bored2damax Posted April 5, 2007 Posted April 5, 2007 So almost everyone in Region 12 got straight ones. Well all the known bands from my region have. Judson, Seguin, Churchhill, Reagan, Macarthur, Roosevelt, and some other bands. I cant remember but the Sightreading piece was hard. Anybody else had UIL today? Quote
Higgins Posted April 5, 2007 Posted April 5, 2007 The top 3 bands at Westwood got straight 1s, the bottom band got 2s on stage and 1s in sightreading. I think that's the best we've done as a school since I've been here. Quote
barisaxy08 Posted April 5, 2007 Posted April 5, 2007 We haven't had UIL yet but i will be sure to find out what each band receives Quote
chickora Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 Round Rock pulled a clean sweep. [[all bands with sweepstakes]] I agree the sightreading piece was hard. Man, but we managed to pull straight 1's. Quote
bored2damax Posted April 7, 2007 Author Posted April 7, 2007 Does everyone in the state of texas have the same sightreading pieces? Quote
Fata1 Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 bored2damax said: Does everyone in the state of texas have the same sightreading pieces? I think it depends on whether you're 4A, 5A, etc. and whether you're varsity or non-varsity. Anyway, both bands at Southwest High School from Fort Worth got sweepstakes. The Wind Ensemble is still working on recordings to send in for State. The 4A Varsity sightreading piece was easy. Quote
trumpetman1288 Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 bored2damax said: Does everyone in the state of texas have the same sightreading pieces? If you are under the same classification and level (varsity, non-varsity, sub non-vasity, etc), then yes, you have the same sightreading. All 5A first bands have the same, 5A second bands, 4A first bands, etc, etc. If I am not mistaking, though, I THINK (perhaps Xenon can clarify for me?) that 5A second band and 4A first band have the same sightreading, along with 5A third band/4A second band/3A first band, and so on down the chain. I am not sure what level each group reads at for sure, but I know 5A first band typically reads level 6, and I think it would be a fair assumption that the level goes down for each respective group, but I do not know the lowest level for high school. We managed sweepstakes over here, but I will say...that sightreading this year was just plain hard...quite a few of us in the trumpet section just ignored the general explanation and counted the syncapated stuff the whole time. Quote
NSUMusician Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 Trumpetman, non-varsity bands read two levels lower than the varsity band. 5A reads level 6, 4A reads level 5, 3A reads level 4, 2A reads level 3, 1A reads level 2. CCC Middle Schools read level 2, CC Middle Schools read level 1. So you can do the math on non-varsity groups. I believe a SUB Non-varsity group reads three levels lower than the varsity group. Not too sure on that though. Positive that non-varsity groups read two levels lower!! Quote
Nancy08 Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 Top band Leander got Straight 1's on stage and 112 in Sightreading. I thought the sightreading piece was easy, but that's probably cause I didn't have many hard rythms to speak of... Quote
trumpetman1288 Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 NSUMusician said: Trumpetman, non-varsity bands read two levels lower than the varsity band. 5A reads level 6, 4A reads level 5, 3A reads level 4, 2A reads level 3, 1A reads level 2. CCC Middle Schools read level 2, CC Middle Schools read level 1. So you can do the math on non-varsity groups. I believe a SUB Non-varsity group reads three levels lower than the varsity group. Not too sure on that though. Positive that non-varsity groups read two levels lower!! That would make sense. I wasn't sure about it because the year we moved up to 5A, the director of our second band was kind of worried because his didn't think his group was ready to read the same type of stuff that our first band was doing for sightreading. So based off that, I assumed it was only one level. Quote
t3hZm4n Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 Higgins said: The top 3 bands at Westwood got straight 1s, the bottom band got 2s on stage and 1s in sightreading. I think that's the best we've done as a school since I've been here. Yeah, and the bottom band could have done better, but they have like 20-something flutes and 25+ trumpets, so the balance is so out of whack that they really never had a fair chance. Quote
Fata1 Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 NSUMusician said: Trumpetman, non-varsity bands read two levels lower than the varsity band. 5A reads level 6, 4A reads level 5, 3A reads level 4, 2A reads level 3, 1A reads level 2. CCC Middle Schools read level 2, CC Middle Schools read level 1. So you can do the math on non-varsity groups. I believe a SUB Non-varsity group reads three levels lower than the varsity group. Not too sure on that though. Positive that non-varsity groups read two levels lower!! I think I heard my band director say that sub-non-varsity reads the same as non-varsity. I may have misunderstood though. Quote
FunkyFlute07 Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 Hmmm. The sightreading was hard though. :\ Quote
bored2damax Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 Yeah sightreading was tough. It wasnt tough for me but I saw the trumpet part and wow. I felt bad for them afterwards because it was just crazy hard. Quote
Higgins Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 t3hZm4n said: Yeah, and the bottom band could have done better, but they have like 20-something flutes and 25+ trumpets, so the balance is so out of whack that they really never had a fair chance. Yea, one of the judges wrote that the bass line was covered up the majority of the time. Woops, 25 trumpets+25 flutes vs. 3 euphoniums, 3 tubas, and like 4 or 5 trombones. Quote
MartinHorn Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 Sweepstakes! The sight reading this year was tough. Quote
bossman Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 sightreading...im ready. back to who reads what though, im very sure that that a 2nd band in 5a reads level 4, and the top band(Varsity) reads level 6. Quote
gavinrh Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 Mark Chambers was our sightreading judge... he gave us a one. Quote
manuel_pablo Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 bossman said: what region are you in again? Region 5, I think. Quote
sax5warrior Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 233111 Ive never seen a band who "made" a 3 on stage and then make straight 1s on sightreading Quote
crazyjakeup Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 3rd band 111 112 2nd 111 111 1st 111 111 (prolly, they are at berkner right now) Quote
trumpetman1288 Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 sax5warrior said: 233111 Ive never seen a band who "made" a 3 on stage and then make straight 1s on sightreading Don't remember who, but I know that two bands over in region 28 got a 2 on stage but received a 1 in sightreading. If I remember correctly, it was Los Fresnos (5A) and Weslaco East (4A). The only reason I guess I bothered to remember was because it is rather strange to do better on sightreading than on stage. Quote
rdzsaxplaya Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Straight 2's Both On Stage and Sight Reading, im rather disappointed but life goes on, i don't know why but the recording sounds great enough to be straight 1's on stage, but i guess the judges thought different all well Get ready for marching season lol Quote
capncrunk Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 both bands from fossil ridge got straight 1s on stage and in sightreading. sweepstakes babayy.. :] Quote
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