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Aaron Guidry no longer writes original shows, as he is working full time with Cirque du Soleil now.

Wakeland (Denton, SA, GN): "The Pied Piper"-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qESK1tSx1pc Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra by Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 40 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Suite No. 2 in B Minor: VII. Badinerie by Johann Sebastian Bach Slavonic Dance No. 2 by Antonin Dvorak Flight of the Bumblebee by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 8 in B Minor by Franz Schubert

They also met up at Semi-State.

They're not on the list of bands in the last BOA newsletter. Adair County H.S., KY Archbishop Alter H.S., OH Arsenal Technical H.S., IN Avon H.S., IN Avon H.S., OH Beechwood H.S., KY Bellbrook H.S., OH Ben Davis H.S., IN Bishop Fenwick H.S., OH Blue Springs H.S., MO Bourbon County H.S., KY Broken Arrow H.S., OK Butler Traditional H.S., KY Carlisle H.S., OH Carmel H.S., IN Carroll H.S., OH Cary Senior H.S., NC Center Grove H.S., IN Centerville H.S., OH Central Hardin H.S., KY Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX Columbus North H.S., IN Corner, AL Crestwood H.S., OH Danville H.S., IN Daviess County H.S., KY Dublin Coffman H.S., OH East Central, IN East Clinton H.S., OH Eastern H.S., KY Edgewood, OH Firestone H.S., OH Franklin H.S., TN Grandville H.S., MI Grant H.S., MI Green Hope H.S., NC Greendale H.S., WI Herscher H.S., IL Indian Hill H.S., OH Jenison H.S., MI Kings, OH La Salle H.S., OH Lafayette H.S., LA Lake Central H.S., IN Lake Orion H.S., MI Lake Park H.S., IL Lakeland H.S., MI Lawrence Central H.S., IN Lebanon H.S., OH Lewisburg H.S., MS Limestone Community H.S., IL Lincoln-Way East H.S., IL Logan Elm, OH Marian Catholic H.S., IL Meade County H.S., KY Miamisburg H.S., OH Milford H.S., OH Monrovia H.S., IN Morton H.S., IL Mount Gilead H.S., OH Murphysboro H.S., IL Newaygo, MI North Laurel H.S., KY Northmont H.S., OH Norton H.S., OH Norwell H.S., IN Norwin H.S., PA O'Fallon Township H.S., IL Owasso, OK Pflugerville H.S., TX Pulaski County H.S., KY Ravenwood H.S., TN Reeths-Puffer H.S., MI Rockford H.S., MI Saint James School, AL Shortridge Magnet HS, IN Simon Kenton H.S., KY Spring H.S., TX Stebbins H.S., OH Sycamore H.S., OH Talawanda H.S., OH Troy Athens H.S., MI The Woodlands H.S., TX Union, OK Victor J. Andrew H.S., IL Walled Lake Central H.S., MI Wando H.S., SC Warren Local H.S., OH Waukesha North H.S., WI West Johnston H.S., NC West Bloomfield H.S., MI Western Brown H.S., OH Western H.S., IN William Mason H.S., OH Now that I've made my one post a year, I'll go back to trolling.

Winston Churchill: "From Dusk To Dawn"

Centennial, TX: "Queen of Hearts" DeSoto, TX: "Altered State" Keller Central, TX: "Altered States" Dancer in the Dark-Bjork Hummingbrrd-Steven Bryant Keller, TX: "Press Play" Moonlight Sonata-Beethoven Aha!-Imogen Heap Time To Say Goodbye-Sartori Farandole-Bizet Trinity, TX: "Icarus" Alegria-Fast Track-Cirque du Soleil Turbine-John Mackey Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky Dance of Vengeance-Barber Kaufman: "Atlantis"

The BOA Forums have a competition amongst the members every year for a BOA predictions game. This is the second year that I'm running the DCI predictions game, and I look to win again. DCI has changed how Worlds are operating this year-any corps that wants to participate from World Class, Open Class, or International Class, may. We may have 40+ corps in Quarterfinals this year, which will make for a long day. All Open Class corps that have indicated that they are performing at OC Championships are on the spreadsheet. There will be a prize at the end of the season for the person that wins. If I win, the person who is 2nd will get the prize. If you want to participate, World Class spreadsheet is attached below. You need: Your name, your scores, corps in order, captions and send it back to me at balash@ilmarching.com or dbalash@gmail.com. They both go to the same place. Email the completed file posted above. Scores are due by the first Monday of the season, which is June 20th at 5:00 PM CST. The G8 corps perform on Saturday and Sunday, but no scores will be released until the theater event. I'll get out the full participants list and whom each voted for sometime that week. Feel free to post below if you will be participating. No limits on the maximum amount of people; however, the more people the play, the longer it will take me to figure out scores. Now on to scoring: -25 points per correctly guessed semifinalist (25 total). -50 points per correctly guessed finalist (12). -100 points per corps guessed in the correct place. -100 points per corps score guessed correctly. -100 points per caption (Brass, Color Guard, Percussion) Additional bonuses: -250 additional points for correctly guessing all finalists. -500 additional points for correctly guessing all semifinalists. -25 points for correctly guessing the top 3 in order. -50 points for correctly guessing the top 5 in order. -100 points for correctly guessing the top 12 in order. -250 points for correctly guessing the top 17 in order. -500 points for correctly guessing the top 25 in order. -1,000 points for correctly guessing all corps in order (41, by my count.). Any questions? Don't hesitate to ask. corpsreps.com, fromthepressbox.com, and dci.org/scores are invaluable sources.

L.D. Bell: "The Circle's Edge" http://box5.org/video/thecirclesedge.html

I have all 3. Shoot me an email.

Atlanta: Boiling Springs H.S., SC Cape Fear H.S., NC Carlton J. Kell H.S., GA Charles W. Flanagan H.S., FL Clarksville H.S., TN Clear Brook H.S., TX Collins Hill H.S., GA Cullman H.S., AL Cuthbertson H.S., NC East Coweta H.S., GA Forsyth Central H.S., GA Hardin Valley Academy, TN Hillgrove H.S., GA James Bowie H.S., TX Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA McEachern H.S., GA Mill Creek H.S., GA Oak Grove H.S., AL Oakleaf H.S., FL Ola H.S., GA Oviedo H.S., FL Owasso H.S., OK Piedmont H.S., OK Piedmont H.S., NC Ravenwood H.S., TN Saint James School, AL Seymour H.S., TN Tarpon Springs H.S., FL Walton H.S., GA Wando H.S., SC West Broward H.S., FL Winston Churchill H.S., TX Woodland HS, GA I don't know if they're really going, or if that's a misprint.

San Antonio: Air Force Academy H.S., CO Aledo H.S., TX Alvin H.S., TX Anderson H.S., TX Aubrey H.S., TX Birdville H.S., TX Brazoswood H.S., TX Cedar Park H.S., TX Cedar Ridge H.S., TX Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX Clear Falls H.S., TX Colleyville Heritage H.S., TX Coppell H.S., TX Crockett H.S., TX Douglas Macarthur H.S., TX Flower Mound H.S., TX Fountain Valley H.S., CA Haltom H.S., TX Hebron H.S., TX Hidalgo H.S., TX James Bowie H.S., TX James E. Taylor H.S., TX James Martin H.S., TX John Jay H.S., TX John Marshall H.S., TX Judson H.S., TX Keller Central H.S., TX Keller H.S., TX L.D. Bell H.S., TX Leander H.S., TX Legacy H.S., TX Lehman H.S., TX Lopez H.S., TX Mansfield H.S., TX Marcus H.S., TX McNeil H.S., TX Pflugerville H.S., TX Plano East Senior H.S., TX Richland H.S., TX Ronald Reagan H.S., TX Round Rock H.S., TX Rouse High School, TX Sandra Day O'Connor H.S., TX Seven Lakes H.S., TX Spring H.S., TX Springtown H.S., TX Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX The Woodlands College Park H.S., TX The Woodlands H.S., TX United H.S., TX Vandegrift H.S., TX Vista Ridge H.S., TX W. Charles Akins H.S., TX Westlake H.S., TX Winston Churchill H.S., TX

List of GN bands: http://www.musicforall.org/what-we-do/marc...l-championships

I just threw up in my mouth.

Carolina Crown: "Rach Star" Virtuosity and excitement collide when rock and roll meets romanticism. From stage diving to piano concertos and lighting truss to drum sets, Carolina Crown shifts gears and takes drum corps entertainment in a new direction. With musical selections from Queen, Rolling Stones, Rachmaninoff, and ELP, and iconic quotes from Jimi Hendrix, Guns & Roses, Deep Purple, Rihanna, and Ben Folds, the talented young men and women of Crown 2011 will explore the look, lifestyle, experience, and showmanship of being a

Fun fact, DMJ: The incoming freshmen class (class of 2015...really?) will have been born the year that song came out or after.

Birdville: "The Way" featuring the music of Yppah, Aaron Copland, Hans Zimmer, and Pat Metheny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0FvFBOsMN0

Arlington: Aledo H.S., TX Azle H.S., TX Berkner H.S., TX Birdville H.S., TX Centennial H.S., TX Colleyville Heritage H.S., TX Creekview H.S., TX Flower Mound H.S., TX Frisco H.S., TX Hebron H.S., TX James Bowie H.S., TX James Martin H.S., TX John H. Guyer, H.S., TX Keller H.S., TX L.D. Bell H.S., TX Legacy H.S., TX Mansfield H.S., TX Pflugerville H.S., TX Plano East Senior H.S., TX Richland H.S., TX Rowlett H.S., TX Saginaw H.S., TX Springtown H.S., TX Timberview H.S., TX Trinity H.S., TX W. Charles Akins H.S., TX Wakeland H.S., TX Western Hills H.S., TX Winston Churchill H.S., TX

Conroe list of bands: Alvin H.S., TX Andy Dekaney H.S., TX Brazoswood H.S., TX Calallen H.S., TX Cedar Park H.S., TX Cedar Ridge H.S., TX Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX Clear Brook H.S., TX Clear Lake H.S., TX Cypress Falls H.S., TX Douglas Macarthur H.S., TX Friendswood H.S., TX Hidalgo H.S., TX John Marshall H.S., TX Kaufman H.S., TX L.D. Bell H.S., TX Lafayette H.S., LA Legacy H.S., TX Marcus H.S., TX McNeil H.S., TX Oak Ridge H.S., TX Pflugerville H.S., TX Ridge Point H.S, TX Ronald Reagan H.S., TX Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX The Woodlands College Park H.S., TX The Woodlands H.S., TX Vandegrift H.S., TX Westwood H.S., TX William B. Travis H.S., TX Winston Churchill H.S., TX

Phantom's repertoire: East of Eden, by Lee Holdridge Requiem, by Giuseppe Verdi Requiem, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet (A Time For Us), by Nino Rota Romeo & Juliet, by Sergei Prokofiev Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (from Lohengrin), by Richard Wagner

Woops...2 bands other than CT Johnson from Texas will be making their debut from what I've heard.

No it's not...they're both the same day.

Schedule is out for 2011! Sept. 24, 2011 Central Kentucky - Site TBD North Huntingdon, PA - Norwin H.S. Stadium (Site Tentative) Oct. 1, 2011 Arlington, TX - University of Texas at Arlington Mason, OH - William Mason H.S. Stadium Oct. 8, 2011 Conroe, TX - Woodforest Bank Stadium (Site Tentative) Jacksonville, AL - Jacksonville State University Pontiac, MI - Silverdome Oct. 14-15, 2011 SUPER REGIONAL - St. Louis, MO - Edward Jones Dome Oct. 15, 2011 Akron/Canton Area - Site TBD Oct. 22, 2011 Hemet, CA - West Valley H.S. Stadium Towson, MD - Towson University (Site Tentative) Oct. 28-29, 2011 SUPER REGIONAL - Atlanta, GA - Georgia Dome Oct. 29, 2011 St. George, UT - Dixie State College (Site Tentative) Nov. 5, 2011 SUPER REGIONAL - Indianapolis, IN - Lucas Oil Stadium Nov. 4-5, 2011 SUPER REGIONAL - San Antonio, TX - Alamodome Nov. 9-12, 2011 GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Indianapolis, IN - Lucas Oil Stadium

2001, end of discussion. The best top 12 ever.

Thursday, November 11th, 2010 10:30 TBA 10:45 TBA 11:00 Dorman, SC 11:15 Edgewood, OH 11:30 Morristown, IN 11:45 Western, IN 12:00 Indian Hill, OH 12:15 Carlisle, OH 12:30 Louisville Male, KY 12:45 Talawanda, OH 1:00 Logan Elm, OH 1:15 Utica, OH 1:30 Break 1:45 Springfield Shawnee, OH 2:00 Daviess County, KY 2:15 Northmont, OH 2:30 Lafayette, KY 2:45 Walled Lake Central, MI 3:00 Centerville, OH 3:15 O'Fallon, IL 3:30 Columbus North, IN 3:45 Adair County, KY 4:00 Bellbrook, OH 4:15 Edgewood, IN 4:30 Lincoln-Way East, IL 4:45 Break 5:30 Herscher, IL 5:45 Lake Park, IL 6:00 Rampart, CO 6:15 Moore, OK 6:30 Marietta, OH 6:45 Union, OK 7:00 Brunswick, OH 7:15 Bishop Fenwick, OH 7:30 Ben Davis, IN 7:45 William Mason, OH 8:00 Center Grove, IN 8:15 Break 8:30 Lawrence Central, IN 8:45 Morton, IL 9:00 North Laurel, KY 9:15 Lake Central, IN 9:30 Carroll, OH 9:45 Brentwood, TN 10:00 Monrovia, IN 10:15 Victor J. Andrew, IL 10:30 West Bloomfield, MI 10:45 Ravenwood, TN Friday, November 12th 8:00 TBA 8:15 TBA 8:30 TBA 8:45 South Point, OH 9:00 Troy Athens, MI 9:15 Williamstown, NJ 9:30 Avon, OH 9:45 Clearview Regional, NJ 10:00 Berryhill, OK 10:15 Lebanon, OH 10:30 McNicholas, OH 11:00 L.D. Bell, TX 11:15 Stephen F. Austin, TX 11:30 Penn Trafford, PA 11:45 Governor Thomas Johnson, MD 12:00 Cedar Park, TX 12:15 Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ 12:30 Dobyns-Bennett, TN 12:45 Boiling Springs, SC 1:00 Lewisville, SC 1:15 Kennesaw Mountain, GA 1:30 Metamora, IL 1:45 Tarpon Springs, FL 2:00 Break/Riverside Community College 2:45 Winston Churchill, TX 3:00 DeSoto Central, MS 3:15 Mount Gilead, OH 3:30 New Philadelphia, OH 3:45 Lakeland, MI 4:00 Western Brown, OH 4:15 Jenison, MI 4:30 Cary, NC 4:45 Archbishop Alter, OH 5:00 Ayala, CA 5:15 Marian Catholic, IL 5:30 Break 5:45 Avon, IN 6:00 Bourbon County, KY 6:15 Greendale, WI 6:30 Kiski Area, PA 6:45 Tippecanoe, OH 7:00 Meade County, KY 7:15 Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, MI 7:30 Broken Arrow, OK 7:45 Godwin Heights, MI 8:00 Carmel, IN 8:15 Lafayette, LA 8:30 Michigan State University

After placing 16th last week at Arlington. I love this time of year.