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Post by bigtrombone on Oct 21, 2023 21:12:14 GMT -6
Final Results:
1. Dobyns-Bennett H.S, TN 88.15 2. Lafayette H.S., KY 86.70 3. Franklin H.S., TN 85.25* 4. Cass H.S., GA 85.25* 5. George Rogers Clark H.S., KY 83.30 6. Fayetteville H.S., AR 82.20 7. Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA 81.40 8. Lake Hamilton H.S., AR 79.05 9. Pope H.S., GA 78.60 10. Nixa H.S., MO 78.10 11. Elizabethton H.S., TN 77.80 12. Panther Creek H.S., NC 76.45
*Ties are broken by the higher GE Score
Outstanding Music Performance: Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN Outstanding Visual Performance: Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN Outstanding General Effect: Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN
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Post by dbbandalum on Oct 21, 2023 21:13:31 GMT -6
Glad I wasn’t wrong about DB sounding strong this year😂
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Post by coleeich on Oct 21, 2023 21:18:39 GMT -6
Dobyns was really strong when I saw their prelims performance. Great job!!
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Post by yayband914 on Oct 21, 2023 21:36:44 GMT -6
12. Nixa - 75.575 ————————— 13. Mauldin - 74.900 14. Ravenwood - 74.150
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Post by ilikeguard on Oct 21, 2023 22:06:15 GMT -6
Great job Nixa!! Keep at it!!
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Post by coleeich on Oct 21, 2023 22:09:17 GMT -6
V happy for the AR and MO bands here tonight! Great job!! Nixa is so fun to watch, as are Fayetteville and Lake Hamilton! Bravo!
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Post by kdivine on Oct 21, 2023 22:30:18 GMT -6
Okay, I am a parent for Lake Hamilton. I am recusing myself from including them in my thoughts here, because I think they should win everything, obviously . More seriously, I think we'll end up somewhere in the 5 [please?] to 8 [more likely] range, this after taking third last year behind D-B and South Jones out of MS. Commentary on LH at the end. [Update: started 10th, finished 8th, pretty good run in finals]. I missed Elizabethton, though I liked their show last year and I know they're always solid. One of the things I always bear in mind is that just making finals at a BOA regional is an awesome accomplishment and sometimes we're splitting hairs for placement. Elizabethton was fifth last year and if they're just barely in the finals, you know EVERYONE is really good Pope: Clean run, degree of difficulty was in the 3, maybe 4 range if rating like concert season [compare to Cass at about a 6]. Panther Creek: Thematic show, not story driven, really, not an especially clean run. Some timing issues with guard, the streamer silks from the bouncy flags got accidentally wrapped around some of the guard, the length makes them hard to do in sync. One of the web pieces on the original web prop got left strung out, not the greatest look. Also, the red stage at the end-ish was too tall for the guard trying to climb on to it. I liked the music, I liked the idea, I just think they've got some technical things to work out. [Update: Judges apparently thought so, too, they finished 12th] Kennesaw-- VERY wide use of the field, almost too much. I am not really a fan of making the field space huge through use of props and then not really making use of it. The bridge was just sitting there, I kept expecting it to move, maybe put a soloist on it. The yellow brick road should have been closer to the 20, not in the far end zone. Liked the music choices, always nice to get some Beatles in. Nixa-- Clean, musically ok. Not a lot to say here, but should score well. [Update-- I thought they'd be in the 80's, but finished with a 78, so I was wrong here]. Fayetteville-- recall what I said about any band making the last 12 of a BOA being deserving of being called a really good band. I apply that to Fayetteville here, but..... Having seen Cabot and Bryant out of Arkansas 7A this year and knowing that Bentonville West is something of a two-ton favorite going into state, I just can't really see them finishing all that high with this show as a finalist. It's clean, I don't think they make enough use of what props they've got, there isn't a lot going on for general effect, it is musically midrange degree of difficulty, and motion-dependent in the visual caption. Clean enough that I think they beat us this time, but not by a lot. GRClark-- really good use of the props and set, I'm just not really sure what the theme was-- something with grass. Good sound to size ratio, well defined space, good visual effect, just not sure about what they were after for general effect. I couldn't quite get an accurate count, but I think they had more guard than instruments. Franklin-- I can't comment much, was indisposed for most of this performance. Quite a lot of dB though, I could hear that from the other room. D-B-- They're my favorite, personally, a little ahead of Cass, just a bit cleaner due to Cass's mic issues. [Update-- 1st place, so I was right]. Cass--for a mid-size number of horns, what a blast of sound in first movement. Lots of motion, lots of use of the back props, awesome solo on the saxaboom [?], love the lift off the stage. Plus, they have what I love when I see it--STORY. As a fan I always love when you give me something to hang a hat on-- in this case, it's the Joker and at the end being lifted all over the field on a very large lever prop. Awesome use of space, not quite highest-level musically, but it really served the plot-- and the PROPS! Loved it! Unfortunately, there was a big stretch of mic pop, which did get fixed but it took a hot minute. I know from past experience that can take awesomeness down more into the mere-mortal range. Lafayette: Sound dB level to band size ratio is within expectations, but I think Cass and D-B were better. Rifle drops. I'm not exactly sure what the theme/story is here, but very visual and wide use of the field, optical effects with the props are nice, though it seems like they've gone more for motion, spent less on prop work [sometimes } makes you be more creative elsewhere] . Their overall vibe is more DCI than BOA. Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity at the end-- seems like maybe the sixth or seventh school over multiple competitions at different levels that have used Holst Planets, nice arrangement here, but need to be careful of judging fatigue when making music choices. Okay, I'm not ranking them or trying to score, these are just the observations of a fan and band/guard dad. I don't pretend to know what judges are thinking from comp to to comp and year to year. D-B and Cass were my favorites-- loved Cass's show, just the mic pops did them in, I think. Okay, now to LH, and I'm going to be candid here. The Box5 commentator noted that one of the movements was Southern Harmonies, and it was nice to see a band drawing on "nostalgic Americana." Whatever. If you are from south of the Mason-Dixon line and have sniffed so much as a breath of air from the inside of a Southern Protestant church this side of a funeral at ANY point in your life, you either know EXACTLY what that show was about or ya ain't Southern much. It's not just "nostalgic Americana." That show preaches-- and that's where the issues seem to lie. The theme is a 1930's Southern Protestant tent revival meeting. Just in case you missed it, pre-show is "Down to the River to Pray," as recorded by Alison Kraus for the baptism scene in the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou," with a quartet made up of fiddle and three alto saxes. First movement is the "Four Horsemen Suite:Mvt 1--Conquest" by Russell Standridge, slightly arranged for full MB (we did the full suite for WGI last spring), with the back flag line playing the part of the flames of Hell, and the band representing a fire and brimstone preacher. Movement 2 is the sinner repentant/salvation, the music being "How Great Thou Art" as recorded by Carrie Underwood, with a sax solo on a moving wooden stage, with the second half of the first verse taken over by a quintet of flugels and everyone eventually ends up knelt at the "altar" with the woodwinds taking over the melody. Third movement is inspiration, the music being the aforementioned "Southern Harmonies," which I believe was originally from a Blue Devils DCI show. Movement 4, celebration, is "Old Landmark," which people know from "Blues Brothers," featuring James Brown in the movie, but the arrangement here is from the Aretha Franklin version, opening with a pump organ sound on the synth and a running bass lick from the pit, then a wailing alto sax solo. This is the big brass hit in the show. Finally, contemplation for movement 5, back to "Down to the River to Pray" and the original fiddle/sax quartet. It is very hard to miss the religious undertones. As a practicing Christian, I like it, and would point out that much of the classical repertoire-- Bach, Handel, Copland, even Mozart and Beethoven-- has religious undertones, even as we don't think about it. School choir repertoire would be quite sparse without religious-ish music. That said, I'm also a dad who wants his kid and the band they're in to do well in competition and maybe make national semi-finals this year. I don't know that a show that preaches like this one does plays well in Peoria, or at least with the BOA judging. To be fair, we've had some technical issues-- mic pops tonight, though not too bad; misplacement of props during preshow because they can't find the right hash marks all the time and diagonals get off kilter, quite a few rifle drops in comps before this one. 2 weeks ago, a field judge tripped over a wire, pulled out of its socket, turned a field mic straight at another one, all of which caused a lot [and it was the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, so a LOT] of reverb, and my son's sax mike just decided to quit for a few vital seconds during BOTH Memphis runs and no one could figure out why, both of which dropped the score like a rock above a coyote. But all the same, this is our third of the last five major shows having a religious theme [the last two WGI winter winds shows were "Stained Glass," which was hymn based, and "The Four Horsemen," which is literally verbatim out of Revelation chapter 6], so I can't help but think that it is starting to wear a little thin. What do you all think?
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Post by boaenjoyer on Oct 21, 2023 22:33:03 GMT -6
that’s….. a lot of words
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Post by yayband914 on Oct 21, 2023 22:35:04 GMT -6
Not separated into paragraphs.
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Post by kdivine on Oct 21, 2023 23:06:05 GMT -6
1, I used one para per school. B. I was trying to keep up with the competition AND make dinner at the same time, so, yeah, it's a little run-on-ish. Sorry.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Oct 22, 2023 5:57:51 GMT -6
1, I used one para per school. B. I was trying to keep up with the competition AND make dinner at the same time, so, yeah, it's a little run-on-ish. Sorry. Ha, I actually enjoyed the read very much, thank you! And I was at BOA Memphis and really enjoyed the show! (I didn’t realize they had all those mishaps honestly!). So my thoughts will probably be different from a lot of folks here but I’ll give them anyway. (I too am a Christian). Here goes…when LH first took the field in Memphis I cringed. I thought, oh no, here goes another show that totally makes fun of Christianity. Obviously I realized almost immediately that it was quite the opposite. It was an old fashioned tent revival meeting indeed and it was extremely well done! I loved it!! I did wonder if the judges would appreciate all of the nuances in the show, but that doesn’t matter really. The kids just need to perform the show to the best of their ability and not worry about the theme. If you think this kind of theme is wearing thin, perhaps you haven’t seen enough Cartwright shows yet. I don’t think his model has changed much in the past decade and look how well his shows do! 😉 Good luck to Lake Hamilton at ASBOA and Grand Nats!
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Post by boahistorybuff on Oct 22, 2023 6:09:22 GMT -6
Congratulations Dobyns-Bennett on regional win number 8.
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Post by boaenjoyer on Oct 22, 2023 7:32:33 GMT -6
huge congrats to Fayetteville, they’ve come a long way in just a couple of weeks and it’s awesome to see how much they’ve progressed
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Post by tundra on Oct 22, 2023 9:32:38 GMT -6
Okay, I am a parent for Lake Hamilton. I am recusing myself from including them in my thoughts here, because I think they should win everything, obviously . More seriously, I think we'll end up somewhere in the 5 [please?] to 8 [more likely] range, this after taking third last year behind D-B and South Jones out of MS. Commentary on LH at the end. [Update: started 10th, finished 8th, pretty good run in finals]. I missed Elizabethton, though I liked their show last year and I know they're always solid. One of the things I always bear in mind is that just making finals at a BOA regional is an awesome accomplishment and sometimes we're splitting hairs for placement. Elizabethton was fifth last year and if they're just barely in the finals, you know EVERYONE is really good Pope: Clean run, degree of difficulty was in the 3, maybe 4 range if rating like concert season [compare to Cass at about a 6]. Panther Creek: Thematic show, not story driven, really, not an especially clean run. Some timing issues with guard, the streamer silks from the bouncy flags got accidentally wrapped around some of the guard, the length makes them hard to do in sync. One of the web pieces on the original web prop got left strung out, not the greatest look. Also, the red stage at the end-ish was too tall for the guard trying to climb on to it. I liked the music, I liked the idea, I just think they've got some technical things to work out. [Update: Judges apparently thought so, too, they finished 12th] Kennesaw-- VERY wide use of the field, almost too much. I am not really a fan of making the field space huge through use of props and then not really making use of it. The bridge was just sitting there, I kept expecting it to move, maybe put a soloist on it. The yellow brick road should have been closer to the 20, not in the far end zone. Liked the music choices, always nice to get some Beatles in. Nixa-- Clean, musically ok. Not a lot to say here, but should score well. [Update-- I thought they'd be in the 80's, but finished with a 78, so I was wrong here]. Fayetteville-- recall what I said about any band making the last 12 of a BOA being deserving of being called a really good band. I apply that to Fayetteville here, but..... Having seen Cabot and Bryant out of Arkansas 7A this year and knowing that Bentonville West is something of a two-ton favorite going into state, I just can't really see them finishing all that high with this show as a finalist. It's clean, I don't think they make enough use of what props they've got, there isn't a lot going on for general effect, it is musically midrange degree of difficulty, and motion-dependent in the visual caption. Clean enough that I think they beat us this time, but not by a lot. GRClark-- really good use of the props and set, I'm just not really sure what the theme was-- something with grass. Good sound to size ratio, well defined space, good visual effect, just not sure about what they were after for general effect. I couldn't quite get an accurate count, but I think they had more guard than instruments. Franklin-- I can't comment much, was indisposed for most of this performance. Quite a lot of dB though, I could hear that from the other room. D-B-- They're my favorite, personally, a little ahead of Cass, just a bit cleaner due to Cass's mic issues. [Update-- 1st place, so I was right]. Cass--for a mid-size number of horns, what a blast of sound in first movement. Lots of motion, lots of use of the back props, awesome solo on the saxaboom [?], love the lift off the stage. Plus, they have what I love when I see it--STORY. As a fan I always love when you give me something to hang a hat on-- in this case, it's the Joker and at the end being lifted all over the field on a very large lever prop. Awesome use of space, not quite highest-level musically, but it really served the plot-- and the PROPS! Loved it! Unfortunately, there was a big stretch of mic pop, which did get fixed but it took a hot minute. I know from past experience that can take awesomeness down more into the mere-mortal range. Lafayette: Sound dB level to band size ratio is within expectations, but I think Cass and D-B were better. Rifle drops. I'm not exactly sure what the theme/story is here, but very visual and wide use of the field, optical effects with the props are nice, though it seems like they've gone more for motion, spent less on prop work [sometimes } makes you be more creative elsewhere] . Their overall vibe is more DCI than BOA. Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity at the end-- seems like maybe the sixth or seventh school over multiple competitions at different levels that have used Holst Planets, nice arrangement here, but need to be careful of judging fatigue when making music choices. Okay, I'm not ranking them or trying to score, these are just the observations of a fan and band/guard dad. I don't pretend to know what judges are thinking from comp to to comp and year to year. D-B and Cass were my favorites-- loved Cass's show, just the mic pops did them in, I think. Okay, now to LH, and I'm going to be candid here. The Box5 commentator noted that one of the movements was Southern Harmonies, and it was nice to see a band drawing on "nostalgic Americana." Whatever. If you are from south of the Mason-Dixon line and have sniffed so much as a breath of air from the inside of a Southern Protestant church this side of a funeral at ANY point in your life, you either know EXACTLY what that show was about or ya ain't Southern much. It's not just "nostalgic Americana." That show preaches-- and that's where the issues seem to lie. The theme is a 1930's Southern Protestant tent revival meeting. Just in case you missed it, pre-show is "Down to the River to Pray," as recorded by Alison Kraus for the baptism scene in the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou," with a quartet made up of fiddle and three alto saxes. First movement is the "Four Horsemen Suite:Mvt 1--Conquest" by Russell Standridge, slightly arranged for full MB (we did the full suite for WGI last spring), with the back flag line playing the part of the flames of Hell, and the band representing a fire and brimstone preacher. Movement 2 is the sinner repentant/salvation, the music being "How Great Thou Art" as recorded by Carrie Underwood, with a sax solo on a moving wooden stage, with the second half of the first verse taken over by a quintet of flugels and everyone eventually ends up knelt at the "altar" with the woodwinds taking over the melody. Third movement is inspiration, the music being the aforementioned "Southern Harmonies," which I believe was originally from a Blue Devils DCI show. Movement 4, celebration, is "Old Landmark," which people know from "Blues Brothers," featuring James Brown in the movie, but the arrangement here is from the Aretha Franklin version, opening with a pump organ sound on the synth and a running bass lick from the pit, then a wailing alto sax solo. This is the big brass hit in the show. Finally, contemplation for movement 5, back to "Down to the River to Pray" and the original fiddle/sax quartet. It is very hard to miss the religious undertones. As a practicing Christian, I like it, and would point out that much of the classical repertoire-- Bach, Handel, Copland, even Mozart and Beethoven-- has religious undertones, even as we don't think about it. School choir repertoire would be quite sparse without religious-ish music. That said, I'm also a dad who wants his kid and the band they're in to do well in competition and maybe make national semi-finals this year. I don't know that a show that preaches like this one does plays well in Peoria, or at least with the BOA judging. To be fair, we've had some technical issues-- mic pops tonight, though not too bad; misplacement of props during preshow because they can't find the right hash marks all the time and diagonals get off kilter, quite a few rifle drops in comps before this one. 2 weeks ago, a field judge tripped over a wire, pulled out of its socket, turned a field mic straight at another one, all of which caused a lot [and it was the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, so a LOT] of reverb, and my son's sax mike just decided to quit for a few vital seconds during BOTH Memphis runs and no one could figure out why, both of which dropped the score like a rock above a coyote. But all the same, this is our third of the last five major shows having a religious theme [the last two WGI winter winds shows were "Stained Glass," which was hymn based, and "The Four Horsemen," which is literally verbatim out of Revelation chapter 6], so I can't help but think that it is starting to wear a little thin. What do you all think? Pretty sure Lafayette’s closer was New World Symphony, Not Jupiter. It’s the Going Home theme.
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Post by mk72 on Oct 22, 2023 10:30:51 GMT -6
So happy for Cass Their rise in the BOA scene has been very rewarding to witness, and I hope those kids and staff are beyond proud of themselves!
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Post by kywildcat77 on Oct 22, 2023 12:02:45 GMT -6
A few thoughts:
DB was great, as usual. They were a bit stationary while playing for my liking, but it was a beautiful sound. Their guard of 60+ really differentiated them from the rest.
Lafayette brought their A game, getting beat by a mere .05 in music. The physical demand of the show on their marchers is high and they did it cleanly. Job well done. I really like seeing the best band in KY face off against the best band in TN. I hope they do so regularly.
Franklin's show was very entertaining. I really loved the first part of the show but it felt like it got a little muddled in the middle.
Cass deserved 3rd in my opinion. That show was just fun to watch and their featured guard member was amazing throughout the show. They were super clean and their sound was amazing.
A huge congratulations to GRC for pulling out 5th. They've improved dramatically since I saw them mid-September. This feels like a big step forward for their program.
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Post by kywildcat77 on Oct 22, 2023 12:33:03 GMT -6
A couple other thoughts.
The funniest moments of the contest were the "dead" Hook field commander for Carey still directing the band from the ground. I loved it. Also, Pope's running dog was delightful.
For what it's worth, which isn't much, I would have had Carey and Whitewater in finals over Panther Creek and Pope, but the difference between 9-16 at this competition wasn't much in my mind. The overall quality from top to bottom was high.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Oct 22, 2023 14:13:06 GMT -6
Okay, I am a parent for Lake Hamilton. I am recusing myself from including them in my thoughts here, because I think they should win everything, obviously . More seriously, I think we'll end up somewhere in the 5 [please?] to 8 [more likely] range, this after taking third last year behind Dobyns-Bennett and South Jones out of MS. Commentary on LH at the end. [Update: started 10th, finished 8th, pretty good run in finals]. ... Okay, now to LH, and I'm going to be candid here. The Box5 commentator noted that one of the movements was "Southern Harmonies," and it was nice to see a band drawing on "nostalgic Americana." Whatever. If you are from south of the Mason-Dixon line and have sniffed so much as a breath of air from the inside of a Southern Protestant church this side of a funeral at ANY point in your life, you either know EXACTLY what that show was about or ya ain't Southern much. It's not just "nostalgic Americana." That show preaches -- and that's where the issues seem to lie. The theme is a 1930's Southern Protestant tent revival meeting. Just in case you missed it, pre-show is "Down to the River to Pray," as recorded by Alison Krauss for the baptism scene in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou, with a quartet made up of fiddle and three alto saxes. First movement is the Four Horsemen Suite, Mvt. 1, "Conquest," by Russell Standridge, slightly arranged for full MB (we did the full suite for WGI last spring), with the back flag line playing the part of the flames of Hell, and the band representing a fire-and-brimstone preacher. Movement 2 is the sinner repentant/salvation, the music being "How Great Thou Art" as recorded by Carrie Underwood, with a sax solo on a moving wooden stage, with the second half of the first verse taken over by a quintet of flugels and everyone eventually ends up knelt at the "altar" with the woodwinds taking over the melody. Third movement is inspiration, the music being the aforementioned "Southern Harmonies," which I believe was originally from a Blue Devils DCI show. Movement 4, celebration, is "Old Landmark," which people know from The Blues Brothers, featuring James Brown in the movie, but the arrangement here is from the Aretha Franklin version, opening with a pump organ sound on the synth and a running bass lick from the pit, then a wailing alto sax solo. This is the big brass hit in the show. Finally, contemplation for movement 5, back to "Down to the River to Pray" and the original fiddle/sax quartet. It is very hard to miss the religious undertones. As a practicing Christian, I like it, and would point out that much of the classical repertoire -- Bach, Handel, Copland, even Mozart and Beethoven -- has religious undertones, even as we don't think about it. School choir repertoire would be quite sparse without religious-ish music. That said, I'm also a dad who wants his kid and the band they're in to do well in competition and maybe make national semi-finals this year. I don't know that a show that preaches like this one does plays well in Peoria, or at least with the BOA judging. To be fair, we've had some technical issues: mic pops tonight, though not too bad; misplacement of props during preshow because they can't find the right hash marks all the time and diagonals get off kilter, quite a few rifle drops in comps before this one. Two weeks ago, a field judge tripped over a wire, pulled out of its socket, turned a field mic straight at another one, all of which caused a lot [and it was the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, so a LOT] of reverb, and my son's sax mike just decided to quit for a few vital seconds during BOTH Memphis runs and no one could figure out why, both of which dropped the score like a rock above a coyote. But all the same, this is our third of the last five major shows having a religious theme [the last two WGI winter winds shows were "Stained Glass," which was hymn based, and "The Four Horsemen," which is literally verbatim out of Revelation chapter 6], so I can't help but think that it is starting to wear a little thin. What do you all think? That was a good read. Thanks for your comments on all the bands and on Lake Hamilton's theme specifically, which I'll now address. There are other musical adjudication venues in which the mere inclusion of religious content might be penalized. For example, this barbershop quartet performance of "Lucky Old Sun" was penalized because the song (a pop hit for Frankie Laine in 1949) implores the "Lord above" to allow the singer to "roll around Heaven all day." (Their rule book says "A song performed in contest must be neither primarily patriotic nor primarily religious in intent. Violation of the provision relating to patriotic or religious intent will result in penalties up to and including forfeiture by the Performance judges(s) only.") Nonetheless this show won the national championship: I believe it was the late Michael Boo who brought that performance to the attention of the marching arts a dozen years ago in a discussion of what constitutes general effect. Why was Crossroads penalized for using that song? Not for the reason some might expect. In the barbershop world, songs that invoke religious or patriotic themes are thought to draw on the judges heartstrings: the fear is that the judges will be biased in favor of the material. But there's nothing like that in Bands of America. Look at Broken Arrow's "The United States of America" with its patriotic tunes and imagery in 2018. Broken Arrow didn't win, but that was due to execution not thematic content. I daresay a panel consisting entirely of judges who were Jewish, Hindu, and Muslim would score a show with heavy Christian themes just as they would any other show. And I would expect a panel of judges who all happened to be practicing Christians would likewise score a Voodoo, Buddhist or Manichean show without objection. Or in both cases, they would do so up to a point. An atheist show that insisted the viewer agree that there is no God might be too much for a Baptist judge to accept. But a show that, as in John Lennon's famous song, asked the audience to imagine that possibility and its implications shouldn't be a problem. Likewise if Lake Hamilton's show is telling a story (or the story) of Christian redemption, the judges will take it on its own merits. But if the shows is telling a panel of judges that they must accept Jesus Christ as their savior or they'll spend eternity burning in hell, and one of them is, say, Muslim and knows from the bottom of his heart that that's not true, he's going to view it more skeptically. Unless, I guess, the show is so well done that it converts him. (And a subtle show might be more effective at accomplishing that than an explicit one. I remember a theological writer saying of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, who imbued his work with Catholic themes but did not mean for it to proselytize, that he did his work too well, as it were: she was moved by it from atheism to Christianity and then through contemplation upon religious ideas and examination of her soul, she went "beyond" (her word) Christianity to Judaism.) As for whether Lake Hamilton has drawn from the same well too many times, that's a harder nut to crack. I happen to think novelty and originality are often overpraised in many arts. BOA's rules don't really address this subject directly. But the judges are human, and I imagine that they, like some commentators here, are put off when they encounter the same themes and the same songs ("she remembers having wings, but she's forgotten what it's like to fly") again and again and again.
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Post by baritonedad on Oct 22, 2023 15:10:29 GMT -6
Arkansas 7A this year and knowing that Bentonville West is something of a two-ton favorite going into state Bentonville West is a “two-ton” favorite over Bentonville for state? Nothing against West, and not saying they can’t win, but no competitive performances have shown they would be a favorite at this point and certainly not a “two-ton” favorite, but I haven’t seen West’s full show yet either. Bentonville definitely has stronger competition for state than last year. Haven’t seen Bryant or Cabot’s show(only their results from the Memphis Regional), but love how strong West is coming along for a relatively young program, and Fayetteville is showing out this year! Going to be a great competition next Monday!
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Post by kdivine on Oct 23, 2023 5:45:56 GMT -6
Arkansas 7A this year and knowing that Bentonville West is something of a two-ton favorite going into state Bentonville West is a “two-ton” favorite over Bentonville for state? Nothing against West, and not saying they can’t win, but no competitive performances have shown they would be a favorite at this point and certainly not a “two-ton” favorite, but I haven’t seen West’s full show yet either. Bentonville definitely has stronger competition for state than last year. Haven’t seen Bryant or Cabot’s show(only their results from the Memphis Regional), but love how strong West is coming along for a relatively young program, and Fayetteville is showing out this year! Going to be a great competition next Monday! I am thinking the one that had the ladybug show in 2022. If I am mixing them up, I apologize.
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Post by MelloMom on Oct 23, 2023 6:55:40 GMT -6
I am thinking the one that had the ladybug show in 2022. If I am mixing them up, I apologize.[/quote]
Bentonville did Lady last year. We are doing Sunflower this year. I think West had an ocean theme last year. They have a time theme this year
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Post by thewho on Oct 23, 2023 7:58:23 GMT -6
Another day to recuperate before the wrap-up.
Congratulations to Dobyns-Bennett! I unfortunately was unable to watch any bands on Saturday, so I'll have to rely on everyone's opinions.
This was a pretty topsy-turvy logistics flow with long walks once again, so I hope all the bands were able to get around without any issues. Regardless, the day went very smoothly for how much potential of bands getting tangled up with each other. By finals night, everyone was very understanding and were pros!
Rest assured, ETSU and Johnson City have worked very hard to help accommodate the JC regional for the future. It is astounding how much the city had worked to acquiesce BOA requests in making the regional a wonderful experience all around. There are, of course, many more milestones to meet, but I see no reason why BOA would need to move the regional in the near future.
Side note: I stopped by a store in my down time and found a vinyl I had been hunting for a while: Ray Charles's Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Everytime I put the album, I'll definitely think about my pleasant time here 🙂.
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Post by statechamp1239 on Oct 23, 2023 15:00:01 GMT -6
I am thinking the one that had the ladybug show in 2022. If I am mixing them up, I apologize. Bentonville did Lady last year. We are doing Sunflower this year. I think West had an ocean theme last year. They have a time theme this year [/quote] Cabot was the ocean theme, BWest show was called Remix
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Post by MelloMom on Oct 23, 2023 15:22:37 GMT -6
I am thinking the one that had the ladybug show in 2022. If I am mixing them up, I apologize. Bentonville did Lady last year. We are doing Sunflower this year. I think West had an ocean theme last year. They have a time theme this year Cabot was the ocean theme, BWest show was called Remix[/quote] Oh that’s right 🫠 everything starts running together after a few years
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Post by kdivine on Oct 27, 2023 21:51:32 GMT -6
Pretty sure Lafayette’s closer was New World Symphony, Not Jupiter. It’s the Going Home theme.No, it was Jupiter. My 9-year-old has it memorized from the Bluey episode "Sleepytime" and hums it, constantly, to the point of annoyance of anyone within earshot. It is also my main ringtone on my phone. Trust me, I recognize it when I hear it. If there was New World, and there very well could have been, I didn't notice.
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Post by a2084 on Oct 30, 2023 12:46:22 GMT -6
Pretty sure Lafayette’s closer was New World Symphony, Not Jupiter. It’s the Going Home theme.No, it was Jupiter. My 9-year-old has it memorized from the Bluey episode "Sleepytime" and hums it, constantly, to the point of annoyance of anyone within earshot. It is also my main ringtone on my phone. Trust me, I recognize it when I hear it. If there was New World, and there very well could have been, I didn't notice. In Slovak Wind Symphony’s recording of New World Symphony movement 2 on Apple Music and Spotify, you can hear (beginning around 3:56 on english horn) the theme in Lafayette’s closer.
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Post by kywildcat77 on Nov 1, 2023 17:47:35 GMT -6
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