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Post by thewho on Apr 14, 2023 14:53:21 GMT -6
Homestead is also out for BOA regionals this season. Timing is all messed up with them hosting their invitational and Semi-State being the same date as Indy Super.
Source: source. Some of the Homestead guys can back me up on this.
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Post by bigtrombone on Apr 14, 2023 16:25:30 GMT -6
Homestead is also out for BOA regionals this season. Timing is all messed up with them hosting their invitational and Semi-State being the same date as Indy Super. Source: source. Some of the Homestead guys can back me up on this. I think I remember TeamIndiana mentioning that a couple months ago. It should create an interesting battle in AAA between Castle, SF Lincoln, & Bixby, unless of course Blue Springs decides to attend this super regional.
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Post by statechamp1239 on Apr 15, 2023 12:51:24 GMT -6
Confirmed:
Lafayette H.S., MO - (BOA Super Regional-Indianapolis)
Source: LHS Band Schedule
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Post by hewhowaits on Apr 19, 2023 6:56:51 GMT -6
yayband914 u forgot to add Lincoln Way to confirmed. 👉👈 I'll be quiet now. I'll go to my corner. The Regional might be even more competitive than last year. No you won't, nor should you.
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Post by bigtrombone on Apr 19, 2023 7:11:14 GMT -6
Way-Too-Early Finalist Predicitions:
1. Carmel H.S., IN 2. Avon H.S., IN 3. William Mason H.S., OH 4. Brownsburg H.S., IN 5. Fishers H.S., IN 6. Castle H.S., IN 7. Lincoln H.S., SD 8. Bixby H.S., OK 9. Grain Valley H.S., MO 10. Lincoln-Way H.S., IL 11. Lakota West H.S., OH 12. Choctaw H.S., OK 13. Yukon H.S., OK 14. Center Grove H.S., IN
Finalist caliber bands not confirmed but I wouldn't be surprised if they turned up here: Blue Springs H.S., MO O'Fallon Township H.S., IL Lafayette H.S., KY Centerville H.S., OH Southmoore H.S., OK Union H.S., OK Franklin H.S., TN North Hardin H.S., KY
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Post by es203 on Apr 19, 2023 9:06:44 GMT -6
Way-Too-Early Finalist Predicitions: 1. Carmel H.S., IN 2. Avon H.S., IN 3. William Mason H.S., OH 4. Brownsburg H.S., IN 5. Fishers H.S., IN 6. Castle H.S., IN 7. Lincoln H.S., SD 8. Bixby H.S., OK 9. Grain Valley H.S., MO 10. Lincoln-Way H.S., IL 11. Lakota West H.S., OH 12. Choctaw H.S., OK 13. Yukon H.S., OK 14. Center Grove H.S., IN Finalist caliber bands not confirmed but I wouldn't be surprised if they turned up here: Blue Springs H.S., MO O'Fallon Township H.S., IL Lafayette H.S., KY Centerville H.S., OH Southmoore H.S., OK Union H.S., OK Franklin H.S., TN North Hardin H.S., KY What I would give for Blue Springs to show up here again this year… Avon and Carmel watch out
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Post by statechamp1239 on Apr 26, 2023 17:06:54 GMT -6
Drop:
Floyd Central H.S., IN - (Rehearsal Only on Friday and SemiStates on Saturday) Franklin Central H.S., IN - (Rehearsal on Friday and SemiStates on Saturday)
Source: FCHS and FCHS Band Calendar
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Post by statechamp1239 on Apr 26, 2023 18:44:26 GMT -6
Confirmed:
Decatur Central H.S., IN - (Fri: BOA Super Regional Contest at Lucas Oil Stadium)
Source: DCHS Band Calendar
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Post by statechamp1239 on Apr 26, 2023 19:12:09 GMT -6
Confirmed:
Western H.S., IN - (Competition (Band of America - Lucas Oil Stadium) (times TBD) + Practice)
Source: WHS Band Calendar
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Post by LeanderMomma on Apr 27, 2023 7:33:38 GMT -6
I’m still waiting for the day a Texas band goes to this contest. I guess the dates make it difficult with UIL Region and Area competitions and such.
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Post by cinnamonpromenade on Apr 27, 2023 7:38:37 GMT -6
I’m still waiting for the day a Texas band goes to this contest. I guess the dates make it difficult with UIL Region and Area competitions and such. In 2018, Trinity and Richland both attended this regional! (Trinity placed 18th; Richland placed 27th) Does anyone know if this was the only time we've seen Texas bands at the Indy regional?
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Post by bigtrombone on Apr 27, 2023 7:46:02 GMT -6
I’m still waiting for the day a Texas band goes to this contest. I guess the dates make it difficult with UIL Region and Area competitions and such. In 2018, Trinity and Richland both attended this regional! (Trinity placed 18th; Richland placed 27th) Does anyone know if this was the only time we've seen Texas bands at the Indy regional? The only other time that a Texas band attended since Indy gained Super Regional status in 2011 was when Richland attended in 2015 and placed 22nd.
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Post by cinnamonpromenade on Apr 27, 2023 7:53:31 GMT -6
In 2018, Trinity and Richland both attended this regional! (Trinity placed 18th; Richland placed 27th) Does anyone know if this was the only time we've seen Texas bands at the Indy regional? The only other time that a Texas band attended since Indy gained Super Regional status in 2011 was when Richland attended in 2015 and placed 22nd. I'm so curious about what happened to that program. I LOVED their quirky/abstract/existential shows ca. 2005-2008, not to mention their tearjerker in 2011. Those were some bold shows. Does anyone know who was running things back then? And where those directors/designers have been since then?
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Post by principalagent on Apr 27, 2023 8:20:43 GMT -6
The only other time that a Texas band attended since Indy gained Super Regional status in 2011 was when Richland attended in 2015 and placed 22nd. I'm so curious about what happened to that program. I LOVED their quirky/abstract/existential shows ca. 2005-2008, not to mention their tearjerker in 2011. Those were some bold shows. Does anyone know who was running things back then? And where those directors/designers have been since then? Bill Watson, who won GN with Spring, was there through their Grand Nationals trips. Honestly, not sure what’s been going on since 2011. Also, the premise of going to this regional is kind of silly for a Texas band in the first place. I doubt you’ll ever see one again. For one, if you’re going to go to Indy, you might as well just wait the two or three weeks and go to GN. At *this* point probably any Texas band in the state’s top 50 or so can walk into GN Semis due to the state’s increasing depth versus the rest of the country staying fairly consistent depth wise (at best). However, and this is a problem Richland has faced twice now, along with Trinity, Indy Super is still stacked and you can’t really walk into finals (not that I would necessarily have pegged Trinity or Richland as top 50 bands in the state at either time, but maybe they’re in the mix). So you can go to Indy Super and get preliminated, or spend basically the same amount of money two weeks later and at least take home a Semis trophy. If I’m a director, I’m doing the latter.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Apr 27, 2023 8:39:58 GMT -6
Preliminated is a term I just recently learned at WGI Color Guard Championships. 🤣🤣😬
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Post by allthingschaotic on Apr 27, 2023 22:02:55 GMT -6
The only other time that a Texas band attended since Indy gained Super Regional status in 2011 was when Richland attended in 2015 and placed 22nd. I'm so curious about what happened to that program. I LOVED their quirky/abstract/existential shows ca. 2005-2008, not to mention their tearjerker in 2011. Those were some bold shows. Does anyone know who was running things back then? And where those directors/designers have been since then? Funny that you brought this up when I was thinking about what happened to them. There's an outdated page on their website of their awards, so you can see how their band had some ups and downs over the years up until 2018. There's not much information online about their past directors, which is a bummer knowing their stellar history. Here's what I found. Kevin McNulty was the associate director from 2004-2009? and is now the head director at Keller Central. They also had a major staffing change around 2017 (the last time they went to UIL state and state finals.) Jason Bird, the current head director of Argyle, worked at Richland until 2018. I think one of the assistants, Katie Fehr, left around that time for Ronald Reagan. I don't think there was a disastrous effect on their performance, though, since they were 15th at BOA Houston and made finals at BOA Waco in 2019. They've had some bumps because of the pandemic and didn't advance to the state contest in 2021 but they improved in 2022. They were third at the area contest and made finals at BOA Waco again. Had it been a state-advancing year, they would have advanced. They are a resilient group that's managed to keep their head ups in the swelling sea of the Texas band world and I think they'll remain an excellent band in the future. (They also have the 2019 Bluecoats head drum major as an assistant director, so that's pretty cool.)
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Post by dbalash on May 1, 2023 9:38:43 GMT -6
Confirmed:
O'Fallon Township, IL
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Post by Momof20613 on May 3, 2023 18:25:26 GMT -6
I'm so curious about what happened to that program. I LOVED their quirky/abstract/existential shows ca. 2005-2008, not to mention their tearjerker in 2011. Those were some bold shows. Does anyone know who was running things back then? And where those directors/designers have been since then? Funny that you brought this up when I was thinking about what happened to them. There's an outdated page on their website of their awards, so you can see how their band had some ups and downs over the years up until 2018. There's not much information online about their past directors, which is a bummer knowing their stellar history. Here's what I found. Kevin McNulty was the associate director from 2004-2009? and is now the head director at Keller Central. They also had a major staffing change around 2017 (the last time they went to UIL state and state finals.) Jason Bird, the current head director of Argyle, worked at Richland until 2018. I think one of the assistants, Katie Fehr, left around that time for Ronald Reagan. I don't think there was a disastrous effect on their performance, though, since they were 15th at BOA Houston and made finals at BOA Waco in 2019. They've had some bumps because of the pandemic and didn't advance to the state contest in 2021 but they improved in 2022. They were third at the area contest and made finals at BOA Waco again. Had it been a state-advancing year, they would have advanced. They are a resilient group that's managed to keep their head ups in the swelling sea of the Texas band world and I think they'll remain an excellent band in the future. (They also have the 2019 Bluecoats head drum major as an assistant director, so that's pretty cool.) That is interesting to know. I also would like to know what happened to Haltom. That’s my Alma Mater, but I moved away after graduation. I know they were doing good things there for a while while I was there and then after, but they too seem to have fallen off the map. Since Haltom and Richland (and Birdville) are in the same school district it’s odd that they’ve both fallen off.
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Post by vidal28rdg on May 3, 2023 20:48:53 GMT -6
I'm so curious about what happened to that program. I LOVED their quirky/abstract/existential shows ca. 2005-2008, not to mention their tearjerker in 2011. Those were some bold shows. Does anyone know who was running things back then? And where those directors/designers have been since then? Funny that you brought this up when I was thinking about what happened to them. There's an outdated page on their website of their awards, so you can see how their band had some ups and downs over the years up until 2018. There's not much information online about their past directors, which is a bummer knowing their stellar history. Here's what I found. Kevin McNulty was the associate director from 2004-2009? and is now the head director at Keller Central. They also had a major staffing change around 2017 (the last time they went to UIL state and state finals.) Jason Bird, the current head director of Argyle, worked at Richland until 2018. I think one of the assistants, Katie Fehr, left around that time for Ronald Reagan. I don't think there was a disastrous effect on their performance, though, since they were 15th at BOA Houston and made finals at BOA Waco in 2019. They've had some bumps because of the pandemic and didn't advance to the state contest in 2021 but they improved in 2022. They were third at the area contest and made finals at BOA Waco again. Had it been a state-advancing year, they would have advanced. They are a resilient group that's managed to keep their head ups in the swelling sea of the Texas band world and I think they'll remain an excellent band in the future. (They also have the 2019 Bluecoats head drum major as an assistant director, so that's pretty cool.) Ended up meeting the Richland Assistant/Bloo DM at TMEA, and she was very nice! They said they’re working in the area, and Richland is a pretty well known name down here of course with their track record, I recall that they’ve downsized slightly in classification with them being in 5A as of the most recent alignment and for a decent bit before that, they were in my Area for marching and concert all-region for much of my time in HS. I figure they’re trying to find their footing back into the space of a more competitive DFW environment, let alone Texas, it’ll be interesting to see how they progress! As for Texas bands going to the Indy SR, I figure that bands that bother taking their groups to Indy and embarking and having that expense undertaken, I feel like they’d rather want the whole enchilada and do Grand Nats instead. Especially when you still have more proximate options for SR’s like St. Louis and San Antonio obviously.
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Post by suburbanbandfan on May 4, 2023 20:35:43 GMT -6
Add- Lockport Township HS, IL- Band Calendar
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Post by dbalash on May 5, 2023 8:55:04 GMT -6
Add- Lockport Township HS, IL- Band Calendar Interesting. They also still have ISU listed as well. Wonder what the plans are? Get a Friday/early Saturday performance in Indy, with an early 5A/6A performance at ISU? Probably on the low side of the bubble right now for Indy finals, but if they make finals, it's going to be a very tough squeeze time wise if they're in the bottom 7 to make it back as it is almost 3 hours from Normal to Indy.
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Post by Marching Observer on May 5, 2023 22:34:28 GMT -6
Fishers, IN confirmed - source: Band Calendar No surprise here but any of the Indy area bands going are going to have a bit of a tight squeeze. Making top half at Indy finals will certainly give more breathing room but there's the potential to have a semi State time at like 5:15 PM and those awards at 7. Even with just DMs staying, gotta go fast!
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Post by 70sguardchick on May 6, 2023 10:50:53 GMT -6
Fishers, IN confirmed - source: Band Calendar No surprise here but any of the Indy area bands going are going to have a bit of a tight squeeze. Making top half at Indy finals will certainly give more breathing room but there's the potential to have a semi State time at like 5:15 PM and those awards at 7. Even with just DMs staying, gotta go fast! Class A Semis usually don’t start until 1:00 - I wonder if they would move that earlier by a couple of hours for some breathing room?
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Post by OldSchoolTrumpet on May 6, 2023 13:22:02 GMT -6
Fishers, IN confirmed - source: Band Calendar No surprise here but any of the Indy area bands going are going to have a bit of a tight squeeze. Making top half at Indy finals will certainly give more breathing room but there's the potential to have a semi State time at like 5:15 PM and those awards at 7. Even with just DMs staying, gotta go fast! I can understand the Indy area bands, as they tend to go on early at semistate. But how is Castle going to pull this off? They are reliably in the last block at semistate. Last year they performed at 6:45. Even moving it up two hours makes that a 4:45 performance slot. That would be tough with a bottom half of finals at the Indy Super.
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Post by statechamp1239 on May 6, 2023 14:59:38 GMT -6
My really early Prediction:
1. Avon 2. Carmel 3. William Mason 4. Lincoln 5. Fisher 6. Bixby 7. O'Fallon Township 8. Brownsburg 9. Lincoln-Way Comm. 10. Castle 11. Grain Valley 12. Lakota West 13. Yukon 14. Center Grove ------------------------- 15. Lawrence Township 16. Westfield 17. Worthington Kilbourne
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Post by riot on May 8, 2023 7:11:52 GMT -6
No surprise here but any of the Indy area bands going are going to have a bit of a tight squeeze. Making top half at Indy finals will certainly give more breathing room but there's the potential to have a semi State time at like 5:15 PM and those awards at 7. Even with just DMs staying, gotta go fast! I can understand the Indy area bands, as they tend to go on early at semistate. But how is Castle going to pull this off? They are reliably in the last block at semistate. Last year they performed at 6:45. Even moving it up two hours makes that a 4:45 performance slot. That would be tough with a bottom half of finals at the Indy Super. I was surprised at Castle attending, but with them not going to Grand Nationals because of the Rose Bowl trip, this is their big BOA event this year. I can only assume that arrangements have been made to facilitate them attending both events. Since Castle is in town for the super regional and won't have to travel to a long distance the day of the event (their preliminary for BOA would have to be on Friday), perhaps ISSMA is taking that into consideration in the performance placement for semi-state so they'll be performing earlier. Or with both events happening the same weekend ISSMA is moving semi state earlier into the day. I'm a bit curious to know for sure how it's going to work out, but that won't be revealed until a couple weeks before that weekend.
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Post by drummerboy on May 8, 2023 12:02:30 GMT -6
I can understand the Indy area bands, as they tend to go on early at semistate. But how is Castle going to pull this off? They are reliably in the last block at semistate. Last year they performed at 6:45. Even moving it up two hours makes that a 4:45 performance slot. That would be tough with a bottom half of finals at the Indy Super. I was surprised at Castle attending, but with them not going to Grand Nationals because of the Rose Bowl trip, this is their big BOA event this year. I can only assume that arrangements have been made to facilitate them attending both events. Since Castle is in town for the super regional and won't have to travel to a long distance the day of the event (their preliminary for BOA would have to be on Friday), perhaps ISSMA is taking that into consideration in the performance placement for semi-state so they'll be performing earlier. Or with both events happening the same weekend ISSMA is moving semi state earlier into the day. I'm a bit curious to know for sure how it's going to work out, but that won't be revealed until a couple weeks before that weekend. Typically in the past, Castle requests to perform on Friday in Indy Super prelims and stays overnight in Indy. They usually then find a local high school to practice at Saturday morning before making plans for Super Regional Finals Sat night. I bet some allowances might be made at ISSMA for those groups that would request an early time slot for Class A Semi-state so they have time to travel to Lucas for Indy Super Finals that night. But there are already quite a lot of groups that will plan to do both Ben Davis ISSMA Semi-state and Lucas Oil Finals IMO. Will be interesting.
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Post by paddy on May 8, 2023 12:56:52 GMT -6
The willingness to do both is likely predicated on how confident you are of making state or not making Indy Super finals.
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Post by OldSchoolTrumpet on May 8, 2023 13:05:48 GMT -6
I was surprised at Castle attending, but with them not going to Grand Nationals because of the Rose Bowl trip, this is their big BOA event this year. I can only assume that arrangements have been made to facilitate them attending both events. Since Castle is in town for the super regional and won't have to travel to a long distance the day of the event (their preliminary for BOA would have to be on Friday), perhaps ISSMA is taking that into consideration in the performance placement for semi-state so they'll be performing earlier. Or with both events happening the same weekend ISSMA is moving semi state earlier into the day. I'm a bit curious to know for sure how it's going to work out, but that won't be revealed until a couple weeks before that weekend. Typically in the past, Castle requests to perform on Friday in Indy Super prelims and stays overnight in Indy. They usually then find a local high school to practice at Saturday morning before making plans for Super Regional Finals Sat night. I bet some allowances might be made at ISSMA for those groups that would request an early time slot for Class A Semi-state so they have time to travel to Lucas for Indy Super Finals that night. But there are already quite a lot of groups that will plan to do both Ben Davis ISSMA Semi-state and Lucas Oil Finals IMO. Will be interesting. Could be. ISSMA isn't particularly known for their flexibility, but perhaps. Since such an arrangement would see BOA groups (like Castle) requesting early semistate times, I doubt there would be any complaints from other schools since the later times are generally preferable at a large competition like this. I guess we'll find out after ISSMA Regionals.
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Post by paddy on May 8, 2023 13:16:27 GMT -6
Typically in the past, Castle requests to perform on Friday in Indy Super prelims and stays overnight in Indy. They usually then find a local high school to practice at Saturday morning before making plans for Super Regional Finals Sat night. I bet some allowances might be made at ISSMA for those groups that would request an early time slot for Class A Semi-state so they have time to travel to Lucas for Indy Super Finals that night. But there are already quite a lot of groups that will plan to do both Ben Davis ISSMA Semi-state and Lucas Oil Finals IMO. Will be interesting. Could be. ISSMA isn't particularly known for their flexibility, but perhaps. Since such an arrangement would see BOA groups (like Castle) requesting early semistate times, I doubt there would be any complaints from other schools since the later times are generally preferable at a large competition like this. I guess we'll find out after ISSMA Regionals. Because Lord knows they ain't going to tell anyone what they are doing beforehand...
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