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Post by es203 on Feb 21, 2023 23:28:15 GMT -6
The year is 2031. Dobyns-Bennett is a regular medalist at Grand Nationals, achieving heights no Tennessee has ever band has ever achieved, but they haven’t won the Eagle yet. Kids still launch profanities over the internet because nobody predicts them to win Grand Nationals. The year is 2041. DB wins first ever eagle for TN, but the kids still launch profanities over the internet because nobody predicted them to win USBands. P.S. I blame being a big fish in a small pond The year is 2051. BOA has dissolved and USBands is now the largest high school band circuit in the country, with DB having won 6 of the last 10 national championships. They now have a stranglehold on the HR forums and instagram page, with all moderator and admin positions being held by DB students in this 1984-esque band dystopia.
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Post by dbalash on Feb 22, 2023 8:42:56 GMT -6
The year is 2041. DB wins first ever eagle for TN, but the kids still launch profanities over the internet because nobody predicted them to win USBands. P.S. I blame being a big fish in a small pond The year is 2051. BOA has dissolved and USBands is now the largest high school band circuit in the country, with DB having won 6 of the last 10 national championships. They now have a stranglehold on the HR forums and instagram page, with all moderator and admin positions being held by DB students in this 1984-esque band dystopia. And DB scores a 99.995 because every band that attends USBands somehow scores over 90 and the judges have no where to go with numbers.
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Post by marimba11 on Feb 23, 2023 1:15:22 GMT -6
I can feel the love for DB strongly ❤️🖤
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Post by marimba11 on Feb 23, 2023 1:17:08 GMT -6
The year is 2041. DB wins first ever eagle for TN, but the kids still launch profanities over the internet because nobody predicted them to win USBands. P.S. I blame being a big fish in a small pond The year is 2051. BOA has dissolved and USBands is now the largest high school band circuit in the country, with DB having won 6 of the last 10 national championships. They now have a stranglehold on the HR forums and instagram page, with all moderator and admin positions being held by DB students in this 1984-esque band dystopia. I feel like the dystopia could be reality someday 😂 ngl
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Post by weber1492 on Feb 26, 2023 21:30:48 GMT -6
The year is 2061 and Greg Bimm is still the director at Marian Catholic, the only power house from the early 2000's still a regular BOA finalist. High school marchers asked about Avon, Carmel and Broken Arrow just return blank stares much like current ones would respond to a query about Lake Park.
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Post by ilikeguard on Feb 27, 2023 7:23:04 GMT -6
The year is 2061 and Greg Bimm is still the director at Marian Catholic, the only power house from the early 2000's still a regular BOA finalist. High school marchers asked about Avon, Carmel and Broken Arrow just return blank stares much like current ones would respond to a query about Lake Park. Me when I’ve just stepped out of my time machine from the year 2017
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Post by yayband914 on Feb 28, 2023 17:52:16 GMT -6
Bartlett now officially confirmed.
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Post by es203 on Feb 28, 2023 18:56:44 GMT -6
Bartlett now officially confirmed. Woah
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Post by LeanderMomma on Mar 1, 2023 10:38:56 GMT -6
Ugh I just don’t know how I’m going to manage to get everywhere I want to be this fall! 😅
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Post by ohioguy2 on Mar 2, 2023 6:40:41 GMT -6
Word on the street is that band directors have started receiving their own bands' Grand Nationals performance times this week, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of those started trickling out.
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Post by dbalash on Mar 3, 2023 17:49:42 GMT -6
Word on the street is that band directors have started receiving their own bands' Grand Nationals performance times this week, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of those started trickling out. Morton - 11:00 AM Thursday Marian Catholic - 1:30 Friday Ohio County, KY - Friday afternoon Meade County, KY - 6:15 Friday Miamisburg, OH - 5:45 Thursday Station Camp, TN - Friday morning Avon, IN - Thursday (probably along with Carmel/LC/Grove and the rest of the Indy area contingency) Confirmed: Avon, OH Potential: Collinsville HS, IL- On their Calendar I'm wondering if they're going to watch semis/finals? Calendar is only showing Saturday right now. Now showing as Friday/Saturday.
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Post by yayband914 on Mar 5, 2023 23:49:47 GMT -6
Possible:
Wylie East H.S., TX
On their website they have a section for parents to submit “payment increments for the Indianapolis trip.”
More than likely that this is for the upcoming MFA National Concert Band Festival, but ya never know!
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Post by lostinthebands on Mar 6, 2023 10:00:57 GMT -6
Finals this year are going to be STACKED - With recent scores getting seemingly higher (Hebron setting a personal best at SA22, Carmel tying their highest score of 97.50 this year and BA grabbing a 98.25 in 2021), would it be wrong to lay predictions that we could see a VERY high 97 score, maybe peaking into 98 for Grand Nats this year?
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Post by es203 on Mar 6, 2023 10:24:49 GMT -6
Finals this year are going to be STACKED - With recent scores getting seemingly higher (Hebron setting a personal best at SA22, Carmel tying their highest score of 97.50 this year and BA grabbing a 98.25 in 2021), would it be wrong to lay predictions that we could see a VERY high 97 score, maybe peaking into 98 for Grand Nats this year? I wouldn’t be surprised to see multiple bands in the top three break 97 this year. I feel like we say this every year, but this year might truly be the most competitive finals ever, more so than 2021 and 2019. There are too many Texas powerhouses coming for it not to be
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Post by Samuel Culper on Mar 7, 2023 13:06:38 GMT -6
I just will never understand the fascination with comparing scores from contest to contest, year to year. They're artificial. They are a tool. They are not comparable. They are not absolute.
But, then again, I rewatch football games where I know the outcome. So who am I to criticize, right? :-D
Carry on...
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Post by vidal28rdg on Mar 7, 2023 14:15:23 GMT -6
I just will never understand the fascination with comparing scores from contest to contest, year to year. They're artificial. They are a tool. They are not comparable. They are not absolute. But, then again, I rewatch football games where I know the outcome. So who am I to criticize, right? :-D Carry on... usually even on the contest itself you see placements shift too radically from prelims/finals, prelims/semis/finals to harp on past contests to be a reliable gauge during the season. It’s even more so when you don’t nearly get as many looks at a group, compared to say, DCI. Most bands have 4-6 contests at most for there to be enough knowledge about the improvements/edits that a band does to their show to where it’s always gonna be hard to place them. I don’t ever harp on how a band does at a contest, more so what I think about their product in its most latest iteration to try to do the fool’s errand of predicting where a band might place. My biases are definitely going to be present in a prediction as for most based on what we figure the quality and strengths of a group lie. Some of us might like head-to-head if some bands have competed in contests together enough where it might mean something, some like the point spreads to see if they’re deemed wide enough to have that gap between groups where they’re easier to place. So many things to look at but even then it’s hard to be right on any of it😂
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Post by thewho on Mar 11, 2023 14:31:39 GMT -6
Confirmed:
Archbishop Alter, OH
Source: Official Facebook
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Post by hawknate14 on Mar 12, 2023 10:54:33 GMT -6
Confirmed: Archbishop Alter, OH Source: Official Facebook YAY
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Post by yayband914 on Mar 12, 2023 11:56:17 GMT -6
Confirmed: Archbishop Alter, OH Source: Official Facebook Will be interesting to see if they can pull a repeat!
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Post by hewhowaits on Mar 12, 2023 13:40:04 GMT -6
Confirmed: Archbishop Alter, OH Source: Official Facebook Will be interesting to see if they can pull a repeat! It would be great, but the Commonwealth of Kentucky will have something to say about this. And the Marching Bimms of MC might like a word (if rumors of enrollment are accurate).
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Post by yayband914 on Mar 12, 2023 13:47:52 GMT -6
Will be interesting to see if they can pull a repeat! It would be great, but the Commonwealth of Kentucky will have something to say about this. And the Marching Bimms of MC might like a word (if rumors of enrollment are accurate). Some might say the commonwealth of Kentucky should have already had their say last season... #hottake
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Post by ilikeguard on Mar 13, 2023 8:52:02 GMT -6
Will be interesting to see if they can pull a repeat! It would be great, but the Commonwealth of Kentucky will have something to say about this. And the Marching Bimms of MC might like a word (if rumors of enrollment are accurate). I’m betting on this being their last year in AA. I’ve heard a rumor they’re just barely over. Alter DID beat them overall this past year, though…I’m looking forward to a head-to-head matchup sometime very soon.
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Post by mikekyu on Mar 17, 2023 1:49:00 GMT -6
The year is 2061 and Greg Bimm is still the director at Marian Catholic, the only power house from the early 2000's still a regular BOA finalist. High school marchers asked about Avon, Carmel and Broken Arrow just return blank stares much like current ones would respond to a query about Lake Park. The year is 2071. Jay Webb retires for the 35th time after bringing Avon from obscurity to winning 7 of the last 10 Grand National Championships in US Bands and Band of America.
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Post by paddy on Mar 17, 2023 11:00:11 GMT -6
It would be great, but the Commonwealth of Kentucky will have something to say about this. And the Marching Bimms of MC might like a word (if rumors of enrollment are accurate). I’m betting on this being their last year in AA. I’ve heard a rumor they’re just barely over. Alter DID beat them overall this past year, though…I’m looking forward to a head-to-head matchup sometime very soon. I've heard a rumor that MC was actually under last year when GN came around, but their beginning of the year number last year was over the cutoff.
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Post by ilikeguard on Mar 17, 2023 18:12:40 GMT -6
I’m betting on this being their last year in AA. I’ve heard a rumor they’re just barely over. Alter DID beat them overall this past year, though…I’m looking forward to a head-to-head matchup sometime very soon. I've heard a rumor that MC was actually under last year when GN came around, but their beginning of the year number last year was over the cutoff. So many rumors! Now we wait several months in delusion for the truth
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Post by yayband914 on Mar 17, 2023 18:27:31 GMT -6
I've heard a rumor that MC was actually under last year when GN came around, but their beginning of the year number last year was over the cutoff. So many rumors! Now we wait several months in delusion for the truth And this topic will be broached many more times while we wait. 😂
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Post by ilikeguard on Mar 17, 2023 18:36:01 GMT -6
So many rumors! Now we wait several months in delusion for the truth And this topic will be broached many more times while we wait. 😂 The Marian Catholic BOA classification discussion is like our own special royal family drama
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Post by paddy on Mar 17, 2023 19:02:51 GMT -6
I've heard a rumor that MC was actually under last year when GN came around, but their beginning of the year number last year was over the cutoff. So many rumors! Now we wait several months in delusion for the truth My source is pretty darn good…
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Post by hewhowaits on Mar 18, 2023 6:01:07 GMT -6
I’m betting on this being their last year in AA. I’ve heard a rumor they’re just barely over. Alter DID beat them overall this past year, though…I’m looking forward to a head-to-head matchup sometime very soon. I've heard a rumor that MC was actually under last year when GN came around, but their beginning of the year number last year was over the cutoff. If Marian's student count was below the cut off as Grand Nationals approached, couldn't they have resubmitted the official count? I'm sure there's a deadline, but did they know the number before that deadline?
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Post by paddy on Mar 19, 2023 21:04:18 GMT -6
I've heard a rumor that MC was actually under last year when GN came around, but their beginning of the year number last year was over the cutoff. If Marian's student count was below the cut off as Grand Nationals approached, couldn't they have resubmitted the official count? I'm sure there's a deadline, but did they know the number before that deadline? My info is that they chose not to reclassify. Thought it would look unseemly.
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