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Post by Marching Observer on Aug 3, 2022 14:53:23 GMT -6
This is so true. Anytime after mid-October was hit and miss as to whether much got done. I'm sure Texas has wonderful weather down the stretch! I would’ve be too sure! Some of y’all may recall the absolute travesty that was San Antonio 2015. Texas rain is no joke. Or when Hurricanes hit. Can definitely be detrimental to show progress. Totally get that.
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Post by dbdbdb on Aug 5, 2022 12:46:41 GMT -6
Is Tarpon really confirmed? I thought they were going to Macy's....
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Post by Marching Observer on Aug 5, 2022 13:17:47 GMT -6
Is Tarpon really confirmed? I thought they were going to Macy's.... Yep! They are very much confirmed for here and the Johnson City Regional.
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Post by principalagent on Aug 5, 2022 13:47:53 GMT -6
Is Tarpon really confirmed? I thought they were going to Macy's.... Yep! They are very much confirmed for here and the Johnson City Regional. Isn’t it a one or the other for Tarpon?
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Post by marimba11 on Aug 5, 2022 13:49:48 GMT -6
Yep! They are very much confirmed for here and the Johnson City Regional. Isn’t it a one or the other for Tarpon? I thought so too... but on the website they are listed for both. What a season they have lined up lol And of course orlando
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 6, 2022 10:17:26 GMT -6
Isn’t it a one or the other for Tarpon? I thought so too... but on the website they are listed for both. What a season they have lined up lol And of course orlando they were supposed to go to San Antonio in 2020. 😭😭
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Post by Marching Observer on Aug 6, 2022 12:48:26 GMT -6
I thought so too... but on the website they are listed for both. What a season they have lined up lol And of course orlando they were supposed to go to San Antonio in 2020. 😭😭 Maybe next year 🙂 But really, I would love to see them compete there. Imo, they'd still be top half though I know some would disagree.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 6, 2022 14:43:29 GMT -6
they were supposed to go to San Antonio in 2020. 😭😭 Maybe next year 🙂 But really, I would love to see them compete there. Imo, they'd still be top half though I know some would disagree. I have them in contention for a medal if they were to go!!!
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Post by supersound on Aug 6, 2022 17:15:21 GMT -6
and there’s no question they’d take the AA title
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Post by saturdaynightlights on Aug 8, 2022 14:22:52 GMT -6
Tarpon Springs officially confirmed for both Johnson City and Grand Nationals.
A change from earlier plans, but a very welcome surprise.
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Post by saturdaynightlights on Aug 8, 2022 14:25:36 GMT -6
Tarpon Springs officially confirmed for both Johnson City and Grand Nationals. A change from earlier plans, but a very welcome surprise. Credit to Marching Observer for digging and getting the scoop.
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Post by Marching Observer on Aug 8, 2022 19:09:04 GMT -6
Absolutely my pleasure. 😁
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Post by vidal28rdg on Aug 8, 2022 22:58:30 GMT -6
That's Indiana baby! 😜 But take heart! Texas extremely focuses on music during the summer so you've got that over us lol As if TX bands in general aren't majorly impressive, to me, as a non-texan, it floors me that they can get it done and not start drill till Aug 1. Crazy! But, I suppose, it gives time for music to be polished before the first dot is plotted by student feet. My kiddo's band started drill 15 days ago and has 2+ parts on the field. No choreo or props yet. Guard work partially learned. First field competition in about 5wk. Incidentally, does TX UIL use the Aug 1 requirement because of the heat, or to level the playing field? An “even playing field” as everyone has the same time space and constraints along with the 8 hour rule as the school starts with how big UIL is as part of the Texas marching band fabric, and for those that point to how Texas bands might be “inconsistent” placement-wise, the rehearsal constraints play a BIG part in that, as the less time you have, along with the natural turnover of new kids coming into a school every year, it’s tougher to know what kids can handle particular in the visual department. Give the staff more rehearsal time to work with that bands around the country are able to exercise, and they will plan with designers as such. Just my opinion, I’m sure there’s some disagreement to my speculation👀
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Post by dbbandalum on Aug 12, 2022 13:52:45 GMT -6
I know I have a bit of a bias considering my username, but I think DB has a good shot of having their highest finish ever at GN this year. They definitely aren't in the same tier as Carmel, Avon, or Broken Arrow, but they always surprise us with something every year. Remember in 2017 when they lost to Fort Mill in their first comp, but then came back in GN and got 6th place? Also, Coming out of an 8th place finish in a stacked line up last year, and a close finish with Tarpon in JC, I think they have a strong chance of getting a 5th place finish. Although, keep in mind I said this exact same thing in 2018 but they ended up getting 10th. Anything can happen but I'm still excited to see what happens!
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Post by boahistorybuff on Aug 14, 2022 6:45:35 GMT -6
I know I have a bit of a bias considering my username, but I think DB has a good shot of having their highest finish ever at GN this year. They definitely aren't in the same tier as Carmel, Avon, or Broken Arrow, but they always surprise us with something every year. Remember in 2017 when they lost to Fort Mill in their first comp, but then came back in GN and got 6th place? Also, Coming out of an 8th place finish in a stacked line up last year, and a close finish with Tarpon in JC, I think they have a strong chance of getting a 5th place finish. Although, keep in mind I said this exact same thing in 2018 but they ended up getting 10th. Anything can happen but I'm still excited to see what happens! DB has proven themselves to be a band that you never want to count out doing really really well at Grand Nationals. They are a serious contender for 5th place, or maybe even a surprise 4th.
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Post by marimba11 on Aug 27, 2022 12:57:02 GMT -6
Anyone else see the video of Avon @ football game? Looking pretty strong (although I am not a brass person). Moving well too. Drill and vibe feels very Oddities 2011.
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Post by Shroom on Aug 27, 2022 15:31:57 GMT -6
Anyone else see the video of Avon @ football game? Looking pretty strong (although I am not a brass person). Moving well too. Drill and vibe feels very Oddities 2011. I just saw it too and came to comment about it lol. I definitely don't see 2022 being the season they drop out of the top 3. Their brass sounds really good for early season and winds are good but not as much as the brass. Visuals are dirty obviously but it's Avon so they have the hardest drill possible for a high school, so if it gets cleaned by the end of the year they definitely are in the running for Kevin or at least a Vis/Music caption.
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Post by supersound on Aug 27, 2022 17:27:58 GMT -6
Avon sounds good. Clean sound, clean drill. Obviously it isn’t perfect but it never is this early in the season. They’re doing great.
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Post by boahistorybuff on Aug 28, 2022 9:02:21 GMT -6
Avon sounds good. Clean sound, clean drill. Obviously it isn’t perfect but it never is this early in the season. They’re doing great. I would expect nothing less from Avon.
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Post by principalagent on Aug 29, 2022 15:46:11 GMT -6
Some footage of Dobyns-Bennett’s football show, something about showing off the new colored lights in the stadium. Obviously it’s not super clean but that’s not really the point of it. I am a little worried that they’ve spent too much time on this show instead of their competition one, and they may be a bit behind other nationals attending bands. They do this every year. This timeline is seemingly no different than the last decade or so. They’ll be fine!
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Post by dbdbdb on Aug 29, 2022 16:04:09 GMT -6
Some footage of Dobyns-Bennett’s football show, something about showing off the new colored lights in the stadium. Obviously it’s not super clean but that’s not really the point of it. I am a little worried that they’ve spent too much time on this show instead of their competition one, and they may be a bit behind other nationals attending bands. They do this every year. This timeline is seemingly no different than the last decade or so. They’ll be fine! DB always has a football band and a competition band. Football band allows kids who are involved in other activities a chance to be a part of music education. While they do practice this show, it is very much for fun and school spirit. Competition band is incredibly dedicated and spends a a great deal of time and effort on the comp show. I promise it will be AMaZING! Can’t wait until they do their community preview.
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Post by marimba11 on Aug 30, 2022 0:09:08 GMT -6
I saw a video of lafe cook saying the show is using music from candide… very interesting of wes to go down that road. Maybe it will be something like Mason’s West side story show… who knows
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Post by srv1084 on Aug 30, 2022 16:52:52 GMT -6
Just noticing this, but no Trumbull on the list. Am I imagining things, or were they confirmed at some point?
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Post by yayband914 on Aug 30, 2022 17:15:01 GMT -6
Just noticing this, but no Trumbull on the list. Am I imagining things, or were they confirmed at some point? They were. They dropped. 😔
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Post by Tyrannosaurus_Rex on Sept 23, 2022 11:58:36 GMT -6
But the Iowa Regional is the same weekend as the Rosemount home show... That'd be a big loss of fund raising money, in a very expensive year with GN and Rose Parade. There's still a TBD competition on the calendar for the weekend of St Louis, so I'm wondering if that's still a possibility. Rosemount is pretty good at fund raising so money wouldn’t be too much of an issue with just grand nats and the rose parade. The possibility of St. Louis though is extremely low considering that they have a foodball game right before the TBD competition. It’d be hard to travel all the way to St. Louis without and extra day if free time, so I don’t see em going this year which saddens me alittle bit Rosemount will not be going to St. Louis this year. Because we are competing in the Tournament of Roses, we decided to use the money we would've use to go to St. Louis (our original plan before we got accepted into TOR) to go to Indianapolis for Grand Nationals this year. That TBD week y'all mentioned is for our trip to Wakuee, Iowa for the Waukee State Competition/Invitational. We won't be in St. Louis that weekend.
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Post by Shroom on Sept 23, 2022 14:24:22 GMT -6
I'm happy the one year I'm not going to St. Louis is like the one year that all the usuals like Morton, Union, Camdenton Coppell, and Rosemount aren't going lol. It's kind of a bummer to see the attendance list shrink as each week passes.
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 23, 2022 14:28:11 GMT -6
I'm happy the one year I'm not going to St. Louis is like the one year that all the usuals like Morton, Union, Camdenton Coppell, and Rosemount aren't going lol. It's kind of a bummer to see the attendance list shrink as each week passes. Morton is the only “big name” that dropped recently. I think we already knew about all the rest not coming. But hopefully we don’t see any more drop. (Also this is the Grand Nats thread 😝).
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 23, 2022 14:30:11 GMT -6
OFFICIAL PARTICIPANT LIST AS OF 07/19/2022
Confirmed (95): American Fork H.S., UT (AAAA) Arcanum H.S., OH (A) Archbishop Alter H.S., OH (A) Ardrey Kell H.S., NC (AAAA) Avon H.S., IN (AAAA) Avon H.S., OH (AA) Bassett H.S., VA (AA) Beechwood H.S., KY (A) Bellbrook H.S., OH (AA) Broken Arrow H.S., OK (AAAA) Brownsburg H.S., IN (AAAA) Campbell County H.S., KY (AA) Carlisle H.S., OH (A) Carmel H.S., IN (AAAA) Carroll H.S., OH (A) Castle H.S., IN (AAA) Catawba Ridge H.S., SC (AA) Center Grove H.S., IN (AAAA) Centerville H.S., OH (AAAA) Chesapeake H.S., OH (A) Christian Academy of Louisville, KY (A) Cleveland H.S., NC (AAA) Clinton-Massie H.S., OH (A) Colerain H.S., OH (AAA) Columbus Schools, IN (AAAA) Cumberland County H.S., KY (A) D'Iberville H.S., MS (AA) Deer Creek H.S., OK (AAA) DeSoto Central H.S., MS (AAA) DeWitt H.S., MI (AA) Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN (AAA) East Clinton H.S., OH (A) Fairborn H.S., OH (AA) Finneytown H.S., OH (A) Fishers H.S., IN (AAAA) Forest Hills Schools, OH (AAA) Goodpasture Christian School, TN (A) Goshen H.S., IN (AAA) Grain Valley H.S., MO (AA) Green Level H.S., NC (AAA) Greendale H.S., WI (AA) Greenfield Central H.S., IN (AA) Hamilton H.S., OH (AAAA) Hardin Valley Academy H.S., TN (AAA) Hendrickson H.S., TX (AAAA) Homestead H.S., IN (AAAA) Huron Valley Schools, MI (AAAA) James F. Byrnes H.S., SC (AAAA) Jenison H.S., MI (AA) Kiski Area H.S., PA (AA) Lake Hamilton H.S., AR (AA) Lakota East H.S., OH (AAAA) Lakota West H.S., OH (AAAA) La Salle H.S., OH (A) Lawrence Township H.S., IN (AAAA) Legacy H.S., CO (AAA) Lincoln-Way H.S., IL (AAAA) M.G. Johnson H.S., TX (AAAA) Marian Catholic H.S., IL (AA) Meade County H.S., KY (AA) Miamisburg H.S., OH (AA) Milford H.S., OH (AAA) Monrovia H.S., IN (A) Morton H.S., IL (AA) Murphysboro H.S., IL (A) Murray H.S., KY (A) Mustang H.S., OK (AAAA) Newberry H.S., FL (A) Nicholas County H.S., KY (A) North Hardin H.S., KY (AA) Norton H.S., OH (A) O'Fallon Township H.S., IL (AAAA) Panther Creek H.S., NC (AAA) Piqua H.S., OH (AA) Plymouth-Canton E.P., MI (AAAA) Prosper H.S., TX (AAAA) Ravenwood H.S., TN (AAA) Reeths-Puffer H.S., MI (AA) Rosemount H.S., MN (AAA) Shawe Memorial H.S., IN (A) South Oldham H.S., KY (AA) South Point H.S., OH (A) Southlake Carroll H.S., TX (AAAA) Springboro H.S., OH (AAA) Stoneman Douglas H.S., FL (AAAA) Summit H.S., TN (AA) Talawanda H.S., OH (AA) Tarpon Springs H.S., FL (AA) Tippecanoe H.S., OH (A) Walter E. Stebbins H.S., OH (AA) Warren Local H.S., OH (A) William Mason H.S., OH (AAAA) Wilmington H.S., OH (AA) Windermere H.S., FL (AAAA) Worthington Kilbourne H.S., OH (AA)
A Arcanum H.S., OH Archbishop Alter H.S., OH Beechwood H.S., KY Carlisle H.S., OH Carroll H.S., OH Chesapeake H.S., OH Christian Academy of Louisville, KY Cumberland County H.S., KY East Clinton H.S., OH Finneytown H.S., OH Goodpasture Christian School, TN La Salle H.S., OH Monrovia H.S., IN Murphysboro H.S., IL Murray H.S., KY Newberry H.S., FL Nicholas County H.S., KY Norton H.S., OH Shawe Memorial H.S., IN South Point H.S., OH Shawe Memorial H.S., IN South Point H.S., OH Warren Local H.S., OH
AA Avon H.S., OH Bassett H.S., VA Bellbrook H.S., OH Campbell County H.S., KY Catawba Ridge H.S., SC D’Iberville H.S., MS DeWitt H.S., MI Fairborn H.S., OH Grain Valley H.S., MO Greendale H.S., WI Greenfield Central H.S., IN Jenison H.S., MI Kiski Area H.S., PA Lake Hamilton H.S., AR Marian Catholic H.S., IL Meade County H.S., KY Miamisburg H.S., OH Morton H.S., IL North Hardin H.S., KY Piqua H.S., OH Reeths-Puffer H.S., MI South Oldham H.S., KY Summit H.S., TN Talawanda H.S., OH Tarpon Springs H.S., FL Tippecanoe H.S., OH Walter E. Stebbins H.S., OH Wilmington H.S., OH Worthington Kilbourne H.S., OH
AAA Castle H.S., IN Cleveland H.S., NC Colerain H.S., OH Deer Creek H.S., OK DeSoto Central H.S., MS Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN Forest Hills Schools, OH Goshen H.S., IN Green Level H.S., NC Hardin Valley Academy, TN Legacy H.S., CO Milford H.S., OH Panther Creek H.S., NC Ravenwood H.S., TN Rosemount H.S., MN Springboro H.S., OH
AAAA American Fork H.S., UT Ardrey Kell H.S., NC Avon H.S., IN Broken Arrow H.S., OK Brownsburg H.S., IN Carmel H.S., IN Center Grove H.S., IN Centerville H.S., OH Columbus Schools, IN Fishers H.S., IN Hamilton H.S., OH Hendrickson H.S., TX Homestead H.S., IN Huron Valley Schools, MI James F. Byrnes H.S., SC Lakota East H.S., OH Lakota West H.S., OH Lawrence Township H.S., IN Lincoln-Way H.S., IL M.G. Johnson H.S., TX Mustang H.S., OK O’Fallon Township H.S., IL Plymouth-Canton E.P., MI Prosper H.S., TX Southlake Carroll H.S., TX Stoneman Douglas H.S., FL William Mason H.S., OH Windermere H.S., FL
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Post by Shroom on Sept 23, 2022 15:01:28 GMT -6
I'm happy the one year I'm not going to St. Louis is like the one year that all the usuals like Morton, Union, Camdenton Coppell, and Rosemount aren't going lol. It's kind of a bummer to see the attendance list shrink as each week passes. Morton is the only “big name” that dropped recently. I think we already knew about all the rest not coming. But hopefully we don’t see any more drop. (Also this is the Grand Nats thread 😝). I don't rlly watch the band calendars, I just see the posts on this forum that mentioned bands not going. I was mostly just responding to the guy who posted before me
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Post by doublegeez on Sept 23, 2022 15:04:48 GMT -6
Rosemount is pretty good at fund raising so money wouldn’t be too much of an issue with just grand nats and the rose parade. The possibility of St. Louis though is extremely low considering that they have a foodball game right before the TBD competition. It’d be hard to travel all the way to St. Louis without and extra day if free time, so I don’t see em going this year which saddens me alittle bit Rosemount will not be going to St. Louis this year. Because we are competing in the Tournament of Roses, we decided to use the money we would've use to go to St. Louis (our original plan before we got accepted into TOR) to go to Indianapolis for Grand Nationals this year. That TBD week y'all mentioned is for our trip to Wakuee, Iowa for the Waukee State Competition/Invitational. We won't be in St. Louis that weekend. Thank you mr. Percussion captain, I’ve done a lot of sleuthing so this info is outdated hahaha, but excited for you all at the Iowa comp and doing Natties n such! See ya tomorrow
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