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Post by hewhowaits on Aug 23, 2019 6:22:08 GMT -6
Updated as of August 22, 2019 Drop: Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA KM has been off the list since May 15.
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Post by yayband914 on Aug 23, 2019 10:23:26 GMT -6
Updated as of August 22, 2019 Drop: Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA KM has been off the list since May 15. And I oop... you’re right. My bad. Not sure if anything really changed then!
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Post by marimba11 on Aug 24, 2019 0:00:07 GMT -6
Updated as of August 22, 2019 Drop: Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA Clinton H.S., MS East Coweta H.S., GA Fayetteville H.S., AR Fort Mill H.S., SC Harrison H.S., GA Hillgrove H.S., GA Hoover H.S., AL James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Kell H.S., GA Mauldin H.S., SC McEachern H.S., GA Mill Creek H.S., GA Milton H.S., GA Pelham H.S., AL River Ridge H.S., GA Saltillo H.S., MS Signal Mountain H.S., TN Sparkman H.S., AL Summerville H.S., SC Walton H.S., GA I’m assuming we think Harrison is going to win? Then Byrnes and Fort Mill. Hopefully both FM and also Walton can bounce back after disappointing 2018 seasons. Even if this isn’t FM’s year after the split, Catawba Ridge, FM, and Nation Ford will be forced a to recon with in the future. The town of Fort Mill is currently the fastest growing school district in the state of South Carolina, this year adding 1,000 students alone. If I was a betting man, I’d say Byrnes will top Harrison here, unless Harrison has the total package going into GN.
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 6, 2019 0:39:39 GMT -6
Updated as of September 4, 2019
Add: Leeds H.S., AL
Clinton H.S., MS East Coweta H.S., GA Fayetteville H.S., AR Fort Mill H.S., SC Harrison H.S., GA Hillgrove H.S., GA Hoover H.S., AL James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Kell H.S., GA Leeds H.S., AL Mauldin H.S., SC McEachern H.S., GA Mill Creek H.S., GA Milton H.S., GA Pelham H.S., AL River Ridge H.S., GA Saltillo H.S., MS Signal Mountain H.S., TN Sparkman H.S., AL Summerville H.S., SC Walton H.S., GA
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 27, 2019 12:23:37 GMT -6
Prelims Schedule as of 09/26/19
(Add Jackson County Comprehensive H.S., GA)
9:45 Jackson County Comprehensive H.S., GA 10:00 Leeds H.S., LA 10:15 Signal Mountain H.S., TN 10:30 Sparkman H.S., AL 10:45 Hillgrove H.S., GA 11:00 Fayetteville H.S., AR 11:15 East Coweta H.S., GA
LUNCH
12:15 Walton H.S., GA 12:30 Milton H.S., GA 12:45 McEachern H.S., GA 1:00 Summerville H.S., SC 1:15 Kell H.S., GA 1:30 Mill Creek H.S., GA 1:45 Mauldin H.S., SC 2:00 Clinton H.S., MS
BREAK
2:45 James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 3:00 Pelham H.S., AL 3:15 Fort Mill H.S., SC 3:30 River Ridge H.S., GA 3:45 Hoover H.S., AL 4:00 Saltillo H.S., MS 4:15 Harrison H.S., GA
4:45 Prelims Awards & Announcement of Finalists
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Post by cornet on Oct 2, 2019 17:15:34 GMT -6
Hoping Harrison will surprise some people here By doing what? They are a clear favorite here with only Byrnes any sort of a threat unless you know something I don't.
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Post by marimba11 on Oct 2, 2019 18:14:16 GMT -6
Hoping Harrison will surprise some people here By doing what? They are a clear favorite here with only Byrnes any sort of a threat unless you know something I don't. Byrnes is definitely more than a threat. They are an absolute contender for 1st place here. Having seen both shows, I’d say they’re about even right now
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Post by marimba11 on Oct 2, 2019 19:16:17 GMT -6
What is byrnes’ show this year? It is entitled Full-Tilt. It is about pinball, literally and actually.
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Post by Allohak on Oct 2, 2019 21:13:16 GMT -6
What is byrnes’ show this year? It is entitled Full-Tilt. It is about pinball, literally and actually. Saw that video - they are continuing in the right direction
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Post by johnvb21 on Oct 16, 2019 18:29:14 GMT -6
Way too early finalist and class champion predictions: Fort Mill H.S., SC Harrison H.S., GA Hillgrove H.S., GA Hoover H.S., AL James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA Mill Creek H.S., GA Milton H.S., GA Sparkman H.S., AL Walton H.S., GA Bubble bands: Clinton H.S., MS East Coweta H.S., GA McEachern H.S., GA McGavock H.S., TN A: Signal Mountain H.S., TN AA: Clinton H.S., MS AAA: Harrison H.S., SC AAAA: James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Walton will be an interesting watch. Is their disappointing 13th place finish at Jacksonville last year a sign of things to come this year? How will Fort Mill be affected? Walton will easily place top 4 at least. Their show this year is far better than last year. Responding to the Jacksonville comment, Walton actually did better last year than all of the bands listed above except for James f Byrnes, Harrison, and fort mill. Don’t forget that last year, Walton went to BOA St. Louis and missed finals by less than a point. They still beat notable band Bellevue West, and scored higher than every band listed above besides the 3 I mentioned.
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Post by johnvb21 on Oct 16, 2019 18:30:42 GMT -6
Way too early finalist and class champion predictions: Fort Mill H.S., SC Harrison H.S., GA Hillgrove H.S., GA Hoover H.S., AL James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA Mill Creek H.S., GA Milton H.S., GA Sparkman H.S., AL Walton H.S., GA Bubble bands: Clinton H.S., MS East Coweta H.S., GA McEachern H.S., GA McGavock H.S., TN A: Signal Mountain H.S., TN AA: Clinton H.S., MS AAA: Harrison H.S., SC AAAA: James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Walton will be an interesting watch. Is their disappointing 13th place finish at Jacksonville last year a sign of things to come this year? How will Fort Mill be affected? Walton will easily place top 4 at least. Their show this year is far better than last year. Responding to the Jacksonville comment, Walton actually did better last year than all of the bands listed above except for James f Byrnes, Harrison, and fort mill. Don’t forget that last year, Walton went to BOA St. Louis and missed finals by less than a point. They still beat notable band Bellevue West, and scored higher than every band listed above besides the 3 I mentioned.
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Post by cornet on Oct 16, 2019 18:37:10 GMT -6
What? They lost by a lot to both Hoover and Hillgrove. I mean they may do well but you are creating some very twisty logic to argue a pretty clear outcome here.
I can't follow your logic re St Louis. It seems you are comparing scores across different shows which is invalid.
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Post by johnvb21 on Oct 16, 2019 18:57:26 GMT -6
What? They lost by a lot to both Hoover and Hillgrove. I mean they may do well but you are creating some very twisty logic to argue a pretty clear outcome here. I can't follow your logic re St Louis. It seems you are comparing scores across different shows which is invalid. No, Walton never does well at early season competitions due to their rehearsal technique. If Walton went to an early competition any other year, it would be the same. Comparing Walton’s boa St. Louis score to Hoover and hillgroves scores at powder springs is valid, since they both occurred on October 28. If anything, the powder springs scores were likely more inflated than the St. Louis scores due to a harder judging panel at St. Louis. Walton scored around an 82 at St. Louis, where as Hoover and Hillgrove barely cracked 75s.
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Post by minituba8290 on Oct 16, 2019 20:02:28 GMT -6
It is entitled Full-Tilt. It is about pinball, literally and actually. Saw that video - they are continuing in the right direction apparently they just finished their show and I heard it’s supposed to be outstanding now that it’s finished
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Post by marimba11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:48:31 GMT -6
Heading in the other direction, by the look of things it seems like Fort Mill’s goal will probably be just to make finals. In the videos i’ve seen it looks they’ve fallen about 40 members with the split of Catawba Ridge back to about 160. A wind section of almost 110 but small percussion and guard sections that appear very average. They have a bizarre ending currently that I suppose will change.
I question as to why they wanted to attend arguably the most competitive regional in the southeast on what is definitely a rebuilding year, but I think they’ll make finals. They beat Ardrey Kell at band beat but only by about a point or so.
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Post by es203 on Oct 16, 2019 21:49:09 GMT -6
One band people are missing here is Summerville. They could definitely make their way into finals comfortably IMO. Also, Fort Mill may be smaller, but I find that they have a great ensemble sound and the guard program is smaller but stronger than years past. Guess we’ll find out how they stack up on the 26th though
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Post by marimba11 on Oct 16, 2019 21:56:44 GMT -6
One band people are missing here is Summerville. They could definitely make their way into finals comfortably IMO. Also, Fort Mill may be smaller, but I find that they have a great ensemble sound and the guard program is smaller but stronger than years past. Guess we’ll find out how they stack up on the 26th though Oh yes good point in Summerville. They’re doing a patriotic show this yr not unlike DBs from 2014. The video I saw of fort mill was from a few weeks ago so I’m sure they’ve improved exponentially as they typically do.
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Post by yayband914 on Oct 20, 2019 11:05:51 GMT -6
Predictions that will probably turn out to be completely incorrect.
1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 3) Hillgrove H.S., GA 4) Walton H.S., GA 5) Fort Mill H.S., SC 6) Fayetteville H.S., AR 7) Mill Creek H.S., GA 8) Sparkman H.S., AL 9) Milton H.S., GA 10) East Coweta H.S., GA ——— 11) Clinton H.S., MS 12) Kell H.S., GA
I’m not counting Clinton or Kell out of finals if they have spectacular runs! Fort Mill could place as high as 3rd but from what I’ve been hearing about them, I’m not sure. Fayetteville has really blossomed the last couple years. I expect them to surprise people.
A — 1) Signal Mountain H.S., TN 2) Leeds H.S., AL
Music — Signal Mountain H.S., TN Visual — Signal Mountain H.S., TN General Effect — Signal Mountain H.S., TN
AA — 1) Clinton H.S., MS 2) Kell H.S., GA 3) Jackson County Comprehensive H.S., GA
Music — Clinton H.S., MS (?) Visual — Kell H.S., GA (?) General Effect — Clinton H.S., MS (?)
AAA — 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) McEachern H.S., GA 3) Mauldin H.S., SC
Music — Harrison H.S., GA Visual — Harrison H.S., GA General Effect — Harrison H.S., GA
AAAA — 1) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 2) Hillgrove H.S., GA 3) Walton H.S., GA
Music — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Visual — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC General Effect — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC
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Post by marimba11 on Oct 20, 2019 13:33:02 GMT -6
Predictions that will probably turn out to be completely incorrect. 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 3) Hillgrove H.S., GA 4) Walton H.S., GA 5) Fort Mill H.S., SC 6) Fayetteville H.S., AR 7) Mill Creek H.S., GA 8) Sparkman H.S., AL 9) Milton H.S., GA 10) East Coweta H.S., GA ——— 11) Clinton H.S., MS 12) Kell H.S., GA I’m not counting Clinton or Kell out of finals if they have spectacular runs! Fort Mill could place as high as 3rd but from what I’ve been hearing about them, I’m not sure. Fayetteville has really blossomed the last couple years. I expect them to surprise people. A — 1) Signal Mountain H.S., TN 2) Leeds H.S., AL Music — Signal Mountain H.S., TN Visual — Signal Mountain H.S., TN General Effect — Signal Mountain H.S., TN AA — 1) Clinton H.S., MS 2) Kell H.S., GA 3) Jackson County Comprehensive H.S., GA Music — Clinton H.S., MS (?) Visual — Kell H.S., GA (?) General Effect — Clinton H.S., MS (?) AAA — 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) McEachern H.S., GA 3) Mauldin H.S., SC Music — Harrison H.S., GA Visual — Harrison H.S., GA General Effect — Harrison H.S., GA AAAA — 1) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 2) Hillgrove H.S., GA 3) Walton H.S., GA Music — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Visual — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC General Effect — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Summerville will definitely be in finals, not sure which half. Fort Mill is AAA, I believe. I expect this top 3 1. Harrison (GE) 2. Byrnes (Music, visual) It’ll be close between these two. 3. Walton (I see Walton a solid third) The rest is anyone’s guess. I like what I’ve seen of Mill Creek.
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Post by yayband914 on Oct 20, 2019 13:57:38 GMT -6
Predictions that will probably turn out to be completely incorrect. 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 3) Hillgrove H.S., GA 4) Walton H.S., GA 5) Fort Mill H.S., SC 6) Fayetteville H.S., AR 7) Mill Creek H.S., GA 8) Sparkman H.S., AL 9) Milton H.S., GA 10) East Coweta H.S., GA ——— 11) Clinton H.S., MS 12) Kell H.S., GA I’m not counting Clinton or Kell out of finals if they have spectacular runs! Fort Mill could place as high as 3rd but from what I’ve been hearing about them, I’m not sure. Fayetteville has really blossomed the last couple years. I expect them to surprise people. A — 1) Signal Mountain H.S., TN 2) Leeds H.S., AL Music — Signal Mountain H.S., TN Visual — Signal Mountain H.S., TN General Effect — Signal Mountain H.S., TN AA — 1) Clinton H.S., MS 2) Kell H.S., GA 3) Jackson County Comprehensive H.S., GA Music — Clinton H.S., MS (?) Visual — Kell H.S., GA (?) General Effect — Clinton H.S., MS (?) AAA — 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) McEachern H.S., GA 3) Mauldin H.S., SC Music — Harrison H.S., GA Visual — Harrison H.S., GA General Effect — Harrison H.S., GA AAAA — 1) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 2) Hillgrove H.S., GA 3) Walton H.S., GA Music — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Visual — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC General Effect — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Summerville will definitely be in finals, not sure which half. Fort Mill is AAA, I believe. I expect this top 3 1. Harrison (GE) 2. Byrnes (Music, visual) It’ll be close between these two. 3. Walton (I see Walton a solid third) The rest is anyone’s guess. I like what I’ve seen of Mill Creek. Ohhh, I forgot about Summerville...
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Post by johnvb21 on Oct 21, 2019 9:07:28 GMT -6
Predictions that will probably turn out to be completely incorrect. 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 3) Hillgrove H.S., GA 4) Walton H.S., GA 5) Fort Mill H.S., SC 6) Fayetteville H.S., AR 7) Mill Creek H.S., GA 8) Sparkman H.S., AL 9) Milton H.S., GA 10) East Coweta H.S., GA ——— 11) Clinton H.S., MS 12) Kell H.S., GA I’m not counting Clinton or Kell out of finals if they have spectacular runs! Fort Mill could place as high as 3rd but from what I’ve been hearing about them, I’m not sure. Fayetteville has really blossomed the last couple years. I expect them to surprise people. A — 1) Signal Mountain H.S., TN 2) Leeds H.S., AL Music — Signal Mountain H.S., TN Visual — Signal Mountain H.S., TN General Effect — Signal Mountain H.S., TN AA — 1) Clinton H.S., MS 2) Kell H.S., GA 3) Jackson County Comprehensive H.S., GA Music — Clinton H.S., MS (?) Visual — Kell H.S., GA (?) General Effect — Clinton H.S., MS (?) AAA — 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) McEachern H.S., GA 3) Mauldin H.S., SC Music — Harrison H.S., GA Visual — Harrison H.S., GA General Effect — Harrison H.S., GA AAAA — 1) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 2) Hillgrove H.S., GA 3) Walton H.S., GA Music — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Visual — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC General Effect — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Hillgrove will not beat Walton this year. Walton and Hillgrove already competed this year, and Walton beat Hillgrove by 3 or 4 places. Even kell high school from Georgia beat Hillgrove.
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Post by marimba11 on Oct 21, 2019 10:01:09 GMT -6
Predictions that will probably turn out to be completely incorrect. 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 3) Hillgrove H.S., GA 4) Walton H.S., GA 5) Fort Mill H.S., SC 6) Fayetteville H.S., AR 7) Mill Creek H.S., GA 8) Sparkman H.S., AL 9) Milton H.S., GA 10) East Coweta H.S., GA ——— 11) Clinton H.S., MS 12) Kell H.S., GA I’m not counting Clinton or Kell out of finals if they have spectacular runs! Fort Mill could place as high as 3rd but from what I’ve been hearing about them, I’m not sure. Fayetteville has really blossomed the last couple years. I expect them to surprise people. A — 1) Signal Mountain H.S., TN 2) Leeds H.S., AL Music — Signal Mountain H.S., TN Visual — Signal Mountain H.S., TN General Effect — Signal Mountain H.S., TN AA — 1) Clinton H.S., MS 2) Kell H.S., GA 3) Jackson County Comprehensive H.S., GA Music — Clinton H.S., MS (?) Visual — Kell H.S., GA (?) General Effect — Clinton H.S., MS (?) AAA — 1) Harrison H.S., GA 2) McEachern H.S., GA 3) Mauldin H.S., SC Music — Harrison H.S., GA Visual — Harrison H.S., GA General Effect — Harrison H.S., GA AAAA — 1) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC 2) Hillgrove H.S., GA 3) Walton H.S., GA Music — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Visual — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC General Effect — James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Hillgrove will not beat Walton this year. Walton and Hillgrove already competed this year, and Walton beat Hillgrove by 3 or 4 places. Even kell high school from Georgia beat Hillgrove. Agreed, Walton seems strong and Hillgrove is usually in the bottom half of regionals.
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Post by minituba8290 on Oct 21, 2019 17:42:56 GMT -6
The question is, is James F. Byrnes good enough to win or do they have a better chance at out of top three?
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Post by johnvb21 on Oct 21, 2019 17:43:10 GMT -6
Predictions?
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Post by johnvb21 on Oct 21, 2019 17:43:59 GMT -6
The question is, is James F. Byrnes good enough to win or do they have a better chance at out of top three? It will be hard for them to win. They have some pretty tough competition this year.
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Post by oboe12 on Oct 21, 2019 17:59:38 GMT -6
Has Harrison improved from the last couple of down years? If not, I could see Byrnes taking this.
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Post by johnvb21 on Oct 21, 2019 18:07:31 GMT -6
Has Harrison improved from the last couple of down years? If not, I could see Byrnes taking this. Harrison still scores in the high 80s, like 88s. Byrnes scores in the mid to low 80s
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Post by es203 on Oct 21, 2019 18:11:43 GMT -6
Has Harrison improved from the last couple of down years? If not, I could see Byrnes taking this. Byrnes could certainly take it. From what I've seen they're stronger than last years state championship band, and Harrison hasn't exactly been consistent in the past few years.
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Post by rrpinball on Oct 21, 2019 18:30:40 GMT -6
Has Harrison improved from the last couple of down years? If not, I could see Byrnes taking this. Harrison still scores in the high 80s, like 88s. Byrnes scores in the mid to low 80s No we have scored in the 90s. Just remember this saying "Leave no Doubt"
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Post by marimba11 on Oct 21, 2019 18:42:44 GMT -6
The only major band who has competed with Harrison is Nation Ford and that was over two weeks ago. Nation Ford managed to beat them by a large margin in music tie in visual and Harrison handily took GE. I don’t think either had their full show in the field. Nation Ford hasn’t lost music yet this season and likely won’t. Their show was very safely designed for SC state comp.
With that said that was a while ago and tbh from what little I’ve seen of Harrison they seemed the strongest they’ve ever been since 2015. Byrnes has a GREAT show this year though I could see them winning too. But if I had to put my money down right now I’d go Harrison because of GE.
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