Marching Band Thread

**EmoArbiter** · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:43 am Post subject:

yeah if you see us I'll be the kid on crutches on the sidelines >_>

Verdict is in, I go in for surgery on the 15th so our bass line will have holes in it...joy >_>

Are you guys going to the Sam Houston contest this year?
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**Urisma** · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:15 pm Post subject:

Naa, we arent, I don't think. BOA this weekend, Duncanville later, then UIL area and hopefully state. We did sam houston last year, got 4th place.

**EmoArbiter** · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:38 pm Post subject:

Ah, shame. Hopefully we'll win it two years in a row

We did Duncanville two years ago I think but didn't do so good, its really random what contests we go to and I think SHSU is the first one I've been to twice, aside from UIL

I hope to see you guys perform at state, lord knows I'll have nothing else to do

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**Urisma** · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:06 pm Post subject:

I hate hate hate BOA. It's all politics, especially since all the schools that donated tons of money to them win everything. We didn't even make finals in the competition we hosted! Arg. I am angry.

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**EmoArbiter** · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:23 am Post subject:

I feel bad for our drumline this year, we're plagued or something.

First off, 13 of our 15 drummers are returning, 8 are seniors. We have two new people. Amazing, yes? Our winds are terrible >_>

Then onto the line, our third bassist, who has been on the line for four years, moves to San Antonio, and his replacement sucks. Our lead tenor/quad player got knee surgery two weeks ago, and I'm (fourth bassist) getting foot surgery this weekend.

Balls
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**Urisma** · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:44 pm Post subject:

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Anyone going to C.O.C. this year? We made finals last year, think we ended in 2nd? Don't remember exactly. We had a competition yesterday, Volunteer Classic Marching Band Festival. 2nd place Majorettes, Guard didn't place (surprise surprise), Drum majors got 1st (with a score of 99), Percussion got first, 5 points ahead of the 2nd place percussion, and band got first. First in our class and first in combined classes A and B. No overall placement, but I'm pretty certain we got first if they did that.

Regardless, I was surprised with how well we did. I mean, we did good, but we've had a lot better runs. I think we won mainly due to the 70% music 30% visual judging, which is really weird. Regardless, we did decently.

**Urisma** · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:00 pm Post subject:

So... Area marching band for Houston area ish was last night, and we missed finals by a point. We were one of the earlier bands to perform, which sucks. That's happened a lot this year. Anyway, we made 5th, 7th, and 22 in music. Hu? and then about 8th and 17th in marching (There were 5 judges, 3 music and 2 marching). Same thing happened 2 years ago, where one judge gave us first in music, and a different one gave us almost last. (On a side note, the one who gave us first is a brilliant guy, with state marching bands, honor bands, and a thousand other honors. The one that gave us about last hasnt been alive as long as uor conductor has been conducting). Well, whatever. We have Duncanville competition is a week, so hopefully we will make an impact there.

**EmoArbiter** · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject:

Woo Area E champs

Urisma, there's always that one guy who just doesn't like what you do. At Area 2 years ago we were 6th after prelims and we got 4th, 6th, and 19th in music. Good luck at Duncanville

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**louster200** · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 1581 Location: YYZ, Indiana

Looks like Ben Davis is going to state again this year.

I was a little nervous, but I think we can get a pretty high ranking.

Anybody here in bands that are going to compete in BOA grand nats?
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**CloudFuel** · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 1030 Location: Houston, TX

Urismo/Emo - which bands are you guys in?
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