibition performance. Thanks for pulling these lists. I'm very surprised that Cloverleaf couldn't get enough bands for their show, which is usually pretty well attended (last year they had 10 bands plus an encore performer). You previously noted that 6 bands had signed up -- that's as many as will appear at Philo. I'm guessing that Cloverleaf has some minimum number needed to justify expense. When I checked Friday and saw that OMEA hadn't posted schedules yet, I looked up the website for Rogues Hollow Regiment drum and bugle corps, which gave exhibition performances at the past three Cloverleaf competitions. RHR didn't have it listed this year, but I (wrongly) guessed that was a function of their season having ended three weeks earlier than before, now that DCI has taken over the all-age competitions (those championships used to be on Labor Day weekend). I see that four bands who have appeared at Cloverleaf's show over the past decade (Norton, Black River, Highland, and Ada) have found a different venue. (Other bands who have appeared at Cloverleaf in the past several seasons include Arcadia, Avon, Buckeye, Copley, Crestview, Crestwood, Firestone, Indian Valley, Louisville, Marion Harding, New Philadelphia, Perkins, Perry Revere, St. John's Jesuit, and of course the host band.) Guess I'm going to Pataskala. I've been to Watkins Memorial before but never to Licking Heights. Because this show and Cloverleaf's were always on the same weekend, it didn't seem worthwhile to add another 75 minutes of driving each way, but it's time to pay back Meg Beavers for kindly chatting with me at state finals eleven years ago. Tecumseh has often been the smallest band in Class A at any show they attended. I hope they do better in Class B. Newton moving into Class A is 100% their decision. Their school enrollment is still in the Class C range. Back in the day, Newton used to do this so they would have bands of similar skill set to compete against (similar to the way Berne Union does now). Newton’s program is not near what it once was, but they will still move up in class. I don’t know if they’re planning to do it full-time, or on a show-by-show basis. ... Fairfield Christian is a small private school in the Lancaster area (southeast of Columbus). They have a decently sized band for a school their size and they have frequently performed at non-competitive festivals in the past. As you mention, I don’t know if they’re moving a more competitive direction or not, especially since the Philo show is traditionally a “Ratings Only” event. Obviously the Licking Heights show would be much closer but perhaps they wanted to attend an event without rankings. I think I've mentioned before how my high school's band director had us watch Newton at state finals in 1987 or 1988 for inspiration. Here, he noted, was a school one-fifth our size, who should by rights be competing in Class C, but half the student body (75 of 150 people) was in the band, and they were regularly winning Class A. (In 1986, they'd regularly competed in Class AA -- as Berne Union sometimes does and as Marion Local did regularly in the 1990s.) Newton's band perhaps benefited from the school not having a football team. Newton was still sometimes competing in Class A at times over the past decade. For anyone wondering if there's a connection between Fairfield Christian and Fairfield, the large school whose band has appeared at some BOA events over the past seven or eight years: no, the two schools are two hours apart. Fairfield is a suburb north of Cincinnati. Fairfield Christian, as ohioguy2 notes, is located in Lancaster, southeast of Columbus. The name comes from Fairfield County, of which Lancaster is the county seat. Other schools in that county with competition bands include Lancaster, Berne Union, Canal Winchester, and Pickerington Central. (Reynoldsburg is partly in Fairfield County, but the two high school campuses are not.) Oh, and per this video, Fairfield Christian's band had just eleven members last year.
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Post by neop on Aug 26, 2024 10:51:45 GMT -6
I'm very surprised that Cloverleaf couldn't get enough bands for their show, which is usually pretty well attended (last year they had 10 bands plus an encore performer). You previously noted that 6 bands had signed up -- that's as many as will appear at Philo. I'm guessing that Cloverleaf has some minimum number needed to justify expense. When I checked Friday and saw that OMEA hadn't posted schedules yet, I looked up the website for Rogues Hollow Regiment drum and bugle corps, which gave exhibition performances at the past three Cloverleaf competitions. RHR didn't have it listed this year, but I (wrongly) guessed that was a function of their season having ended three weeks earlier than before, now that DCI has taken over the all-age competitions (those championships used to be on Labor Day weekend). I see that four bands who have appeared at Cloverleaf's show over the past decade (Norton, Black River, Highland, and Ada) have found a different venue. (Other bands who have appeared at Cloverleaf in the past several seasons include Arcadia, Avon, Buckeye, Copley, Crestview, Crestwood, Firestone, Indian Valley, Louisville, Marion Harding, New Philadelphia, Perkins, Perry Revere, St. John's Jesuit, and of course the host band.) I can confirm that St. Edward, Black River, Norton, and Highland were all signed up for Cloverleaf before the show was cancelled. I'm not sure who the other attendees would have been. Guess I'm going to Pataskala. I've been to Watkins Memorial before but never to Licking Heights. Meanwhile I've chosen to take the long hike to Kings Mills
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Aug 26, 2024 13:28:07 GMT -6
Guess I'm going to Pataskala. I've been to Watkins Memorial before but never to Licking Heights. Meanwhile I've chosen to take the long hike to Kings Mills Nineteen bands! Have fun! (Curiously, the schedule for that event is not yet linked from the new MSBA website but is accessible from the Kings band's site.)
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Post by hewhowaits on Aug 26, 2024 13:59:34 GMT -6
Meanwhile I've chosen to take the long hike to Kings Mills Nineteen bands! Have fun! (Curiously, the schedule for that event is not yet linked from the new MSBA website but is accessible from the Kings band's site.) Lots of functionality currently unavailable on the MSBA site as they transition to the new design (band links, old results, schedules that would have been there,...).
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Post by neop on Aug 26, 2024 21:09:59 GMT -6
Lots of functionality currently unavailable on the MSBA site as they transition to the new design (band links, old results, schedules that would have been there,...). Shortly after you posting this, information for the first 4 MSBA shows was updated, including schedules. Greg Mills... Dick Turner... if you're in the room with us, give us a sign... It would also appear that some schedule changes were made since I last checked: - Colerain moved from class AA to class AAA - West Carrollton moved from class AAA to class AA - Finneytown moved from class AAA to class AAAA - Several performance times were altered to account for these changes I would also assume these class changes will apply to MSBA Championships, but that part of the site hasn't been updated yet.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Aug 26, 2024 22:22:24 GMT -6
... It would also appear that some schedule changes were made since I last checked: - Colerain moved from class AA to class AAA - West Carrollton moved from class AAA to class AA - Finneytown moved from class AAA to class AAAA - Several performance times were altered to account for these changes ... While you know this, some readers may not: unlike BOA or OMEA classifications, which are based on school size, the classifications in MSBA are based on band size, or more specifically, on the number of instrumentalists, as follows: Class A: 1-29 playing members Class AA: 30-44 playing members Class AAA: 45-59 playing members Class AAAA: 60-89 playing members Class AAAAA: 90+ playing members
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Post by ohmbandfan26 on Aug 27, 2024 10:12:19 GMT -6
... It would also appear that some schedule changes were made since I last checked: - Colerain moved from class AA to class AAA - West Carrollton moved from class AAA to class AA - Finneytown moved from class AAA to class AAAA - Several performance times were altered to account for these changes ... While you know this, some readers may not: unlike BOA or OMEA classifications, which are based on school size, the classifications in MSBA are based on band size, or more specifically, on the number of instrumentalists, as follows: Class A: 1-29 playing members Class AA: 30-44 playing members Class AAA: 45-59 playing members Class AAAA: 60-89 playing members Class AAAAA: 90+ playing members It's not a hill I'm willing to die on, but I do think this is the best way to configure bands. I went to a 1300 person high school in WV and we competed in group 2 of Tournament of Bands, we would never have been able to have competed against group 4 bands
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Aug 27, 2024 17:16:44 GMT -6
In addition to what you mentioned, I would love to know Marion Local’s thought process for attending the Licking Heights show, which is 112 miles from their school, vs. the Troy show, which is 41 miles from their school. That is a long way to go for such an early season show. Is it really just to get first in class? I can’t imagine that would be the case. Good point. Most of Marion Local's other shows are closer to home. Their schedule is: 9/7 Licking Heights, 9/14 Kettering Fairmont, 9/21 Versailles, 9/28 Marion Local, 10/12 Piqua, 10/19 Thomas Worthington, 11/14 Grand Nationals. Having qualified for OMEA state finals in 40+1 consecutive seasons (1980-2019 + 2021 -- just one of three bands to do so), they don't have that event on on their schedule for this year, but maybe that's to avoid presumptuousness after missing the past two years. Six local OMEA shows certainly suggests they want to make it back to finals! I certainly would like to see them return to their quality of old. (I never saw them in their glory days -- sadly, nobody's posted those videos to Youtube -- and know them only as a decent small band in the Kalida or Columbus Grove mode from about ten years back.) Edited to note that Marion Local also attended the Licking Heights show (rather than Troy) on this weekend last year.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Aug 27, 2024 17:41:50 GMT -6
As is usually the case, the Northmont Band Premiere is the first Ohio marching band festival ... This non-competitive event will take place on Saturday, August 31. The schedule has been released. 6:10 - Dixie High School (Exhibition) 6:22 - Dayton Christian High School (Class A) 6:35 - Madison High School (Class A) 6:50 - Eastern Brown High School (Exhibition) 7:02 - Piqua High School (Class AAA) Intermission 7:35 - Vandalia-Butler High School (Class AAAA) 7:47 - Kettering Fairmont High School (Class AAAAA) 7:59 - Miamisburg High School (Class AAAAA) 8:15 - Centerville High School (Class AAAAA) 8:27 - Northmont High School (Class AAAA) What does it mean for a band to appear in "exhibition" at a non-competitive event? There may have been an update: Northmont's website lists Dixie and Madison as Class A, Dayton Christian as Class AA, Eastern Brown as Class AAA, and the rest as you show them. I hadn't looked closely at your post before and missed that Eastern Brown was attending this MSBA event. (Their schedule for the day says they will receive a critique there.) The rest of their schedule this year is OMEA events (9/21 Tippecanoe, 10/4 McDermott Northwest, 10/12 Dawson-Bryant, plus state finals if they qualify). As I mentioned in last year's thread, I feel Eastern Brown has been the best band competing in OMEA Class C over the past three years.
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Post by ohioguy2 on Aug 27, 2024 20:09:49 GMT -6
As is usually the case, the Northmont Band Premiere is the first Ohio marching band festival ... This non-competitive event will take place on Saturday, August 31. The schedule has been released. 6:10 - Dixie High School (Exhibition) 6:22 - Dayton Christian High School (Class A) 6:35 - Madison High School (Class A) 6:50 - Eastern Brown High School (Exhibition) 7:02 - Piqua High School (Class AAA) Intermission 7:35 - Vandalia-Butler High School (Class AAAA) 7:47 - Kettering Fairmont High School (Class AAAAA) 7:59 - Miamisburg High School (Class AAAAA) 8:15 - Centerville High School (Class AAAAA) 8:27 - Northmont High School (Class AAAA) What does it mean for a band to appear in "exhibition" at a non-competitive event? There may have been an update: Northmont's website lists Dixie and Madison as Class A, Dayton Christian as Class AA, Eastern Brown as Class AAA, and the rest as you show them. I hadn't looked closely at your post before and missed that Eastern Brown was attending this MSBA event. (Their schedule for the day says they will receive a critique there.) The rest of their schedule this year is OMEA events (9/21 Tippecanoe, 10/4 McDermott Northwest, 10/12 Dawson-Bryant, plus state finals if they qualify). As I mentioned in last year's thread, I feel Eastern Brown has been the best band competing in OMEA Class C over the past three years. More importantly… as a man that tries to attend a marching show every weekend and with the fact that DCA is no longer happening Labor Day weekend, are you planning on making a journey to Clayton Saturday night?
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Aug 27, 2024 20:17:06 GMT -6
More importantly… as a man that tries to attend a marching show every weekend and with the fact that DCA is no longer happening Labor Day weekend, are you planning on making a journey to Clayton Saturday night? No, I've been joining some friends who have been section-hiking the Buckeye Trail about once a month since last spring (at that rate, the 1,400-mile journey will take them at least ten years to complete), and mindful of the fact that I'm likely to miss one or two installments this fall in order to see more marching band competitions, I'm joining them Saturday to knock off some fifteen miles in Geauga County.
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Post by statechamp1239 on Aug 27, 2024 22:40:42 GMT -6
While you know this, some readers may not: unlike BOA or OMEA classifications, which are based on school size, the classifications in MSBA are based on band size, or more specifically, on the number of instrumentalists, as follows: Class A: 1-29 playing members Class AA: 30-44 playing members Class AAA: 45-59 playing members Class AAAA: 60-89 playing members Class AAAAA: 90+ playing members It's not a hill I'm willing to die on, but I do think this is the best way to configure bands. I went to a 1300 person high school in WV and we competed in group 2 of Tournament of Bands, we would never have been able to have competed against group 4 bands Let me guess, Hedgesville?
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Post by ohmbandfan26 on Aug 28, 2024 7:00:08 GMT -6
It's not a hill I'm willing to die on, but I do think this is the best way to configure bands. I went to a 1300 person high school in WV and we competed in group 2 of Tournament of Bands, we would never have been able to have competed against group 4 bands Let me guess, Hedgesville? Hurricane (this was 20+ years ago). I think at least one of the years we "competed up" in group 3.
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Post by statechamp1239 on Aug 28, 2024 14:47:43 GMT -6
Let me guess, Hedgesville? Hurricane (this was 20+ years ago). I think at least one of the years we "competed up" in group 3. Oh, wow Hurricane. What a great band, it's crazy what they're able to achieve with an even smaller band these days.
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Post by ohmbandfan26 on Aug 29, 2024 10:52:19 GMT -6
Hurricane (this was 20+ years ago). I think at least one of the years we "competed up" in group 3. Oh, wow Hurricane. What a great band, it's crazy what they're able to achieve with an even smaller band these days. Yeah, the fact that they pretty regularly get first or second runner up at the WV State Marching Band Championships with like...20-25 musicians is pretty remarkable. Their director is great--just really wish more people bought into the band program, because I think they could be really, really good with more numbers.
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Post by Allohak on Aug 31, 2024 8:21:58 GMT -6
As is usually the case, the Northmont Band Premiere is the first Ohio marching band festival of the year. This non-competitive event will take place on Saturday, August 31. The schedule has been released. 6:10 - Dixie High School (Exhibition) 6:22 - Dayton Christian High School (Class A) 6:35 - Madison High School (Class A) 6:50 - Eastern Brown High School (Exhibition) 7:02 - Piqua High School (Class AAA) Intermission 7:35 - Vandalia-Butler High School (Class AAAA) 7:47 - Kettering Fairmont High School (Class AAAAA) 7:59 - Miamisburg High School (Class AAAAA) 8:15 - Centerville High School (Class AAAAA) 8:27 - Northmont High School (Class AAAA) wouldn't be Northmont Premiere day without thunderstorms rolling through all day.
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Post by neop on Aug 31, 2024 21:17:11 GMT -6
Schedules are starting to come out for OMEA shows on 9/14 and 9/21. Here are the attendance lists for all the shows because I don't feel like typing out entire timestamped schedules right now.
Hilliard Bradley 9/14: Hilliard Bradley (AA) - Host Hilliard Darby (AA) - Host Hilliard Davidson (AA) - Host Delaware Hayes (AA) Grove City (AA) Worthington Kilbourne (AA) Westland (AA) Vandalia-Butler (A) <- Rare non-Buckeye-Invitational OMEA appearance for this band Fairbanks (A) London (B) Westfall (C) <- Appears to have dropped from class B to C Northeastern (C) Grove City Christian (C)
Louisville 9/14: Hoover (AA) Nordonia (AA) Brunswick (AA) Dublin Scioto (AA) <- This might be the farthest north I've seen this band travel. Maybe this is part of a new philosophy, given that they're also trying out BOA this year? Louisville (A) - Host Crestwood (A) Revere (A) Van Buren (A) Avon Lake (A) St. Clairsville (B) Cloverleaf (B) <- Appears to have dropped from class A to B Buckeye (B) Crestview (C)
Norwood 9/14: Forest Hills (AA) Ross (A) Norwood (B) - Host Carlisle (B) Lynchburg-Clay (C)
Rock Hill 9/14: No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the following Rock Hill (B) - Host Gallia Academy (B) Southeastern (B)
Cambridge 9/14: Thomas Worthington (AA) Perry (AA) Tri-Valley (A) Zanesville (A) Cambridge (B) - Host Maysville (B) John Glenn (B) Meadowbrook (B) Shenandoah (C) Fort Frye (C) Philo (C) Claymont (C)
Kettering Fairmont 9/14: Kettering Fairmont (AA) - Host Beavercreek (AA) Springboro (AA) Middletown (AA) Piqua (A) Versailles (B) Tecumseh (B) Northwestern (B) Kalida (B) Madiera (B) St. John's Jesuit (B) <- What a HIKE for this band to get to this show from Toledo! Clinton-Massie (B) Brookville (C) Covington (C) Marion Local (C)
Logan Elm 9/14: Licking Heights (AA) Hilliard Darby (AA) <- Rare to see a Hilliard school do a second competition on the same day as their home show Lancaster (AA) Athens (A) Berne Union (A) Franklin Heights (A) Chillicothe (A) Logan Elm (B) - Host <- Strangely appears to be performing in the middle of the schedule at their own show, when they would typically go last Highland (B) Morgan (B) Portsmouth West (B) Wellston (B) Circleville (B) Westfall (C) Crooksville (C) Nelsonville-York (C)
Akron 9/21: No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the following Lakota East (AA) Avon (AA) Marlington (B)
Bloom-Carroll 9/21: Lancaster (AA) Westerville South (AA) Olentangy Liberty (AA) Marysville (AA) Reynoldsburg (AA) Hamilton Township (A) Berne Union (A) Tri-Valley (A) Warren Local (A) Bloom-Carroll (B) - Host River View (B) Trimble (C) Nelsonville-York (C) Adena (C) Southeastern (C) <- Appears to have dropped from class B to C Belpre (C)
Pickerington North 9/21: Pickerington Central (AA) - Host Dublin Jerome (AA) Olentangy (AA) Westland (AA) Westerville Central (AA) <- As previously noted, making their return after a multi-year competitive absence Teays Valley (A) Canal Winchester (A) Zanesville (A) Fairbanks (A) Circleville (B) Highland (B) Logan Elm (B) Blanchester (C) Valley (C) Madison-Plains (C) Pickerington North (EX) - Host Jonathan Alder (EX)
Perkins 9/21: Amherst Steele (AA) North Royalton (AA) Newton (A) Perkins (B) - Host Black River (B) Cloverleaf (B) Wellington (C) New London (C) Woodmore (C)
Ottawa-Glandorf 9/21: Marion Harding (A) Ottawa-Glandorf (B) - Host Kalida (B) Van Wert (B) Continental (C) <- As previously noted, making their return after a multi-year competitive absence Ada (C) Arcadia (C) Patrick Henry (C) <- I wasn't able to verify whether this band had competed before, but a video of the band from last night on YouTube would indicate that they truly are coming to compete, not perform an exhibition program. Is this a program anyone here knows about?
Portsmouth West 9/21: <- This show was not on the original slate of OMEA competitions back in February No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the following Portsmouth West (B) - Host McDermott Northwest (B) Gallia Academy (B)
Versailles 9/21: <- This show was originally on October 5th Middletown (AA) Edgewood (A) Versailles (B) - Host Clinton-Massie (B) Arcanum (C) Marion Local (C) Fort Recovery (C)
Tippecanoe 9/21: No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the following Troy (AA) Walnut Hills (AA) Tippecanoe (A) - Host Ross (A) East Clinton (C) Eastern Brown (C)
Hoover 9/21: <- Kind of shocked by the attendance here, I thought they would pull more Hoover (AA) - Host Medina (AA) Louisville (A) Firestone (A) Marlington (B)
The Westerville Central show on 9/21 appears to have been cancelled. Bands known to have been attending included Westerville Central (AA) and Reynoldsburg (AA).
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 1, 2024 19:00:37 GMT -6
Schedules are starting to come out for OMEA shows on 9/14 and 9/21 ... Logan Elm 9/14:... Logan Elm (B) - Host <- Strangely appears to be performing in the middle of the schedule at their own show, when they would typically go last ... Logan Elm did the same thing at their home show last year (I was there). Even though they won't be ranked, I think they want to appear nearest the bands in their class in order for the judges not to have their mental scores affected by the performance of the A and AA bands that follow. (Perhaps modeled on how OMEA schedules each block of state finals bands in ascending order by class.) Although last year at Logan Elm, a Class C band ended up going on last: Valley, because they had bus trouble. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Edited to add: Ottawa-Glandorf 9/21:... Patrick Henry (C) <- I wasn't able to verify whether this band had competed before, but a video of the band from last night on YouTube would indicate that they truly are coming to compete, not perform an exhibition program. Is this a program anyone here knows about? Somewhere before in the past ten years watching Ohio bands, I've seen reference to the school and the town (Hamler -- a name I think I could only know from bands -- which is located in Henry County, about an hour southwest of Toledo), but I'm not finding anything in my notes. Maybe they played in exhibition somewhere or were scheduled to do so and I forgot to write it down. From old Youtube videos I see that they used to dress in pseudo-colonial garb to match their name. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Edited again to add: Schedules are starting to come out for OMEA shows on 9/14 and 9/21.... ... Louisville 9/14:Hoover (AA) Nordonia (AA) Brunswick (AA)Dublin Scioto (AA) Louisville (A) - Host Crestwood (A) Revere (A) Van Buren (A) Avon Lake (A) St. Clairsville (B) Cloverleaf (B) Buckeye (B) Crestview (C) ... Akron 9/21:No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the followingLakota East (AA) Avon (AA)Marlington (B) Many months after it was announced, I have only just realized that Ethan Eraybar, who had been the band director at Brunswick since 2019 -- and who is still listed as the contact for the Oct. 19th competition on OMEA's website -- moved to become the band director at Avon (Ohio, of course). He has been succeeded at Brunswick by Samuel Portzer, who had been the assistant director at Louisville. (Coincidentally, looking over Louisville's Facebook feed, I see a comment in August from Jay Wardeska, who used to be Brunswick's director.)
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Post by Allohak on Sept 1, 2024 19:05:45 GMT -6
(MSBA did a whole website revamp, for anyone who hasn't stopped by in a while - midstatesba.org)
2 MSBA shows coming up on the 7th, but only 1 relevant for Ohio:
Kings Invitational Saturday, September 7, 2024 - Kings HS - Kings Mills, OH
AA Butler Traditional 2:15 PM Franklin 2:30 PM Simon Kenton 2:45 PM Shawe Memorial 3:00 PM Northwest 3:15 PM West Carrollton 3:30 PM
AAA Bellbrook 4:00 PM Brookville 4:15 PM Deer Park 4:30 PM Colerain 4:45 PM Archbishop Carroll 5:00 PM
Session 1 Awards 5:30 PM
AAAA Springboro 7:30 PM Finneytown 7:45 PM Olentangy 8:00 PM Northmont 8:15 PM
AAAAA Fairfield 8:30 PM Centerville 8:45 PM
Exhibition Kings 9:00 PM
Session 2 Awards 9:30 PM
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 4, 2024 22:29:06 GMT -6
Schedules are starting to come out for OMEA shows on 9/14 and 9/21. ... Rock Hill 9/14:No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the followingRock Hill (B) - Host Gallia Academy (B) Southeastern (B) ... Akron 9/21:No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the followingLakota East (AA) Avon (AA) Marlington (B) ... Portsmouth West 9/21: <- This show was not on the original slate of OMEA competitions back in February No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the followingPortsmouth West (B) - Host McDermott Northwest (B) Gallia Academy (B) The schedule for Rock Hill on Sep. 14 has been posted on OMEA's calendar: 5:00 p.m. -- Symmes Valley (C) 5:15 p.m. -- Green (C) [note 1]5:30 p.m. -- Southeastern (C) (break 5:45 p.m.)6:00 p.m. -- Minford (B) 6:15 p.m. -- Gallia Academy (B) 6:30 p.m. -- Dawson-Bryant (A) [note 2]6:45 p.m. -- Chesapeake (A) [note 2](break 7:00 p.m.)7:15 p.m. -- South Point (A) [note 2]7:30 p.m. -- Point Pleasant, WV (A) 7:45 p.m. -- Rock Hill (B / ratings only) Awards -- 8:00 p.m. [note 1] I believe Green, from Franklin Furnace, last competed in 2018. They qualified for state finals nineteen times between 1990 and 2015.[note 2] As usual for shows in Ohio's southern tip, some bands are competing up a class or two.The schedule for the University of Akron on Sep. 21 has been posted on OMEA's calendar: 10:45 a.m. -- Chippewa (C) 11:00 a.m. -- Ridgewood (B) 11:15 a.m. -- Marlington (B) 11:30 a.m. -- East Liverpool (B) [note 3]11:45 a.m. -- New Philadelphia (A) (apparently a break at 12:00 p.m.)1:00 p.m. -- Firestone (A) 1:15 p.m. -- Field (A) 1:30 p.m. -- Avon (AA) 1:45 p.m. -- Medina (AA) 2:00 p.m. -- Lakota East (AA) 2:15 p.m. -- Strongsville (AA) [note 4][note 5][note 3] When did East Liverpool last compete? They last qualified for state finals for the third and final time in 1985. See also this post I made in July.[note 4] Strongsville has always been a (pretty good) festival band; video on Facebook suggests that's still true, so presumably this is an exhibition performance.[note 5] Typically the University of Akron band plays in exhibition at the end of this event, but the schedule doesn't show that.The schedule for Portsmouth West on Sep. 21 is not yet posted on OMEA's calendar.
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Post by neop on Sept 4, 2024 23:46:00 GMT -6
2:15 p.m. -- Strongsville (AA) [note 4]
[note 4] Strongsville has always been a (pretty good) festival band; video on Facebook suggests that's still true, so presumably this is an exhibition performance.
According to their Facebook, they are in fact planning to remain a show band, but are looking to showcase their talents. I will say that their halftime video from August 30 shows them performing the second movement of a Paul Simon show arranged by Jay Dawson with drill that could be used in a competition setting. I certainly think they could get away with choosing to compete with that show. They will also be performing at the North Royalton festival on 9/14. Hopefully they enjoy their time at Akron.
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Post by neop on Sept 4, 2024 23:57:52 GMT -6
The lineup for the Tippecanoe show is as follows:
Troy (AA) Walnut Hills (AA) Eastern Brown (AA) <- Feeling bold I see Tippecanoe (A) - Host Wilmington (A) Ross (A) Deer Park (B) East Clinton (C) Northeastern (C)
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Post by ohioguy2 on Sept 5, 2024 5:48:04 GMT -6
Schedules are starting to come out for OMEA shows on 9/14 and 9/21. ... Rock Hill 9/14:No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the followingRock Hill (B) - Host Gallia Academy (B) Southeastern (B) ... Akron 9/21:No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the followingLakota East (AA) Avon (AA) Marlington (B) ... Portsmouth West 9/21: <- This show was not on the original slate of OMEA competitions back in February No schedule has been posted yet, but is rumored to include the followingPortsmouth West (B) - Host McDermott Northwest (B) Gallia Academy (B) The schedule for Rock Hill on Sep. 14 has been posted on OMEA's calendar: 5:00 p.m. -- Symmes Valley (C) 5:15 p.m. -- Green (C) [note 1]5:30 p.m. -- Southeastern (C) (break 5:45 p.m.)6:00 p.m. -- Minford (B) 6:15 p.m. -- Gallia Academy (B) 6:30 p.m. -- Dawson-Bryant (A) [note 2]6:45 p.m. -- Chesapeake (A) [note 2](break 7:00 p.m.)7:15 p.m. -- South Point (A) [note 2]7:30 p.m. -- Point Pleasant, WV (A) 7:45 p.m. -- Rock Hill (B / ratings only) Awards -- 8:00 p.m. [note 1] I believe Green, from Franklin Furnace, last competed in 2018. They qualified for state finals nineteen times between 1990 and 2015.[note 2] As usual for shows in Ohio's southern tip, some bands are competing up a class or two.The schedule for the University of Akron on Sep. 21 has been posted on OMEA's calendar: 10:45 a.m. -- Chippewa (C) 11:00 a.m. -- Ridgewood (B) 11:15 a.m. -- Marlington (B) 11:30 a.m. -- East Liverpool (B) [note 3]11:45 a.m. -- New Philadelphia (A) (apparently a break at 12:00 p.m.)1:00 p.m. -- Firestone (A) 1:15 p.m. -- Field (A) 1:30 p.m. -- Avon (AA) 1:45 p.m. -- Medina (AA) 2:00 p.m. -- Lakota East (AA) 2:15 p.m. -- Strongsville (AA) [note 4][note 5][note 3] When did East Liverpool last compete? They last qualified for state finals for the third and final time in 1985. See also this post I made in July.[note 4] Strongsville has always been a (pretty good) festival band; video on Facebook suggests that's still true, so presumably this is an exhibition performance.[note 5] Typically the University of Akron band plays in exhibition at the end of this event, but the schedule doesn't show that.The schedule for Portsmouth West on Sep. 21 is not yet posted on OMEA's calendar. I can tell you the band lineup for the Portsmouth West show (no idea about performance order or times) Minford (B) Portsmouth West (B) Northwest (B) Gallia Academy (B) Spring Valley WV (A) South Point (A) Portsmouth (C)
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 5, 2024 11:41:28 GMT -6
2:15 p.m. -- Strongsville (AA) [note 4]
[note 4] Strongsville has always been a (pretty good) festival band; video on Facebook suggests that's still true, so presumably this is an exhibition performance.
According to their Facebook, they are in fact planning to remain a show band but are looking to showcase their talents. I will say that their halftime video from August 30 shows them performing the second movement of a Paul Simon show arranged by Jay Dawson with drill that could be used in a competition setting. I certainly think they could get away with choosing to compete with that show. They will also be performing at the North Royalton festival on 9/14. Hopefully they enjoy their time at Akron. Last year, I said I thought that five of the thirteen high school festival bands at the Buckeye Invitational deserved to qualify for OMEA state finals, had they been in competition. (That would be Massillon Jackson, Pickerington North, Massillon Washington, West Geauga, and Olentangy Berlin.) The judges might not see it that way, though, and I would think that was even less likely to happen in mid-September. I wonder what Strongsville's parents will make of Lakota East's show. A high-end competition show will be something most of them haven't seen. (That said, there are three competition bands in the same athletic league as Strongsville: Mentor, Medina, and Brunswick.) Strongsville did once include an element that you'll never see in any BOA competition: in 2014 they had a skydiver dressed as Captain America (I think) land on the field in the middle of their halftime performance of a superhero-themed show. - - - - - - - - - - - - Edited, since this is already a post about festival bands, to mention three things I just learned today: 1. Mogadore High School (whose band appeared in exhibition at an OMEA show last year) held a marching band festival, with four guest bands plus the host (all festival bands) -- and at least three of them were in full uniform -- four weeks ago on August 10th (for perspective: that was the day of DCI's All Age and World Class Finals). 2. There are four Springfield High Schools in Ohio, only one of which is actually in (or even near) Springfield. But there are five high schools in Springfield. 3. The stadium at Howland High School (in Warren) has covered seating for the band, rather like what New Philadelphia has. (And can we please have an end to shows based on Guardians of the Galaxy?)
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Post by badbradsband on Sept 6, 2024 9:47:05 GMT -6
Is there any information on Lebanon this year for msba? We were at a football game a couple weeks in Lebanon. The band was bad (4A) A week later the word through the Grapevine is their director got let go for embezzlement and now they had to start completely over with a new halftime show last week. I just looked and it looks like they are still on the schedule except for Kings.They seem to be still trying to make the season happen. Is that even possible?
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Post by ohioguy2 on Sept 6, 2024 10:30:37 GMT -6
Is there any information on Lebanon this year for msba? We were at a football game a couple weeks in Lebanon. The band was bad (4A) A week later the word through the Grapevine is their director got let go for embezzlement and now they had to start completely over with a new halftime show last week. I just looked and it looks like they are still on the schedule except for Kings.They seem to be still trying to make the season happen. Is that even possible? Their former marching band director that still works in the district but wasn't working with the marching band anymore has stepped back into the high school director role, both with the marching band and their concert bands during school. They have started over on a brand new show and are still attempting to compete at some events later in the season. I have no idea what exactly happened with the current (former?) director.
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