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Post by boahistorybuff on Jun 20, 2019 14:42:10 GMT -6
Not BOA but Harker Heights Tx, is doing an 80s themed show called REWIND. Music selections include... “Jump”- Van Halen “Take On Me”- A-Ha “Video Killed the Radio Star”- The Buggles “Mr. Roboto”- Styx “Sledgehammer”- Peter Gabriel “In the Air Tonight”- Phil Collins Fun! Hope a video of this surfaces. Would love to see how this show turns out.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jun 20, 2019 18:52:39 GMT -6
Hope a video of this surfaces. Would love to see how this show turns out. Leander used to play them in preseason football but I don’t think we do anymore.
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Post by dbalash on Jun 21, 2019 6:51:10 GMT -6
Hope a video of this surfaces. Would love to see how this show turns out. Leander used to play them in preseason football but I don’t think we do anymore. ...preseason football? You Texas folk are strange.
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Post by paddy on Jun 21, 2019 7:26:19 GMT -6
Leander used to play them in preseason football but I don’t think we do anymore. ...preseason football? You Texas folk are strange. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is one of the 4 season of the Texas High School Year. Pre-sesaon Football, Football Season, Playoffs, Off-season (Which is really more football via conditioning and passing camps)
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Post by principalagent on Jun 21, 2019 7:32:40 GMT -6
Don’t forget Spring Football!
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jun 21, 2019 8:28:31 GMT -6
Leander used to play them in preseason football but I don’t think we do anymore. ...preseason football? You Texas folk are strange. I guess I should have said early season. When we play teams not in our conference. But yeah, Texans do like football. Personally, I just go for the halftime entertainment.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jun 21, 2019 8:31:13 GMT -6
Don’t forget Spring Football! This past Spring, Leander started a new tradition at the Spring football game. They had the band play. Hey, Leander knows where it’s AT, man!
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Post by principalagent on Jun 21, 2019 16:04:30 GMT -6
...preseason football? You Texas folk are strange. I guess I should have said early season. When we play teams not in our conference. But yeah, Texans do like football. Personally, I just go for the halftime entertainment. If I’m not mistaken, that was actually a pre-season game that didn’t count towards the season total. So you were correct!
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Post by yayband914 on Jun 23, 2019 23:30:06 GMT -6
Duncan U. Fletcher H.S., FL — “Queen of the Night”
Libera Me — Elliot Goldenthal Serenada Schizophrana — Danny Elfman Uninvited — Alanis Morissette Dark Horse — Katy Perry Symphony No. 10 — Dmitri Shostakovich
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Post by drumcorpsgeek on Jun 24, 2019 15:20:41 GMT -6
Richland HS (North Richland Hills, TX) "Barricade"
Tomball Memorial HS (Tomball, TX) "The Day the Music Died" (A show with music from young artists that died young)
Reading HS (Reading, MI) "The Pirates of Barre Field"
Cresskill HS (Cresskill, NJ) "The Music of Billy Joel/Elton John"
Selections include: - Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- Saturday Night's Alright
- Crocodile Rock
- Pressure
- Just the Way You Are
- Only the Good Die Young
- Your Song
Riverside HS (El Paso, TX) "Blend"
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Post by drumcorpsgeek on Jun 25, 2019 12:41:55 GMT -6
East Jessamine HS (Nicholasville, KY) "Re-Energized"
Brevard HS (Brevard, NC) "The Octopus and the Airship"
McCutcheon HS (Lafayette, IN) "Catch Me If You Can"
McAlester HS (McAlester, OK) "Redshift"
Featuring: "Flight of the Bumblebee"- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Bright Blue Music"- Michael Torke "Fly to Paradise"- Eric Whitacre "Earth"- James McAlister and Sufjan Stevens
North Iredell HS (Olin, NC) "Sweet Dreams"
Featuring music from: The Eurhythmics, Chopin, The Beatles, Tchaikovsky, and Aerosmith
Thomas Jefferson HS (San Antonio, TX) "El Diablo de las Lomas"
Park View HS (Sterling, VA) "The Way of the Warrior"
Tri County HS (Howard City, MI) "Perchance to Dream"
Springtown HS (Springtown, TX) "The Sky is the Limit"
Huntsville HS (Huntsville, AL) "One Giant Leap"
Featuring: Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
Claire de Lune - Debussy
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Traditional
Scientist - Patrick Williams
Angel - Sara McLachlin
I'll Fly Away - Traditional Hymn
Space Oddity - David Bowie
A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Strauss
North East HS (North East, PA) "Fortune Teller"
Johnson HS (Buda, TX) "jOURney"
Lackawanna Trail HS (Factoryville, PA) "The Gates"
Carbon HS (Price, UT) "Our Carbon County Home"
Fort Dorchester HS (North Charleston, SC) "Above the Clouds"
Eastern York HS (Wrightsville, PA) "Things That Go Pop!"
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Post by lemondude617 on Jun 25, 2019 13:30:14 GMT -6
Cinco Ranch HS (Katy, TX) - “Ascendance”
“Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary” - Henry Purcell “Harrison’s Dream” - Peter Graham “Dancer in the Dark” - Bjork “Fight Song” - Rachel Platton
On Facebook - Cinco Ranch Cougar Band
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Post by yayband914 on Jun 27, 2019 14:03:42 GMT -6
Westwood H.S., TX — “Believe”
The Westwood Warrior Band is thrilled to announce our 2019 production, Believe! Let us take you on a journey back to your childhood when you believed in the magic of Christmas. Join us as we visit childhood traditions, along with these firsts:
❄ First time you saw Santa Claus 🎅 ❄ First time you put up a Christmas tree 🎄 ❄ First time you saw snow and made a snowman ☃️ ❄ First time you saw The Nutcracker ballet 🐭👑🍭
Featuring music from The Polar Express, The Pines of Rome, The Nutcracker, Carol of the Bell, Peace on Earth and other timeless holiday classics. In your heart, mind, spirit and soul you know you want to Believe!
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jun 27, 2019 16:28:30 GMT -6
Westwood always takes something that might be a little too gimmicky for any other band and they knock it out of the park! Can’t wait to see this one.
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Post by Marching Observer on Jun 28, 2019 7:10:57 GMT -6
Isn't it nice when bands announce their shows and not try to hide them and make a big secret out of them. I think we are well past the days of worrying about other bands "stealing" ideas from other groups.
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Post by dallasman on Jun 28, 2019 12:16:12 GMT -6
Isn't it nice when bands announce their shows and not try to hide them and make a big secret out of them. I think we are well past the days of worrying about other bands "stealing" ideas from other groups. I don't think that's why anyone ever held off on a show announcement. We are not well past the days of worrying about bands "stealing". Streaming video makes it infinitely easier to STEAL now. Executing a show idea may require some other form of gaming the system- HIRING non-district employees to write/arrange/design your shows. I would consider that close to cheating/stealing from other bands. The incestuous nature of how certain talented people basically run a marching band show is a sad state of affairs for some lacking directors. I'll stop for now. Every band should announce their show on their terms. Not one moment before. No one should really care what a show title is anyway, but if it builds suspense, it may make the students work harder to make it better.
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Post by paddy on Jun 28, 2019 12:33:01 GMT -6
Isn't it nice when bands announce their shows and not try to hide them and make a big secret out of them. I think we are well past the days of worrying about other bands "stealing" ideas from other groups. I don't think that's why anyone ever held off on a show announcement. We are not well past the days of worrying about bands "stealing". Streaming video makes it infinitely easier to STEAL now. Executing a show idea may require some other form of gaming the system- HIRING non-district employees to write/arrange/design your shows. I would consider that close to cheating/stealing from other bands. The incestuous nature of how certain talented people basically run a marching band show is a sad state of affairs for some lacking directors. I'll stop for now. Every band should announce their show on their terms. Not one moment before. No one should really care what a show title is anyway, but if it builds suspense, it may make the students work harder to make it better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please build a case for the idea that using outside resources to help with a show is either close to stealing/cheating or gaming the system. Thanks in advance...
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Post by dallasman on Jun 28, 2019 12:57:26 GMT -6
It's easy. They are contractors that do not work full-time for the school district (in many cases), yet take them away and many of your hyper competitive marching bands fade into the abyss.
The fact that the future of a band's competitive success is tied to whether or not they can afford to hire an outside entity to do the work for them (the staff) to put together a show is the same as gaming a system. It isn't illegal or against the rules, but is ridiculous at this point.
Keep most things in-house. Employees of a school district only. Imagine how that would spur more innovation? Wow, directors actually having to do a little work themselves-- beyond managing the books and acting like they know what they are doing (of course, I am being sarcastic).
There are plenty of wonderful directors who can conduct with the best of them and teach well. But if they can't hire a staff internally to write their marching band shows for them.... I suppose that's a big problem. Just do what you have the talent to do!
Take away third-party contractors, etc. and this BOA world looks much different. A few steps back now = a better day ahead.
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Post by Marching Observer on Jun 28, 2019 13:08:01 GMT -6
If a band is waiting to get show ideas until the season is basically beginning, they have far deeper problems that need addressed. I agree that a band should certainly announce their show on their own terms but using the excuse that someone is going to steal your ideas is laughable. Choreography can't be copyrighted and music can be used by anyone. And if a band does feel that someone "ripped" off their show, and then lost to said stolen show, then they should take a look at themselves long and hard as to why the other band did it better. Your top level show designs begin months in advance. So a modicum of secrecy is to be expected. But once you have established what pieces you'll be using or maybe even a theme/show title, then why not announce it like Leander, Vandegrift, etc have done. As you said though, whatever a band feels comfortable with. I just find it silly to hide it.
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Post by paddy on Jun 28, 2019 13:23:17 GMT -6
It's easy. They are contractors that do not work full-time for the school district (in many cases), yet take them away and many of your hyper competitive marching bands fade into the abyss. The fact that the future of a band's competitive success is tied to whether or not they can afford to hire an outside entity to do the work for them (the staff) to put together a show is the same as gaming a system. It isn't illegal or against the rules, but is ridiculous at this point. Keep most things in-house. Employees of a school district only. Imagine how that would spur more innovation? Wow, directors actually having to do a little work themselves-- beyond managing the books and acting like they know what they are doing (of course, I am being sarcastic). There are plenty of wonderful directors who can conduct with the best of them and teach well. But if they can't hire a staff internally to write their marching band shows for them.... I suppose that's a big problem. Just do what you have the talent to do! Take away third-party contractors, etc. and this BOA world looks much different. A few steps back now = a better day ahead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So the ability to afford outside talent isn't the same as the ability to afford internal talent? I have full insight (for better or worse) in to the budget of a competitive Indiana marching band. What they pay for outside consultants would not pay for half of the cost for internal staff. So basically your idea would widen the competitive gap because the very well funded could afford to hire those folks full-time, AND stifle innovation as most of the inside staff schools could afford would simply copy the well-funded places who bought up the staff. Also, I think you underestimate what many staffs are already doing internally. The staff I know are generating the ideas (theme, music selections, prop design, guard uniform, general staging) and then hiring expertise to help them fully flesh out their concepts. They don't just sit back and let the creative consultants drive the ship.
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Post by paddy on Jun 28, 2019 13:25:28 GMT -6
Your top level show designs begin months in advance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If not longer. The staff at our local school are constantly working on show ideas for marching band and the indoor seasons as well as concert and jazz band repertoire for contests.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jun 28, 2019 17:38:24 GMT -6
My momma always told me if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. So I’m going to keep my mouth shut even though I’m feeling highly insulted on behalf of a LOT of band programs right now, Leander included. Maybe what I am hearing is more sour grapes than anything. I’ll sit back and see how this plays out for the moment.
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Post by OldSchoolTrumpet on Jun 28, 2019 20:08:10 GMT -6
If a band is waiting to get show ideas until the season is basically beginning, they have far deeper problems that need addressed. I agree that a band should certainly announce their show on their own terms but using the excuse that someone is going to steal your ideas is laughable. Choreography can't be copyrighted and music can be used by anyone. And if a band does feel that someone "ripped" off their show, and then lost to said stolen show, then they should take a look at themselves long and hard as to why the other band did it better. Your top level show designs begin months in advance. So a modicum of secrecy is to be expected. But once you have established what pieces you'll be using or maybe even a theme/show title, then why not announce it like Leander, Vandegrift, etc have done. As you said though, whatever a band feels comfortable with. I just find it silly to hide it. ——————- Indiana it seems is particularly secretive. Obviously a particular Northern group is notoriously tight with info (I think they’ve actually killed a person or two who talked) but I don’t think we ever get advance info from Avon or Carmel either. Some weird Indiana thing? I really don’t think by summer that other top level programs are going to make big changes based on a rivals broad show concept.
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Post by Samuel Culper on Jun 30, 2019 18:01:29 GMT -6
My momma always told me if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. So I’m going to keep my mouth shut even though I’m feeling highly insulted on behalf of a LOT of band programs right now, Leander included. Maybe what I am hearing is more sour grapes than anything. I’ll sit back and see how this plays out for the moment. I think you have a pretty good grasp of the situation.
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Post by 70sguardchick on Jul 9, 2019 13:10:12 GMT -6
I don't think there's much fear of another band stealing ideas or material - what would the point of that be? It just seems like Indiana bands want to retain some air of mystery and surprise - they'd rather not be over-analyzed months before they step on the field. Does it really matter? Eh, who knows. I think it mostly helps hype up the kids and parents.....
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Post by Marching Observer on Jul 9, 2019 13:58:29 GMT -6
I mean all I said was that it is nice that fewer bands were keeping their show a secret. I didn't mean to start a kerfuffle
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jul 9, 2019 17:29:12 GMT -6
I mean all I said was that it is nice that fewer bands were keeping their show a secret. I didn't mean to start a kerfuffle You definitely kerfuffled the man from Dallas.
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Post by 18Saxes on Jul 12, 2019 10:36:04 GMT -6
I’ve always thought it was strange when bands kept their show secret. My band director always told us that it was in case they made any changes to the show, they didn’t want to make false impressions.
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Post by Allohak on Jul 12, 2019 13:13:00 GMT -6
I’ve always thought it was strange when bands kept their show secret. My band director always told us that it was in case they made any changes to the show, they didn’t want to make false impressions. Eh, my junior year our show name and description completely changed mid-season. We all had show shirts and everything that were totally irrelevant
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Post by LeanderMomma on Jul 12, 2019 19:22:30 GMT -6
I’ve always thought it was strange when bands kept their show secret. My band director always told us that it was in case they made any changes to the show, they didn’t want to make false impressions. Eh, my junior year our show name and description completely changed mid-season. We all had show shirts and everything that were totally irrelevant This happened to Vista Ridge in 2016 as well. They had a really cool retro theme going but the judges at BOA Austin told them that their theme didn’t fit the show itself so they changed the name of the show to better reflect the actual theme. Edit: hopefully that makes sense. 🤔
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