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Post by ohioguy2 on Aug 24, 2021 21:04:40 GMT -6
I figured we could use an Ohio thread of local shows that take place throughout the season, if anything so that NE Brigand can give us a detailed breakdown of all things OMEA.
The first show in Ohio every year is always the Northmont Premiere, which this year will take place on Saturday, September 4. As always, it’s a non-competitive event, but the bands get feedback and a critique session with judges.
This year’s schedule has been released:
Troy Christian HS - 7:15 pm East Clinton HS - 7:30 pm Vandalia Butler HS - 7:45 pm Carroll HS (OH) - 8:00 pm
Bellbrook HS - 8:45 pm Lebanon HS - 9:00 pm Miamisburg HS - 9:15 pm Centerville HS - 9:30 pm Northmont HS - 9:45 pm
Not sure if anyone is planning to attend but it will be great to have a band show again!
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Post by thestraightestlegs on Aug 25, 2021 5:54:22 GMT -6
I won’t be able to be there, but I’m excited to scour YouTube for videos from the event!
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Post by thestraightestlegs on Sept 4, 2021 19:41:27 GMT -6
Any interesting updates to share?
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Post by ohioguy2 on Sept 4, 2021 21:21:50 GMT -6
Any interesting updates to share? Show was rained out, unfortunately.
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Post by bearscott85 on Sept 6, 2021 9:01:03 GMT -6
Yes it was canceled due to weather ☹️
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Post by thestraightestlegs on Sept 6, 2021 14:56:08 GMT -6
Here’s a list of MSBA shows this weekend! I listed next to the bands which schools are involved with BOA this season (as best as I could find). I would do OMEA shows too, but honestly, that’s a lot more work than I care to do lol
Also, I know this is more than just Ohio groups, but thought posting here would be better than in a brand new forum.
Kings High School
2:45 - Pride of Shawnee 3:00 - Switzerland County 3:15 - Norwood 3:30 - Franklin 3:45 - Moeller/Mt Norte Dame 4:00 - Madison 4:15 - Milton-Union (BOA Grand Nationals) 4:30 - Northwest 4:45 - Carlisle (BOA Grand Nationals) 5:00 - Brookville 5:15 - West Carrollton
8:00 - Olentangy 8:15 - Finneytown 8:30 - Kettering Fairmont (BOA Dayton, BOA Indy Super) 8:45 - Centerville (BOA Dayton, BOA Indy Super, BOA Grand Nationals) 9:00 - Fairfield (BOA Dayton) 9:15 - Kings (BOA Toledo)
Columbus North High School
4:45 - Henryville 5:00 - Eastern 5:15 - Madison Marching Cubs and Guard 5:30 - Rising Sun Shiner Pride 5:45 - Triton Central
6:15 - Paoli 6:30 - Indian Creek 6:45 - Corydon 7:00 - Bullitt East 7:15 - Bedford North Lawrence 7:30 - Monrovia
8:00 - Shawe Memorial 8:15 - South Oldham 8:30 - Bloomington 8:45 - Floyd Central (BOA Indy Super) 9:00 - Columbus North (BOA Grand Nationals)
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Post by hostrauser on Sept 6, 2021 17:41:02 GMT -6
Didn't Columbus North combine bands with Columbus East? Or was that move put on hold?
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 6, 2021 20:29:27 GMT -6
Didn't Columbus North combine bands with Columbus East? Or was that move put on hold? Not certain of the status, but the plan was to combine this year as the Columbus Sound and Spirit. In Indiana, combined bands still officially enter contests as one school or the other, so it's possible that whoever filled out BOA entry forms did the same.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 7, 2021 21:43:19 GMT -6
if anything so that NE Brigand can give us a detailed breakdown of all things OMEA Ha! Just seeing this. While I glanced at the OMEA schedule a while back, work has been hideously busy for longer than I can remember, so I absorbed little of it. One thing I noticed is that the second Saturday of the four-day state finals is at Medina rather than Brunswick this year. Ten minutes farther away for me, but given the relative paucity of bands from northern Ohio, ten minutes closer for a lot of participants, I expect. This week I'm planning to attend the Cloverleaf show Saturday evening (after going to my nephew's sixth birthday part in the afternoon).
Well, this is interesting. I really have been out of touch. I had heard a rumor that OMEA was going to modify its 40-year-old scoring and rating system (1980-2019) in 2020, and I see that a new plan was apparently announced then and is indeed in place for 2021. Mind you, the public never saw the scores -- and ratings not scores were and are what qualified bands for state finals (which were and I believe still are ratings-only) -- but for historical reasons unknown to me, scores were on a 300-point system. Now it's a 100-point system. Also a band's overall score and overall rating used to consist of the sum of seven individuals' adjudication: two music judges, two visual judges, two general effect judges, and one percussion judge. (That simplifies a little, because the two music judges contributed to the percussion rating but not the percussion score.) There were also two guard judges, but their scores / ratings didn't contribute to the total. Now it appears that it's just five judges whose determinations count to the overall score and rating: two music, one visual, and two general effect. People already complain about visual being under-emphasized in OMEA; I wonder how this will affect the shows. Percussion is still a caption, but like guard, it no longer contributes to the overall score. If that leads to less use of battery, that would be disappointing. (One change apparently implemented in 2019 is that shows can be as short as six minutes. I didn't realize that, but I remember thinking that a few shows seemed under time that year. I am so not a fan of this trend.)
Also, for this year only, they're making it easier to qualify for state finals, and to earn a Superior in state finals:
Normally under the new system a band would need at least three Superior ratings and two Excellent ratings out of five to earn an overall Superior. This year, two Superiors and three Excellents will suffice.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 11, 2021 22:55:17 GMT -6
I've never before attended a local OMEA competition where the ratings of all the bands were announced. (At OMEA's State Finals, ratings are all that is announced.) But that happened tonight at Cloverleaf. Is that a new procedure, or will Cloverleaf's director be chewed out by OMEA for letting it happen? (There was definitely some confusion about this point between the director and the announcer.) Normally, the only ratings announced at local shows are overall Superior (I) ratings, because that's what qualifies a band to go to State. (As always, scores were not announced tonight.) All that said, in general, local OMEA shows are pretty inconsistent as to what gets announced. At some contests they announce best visual, music, and effect (overall and/or by class). At others, including this show, they don't.
Finally, as a reminder, OMEA classes are based on grade 10-12 enrollment, as follows: C = 300 or less; B = 301-500; A = 501-900; and AA = 901 or more. ("AA" is usually pronounced "double A" not "two A," but tonight the announcer pronounced it "A, A.") And with the preambles over, these were the announced results:
Class AA 1. Avon (OH) - I (also best in class guard and percussion) - Grand Champion 2. Firestone - III
Class A 1. Louisville - II (also best in class guard) - Reserve Grand Champion 2. Marion Harding - II 3. Norton - III (also best in class percussion)
Class B 1. Highland - III (also best in class guard and percussion, of course)
Class C 1. Black River - II (also best in class guard and percussion, of course)
Host Band - Ratings Only (Class B) Cloverleaf - II
Obviously there's one result in there that may be of interest in this forum. I'm too tired now, but I'll have some thoughts on that and the other performances tomorrow, including the ensemble not mentioned above who blew the house down.
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Post by hostrauser on Sept 12, 2021 9:45:48 GMT -6
Class A 3. Norton - III (also best in class percussion) Obviously there's one result in there that may be of interest in this forum. I'm too tired now, but I'll have some thoughts on that and the other performances tomorrow, including the ensemble not mentioned above who blew the house down. Uh, what happened here? Looking forward to your thoughts.
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Post by thestraightestlegs on Sept 12, 2021 13:19:33 GMT -6
Kings Invitational Scores
Class A - 1. Switzerland Country - 38.9 (GE, V, P) 2. Norwood - 37.4 (M, G)
Class AA - 1. Franklin - 53.2 (GE, M, V, G) 2. Milton Union - 49.8 3. Northwest - 45.7 (P) 4. Madison - 45.1 5. Moeller/Mt Notre Dame - 41.4
Class AAA - 1. Carlisle - 47.2 (GE) 2. West Carrollton - 47.0 (M, P, G) 3. Brookville - 46.0 (V)
Class AAAA - 1. Olentangy - 59.0 (GE, M, V, P) 2. Finneytown - 57.4 (G)
Class AAAAA - 1. Centerville - 67.2 (All) 2. Kettering Fairmont - 61.6 3. Fairfield - 58.9
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Post by ohioguy2 on Sept 12, 2021 18:32:14 GMT -6
Some OMEA scores for you.
OMEA has a new scoring system this year. Two music, two overall GE, and 1 visual judge score out of 100. Those scores are averaged for the overall score. A score of 80 or higher from an individual judge is a superior rating. If a band gets two superiors (this year), they get an overall superior and qualify for the state finals.
Tippecanoe Competition
Class AA
Forest Hills - 86.64 (I) Springboro - 80.44 (I) Troy - 76.82 (II)
Class A
Newton - 68.52 (II)
Class B
Northwestern - 74.38 (II)
Class C
Fort Recovery - 75.8 (II) Columbus Grove - 69.92 (II) Marion Local - 64.26 (III)
The host band did not compete for a rating
Hilliard Competition
All three Hilliards bands (Davidson, Darby, Bradley) earned superior ratings.
Class AA
Beavercreek - 88.9 (I) Newark - 77.66 (II) Westland - 74.8 (II)
Class B
London - 71.2 (II) Westfall - 64.56 (III - timing penalty lowered to IV)
Class C
Madison-Plains - 69.1 (II - timing penalty lowered to III) Fairbanks - 66.2 (II - timing penalty lowered to III)
Licking Heights Competition
Host band earned a superior
Class AA
Watkins Memorial - 71.88 (II)
Class A
Teays Valley - 84.98 (I) Berne Union - 83.9 (I) Chillicothe - 73.92 (II)
Class B
Licking Valley - 72.96 (II)
Class C
Crooksville - 68.86 (II)
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 12, 2021 23:15:44 GMT -6
Some OMEA scores for you. OMEA has a new scoring system this year. Two music, two overall GE, and 1 visual judge score out of 100. Those scores are averaged for the overall score. A score of 80 or higher from an individual judge is a superior rating. If a band gets two superiors (this year), they get an overall superior and qualify for the state finals. Whoa! OMEA scores? Well, I think that answers my question about the ratings being announced at the Cloverleaf show. Interesting that Teays Valley (who is always solid but seldom spectacular) beat Berne Union (the best small school band in the state, at least in the past decade, often beating schools more than five times their size). It looks like Fort Recovery is on track to qualify before long; they seem to make it every three years or so. Is Forest Hills attending State Finals this year? And as for that Beavercreek score, holy cow. If they're scoring 89 on Sep. 11, how much can they grow? Although in my experience, they do tend to come out blazing and then not add much to their quality over the course of a season. Thanks so much for sharing that information! (If OMEA is sharing scores now, then wouldn't it be great if they permitted the release of scores from past seasons? At least from the Buckeye Invitational? I'd love to know what Mason, Grove City, Miamisburg, etc. scored at that event in 2019, for example.) (Edited to add: besides Cloverleaf, whose announced results I've shared, there were two other local OMEA events scheduled for Saturday. One was the "Philo Challenge," which is ratings only. The other competition was at Circleville, but they announced a week ago that it was being canceled due to concerns about Covid. I'm not sure if the pandemic is worse there than in other parts of the state, but it is pretty bad. In late June, Ohio was averaging 250 new cases per day. Now it's 6,500 new cases per day.)
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 13, 2021 1:56:52 GMT -6
Class A 3. Norton - III (also best in class percussion) Obviously there's one result in there that may be of interest in this forum. I'm too tired now, but I'll have some thoughts on that and the other performances tomorrow, including the ensemble not mentioned above who blew the house down. Uh, what happened here? Looking forward to your thoughts. I didn't think any of the bands at Cloverleaf deserved to qualify (based on past year's standards), but bearing in mind the loosened requirements this year, I figured at least one band would. Avon, however, is not the band I would have picked. Here's my take on each band, in performance order. The membership size is as printed in the program (except for Marion Harding, which didn't list its numbers, so I took a picture and counted members later); the 2019 membership size is from the State Finals program for that year except for Highland, who didn't qualify; I took their numbers from the Cloverleaf program in 2019. My scores are based on OMEA's system (and there is no simple translation between OMEA and BOA scores; as I see it, an 80 (=I) in OMEA is approximately a 61 in BOA, but a 65 70 (=II) in OMEA is approximately a 54 in BOA) and are very rough. Black River "Pirate Marching Band," from Sullivan in Ashland County -- Class C -- 60 members (65 in 2019) Their show is titled "From the Ashes" and the repertoire is listed as "Ironheart" by Randall Standridge, "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers, and "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey (Perry/Cain/Schon). They did play a full show, albeit a pretty short one, and they haven't learned the drill for the last part of their closer. In an ordinary year, I'd have a hard time seeing this show qualify even if it was very clean. It's just too simple and slow. But they have made it to state before by polishing a fairly routine program, so maybe that will work again. My score: 67 71. Highland "Marching Scots," from Marengo in Morrow Co. -- Class B -- 70 members (88 in 2019) Their show is titled "RED" and the repertoire is listed as "RED: Rendezvous, Euphoria, Retribution" by Randall Standridge. Right away I have a concern: shouldn't the third word start with a D? Also, while in general I don't care if a show has a theme or not, this one features a backdrop of a woodland at night that changes partway through to show a wolf in front of the moon. What does that have to do with the title, or vice versa? This show seemed more challenging than Black River's, but it was also notably dirtier. Among other things, the ballad stood out to me as needing major effort into getting the players to sustain their phrases. And the guard in particular seemed to have only just started learning their routine. My score: 62 67. Marion Harding H.S. Marching Band, from Marion in Marion Co. -- Class A -- 95 members (106 in 2019) Their show is titled "Movin' On Up," and their repertoire is listed as an unnamed original composition (basically a generic introduction) by Will Pitts, who is identified as the arranger of the other three numbers, "Angels in the Architecture" by Frank Ticheli, "Rise Up" by "Andre Day" (I assume this is supposed to be Andra Day, in which case the song was cowritten by Jennifer Decliveo), and "McCormick Fanfare" by Karel Butz. There were number of yellow scaffolds on the field, two of which were pretty tall with flags atop. This is a much more "sophisticated" show than the previous two, and it intends to deliver some sort of message. It begins with some rather cliched narration such as "life is full of ups and downs." It starts to get musically and visually interesting in the Ticheli. They didn't play their closer. My score: 72 75. Norton H.S. Marching Band, from Norton in Summit Co. -- Class A -- 72 members (92 in 2019) Their show is titled "PLEASE BE SEATED," and their repertoire is listed as "Part 1 (Marley), Part 2 (Bridges, West), Part 3 (Adams)," which is not very helpful. There was plenty of room in the program for them to be more specific. The (John) Adams sounded like "Wild Nights," and they seemed to get to that part less than three minutes into the show, so I'm not sure if the order has changed, or if they omitted part 1 or part 2, or if it's just a really short show. They have no battery but still won best in class percussion thanks to the 15 people in their pit. Another message show with narration, although it wasn't too heavy handed. To paraphrase the opener: "Is is that you want us to be seated, or that you want us to be silent?" The title nominally refers to the 52 chairs on the field, which they use and move extensively, but unlike Blue Devils in DCI in 2009 or Dublin Jerome in OMEA in 2014, these aren't folding chairs. And they do add to the challenge: I saw one player trip and fall pretty hard (and the chair went over too). Lots of body movement, which will probably be effective later. Not enough playing for my taste, especially not on the move. This was the most complex show of the day, although it felt more like a sketch for what is to come, or given the length, just half a sketch. Maybe they were dropped a rating for being under time? My score: 77 78. Louisville H.S. Marching Band, from Louisville (pronounced "Lewis-ville") in Stark Co. -- Class A -- 131 members (155 in 2019) Their show is titled "Mumbai Utsava," and the repertoire is the Gary Gilroy composition of that name. Louisville often plays Gilroy shows. Though more than 15% smaller than in recent years (in their class, Louisville has generally been second in size at state finals only to Copley, although in 2019, they were also behind Big Walnut, who had not qualified for a while), they were still the biggest band at this event. This was a typical Louisville show: wide field coverage, lots of marching and playing, generally old school in design, slightly repetetive and commercialized yet still interesting music with some tricky parts, and clean feet -- but not clean enough yet. And the guard has yet to learn the closer. The theme really doesn't come through at all except in the music (which is fine by me). I picked them to win and thought that if anyone got a Superior, it would be them. Over the past several years, they seem to run neck and neck with Norton in Class A. At the Buckeye Invitational in 2017, chatting with a fellow fan about the eight Class A bands, we thought it was a dead heat between Norton, Louisville, and Licking Heights, probably in that order of finish, but then it was announced that Licking Heights won music while Louisville won visual and general effect. Later I heard that Norton did win the class (something that's not announced at that event) but by just a few tenths of a point (and that's out of 300 points) over Louisville. (A comment on class size. As previously noted, OMEA's class A is defined as 501-900 students in grades 10-12. I don't have those numbers, but OHSAA lists by grades 9-11, and per their most recent listing in 2019, these are the sizes of the three schools who competed here in Class A: Marion Harding 854, Louisville 690, and Norton 599. Licking Heights must have been close to 900 in 2017; OHSAA has them at 950 and they competed in OMEA Class AA in 2019.) My score: 79. Avon "Mighty Eagle Marching Band," from Avon in Lorain Co. -- Class AA -- 116 members (124 in 2019) Their show is titled "Soar," and their repertoire is listed as "An American Heritage" by Ryan Nowlin, "Canon in D" by Johann Pachelbel, "Corynorhinus" (from Batman Begins, although this is not mentioned in the program) by Hans Zimmer and James Newton-Howard, and "The Dalmasca Estersand" (from Final Fantasy XII, ditto) by Hitoshi Sakimoto. The band's biography in the program opens by saying they "have been a perennial state finalist since 2000," but they missed in 2008-2011 and again in 2014 (when I heard one of their members at the Brunswick show, which usually -- but not this year -- runs on the final week of the regular season, groaning that they missed qualifying by three points). It was clear to me that this show would eventually qualify, but I didn't think it would happen here. The opener builds well, from an acoustic guitar feature to a pretty impressive full-band hit, although I took it as a sign that it's not as effective as it should be that the audience didn't applaud there: it's a moment clearly meant to get that reaction. I noted various problems with balance and entrances, plus some folks out of step, but also a number of nice moments: a brass trio here, a high saber toss there. Apart from some bird props at the beginning, the theme wasn't coming through for me. Too much of drill seemed downfield. And the show stopped more than ended. My score: 75 76. Firestone Community Learning Center Marching Band, from Akron in Summit Co. -- Class AA -- 77 members (99 in 2019) Their show is titled "Celestial Journeys," and their repertoire is listed as "Gilroy, Clyde, & Bourg." I didn't recognize any of it. I didn't take many notes. It's a less artsy-fartsy show than some in their past. Their sound is pretty good when they're not moving. The drill is fairly spread out at times. Their low brass, especially their trombones, may be a bit too brash, but I kind of liked that. They had some trouble with an accelerando and with the bell tones at the start of the ballad, but I think they can fix that, and the ballad might turn out to be quite lovely in time. But suddenly they were done. No closer, and I'm not sure they even finished the ballad. Maybe they too were penalized for being under time? My score: 73 75. Cloverleaf "Colts Marching Band," from Lodi in Medina Co. -- Class B -- 72 members (100 in 2019) Their show is titled "Wanted: Dead or Alive," and their repertoire is listed as "Black Hat Bandit" by Ennio Morricone, "Ballad for an Outlaw" by Jon Bon Jovi, and "Justice" by Ennio Morricone. After a cursory search, I'm not finding those titles on the soundtrack listings for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or Once Upon a Time in the West, from which I assume they orginate. The famous main theme from the first film was part of Cloverleaf's show. The program features a large metal horse with glowing red eyes that snorts steam, a couple cacti, one figure in a Clint Eastwood shawl and another in a black duster, and a wall with "BANK" printed on it. If you were hoping for a story of Old West bank robbers even as sophisticated as The Wild Bunch (which is more than 50 years old), you're out of luck. At one point the battery kneels while facing the bank, and I thought it might be a comment about worshipping mammon, but probably not. The opening set resembles a lasso. Overall, this is a perfunctory design containing all the elements they need to eventually qualify for and earn a Superior at state. There's just lots to clean and more importantly, lots to sell. It's never going to be Carolina Crown 2016, but if you're doing a story show, you need to think hard about how to make it emotionally satisfying for the audience. Also they haven't finished the drill for their closer. But they did play a full show. As the host band, they wouldn't have been scored. My score: 74 76. A couple notes on the event overall: as far as I can tell, the lineup wasn't published anywhere in advance. This was also true of the other four local shows Saturday. (I only managed to find lists of the bands playing at Hilliard and Licking Heights in advance by stumbling across them on the sites for a couple of the participating bands.) For all the hawking the announcer does encouraging people to buy programs and t-shirts and 50/50 tickets and to visit the concession stand and pie tent, why not take that first step and actually promote your show to get more people in the seats? Speaking of which, the stands were less full than in past years (but that's not a function of the problem I just mentioned, which has existed for years). The stadium is in the midst of an upgrade, so the concession stand was actually way behind the stadium in the school cafeteria -- and I'm glad I stopped there before the show started, because the lines later were hideously long, and I'm trying to avoid indoor crowds while the pandemic rages. On that note: about 5% of the audience was masked. I was one of them, but it was probably unnecessary outdoors with not too many people. The "Star-Spangled Banner" was a recording; it always seems strange to me not to hear it performed live at an instrumental music event. On the other hand, Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and prior to the show, there was a moment of silence followed by "Taps," and that sounded live to me (but I was behind the stadium at that point and couldn't see to be sure). The weather was a perfect late summer evening. Finally, the winner for me was the encore performer: the Rogues Hollow Regiment drum and bugle corps. At first I thought they had made a big mistake. Their announcer explained that they were missing a number of members, who are college students with football game obligations, and that they would do their best to entertain us nonetheless. I counted 30 members as opposed to the 42 they fielded in their DCA performance, and as they set up for a standstill performance, I steeled myself to be disappointed, as I had been some years ago when the Bluecoats alumni group, Rhythm in Blue, played in a much reduced size to another OMEA show. And RHR was going to play their (not entirely audience-friendly) competition show, to boot. I thought: what a lost opportunity for recruitment! But it was a set-up. They were lowering our expectations so they could blow us away. With just 12 brass players. (Plus 13 percussion, 4 guard, and a drum major.) It was the biggest sound all evening, and it was good. They played the first three songs from their show: "Ballad of the Eagle Claw," "Our Truth," and "Down to the River to Pray." Then they crossed the field to play four short parade tunes to the bands sitting in the visitor stands: "Gonna Fly Now," "Take on Me," "99 Luftballons," and "Birdland." Then they came back to the home side to play the "Price Is Right" theme and "I'd Rather Be in Florida." The audience loved it -- especially the band kids. And two RHR members were Cloverleaf band members (one on brass and one on percussion) still in their uniforms from the show they'd just played, so when the announcer encouraged anyone interested in joining Rogues Hollow to visit their website, the kids in the stands would know that (if they were good enough), they too could be a part of such a ridiculously entertaining ensemble. What a finish!
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Post by ohioguy2 on Sept 13, 2021 5:39:20 GMT -6
(If OMEA is sharing scores now, then wouldn't it be great if they permitted the release of scores from past seasons? At least from the Buckeye Invitational? I'd love to know what Mason, Grove City, Miamisburg, etc. scored at that event in 2019, for example.) OMEA has always released scores on the recaps, you just have to be able to track them down. It always felt a little silly putting scores out of that 300 point system out there, so I didn't. To answer your question, the scores from the 2019 OSU show: Mason - 283.58 Grove City - 274.3 Miamisburg - 267.4
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Post by ohioguy2 on Sept 13, 2021 8:22:30 GMT -6
OMEA Philo
Ratings Only Show
Class B
Meadowbrook - II Indian Valley - II Maysville - III
Class C
Philo - II Fort Frye - III (timing penalty lowered to IV)
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 13, 2021 8:48:19 GMT -6
MSBA results for September 11
Kings A/AA/AAA 1 – Franklin – 53.2 (Visual, GE, Auxiliary) – AA 1st (Music, Visual, GE, Auxiliary) 2 – Milton-Union – 49.8 – AA 2nd 3 – Carlisle – 47.2 – AAA 1st (GE) 4 – West Carrollton – 47.0 (Music) – AAA 2nd (Music, Percussion, Auxiliary) 5 – Brookville – 46.0 – AAA 3rd (Visual) 6 – Northwest (Percussion) – 45.7 – AA 3rd (Percussion) 7 – Madison – 45.1 – AA 4th 8 – Moeller/Mt. Notre Dame – 41.4 – AA 5th 9 – Switzerland County (IN) – 38.9 – A 1st (Visual, GE, Percussion) 10 – Norwood – 37.4 – A 2nd (Music, Auxiliary)
Kings AAAA/AAAAA 1 – Centerville (all captions) – 67.2 - AAAAA 1st (all captions) 2 – Kettering Fairmont – 61.6 – AAAAA 2nd 3 – Olentangy – 59.0 – AAAA 1st (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion) 4 – Fairfield – 58.9 – AAAAA 3rd 5 – Finneytown – 57.4 – AAAA 2nd (Auxiliary)
The other MSBA show was in Indiana, with mostly Indiana bands so I will post that in the Indiana sub-forum.
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Post by thestraightestlegs on Sept 14, 2021 8:18:03 GMT -6
Taylor Band Premiere
3:00 - Highlands 3:15 - Switzerland County 3:30 - Rising Sun 3:45 - Indian Hill (BOA Grand Nats) 4:00 - Lawrenceburg 4:15 - Colerain 4:30 - South Dearborn 4:45 - Dixie Heights (BOA Indy Super) 5:00 - Goshen 5:15 - William Henry Harrison (BOA Indy Super)
6:30 - Finneytown 6:45 - Loveland 7:00 - Westerville South 7:15 - Lebanon (BOA Grand Nats) 7:30 - Oak Hills 7:45 - West Clermont 8:00 - Milford (BOA Obetz, BOA Grand Nats) 8:15 - Taylor
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 16, 2021 22:24:07 GMT -6
Finally, the winner for me was the encore performer: the Rogues Hollow Regiment drum and bugle corps. At first I thought they had made a big mistake. Their announcer explained that they were missing a number of members, who are college students with football game obligations, and that they would do their best to entertain us nonetheless. I counted 30 members as opposed to the 42 they fielded in their DCA performance, and as they set up for a standstill performance, I steeled myself to be disappointed, as I had been some years ago when the Bluecoats alumni group, Rhythm in Blue, played in a much reduced size to another OMEA show. And RHR was going to play their (not entirely audience-friendly) competition show, to boot. I thought: what a lost opportunity for recruitment! But it was a set-up. They were lowering our expectations so they could blow us away. With just 12 brass players. (Plus 13 percussion, 4 guard, and a drum major.) It was the biggest sound all evening, and it was good. They played the first three songs from their show: "Ballad of the Eagle Claw," "Our Truth," and "Down to the River to Pray." Then they crossed the field to play four short parade tunes to the bands sitting in the visitor stands: "Gonna Fly Now," "Take on Me," "99 Luftballons," and "Birdland." Then they came back to the home side to play the "Price Is Right" theme and "I'd Rather Be in Florida." The audience loved it -- especially the band kids. And two RHR members were Cloverleaf band members (one on brass and one on percussion) still in their uniforms from the show they'd just played, so when the announcer encouraged anyone interested in joining Rogues Hollow to visit their website, the kids in the stands would know that (if they were good enough), they too could be a part of such a ridiculously entertaining ensemble. What a finish! Correction: it was the Family Feud theme not the Price Is Right theme. My apologies for the error.
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Post by Allohak on Sept 17, 2021 19:27:00 GMT -6
Finally, the winner for me was the encore performer: the Rogues Hollow Regiment drum and bugle corps. At first I thought they had made a big mistake. Their announcer explained that they were missing a number of members, who are college students with football game obligations, and that they would do their best to entertain us nonetheless. I counted 30 members as opposed to the 42 they fielded in their DCA performance, and as they set up for a standstill performance, I steeled myself to be disappointed, as I had been some years ago when the Bluecoats alumni group, Rhythm in Blue, played in a much reduced size to another OMEA show. And RHR was going to play their (not entirely audience-friendly) competition show, to boot. I thought: what a lost opportunity for recruitment! But it was a set-up. They were lowering our expectations so they could blow us away. With just 12 brass players. (Plus 13 percussion, 4 guard, and a drum major.) It was the biggest sound all evening, and it was good. They played the first three songs from their show: "Ballad of the Eagle Claw," "Our Truth," and "Down to the River to Pray." Then they crossed the field to play four short parade tunes to the bands sitting in the visitor stands: "Gonna Fly Now," "Take on Me," "99 Luftballons," and "Birdland." Then they came back to the home side to play the "Price Is Right" theme and "I'd Rather Be in Florida." The audience loved it -- especially the band kids. And two RHR members were Cloverleaf band members (one on brass and one on percussion) still in their uniforms from the show they'd just played, so when the announcer encouraged anyone interested in joining Rogues Hollow to visit their website, the kids in the stands would know that (if they were good enough), they too could be a part of such a ridiculously entertaining ensemble. What a finish! Correction: it was the Family Feud theme not the Price Is Right theme. My apologies for the error. How. Dare. You. 😂
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 17, 2021 23:34:15 GMT -6
There are eight OMEA contests scheduled for today, but I was only able to find the lineup for four of them:
Louisville (first band at 5:00 p.m.): Crestview, Union Local, Marlington, St. Clairsville, New Philadelphia, Revere, Crestwood, Hoover, Medina, Delaware Hayes, Louisville
Perkins (first band at 5:00 p.m.): Black River, Woodmore, Ada, Wellington, Columbus Grove, Kalida, Liberty Benton, Coventry, St. John's Jesuit, Buckeye, Van Buren, Copley, Brunswick, Amherst Steele, Perkins
Wilmington (first band at 5:00 p.m.): Fort Recovery, Covington, Lynchburg-Clay, Blanchester, Deer Park, Carlisle, Arcanum, Tecumseh, Piqua, Ross, Lakota East, Troy, Wilmington
Grove City (first band at 6:45 p.m.): Highland, Franklin Heights, Teays Valley, Reynoldsburg, Worthington Kilbourne, Grove City
I could not find the schedules for the Canal Winchester (12 p.m.), Cambridge (5 p.m.), Rock Hill (5 p.m.), or Logan Elm (5 p.m.) competitions, although I did see a few individual bands' schedules indicating they'll be attending some of those shows (e.g., South Point will be at Rock Hill). I'll be going to Perkins, but now to bed, as I've been invited to kayak in the morning.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 18, 2021 22:06:41 GMT -6
Perkins High School - 40th North Coast Competition Results as announced:
Class C 1. Ada [percussion] 2. Wellington -- I [music & guard] 3. Kalida [visual] [other bands competing in Class C: Black River, Woodmore, Columbus Grove]
Class B 1. Van Buren -- I [music & visual] 2. Coventry -- I 3. St. John's Jesuit [percussion & guard] [other bands competing in Class B: Liberty Benton, Buckeye]
Class A & AA 1. Amherst Steele (AA) -- I [music] 2. Brunswick (AA) -- I [visual & guard] 3. Coventry (A) -- I [percussion]
Overall: Music: Amherst Steele Visual: Brunswick Percussion: Brunswick Guard: St. John's Jesuit
Grand Champion: Amherst Steele
General Effect caption winners were not announced.
The host band, Perkins (B), did not earn a Superior rating.
And unlike last week, the ratings of non-qualifying bands were not announced.
- - - - - - - - - - Although I felt differently than the judges (and may comment on that tomorrow), these results are not unreasonable.
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 21, 2021 7:07:35 GMT -6
Taylor Band Premiere A/AA/AAA 1 – Dixie Heights (KY) – 55.1 (all captions) – AAA 1st (all captions) 2 – Colerain – 47.0 – AA 1st (visual, tie GE, percussion, auxiliary) 3 – William Henry Harrison – 45.7 – AAA 2nd 4 – Indian Hill – 45.2 – A 1st (all captions) 5 – South Dearborn (KY) – 44.3 – AA 2nd (music, tie GE) 6 – Goshen – 42.1 – AAA 3rd 7 – Highlands (KY) – 38.8 – A 2nd 8 – Switzerland County (IN) – 37.4 – A 3rd 9 – Rising Sun (IN) – 36.4 – A 4th 10 – Lawrenceburg (IN) – 32.1 – A 5th
Taylor Band Premiere AAAA/AAAAA 1 – Milford – 65.1 (music, visual, GE, auxiliary) – AAAAA 1st (all captions) 2 – Finneytown – 61.0 – AAAA 1st (visual, GE, auxiliary) 3 – West Clermont – 60.9 – AAAAA 2nd 4 – Oak Hills – 59.1 – AAAA 2nd (music) 5 – Westerville South – 56.8 – AAAA 3rd 6 – Loveland – 55.9 (percussion) – AAAA 4th (percussion) 7 – Lebanon – 51.0 – AAAA 5th
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 22, 2021 12:20:47 GMT -6
Lebanon Invitational (MSBA) - September 25
Class A 12:15 - Archbishop McNicholas 12:30 - Williamsburg 12:45 - Highlands (KY) 1:00 - Holmes (KY) 1:15 - Rising Sun (IN) 1:30 - Grove City Christian 1:45 - Norwood
Class AA 2:15 - La Salle 2:30 - Moeller/Mount Notre Dame 2:45 - Madison 3:00 - South Dearborn (IN) 3:15 - Colerain 3:30 - Fairborn 3:45 - Lehman Catholic
Class AAA 6:00 - Bishop Watterson 6:15 - West Carrollton 6:30 - Carroll
Class AAAA 7:00 - Springboro 7:15 - Westerville North 7:30 - Northmont 7:45 - Kings
Class AAAAA 8:00 - Mason
Exhibition 8:15 - Lebanon
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 22, 2021 15:24:16 GMT -6
I see that St. Edward, from here in the Cleveland area, traveled to a Lakeshore Marching Band Association competition at McDowell High School in Erie, PA on Saturday, where they placed first (of five) in their class (AAA) and third (of fourteen) overall, with a score of 78.475. The top two, both Pennsylvania bands in Class AA, were Cochranton (82.475) and Fairview (78.825). Results here.
I was briefly fooled by Wikipedia, which has only one entry for a "Girard High School," into thinking that another Ohio school participated (the Girard located between Youngstown and Warren), but then I realized there is a Girard in Pennsylvania near Erie.
The LMBA website helpfully lists the repertoires of appearing bands, and it indicates that St. Edward's show is titled "The Last Vikings" and consists of three Norse folk songs ("My Mother Told Me," " Yggdrasil," and "Trodlabunden") plus six Led Zeppelin songs ("Kashmir," "Darlene," "Dazed and Confused," "Ten Years Time Ago," "When the Levee Breaks," and "Stairway to Heaven").
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 22, 2021 21:53:03 GMT -6
There are eight OMEA contests scheduled for today, but I was only able to find the lineup for four of them: Louisville (first band at 5:00 p.m.): Crestview, Union Local, Marlington, St. Clairsville, New Philadelphia, Revere, Crestwood, Hoover, Medina, Delaware Hayes, Louisville Perkins (first band at 5:00 p.m.): Black River, Woodmore, Ada, Wellington, Columbus Grove, Kalida, Liberty Benton, Coventry, St. John's Jesuit, Buckeye, Van Buren, Copley, Brunswick, Amherst Steele, Perkins Wilmington (first band at 5:00 p.m.): Fort Recovery, Covington, Lynchburg-Clay, Blanchester, Deer Park, Carlisle, Arcanum, Tecumseh, Piqua, Ross, Lakota East, Troy, Wilmington Grove City (first band at 6:45 p.m.): Highland, Franklin Heights, Teays Valley, Reynoldsburg, Worthington Kilbourne, Grove City I could not find the schedules for the Canal Winchester (12 p.m.), Cambridge (5 p.m.), Rock Hill (5 p.m.), or Logan Elm (5 p.m.) competitions, although I did see a few individual bands' schedules indicating they'll be attending some of those shows (e.g., South Point will be at Rock Hill). I'll be going to Perkins, but now to bed, as I've been invited to kayak in the morning. Came across one more lineup for last week. At Rock Hill, these bands were scheduled: Symmes Valley, Portsmouth West, Valley, Wellston, Gallia Academy, Point Pleasant (WV), Chesapeake, South Point, Berne Union, Dawson-Bryant, Rock Hill. As often is true at shows in Ohio's souhernmost portion, a number of bands appear to have competed in a higher class than their school size would have indicated. I could not find any results from that show, but I hope my posting some other results I found for last Saturday won't dissuade ohioguy2 from adding further details if he has them. At Louisville, Medina was the winner in Class AA, won all the overall awards (tying in one case), and was grand champion. Revere won Class A and tied Medina for best overall visual. Five bands earned Superior ratings: Medina, Hoover (AA), Revere, New Philadelphia (A), and the host band, Louisville (A). At Wilmington, I know thanks to video of the awards posted online that these were the results: Class C: 1. Fort Recovery, 2. Covington; Class B: 1. Arcanum (I), 2. Deer Park; Class B/C: Blanchester won best guard and percussion; Class A: 1. Piqua (I), 2. Ross; Class AA: 1. Lakota East (I), 2. Troy; Class AA/A: Lakota East won best guard and percussion. Lakota East was grand champion. At Grove City, all I know is that Worthington Kilbourne was apparently the grand champion, and Reynoldsburg, also appearing in Class AA, earned a Superior rating. (Worthington Kilbourne also appeared at Canal Winchester, but I don't know how they did or who else was at that show. Their show as performed at those contests appears to have been under six minutes long.)
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Post by lovemb00 on Sept 23, 2021 10:34:09 GMT -6
Pickerington Band Fest this Saturday (9/25)-
Bands expected to perform at this year's festival:
Eastern Brown HS Minford HS Logan Elm HS Northwest HS Portsmouth West HS Olentangy HS Thomas Worthington HS Pickerington Central Pickerington North
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Sept 24, 2021 22:14:33 GMT -6
Pickerington Band Fest this Saturday (9/25)- Bands expected to perform at this year's festival: Eastern Brown, Minford, Logan Elm, Northwest, Portsmouth West, Olentangy, Thomas Worthington, Pickerington Central, Pickertington North Which Northwest, I wonder? Probably not the one in Cincinnati, which normally doesn't perform in OMEA events. Curiously, I just noticed that Wikipedia's ist of Ohio high schools, nominally complete, seems to be missing the school I believe this is likely to be: the Northwest H.S. in McDermott in Scioto County. That county is also where Portsmouth West is located, and that school was supposed to host a competition this weekend, but it's been canceled. It seems the bands who presumably would have performed there are instead at this and other shows. And speaking of which, besides this show, whose first band plays at 6 p.m., here are the lineups for seven of the other eight shows: University of Akron -- first performance at 10:30 a.m. Union Local, Coventry, Marlington, Norton, Mentor, Avon, Avon Lake, Brunswick, Beavercreek, Central Crossing, U. of Akron (exh) Bloom Caroll H.S. -- first performance at 12 p.m. Fort Frye, Millersport, John Glenn, Westfall, Morgan, Bloom-Carroll, Meigs, Warren Local, Groveport Madison, Reynoldsburgedit: I must have copied the Bloom Carroll schedule from a prior year, because the results indicate an entirely different slate of bands appeared Hamilton H.S. -- first performance at 5 p.m.? -- couldn't find a schedule Revere H.S. -- first performance at 5 p.m. Wellington, New London, Union Local, Buckeye, Cloverleaf, Copley, Willoughby South, Norton, Franklin Heights, Nordonia, Firestone, Brunswick, Beavercreek, North Royalton, Revere Columbus Grove H.S. -- first performance at 5 p.m. Arcadia, Elgin, Marion Local, Kalida, Liberty Benton, Ottawa-Glandorf, Columbus Grove Springfield H.S. -- first performance at 6 p.m. Swanton, St. John's Jesuit, Maumee, Rossford, Springfield Zanesville H.S. -- first performance at 6 p.m. Philo, Coshocton, Cambridge, St. Clairsville, Morgan, Point Pleasant (WV), Tri-Valley, Marietta, Chillicothe, Groveport Madison, Canal Winchester, Dublin Jerome, Zanesville Troy H.S. -- first performance at 6 p.m. Northeastern, Fort Recovery, Brookfield, Shawnee, Versailles, Greenville, Newton, Tippecanoe, Troy I myself will be attending Akron and Revere. A front is supposed to bring some showers and thunderstorms. I'm hoping they pass through between the two shows.
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Post by thestraightestlegs on Sept 24, 2021 22:31:35 GMT -6
Pickerington Band Fest this Saturday (9/25)- Bands expected to perform at this year's festival: Eastern Brown, Minford, Logan Elm, Northwest, Portsmouth West, Olentangy, Thomas Worthington, Pickerington Central, Pickertington North Which Northwest, I wonder? Probably not the one in Cincinnati Can confirm that it is not the Northwest from Cincinnati.
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