2006 Cedar Park Timberwolf Marching Festival

[bored2damax]

Yo moose was our show really that boring this year??? I thought that this year show is alot more entertaining than last year's show. Also we cut down some visuals and we also havent added more visuals, especially our low brass feature. Also we still have to learn two thirds of the closer. On another subject, i dont know if akins can make SA BOA finals just because of their show. Their show is good, but some of the great bands are just starting to clean up and build momentum for their show. Its going to be an interesting BOA SA this year. Also just want to know if it is Akins or Atkins?? I always thought it was Akins.

[bored2damax]

Also i apologize for my mistake, it was round rock that had the chang hang low pit.

[VRHSRangerTBone]

It's Akins

[VRHSRangerTBone]

Cedar Park has posted the complete results on their website (with Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard scores and everything). On the finals page, the GE rank starts at 12 for some reason and goes through 22 while everything else is normal and starts at 1 and goes to 11.

 

Complete Prelims Results

Complete Finals Results

[bored2damax]

Wow i cant believe that we went from having a score of 66.95 in prelims to 74.7 in finals. Thats pretty cool.

[Silme]

  chickora said:

Westwood show was the best I've seen so far.

Thanks, we don't always get a lot of comments, so thank you.

 

Congrats to all the bands who performed, we've had our first competition, so now we get to build on that! The reason why everyone did better at finals performance? was THE DANG STUPID SUN. It's not a good combination when you march at 12 in the afternoon in all black uniforms - marching field = easy bake toaster oven.

 

Anyways, now that that's over and done with, goodluck to all in Westlake! Westwood won't be there, but we wish we could be!

[PooHBuRR]

  takigan said:

Wow, looks like Leander really sucked it up in the finals. Weren't they third going into prelims?

 

Still waiting for this miraculous turnaround I've been hearing about that's supposed to bring them back to their old glory days. I was talking to a Leander alumnus today while working the marching festival that Blinn College hosts (which had crappy turnout this year due to BOA I might add >_>) and she mentioned how Leander and Cedar Park are rivals. Cedar Park's rivals? Psh....Don't brand yourself with a title until you've earned it I always say .

 

Oh yes....and a congratulations to the winner....Akins....and of course a personal congrats to my alma mater (or whatever the word is for High Schools); Georgetown for winning Guard caption.

 

Awesome.....

A couple years back, in the early 5A days of Cedar Park, there actually was competition between the two schools. Ever since 05 though, Leander couldn't hold anything on CP.

[PooHBuRR]

  travis_malone said:

oh i agree akins deserved first.

 

and yes i can blame judges because alot of tapes i have listened to have proved that alot of them have no idea what they are saying most of the time. lol.

 

now obviously akins deserved 1st. they ripped in every aspect of their show.

 

however, im not so sure some of the bands that got the places they got deserved the places they got. just a thought.

 

im done.

If the judges were 2nd rate 2A directors from podunkville or if this was pre 2004, then I'd agree Leander got shafted, but when you have the likes of SA Reagan's head director, Spring's percussion director, Cedar Park's former director, and a SHSU band director as the majority of your judging panel, I'd say it's more like your band could use some work, sir

[euro_euph06]

  travis_malone said:

oh i agree akins deserved first.

 

and yes i can blame judges because alot of tapes i have listened to have proved that alot of them have no idea what they are saying most of the time. lol.

 

now obviously akins deserved 1st. they ripped in every aspect of their show.

 

however, im not so sure some of the bands that got the places they got deserved the places they got. just a thought.

 

im done.

 

Ronald Morrison, Mark Chambers, Rick Rodriguez (from Spring HS), Ferd Vollmar (Director of Fine Arts at NEISD--where Reagan and Churchill reside), Fred Velez (Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at Sam Houston State University), and George Armenta (Director of Cologuard at Arcadia High School). HMMM....if one of these people said a comment that would help me to become a better player I would take it in a heartbeat.

 

 

 

 

  Moose said:

Akins placement was right. But not much else...

 

1. There weren't field judges, which probably would've changed the placements quite dramatically. When I saw no field judges, I expected a contest judged like UIL, but the results were not like that.

 

2. Bryan was like 20 points behind the rest of the pack....uh...no...

 

3. Much of this show was judged it seemed on content of the shows. Seguin played and marched very well, very nice sound, but the show is boring as heck (sorry) Same can be said for Leander, except not as boring. Bands like Vista Ridge had very good shows, but did not perform them as well as some of the bands they beat, IMHO.

 

Overall, I was very impressed by everyone. Especially Akins, Vista Ridge, and Westwood. All three came out of no where. I wasn't expecting much from Vista Ridge because of a student there who constantly talks them down on the forums, but they shocked me. Great Job!

 

The main emphasis was on music at this contest. I think it was like 50% or something like that. Anyways, I would like to point out once again (or like the thousand times prior to this) that judges choose (another word for judge) the bands that are the best for their given judging system. Just because you think that your band is the best, doesnt mean it is. You might of had your best performance of the season so far, but someone else might have had a better one.

[trumpetman1288]

Word.

[QuadraticBeats]

  Moose said:

All three came out of no where. I wasn't expecting much from Vista Ridge because of a student there who constantly talks them down on the forums, but they shocked me. Great Job!

That's nice to hear.

Now, if you're referring to some past comments of mine... we were originally well below the standards I had seen used at the glory-days Leander and modern Cedar Park. Both of them are our sister schools (same district)- and when I discovered that we had been zoned to go to my current school, which had an upstart program that appeared to have not been handled very well in its early stages, from a still-competitive Leander Band (they had outplaced Cedar Park in my 8th grade year), I felt rather ripped off- from what I remember, the people who had been zoned from Leander and Cedar Park Middle Schools seemed to be rather disenfranchised as a whole in the first few weeks of my freshman year (especially band camp). When the middle school music that students of both of those middle schools (Leander and Cedar Park) was better and harder than that of a 9th and 10th grade high school band, one felt rather compelled to stop practicing.

In this current year, however, with the advent of well-run rehearsals and instruction directly on the field (honestly, I think most of us only had half of a clue of exactly what we were supposed to be doing in previous years), not to mention a minority of the band as opposed to a majority of the band being freshmen, we have suddenly become competitive. Indeed, this sudden success and high standard of performance has shocked me as well.

No offense to Leander, though. In all likelihood you'll do better this week.

[QuadraticBeats]

Looking at the finals results... the second music performance judge didn't like Leander in that performance.

GE was also a weaker spot.

 

Now, before people become (or continue to be) amazed that we beat Leander...

It was by 0.05.

 

It's great that we are apparently competing with established 5A schools now, but, on a personal preference, I find scores to be more useful than placement.

For instance, I don't think the Cavies have really won since 2002. In 2004 and 2006 (2006 should've been Phantom's, if what sounded like mistakes in the Cavies' final show were errors), there may as well have been ties.

[travis_malone]

i hate the cavaliers with a passion.

 

get it phantom.

 

but yeah. i was looking at the recap sheets this morning and i laughed. i watched the tape. and i laughed.

 

this weekend it's on at westlake and im so stoked.

[Trumpeter07]

Dude Travis i must agree completly

 

GET IT PHANTOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and in case you didn't know travis...This is Tony Mencio

 

I can't wait for Westlake....BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!

 

Throw down like it was a boxing match.

Leave nothing behind....no regrets

[Salesmonkey]

By looking at the judges sheets the reason we placed so low was due to the fact that we went first. "Super!" was written on both of the music judges sheets. We came in second overall in visual. Just GE and guard brought us down a bit. Next week hopefully will be much better.

[takigan]

Ok, so my comments about Leander were a little uncalled for, and for that I apologize. The Leander ISD (CP, Leander, Vista Ridge) is an exceptional band program built on a rock solid foundation that will keep them competitive for many years to come as the Austin area continues to grow and more schools are built.

 

I am aware Leander's power was at it's peak around the time CP opened and for awhile they were able to run in the same league as CP, though lately they've just been in a bit of a slump.....

 

But I will remind you in the most civil way possible just by looking at this year's scores so far, that there is a difference between being sister schools and being "rivals".

[whitewing09]

  takigan said:

Ok, so my comments about Leander were a little uncalled for, and for that I apologize.  The Leander ISD (CP, Leander, Vista Ridge) is an exceptional band program built on a rock solid foundation that will keep them competitive for many years to come as the Austin area continues to grow and more schools are built.

 

I am aware Leander's power was at it's peak around the time CP opened and for awhile they were able to run in the same league as CP, though lately they've just been in a bit of a slump.....

 

But I will remind you in the most civil way possible just by looking at this year's scores so far, that there is a difference between being sister schools and being "rivals".

ya that was WAY uncalled for. purdy rude there

 

 

and there isnt really a difference between rivals and sister schools if you actually think about it i mean look. Churchill Reagan, Bowie Akins, you might not know them but.. Clemens and Steele.

 

anywho just a few of them.

 

who do YOU think are CPs rivals are? i mean come on They share the same district and all that crap.

 

besides its more of their right to say theyre cp's rivals then for you to say that they arent.

 

 

yay brought back to life

[acsc1312]

  whitewing09 said:

ya that was WAY uncalled for. purdy rude there

 

 

and there isnt really a difference between rivals and sister schools if you actually think about it i mean look. Churchill Reagan, Bowie Akins, you might not know them but.. Clemens and Steele.

 

anywho just a few of them.

 

who do YOU think are CPs rivals are? i mean come on They share the same district and all that crap.

 

besides its more of their right to say theyre cp's rivals then for you to say that they arent.

 

 

yay brought back to life

yeah, Clemens and Steele...I mean being a Clemens graduate myself, i know that we at Clemens never wanted it to be a rivalry. But since we moved down to 4A all u seem to see/read is "Oh, Steele got 1st, what now..." "Clemens is going down..." etc. I just think it is uncalled for, and we should just remain sister schools, i mean we were all together before, but i guess rivalries make it more fun

[Salesmonkey]

I apoligize on behalf of Leander for the lack of etiquette displayed by stk1909.

[txbassbadass]

AHAHAHA SK's got a point.

[Aegis Fang]

  whitewing09 said:

and there isnt really a difference between rivals and sister schools if you actually think about it i mean look. Churchill Reagan, Bowie Akins, you might not know them but.. Clemens and Steele.

Hey I know Clemens and Steele! =p As retarded as this sounds, even having our name posted on this site among Churchhill, Reagan, Bowie and Akins is really cool =p

 

 

In my opinion, rivalries can be a good thing. If used correctly, they can help a band work way harder then they ever thought possible. But when people start crap with the other school, fights or word battles or whatever, that's when it's retarded. But if you don't have rivalries, what's the point of competition?

 

*more towards acsc* The thing in my profile, the "Clemens is going down" thing, that's a competitive thing, not an insult. It's just a friendly competition thing, even if it doesn't seem like it.

[txbassbadass]

  Quote

In my opinion, rivalries can be a good thing. If used correctly, they can help a band work way harder then they ever thought possible. But when people start crap with the other school, fights or word battles or whatever, that's when it's retarded. But if you don't have rivalries, what's the point of competition?

 

110% agreed.

[VRHSRangerTBone]

  stk1909 said:

if this takes place next year it should be the Leander Lion Marching Festival since its at our stadium

No offense, but it is not y'alls stadium. Yes, it used to be called Lion Stadium for a reason, but there's a reason it's not anymore. Just because it is located on your campus doesn't mean it belongs to your high school. There's two other high schools that use it just as much as you guys do. Also, think about all the hard work it took for Cedar Park to put that festival together. I'm sure it was an awesome fundraiser for them.

[whitewing09]

you have a good point

[Nancy08]

  VRHSRangerTBone said:

No offense, but it is not y'alls stadium. Yes, it used to be called Lion Stadium for a reason, but there's a reason it's not anymore. Just because it is located on your campus doesn't mean it belongs to your high school. There's two other high schools that use it just as much as you guys do. Also, think about all the hard work it took for Cedar Park to put that festival together. I'm sure it was an awesome fundraiser for them.

OK so I'm not talkin about the CP band, but whenever there's a CP event at our school, something bad seems to happen. Once we were gone at an away game and we came back to find our cars graffitied with CP all over them, bottles broken all over the parking lot, and the smell of urine outside the PAC. Just this last weekend we came back from another away game to find hundreds of dollars of stuff stolen out of our band hall. Both of these instances were when CP had home games on our campus at the same time we were gone.

 

I have no problem w/ the CP Marching Festival, but I understand why some students at our school, not just in the band, are a little upset that these things keep happening. At the same time, it's no excuse to blame what's happening on the band.