Duncanville Marching Invitational (October 26)

[Dallas Hobbs]

George Townsend Esprit de Corps Award: Waxahachie 

 

Prelims Awards

 

Outstanding Percussion: Hebron

Outstanding Color Guard: Wylie

Outstanding Content & Design: Hebron

Outstanding Visual Performance: Hebron

Outstanding Music Performance: Hebron

 

🥇Hebron

🥈Southlake Carroll 

🥉Keller

 

Finals Performance Order: 

6:00pm Lake Travis

6:15pm Canyon

6:30pm Lamar

6:45pm- Weatherford

7:00pm- Lake Ridge

7:15- Plano East

7:30- James Martin

7:45- Plano Senior

8:15- JJ Pearce

8:30- Keller Central

8:45- Rockwall

9:00- Southlake Carroll

9:15- Keller

9:30- Waxahachie 

9:45- Wylie

10:00- Hebron

[JFNDOWBFAN]

  On 10/26/2024 at 10:02 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

 

George Townsend Esprit de Corps Award: Waxahachie 

 

Prelims Awards

 

Outstanding Percussion: Hebron

Outstanding Color Guard: Wylie

Outstanding Content & Design: Hebron

Outstanding Visual Performance: Hebron

Outstanding Music Performance: Hebron

 

🥇Hebron

🥈Southlake Carroll 

🥉Keller

 

Finals Performance Order: 

6:00pm Lake Travis

6:15pm Canyon

6:30pm Lamar

6:45pm- Weatherford

7:00pm- Lake Ridge

7:15- Plano East

7:30- James Martin

7:45- Plano Senior

8:15- JJ Pearce

8:30- Keller Central

8:45- Rockwall

9:00- Southlake Carroll

9:15- Keller

9:30- Waxahachie 

9:45- Wylie

10:00- Hebron

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Anyone know where Lake Travis placed in prelims. They were marching 1st in finals no matter what

[aaron067]

The announcement of 2nd and 3rd was not correct.   Just fyi.

 

The performance order is. So Hebron, Wylie, Waxahachie. 

[averagemello]

  On 10/26/2024 at 10:18 PM, aaron067 said:

The announcement of 2nd and 3rd was not correct.   Just fyi.

 

The performance order is. So Hebron, Wylie, Waxahachie. 

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Where were you able to access this information?

[mangofroo]

  On 10/26/2024 at 10:18 PM, aaron067 said:

The announcement of 2nd and 3rd was not correct.   Just fyi.

 

The performance order is. So Hebron, Wylie, Waxahachie. 

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So the performance order is based off of scores? Where did you find this?

[jwulf]

Lake Travis allegedly made a special request to perform first so they are able to get back to Austin ASAP

[Liam Allen]

Due to a Braum’s trip, I missed being in the stands for Lake Travis.  Heard some really good stuff from the tunnel though.

[Fishy506]

  On 10/26/2024 at 10:18 PM, aaron067 said:

The announcement of 2nd and 3rd was not correct.   Just fyi.

 

The performance order is. So Hebron, Wylie, Waxahachie. 

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Is this confirmed or a personal opinion?

[BandDad74]

  On 10/26/2024 at 9:51 PM, Liam Allen said:

Hebron not being at retreat is a move lol

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Im sure it was just logistics.  They probably didn’t stay in Duncanville all day…

[Liam Allen]

Canyon - good luck LKendrick!  Check tuning ensemble at the beginning.  Flat and some good technique.  Opening hit needs some clarity which means more from the trumpets.  Good woodwind fracture.  Good balance in the full ensemble moment there, but attacks in the stabs is ragged.  More clarity necessary from the brass double tonguing.  I sense some Velvet Knights influence in the Prokofiev section and I couldn’t be happier.  As brass moves across the field they need to maintain lines.  Great sonority to end that section; very impressive.  Some tuning issues from the small ensemble in Dancer; sounds like trumpet.  More mellophone on the theme here.  Address balance in the ballad hit.  More confidence from the woodwinds after the ballad; it needs to lead to the brass entrance.  Balance is a little lost before the Lost it to Trying reprise and then it’s back in force for the hit.  I like the lights.  Great balance in the sfz.  Percussion throughout sounds tight.

[Liam Allen]

  On 10/26/2024 at 11:25 PM, BandDad74 said:

Im sure it was just logistics.  They probably didn’t stay in Duncanville all day…

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Yeah I would have also went back to Carrollton lol

[Liam Allen]

Lamar - James Spader Ultron voiceover????????  Good flugelhorn solo.  Whole lot of synth bass there.  I see shotgun mics on the sidelines.  LED Zeppelin.  Some suspicious woodwind interval tuning.  Mellos playing some notes in the ballad!  Trombones bringing the STANK tonight!  Great performance!

[aaron067]

  On 10/26/2024 at 11:04 PM, mangofroo said:

So the performance order is based off of scores? Where did you find this?

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Yes, finals performance order at DMI is reverse order of prelims.  

The correct placements were communicated to some directors through the contest host.  

It's unfortunate for the students in the Wylie, Waxahachie, Carroll, and Keller bands, but I'm sure they'll ALL go out and perform their very best tonight regardless of any issues with announcements in prelims.  

[Liam Allen]

Weatherford - if I’m not insane, this the exact arrangement that Vandegrift did in 2019.  They’re kind of executing.  It’s awesome to hear this book live.  Great performance!  

[KellerFan]

  On 10/26/2024 at 9:03 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

If theres anything specific you’d like me to comment on while watching your band perform in finals let me know and I’ll make a note to respond to you. 

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Would love to hear thoughts on Keller. 

[talkalot]

  On 10/26/2024 at 11:45 PM, aaron067 said:

Yes, finals performance order at DMI is reverse order of prelims.  

The correct placements were communicated to some directors through the contest host.  

It's unfortunate for the students in the Wylie, Waxahachie, Carroll, and Keller bands, but I'm sure they'll ALL go out and perform their very best tonight regardless of any issues with announcements in prelims.  

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i hate to accuse, but this is completely false. why wouldn’t the STUDENTS be notified of this? are you in one of these bands?

[BandMom798]

Thoughts on Keller?

[Liam Allen]

Lake Ridge - that’s a great trumpet fanfare right there.  Mellophones are sharp.  BEEFY low brass.  Impressive.  Trumpet tonguing is getting a little bogged down in the 7/8 time.  Great visual moment there!  Good use of bassoon.  Great player there.  Good trumpet shaping.  Woodwinds could be clearer.  There’s a trumpet trying to be a hero on first part.  Nice closer and a great performance tonight!

[talkalot]

  On 10/26/2024 at 9:03 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

If theres anything specific you’d like me to comment on while watching your band perform in finals let me know and I’ll make a note to respond to you. 

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please make some notes on the color guards this time around, would love to know what you’re thinking of them.

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/27/2024 at 12:13 AM, talkalot said:

please make some notes on the color guards this time around, would love to know what you’re thinking of them.

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I am NOT educated on guard very well at all lol but I’ll see what I can do 

[Bushpresident]

  On 10/27/2024 at 12:17 AM, Dallas Hobbs said:

I am NOT educated on guard very well at all lol but I’ll see what I can do 

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Can you comment on slc mellos when they perform?

[Liam Allen]

Plano East - cool guard vibe here at the beginning.  Great Triumph of Time hit.  Great use of the prop for woodwind feature.  Some saxophone intonation there.  Double tonguing is rough in the full ensemble but the three soloists have it cold.  Good euph solo.  There’s the woodwind sound you want.  Nice add 9 at the end of the ballad.  Way to bring back Triumph!  Great performance tonight!

[Liam Allen]

James Martin - that’s some great visual design right there.  Happy Together is an interesting choice for a depressing intro.  I already hear the Joyride references lol.  Brass has got some power but could use a little more clarity.  Holy brass!  Wow wow wow!  Such a rich sound from the brass quartet.  Good sound from woodwinds as well.  I think the next step is to get that last release as resonant as possible from the big hit.  There’s Joyride.  Great training on the 4/3 rhythms.  Some octave tuning errors in the woodwinds.  And then they redeem themselves with some really great chromatic falls.  Impressive stuff in the closer, and I wish I could get some more volume out of it.  Great performance tonight!

[Dallas Hobbs]

  On 10/27/2024 at 12:28 AM, Liam Allen said:

Plano East - cool guard vibe here at the beginning.  Great Triumph of Time hit.  Great use of the prop for woodwind feature.  Some saxophone intonation there.  Double tonguing is rough in the full ensemble but the three soloists have it cold.  Good euph solo.  There’s the woodwind sound you want.  Nice add 9 at the end of the ballad.  Way to bring back Triumph!  Great performance tonight!

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The Sabre line in the ballad had great consistency with their tosses and catches imo, very nice to see proficiency with different equipment. 
 

omg now I know why I liked the woodwind feature so much cuz it’s triumph of time! hard piece to play well. 

[Liam Allen]

Plano - some idiot blasting rap from his car covering up what I’m sure was a great opening chorale.  Skill from the woodwinds for sure; some whole tone scales in there.  Cool drum line visuals lol.  Brass clarity and time are issues.  Mellos struggling on a high b; rest in peace for that note.  Again, excellent woodwind sound.  I wish we could take some edge off of the tenor saxes though.  I think that the mello book is a little too unachievable.  Saxophones losing tuning on an E which isn’t shocking but vent it with your low Bb.  Some tasty beats from percussion; always like to hear brake drum.  Saxophones are getting sharp on all the notes now.  Good push to the end.  Great performance tonight!