Duncanville Marching Invitational (October 26)

[Dallas Hobbs]

Alright peeps, I’m here all day. If you want me to give compliment loads/feedback on your band’s performance I’ll do my best 😅. Good luck to all the amazing groups today! 
 

also great job rancheview! I happened to get here in time for their 10:45-ish performance lol

[Barisexy]

  On 10/25/2024 at 2:24 AM, bandfan102 said:

Per the Lake Travis Band Instagram, they are performing what would appear first in finals, at 6pm. 

Wonder why...? Guess they don't wanna stick around. 

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We have a concert tomorrow to practice for Midwest in Chicago. Turnaround is much better leaving at 7:30 and getting back at 11. 

[Tubalord11]

  On 10/26/2024 at 4:00 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

Alright peeps, I’m here all day. If you want me to give compliment loads/feedback on your band’s performance I’ll do my best 😅. Good luck to all the amazing groups today! 
 

also great job rancheview! I happened to get here in time for their 10:45-ish performance lol

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Please do if you can, especially results if possible  

[Trumbalomba]

darn I wanted tuna lord to comment on our band… 😢 

[Bushpresident]

  On 10/26/2024 at 4:00 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

Alright peeps, I’m here all day. If you want me to give compliment loads/feedback on your band’s performance I’ll do my best 😅. Good luck to all the amazing groups today! 
 

also great job rancheview! I happened to get here in time for their 10:45-ish performance lol

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Southlake?

[Liam Allen]

What time does finals start?

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 5:22 PM, Liam Allen said:

What time does finals start?

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6pm

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 5:08 PM, Bushpresident said:

Southlake?

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They reminded why they were Grand Nats finalists in 2022. OMG their brass sound is so resonant and perfectly balanced, they maintain the integrity of their visual forms so fantastically. I love the quality of sound even when they crescendo/decrescendo. 
 

they’re the band that makes you appreciate little things like the how the low brass’s timbre right at the beginning fits the character of the music so perfectly, I loved how at the end of the opener I could hear the upper register flute/clarinet sustains so well. 
 

TL;DR; they were great👍🏾 lol

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 4:56 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Please do if you can, especially results if possible  

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Will post prelims/finals results. Hopefully the server doesn’t betray me 😩 

[PSHSMom]

  On 10/26/2024 at 4:00 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

Alright peeps, I’m here all day. If you want me to give compliment loads/feedback on your band’s performance I’ll do my best 😅. Good luck to all the amazing groups today! 
 

also great job rancheview! I happened to get here in time for their 10:45-ish performance lol

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Would love feedback on Plano East if you can!  Thought about trying to get out there for finals but don't think I can make it.

[slowbrass]

  On 10/26/2024 at 4:00 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

Alright peeps, I’m here all day. If you want me to give compliment loads/feedback on your band’s performance I’ll do my best 😅. Good luck to all the amazing groups today! 
 

also great job rancheview! I happened to get here in time for their 10:45-ish performance lol

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How’s Hebron’s closer coming along?

[klkflute]

  On 10/26/2024 at 4:00 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

Alright peeps, I’m here all day. If you want me to give compliment loads/feedback on your band’s performance I’ll do my best 😅. Good luck to all the amazing groups today! 
 

also great job rancheview! I happened to get here in time for their 10:45-ish performance lol

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any thoughts on hebron?? 🙏

[Liam Allen]

  On 10/26/2024 at 5:25 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

6pm

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Don’t know why I asked I’m just going to pull up ASAP lol

[JFNDOWBFAN]

  On 10/26/2024 at 5:22 PM, Liam Allen said:

What time does finals start?

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6:00 I believe 

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 5:48 PM, klkflute said:

any thoughts on hebron?? 🙏

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I-CON-IC!!! lol 

What a way to start the morning! Omg idek where to begin everything was so elite, I’ll be back when I figure it out lol 🙏🏾 

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 5:46 PM, slowbrass said:

How’s Hebron’s closer coming along?

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Very solid performance for this time in the season. Maybe this is recency bias but that’s the cleanest closer I’ve seen from them at this time in season considering how difficult it is. The show as a whole is gonna perform so well come San Antonio and state! 

[TrumpetRuler11]

James Martin?

[JFNDOWBFAN]

@Dallas Hobbs How was Rockwall from the stands?

[bleach]

thoughts on southlake mellos @Dallas Hobbs

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 5:48 PM, klkflute said:

any thoughts on hebron?? 🙏

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Alright I’m back! I had to break this down cuz there’s so much to compliment lol

 

Music 

Brass-Omg when i tell you the Duncanville band kids in the stands were LOSING their minds at all of the runs and high notes in the mellos! I think they were D-ville’s Mello section lol

 

Hebron tunes their brass so perfectly and they project so brilliantly like there’s no holes in the sound whatsoever. 

 

And my god their multiple-tonguing is sooo fast and they maintain vertical alignment so well regardless of simultaneous visual/environmental demand

 

Woodwinds- Their woodwinds don’t run, they SPRINT! And it’s so clean even in the upper register of their instruments, regardless while they’re stationary or on the move

 

I loved how in the ballad is arranged so that you can hear all of the colors so easily and they blend so perfectly. I was moved! ❤️ 

 

Visual 

For a band this size it’s impressive how they can move so fast with such complex formations and make it all look smooth as butter and maintain uniformity from marcher to marcher. Ugh!😩 

[JazzRun]

Wylie High?

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 6:34 PM, TrumpetRuler11 said:

James Martin?

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The brass nearly took my head off in the opener cuz they were so loud! Lol I loved how they contrasted the opener and closer with different types of “strong volume” I.e. the opener was more ff-fff and the closer was more mf-f but both were just as resonant as the other. Very clean performance overall

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Sitting back here in truck city near the prop holding field. Its amazing to see the well oiled machines from backstage. It really does take a village. 

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/26/2024 at 6:36 PM, JFNDOWBFAN said:

@Dallas Hobbs How was Rockwall from the stands?

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I LOVED their performance of festive overture! It was like listening to a concert performance but on the field. The clarity in the articulation, the sonority of the brass, the alignment maintained even in the large spread during the feature. 
 

the woodwinds handled their runs in festive overture so well!

the euphonium soloist’s tone really embodied the “beautiful sound” meaning of the word euphonium. And the brass supported them so nicely❤️

[TrumpetRuler11]

  On 10/26/2024 at 7:28 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

The brass nearly took my head off in the opener cuz they were so loud! Lol I loved how they contrasted the opener and closer with different types of “strong volume” I.e. the opener was more ff-fff and the closer was more mf-f but both were just as resonant as the other. Very clean performance overall

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That's great to hear! Was there anything that could've used some refining you noticed?