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Post by paddy on Jul 21, 2020 14:30:07 GMT -6
Nothing. Four months ago it would absolutely not have been the correct thing to do, as he said it would. Yeah, you don't reward a guy for a crazy hot take that comes true.
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Post by marimba11 on Jul 21, 2020 14:42:39 GMT -6
Haha this is quite funny. Hey a win is a win and he was right. Maybe he deserves a Starbucks gift card.
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Post by kvbrass on Jul 21, 2020 15:57:23 GMT -6
It had to happen, but it sucks. I really hope BOA makes it through a really lean year and is back for 2021 even stronger. Music for All Statement on 2020 Bands of America Championships Written by Debbie Laferty Asbill Schools across America are in the midst of finalizing their plans for the start of the 2020-2021 school year. After thoughtful conversations over several months with enrolled directors, educational consultants and advisors, and several state associations, Music for All has announced today that it is unable to present its 2020 Bands of America Championships due to the many challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was recommended by the Music for All staff and affirmed by the Music for All Board of Directors. We are facing uncertain and unprecedented times, and the health, safety and wellness of the students, band directors, staff, volunteers, spectators, and others associated with our programs remain our number one priority. With this extraordinary development, we share in the deep disappointment of the thousands of performing students, teachers, and supporters. Music for All remains committed to providing educational opportunities this fall. We are offering several remote evaluation opportunities in order to provide quality feedback from BOA adjudicators and MFA evaluators, and goal-oriented experiences to motivate and inspire students during this unusual time. Details on how to sign up for remote evaluation and virtual performance opportunities will be announced soon. We will begin work right away on the 2021 Bands of America Championship season, in order to announce the 2021 schedule and open registrations later this fall. We cannot wait to see you all on the field and in the concert hall in the future. Thank you to all of the music educators, adjudicators, event staff, volunteers, and fans who have continued to support Music for All during this difficult time. We will get through this together. Music for All continues to be here for you to provide positively life-changing experiences through music for all and to do everything we can to ensure that we all make sure music in our schools is stronger than ever in the future.
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Post by hewhowaits on Jul 22, 2020 5:56:07 GMT -6
Haha this is quite funny. Hey a win is a win and he was right. Maybe he deserves a Starbucks gift card. dallasman definitely DOES NOT need more caffeine.
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Post by marimba11 on Jul 22, 2020 20:06:25 GMT -6
Anyone see Masons Instagram post of them practicing “socially distanced” they certainly seem pretty close to me!! Yelling /spewing droplets into the air .... 🤣😂🤣 hope none of them have covid!
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Post by bigtrombone on Jul 23, 2020 11:08:47 GMT -6
Owasso Invitational has been cancelled. As of right now, the Golden Regiment Invitational will still be held.
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Post by Allohak on Jul 23, 2020 13:11:07 GMT -6
Mason has put out information about hosting their usual contest as an independent event (since MSBA has shut down)
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Post by Jake W. on Jul 23, 2020 14:20:17 GMT -6
Mason has put out information about hosting their usual contest as an independent event (since MSBA has shut down) Gah!!!! Come on, Mason directors!! I appreciate everyone’s need to pretend like everything is going to be just fine, but...come on. To the few directors still trying to plan a competitive season in some respect, a little more realism and a little less idealism might be more prudent.
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Post by OldSchoolTrumpet on Jul 23, 2020 14:43:40 GMT -6
Mason has put out information about hosting their usual contest as an independent event (since MSBA has shut down) Gah!!!! Come on, Mason directors!! I appreciate everyone’s need to pretend like everything is going to be just fine, but...come on. To the few directors still trying to plan a competitive season in some respect, a little more realism and a little less idealism might be more prudent. I mean, who exactly is going to be entering this competition? On that note, in Indiana both Homestead and Carmel have announced non-competitive seasons (as if there is anywhere to compete) but has anyone heard anything from Avon on what their plans are?
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Post by paddy on Jul 23, 2020 16:09:16 GMT -6
Gah!!!! Come on, Mason directors!! I appreciate everyone’s need to pretend like everything is going to be just fine, but...come on. To the few directors still trying to plan a competitive season in some respect, a little more realism and a little less idealism might be more prudent. I mean, who exactly is going to be entering this competition? On that note, in Indiana both Homestead and Carmel have announced non-competitive seasons (as if there is anywhere to compete) but has anyone heard anything from Avon on what their plans are? I have heard (though not confirmed) that Avon plans to host their usual invitational in September.
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Post by paddy on Jul 23, 2020 16:11:22 GMT -6
Mason has put out information about hosting their usual contest as an independent event (since MSBA has shut down) Gah!!!! Come on, Mason directors!! I appreciate everyone’s need to pretend like everything is going to be just fine, but...come on. To the few directors still trying to plan a competitive season in some respect, a little more realism and a little less idealism might be more prudent. While I agree, I do believe that there can be some small local evaluation events that give students something to work toward. 3-5 schools in a small geographic area, Limited crowds, stream online, local judges. No big hullabaloo just a chance for some kids to perform.
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Post by Jake W. on Jul 24, 2020 2:06:00 GMT -6
Gah!!!! Come on, Mason directors!! I appreciate everyone’s need to pretend like everything is going to be just fine, but...come on. To the few directors still trying to plan a competitive season in some respect, a little more realism and a little less idealism might be more prudent. While I agree, I do believe that there can be some small local evaluation events that give students something to work toward. 3-5 schools in a small geographic area, Limited crowds, stream online, local judges. No big hullabaloo just a chance for some kids to perform. Eh, I suppose you're right about that. I can't disagree with anything you said. I'm still a little suspect of anyone who attempts to move forward with a competitive season when it's clearly a major risk; I know too many of my colleagues who have unfortunately defined their lives by their band's successes, and part of me can't help but wonder if some directors are moving forward under the guise of "student performance opportunities" simply because they themselves aren't interested in finding out what their lives look like without competitive marching band.
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Post by paddy on Jul 24, 2020 8:47:33 GMT -6
While I agree, I do believe that there can be some small local evaluation events that give students something to work toward. 3-5 schools in a small geographic area, Limited crowds, stream online, local judges. No big hullabaloo just a chance for some kids to perform. Eh, I suppose you're right about that. I can't disagree with anything you said. I'm still a little suspect of anyone who attempts to move forward with a competitive season when it's clearly a major risk; I know too many of my colleagues who have unfortunately defined their lives by their band's successes, and part of me can't help but wonder if some directors are moving forward under the guise of "student performance opportunities" simply because they themselves aren't interested in finding out what their lives look like without competitive marching band. You're not wrong, but I think the good directors will balance things well. Honestly, my local evaluation events would look more like ISSMA concert band or festival marching (evaluation against an ideal) as opposed to evaluation against each other. There is value in giving kids a measuring stick as long as it can be safely.
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Post by saxomom on Jul 25, 2020 13:03:42 GMT -6
Most schools need to move forward in some way, even if it's only for themselves and not performing in an invitational or exhibition, because if you don't teach the incoming freshman how to march properly then next year you'll have freshmen and sophomores that don't know how to march at all. But for as long as football games are allowed, I can see schools doing marching exhibitions between 2 to 3 locations at a time. Here in Indy, we could easily have Avon, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Carmel, Fishers, Center Grove, even Homestead, and several others in driving distance for some kind of exhibition. It's the same as the football players getting to play games, and we don't ram into the opposing band or even huddle!
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Post by paddy on Jul 25, 2020 17:32:23 GMT -6
It's the same as the football players getting to play games, and we don't ram into the opposing band or even huddle! Many times I have contemplated full contact band...
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Post by drumcorpsgeek on Jul 25, 2020 21:36:10 GMT -6
Winter/Spring count for HS football is up to Washington, California, New Mexico, Nevada. Virginia votes Monday on their plan.
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Post by Subito Fortissimo on Jul 26, 2020 19:25:20 GMT -6
Winter/Spring count for HS football is up to Washington, California, New Mexico, Nevada. Virginia votes Monday on their plan. Based on what I've heard from people in the know, it's looking highly likely that North Carolina will move football to Winter/Spring as well.
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Post by marimba11 on Jul 26, 2020 20:11:34 GMT -6
Winter/Spring count for HS football is up to Washington, California, New Mexico, Nevada. Virginia votes Monday on their plan. Based on what I've heard from people in the know, it's looking highly likely that North Carolina will move football to Winter/Spring as well. Better get concert band underway in the fall! LOL
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Post by ohioguy2 on Jul 27, 2020 6:59:03 GMT -6
Mason has put out information about hosting their usual contest as an independent event (since MSBA has shut down) Gah!!!! Come on, Mason directors!! I appreciate everyone’s need to pretend like everything is going to be just fine, but...come on. To the few directors still trying to plan a competitive season in some respect, a little more realism and a little less idealism might be more prudent. For whatever it's worth, this festival is completely non-competitive. I have heard Miamisburg is also planning on a similar event. It's a chance for students to perform and get some feedback from judges and to try to give students something like they would normally get to experience.
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Post by drumcorpsgeek on Jul 27, 2020 11:03:54 GMT -6
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Jul 28, 2020 11:21:17 GMT -6
It's the same as the football players getting to play games, and we don't ram into the opposing band or even huddle! Many times I have contemplated full contact band... When I was in high school marching band, lo those many years ago, one night at rehearsal we were egged by the football team. An attempt at full contact ensued (but they ran away).
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Post by paddy on Jul 28, 2020 16:05:18 GMT -6
Many times I have contemplated full contact band... When I was in high school marching band, lo those many years ago, one night at rehearsal we were egged by the football team. An attempt at full contact ensued (but they ran away). We had mixed gender buses so you know the bus rides were always full contact.
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Post by Allohak on Jul 28, 2020 16:15:10 GMT -6
You can ask hewhowaits to verify - I distinctly remember making contact with a football player at halftime my senior year. We had a tag ending and finished outlining the field, my last dot was on the endline. The football team had come back out of the locker room and was warming up in the endzone. I made my dot, despite there being a line of football players in the same vicinity. I can neither confirm nor deny taking a non-direct path to the place I belonged
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Post by hewhowaits on Jul 28, 2020 19:20:03 GMT -6
You can ask hewhowaits to verify - I distinctly remember making contact with a football player at halftime my senior year. We had a tag ending and finished outlining the field, my last dot was on the endline. The football team had come back out of the locker room and was warming up in the endzone. I made my dot, despite there being a line of football players in the same vicinity. I can neither confirm nor deny taking a non-direct path to the place I belonged Being present when this incident occurred, I CAN confirm that Allohak deviated from the assigned sequence of steps to his final dot. He DID warn the offending football players prior to the not unintentional contact between his alto saxophone and the area just below the shoulder pads of an offensive lineman. At the remaining home game that season, there were NO football players in the end zone as the band completed it's performance.
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Post by MadScientist on Jul 29, 2020 11:59:57 GMT -6
You can ask hewhowaits to verify - I distinctly remember making contact with a football player at halftime my senior year. We had a tag ending and finished outlining the field, my last dot was on the endline. The football team had come back out of the locker room and was warming up in the endzone. I made my dot, despite there being a line of football players in the same vicinity. I can neither confirm nor deny taking a non-direct path to the place I belonged Being present when this incident occurred, I CAN confirm that Allohak deviated from the assigned sequence of steps to his final dot. He DID warn the offending football players prior to the not unintentional contact between his alto saxophone and the area just below the shoulder pads of an offensive lineman. At the remaining home game that season, there were NO football players in the end zone as the band completed it's performance. In college, when our football team played our arch-rivals, there was a history of the visiting team's fans jumping onto the field after the game and tearing down the goal posts. One year, when the game was at our place, our marching band director thought to outsmart the fans by placing us in a formation in the end zone at the end of the game and playing the fight song or something as everyone was leaving. We were going to Defend the Goal Post! As the game came to a close, stadium security surrounded one goal post and we got in formation around the other. Sure enough, the opposing fans rushed the field. As they came closer, I proposed extending our our clarinets toward them, pointy ends first, in a "fix bayonets" type move (clarinets do have a purpose!), but nobody did that. In the end, when the ruffians got within 20 yards and saw 200+ band people with metal clubs (instruments), they hesitated. Other than an altercation with a cymbals player, the crowd dispersed without further incident and the goal post stood.
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Post by hewhowaits on Jul 30, 2020 2:54:22 GMT -6
New York State Field Band Conference officially cancelled their 2020 competition season on Tuesday.
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Post by bandaid on Jul 31, 2020 4:11:56 GMT -6
Two school districts in Indiana that went back to school this week have already had a Teacher and a student test positive for Covid-19. Avon had a teacher test positive before school started and has not been on campus and Greenfield Central had a student test positive on the first day.
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Post by marauderband on Jul 31, 2020 9:51:43 GMT -6
Two school districts in Indiana that went back to school this week have already had a Teacher and a student test positive for Covid-19. Avon had a teacher test positive before school started and has not been on campus and Greenfield Central had a student test positive on the first day. Long time lurker, first time poster... While this may seem like a bit of semantics, the schools didn't "have" someone test positive. People who were members of that community tested positive. In Avon it was a known issue and the staff member had been in quarantine. In Greenfield an absolutely irresponsible parent sent their kid to school while the test results were pending. In both cases the schools had well written and implemented operational plans.
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Post by Allohak on Aug 3, 2020 13:03:43 GMT -6
Ohio has banned all spectators at sporting events. This includes professional and scholastic events.
Yes, that means even high school football players' parents can't attend to watch their kid play.
Presumably, and relevant to this site. this would extend and apply to any marching band events still on the calendar.
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Post by mbga on Aug 4, 2020 12:56:00 GMT -6
Two school districts in Indiana that went back to school this week have already had a Teacher and a student test positive for Covid-19. Avon had a teacher test positive before school started and has not been on campus and Greenfield Central had a student test positive on the first day. And Howie survived when he finally went out into the sun.
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