ddmwingz

seems like for every good band that left two more popped up

serial sleeper90 and i are both from centennial

O why did we get stuck in area B?!?!?!? lol

that would be amazing, but unfortunately, thatd still keep back 3 bands. plus, thatd mean 25 out of 30 bands would have to make 1s this weekend. unprobable if u ask me

ah!!! thats right. i KNEW i was missing someone. my bad

seriously. its gonna be a bloodbath. i mean, sherman, the colony, aledo, centennial, southwest, boyd, seguin...and only 3-4 spots to fill

well said wang. that covers everything i was gonna say

Id wager money that Sherman will come out of Area B, thats how confident I am. I think they are the best in our area, hands down.

thats a good guess. based off of last year, i think 19 of those bands got 1's. i just hope all the same bands get 1s and a couple others add themselves to the mix

Check out this link. I believe it has all the 4a bands in area B http://uilforms.com/regions/2/AREA%20MARCH...-1A-2A%3D4A.pdf how many do u guys think will make ones off of that list?

I saw Waxahachie this weekend at Little Elm. They looked sharp. Good luck to them.

I posted this somewhere else, but it is exactly what this thread is askin for. Area B: 1) Sherman 2-3) Aledo/The Colony (no particular order) 4-5) Birdville/Centennial (no particular order) 6-7) Seguin/Boyd

At this point id have to put the rankings for Area B in this order 1-Sherman 2-The Colony/Aledo 3-The Colony/Aledo 4-Centennial/Birdville 5-Centennial/Birdville/Seguin

i think thats what they were saying...tyler lee. its the same as saying frisco centennial

haha....them and hebron

man... the area B contest is gonna be an even nastier contest than i thought. cant wait.

congratz to wakeland. great showing. sry about the drop tho, we know how that feels(happened to us at every competition last year and our first one this year).

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i agree. i dont know what it was, but, there was something about your(newman smith) show that was just....entertaining. i liked it

its gonna be really tough. it will be one heck of a show, IF we can pull it off

Well, i have heard that some of the other schools around here refer to us as "the pharmacy." fortunately thats outside the band

Yea. You added it up right. We only practice 7 and 1/2 hours. It kinda sux, but i guess we still do alright. lol, its better than two years ago, we used to practice 530-830 monday nights and then tues-thurs 700-800 AM!!!! thats only 6 hours, and since it was in the morning, it was really inefficient practice time. that really sucked

i like your directors drill writing

I can't find the explanation that I read before, but I'll try and sum it up. General Effect takes into account the whole show. It takes into account difficulty and execution, the variety of styles and tempos in both music and marching, and how auxiliary parts of the show, such as the guard or body moves, fit in with the music. General effect looks at how the music and the marching fit together. For example, if you have a part of the music that is extremely flowing and beautiful, it would make sense to have a form with a lot of sharp corners or chaos going on. Another example could be if the music was very harsh and 'fiery' you wouldnt want the guard using peacefully blue flags. Contrary to what many believe, general effect is NOT how much a show pleases the crowd(though, shows with good general effect often do this), rather, it is the relevancy of visual and auditory aspects of the music, as well as difficulty and execution. If anyone has anything to add or disagree with, id love to hear it, cuz id love to learn more.

Actually, all of judging is an opinion but, GE is only slightly more opinionated than the other categories. i found a really good explanation once. ill see if i can find it.