OMEA (the Ohio Music Education Association) has upgraded their
website, and their calendar now includes the list of participating bands at each of this week's five shows (and also for the shows in the following two weeks). That may seem like a small thing, but it's huge for me and will save me so much time this fall. Here are this weekend's bands:
Hilliard Marching Band Invitational (Hillard Bradley H.S., Sep. 9, 2023)1:15 p.m. -- Grove City Christian H.S. "Marching Eagles" (C)
1:30 p.m. -- Westfall H.S. (Williamsport), OH MB Class B 1:30 PM
1:45 p.m. -- Logan Elm H.S. (Circleville) "Marching Band of Pride" (B)
2:00 p.m. -- Fairbanks H.S. (Milford Center) (A)
(this may be an error; they were C in past years)2:15 p.m. -- Hilliard Darby H.S. (AA - ratings only)
(2:30 p.m. break)
2:45 p.m. -- Canal Winchester H.S. (AA)
3:00 p.m. -- Hilliard Bradley H.S. (AA - ratings only)
3:15 p.m. -- Newark H.S. "Pride of Newark" (AA)
3:30 p.m. -- Hilliard Davidson H.S. (AA - ratings only)
3:45 p.m. -- Beavercreek H.S. "Band and Color Guard" (AA)
(4:00 p.m. break)
4:15 p.m. -- Awards
Cloverleaf Cavalcade of Sound, (Lodi, Sep. 9, 2023)5:00 p.m. -- Arcadia H.S. (C)
5:15 p.m. -- Indian Valley H.S. (Gnadenhutten) "Marching Braves" (B)
5:30 p.m. -- St. John's Jesuit H.S. (Toledo) "Marching Titans" (B)
5:45 p.m. -- Buckeye H.S. (Medina) (B)
6:00 p.m. -- Black River H.S. (Sullivan) "Pirate Marching Band" (B)
6:15 p.m. -- Highland H.S. (Marengo) (B)
(6:30 p.m. break)
6:45 p.m. -- Firestone H.S. (Akron) "Falcon Marching Band" (A)
7:00 p.m. -- Copley H.S. (A)
7:15 p.m. -- Revere H.S. (Richfield) "Marching Minutemen" (A)
(7:30 p.m. break)
7:45 p.m. -- Cloverleaf H.S. (Lodi) (B - ratings only)
8:00 p.m. -- Rogues Hollow Regiment drum and bugle corps (exhibition)
8:15 p.m. -- Awards
Licking Heights Pageant of Bands (Pataskala, Sep. 9, 2023)5:00 p.m. -- Marion Local H.S. (Maria Stein) (C)
5:15 p.m. -- Nelsonville-York H.S. "Marching Buckeyes" (C)
5:30 p.m. -- Portsmouth H.S. (B)
5:45 p.m. -- London H.S. "Pride of London" (B)
6:00 p.m. -- Licking Valley H.S. (Newark) (B)
6:15 p.m. -- Heath H.S. (B)
(6:30 p.m. break)
7:15 p.m. -- Watkins Memorial H.S. (Pataskala) (A)*
7:30 p.m. -- Berne Union H.S. (Sugar Grove) (A)
7:45 p.m. -- Teays Valley H.S. (Ashville) "Golden Sound of the Vikings" (A)
8:00 p.m. -- Licking Heights (Pataskala) (AA - ratings only)
8:15 p.m. -- Tiffin University (exhibition)
8:30 p.m. -- Awards
Philo Challenge (Duncan Falls, Sep. 9, 20235:00 p.m. -- Coshocton H.S. (C - ratings only)
5:15 p.m. -- Meadowbrook H.S. (Byesville) (B - ratings only)
5:30 p.m. -- Warren Local H.S. (Vincent) "Marching Warriors" (A - ratings only)
5:45 p.m. -- Philo H.S. (Duncan Falls) (C - ratings only)
6:00 p.m. -- Full Retreat
(This event is traditionally ratings-only with no placements or scores.)Trojan Invitational (Troy, Sep. 9, 2023)6:00 p.m. -- Mississinawa Valley H.S. (Union City) (C)*
6:15 p.m. -- Arcanum H.S. (C)
6:30 p.m. -- Fort Recovery H.S. (C)
(6:45 p.m. break)
7:30 p.m. -- Tippecanoe H.S. (Tipp City) (A)
7:45 p.m. -- Tecumseh H.S. (Carlisle) (A)
8:00 p.m. -- Newton H.S. (Pleasant Hill) (A)
8:15 p.m. -- Springboro H.S. (AA)
(8:30 p.m. break)
8:45 p.m. -- Troy H.S. (AA - ratings only)
9:00 p.m. -- Awards
I noticed the absence of Norton from the bands at the Cloverleaf show, where they have pretty regularly appeared in year's past (and the presence at that show of Revere, now led by Norton's former director). However, Norton is on the slate of bands appearing the following week at Louisville.
*Edited to note that these bands's classes are shown as just "OMEA" on the website, so it may be that they are performing only for ratings or in exhibition this weekend.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Also this weekend, as noted in the posts above this one, the
MidStates Band Association (MSBA) has its first two competitive events of the season. There don't appear to be any Ohio bands at the Sound and Spirit of Columbus Invitational at Columbus North H.S. in Indiana. But here is the other show's lineup:
Kings Invitational (Kings Mills, Sep. 9, 2023)1:45 p.m. -- Switzerland Co. H.S. (IN) (A)
2:00 p.m. -- Simon Kenton H.S. (KY) (A)
2:15 p.m. -- Franklin H.S. (AA)
2:30 p.m. -- East Clinton H.S. (Sabina) (AA)
2:45 p.m. -- Madison H.S. (Middletown) (AA)
3:00 p.m. -- Colerain H.S. (Cincinnati) (AA)
3:15 p.m. -- Northwest H.S. (Cincinnati) (AA)
(3:30 p.m. break)
3:45 p.m. -- Carlisle H.S. (AAA)
4:00 p.m. -- West Carrollton H.S. (AAA)
4:15 p.m. -- Deer Park H.S. (Cincinnati) (AAA)
4:30 p.m. -- Brookville H.S. (AAA)
4:45 p.m. -- Archbishop Carroll H.S. (Dayton) (AAA)
(5:00 p.m. break)
5:15 p.m. -- Awards for Class A, AA, AAA (critique follows)
(5:30 p.m. break)
7:30 p.m. -- Olentangy H.S. (AAAA)
7:45 p.m. -- Northmont H.S. (Clayton) (AAAA)
8:00 p.m. -- Lebanon H.S. (AAAA)
8:15 p.m. -- Kettering Fairmont H.S. (AAAAA)
8:30 p.m. -- Fairfield H.S. (AAAAA)
8:45 p.m. -- Lakota East H.S. (Liberty Twp.) (AAAAA)
9:00 p.m. -- Centerville H.S. (AAAAA)
9:15 p.m. -- Kings H.S. (Kings Mills) (AAAA - exhibition)
(9:30 p.m. break, followed by Kings (and others?) playing "God Bless America")
9:45 p.m. -- Awards for Class AAAA, AAAAA (critique follows)