2007 Duncanville Marching Invitational

[Donezo]

Yay Keller! It seems they have developed a habit of coming from behind in finals.

[JustAddWat3r]

um, im pretty sure that ur prelims are wrong. what you have up there are performance order.

[sax5warrior]

  JustAddWat3r said:

um, im pretty sure that ur prelims are wrong. what you have up there are performance order.

 

If I am wrong, then why don't you go ahead and correct me with your list. That is what I got and if indeed you are right, then I apologize for my ignorance on that issue. Besides, some lame "prelim performance order" list or a "placement order prelim" list are not that important anyway, its Finals that counts, right?

[Lustra.exe]

  sax5warrior said:

I want to know the same thing, my mouth just dropped and you could tell the audience was in shock.

 

Westlake's win was an upset IMO.

 

When you say "upset" do you mean undeserved or was an underdog? Just asking for clarification.

[radchad]

I was shocked at just about every placing.

I saw every band perform.

 

 

Westlake deserved the win. Great sound. Awesome job.

 

 

Yeah. Other than them and Bowie, I don't understand where everyone placed.

x_x I must see different than judges.

 

Props go out to:

 

Westlake's musical performance.

Mansfield's guard performance.

Sache's show concept.

Keller's 2 point jump to second.

[sax5warrior]

  Lustra.exe said:

When you say "upset" do you mean undeserved or was an underdog? Just asking for clarification.

 

Underdog. They were a band from Austin that hardly half the audience knew about and BAM! They beat out Keller and Wylie. I was sitting with Summit with Westlake right beside us and I could tell they were shocked about their win also judging by their puzzled faces, but Congratulations Westlake

[Dynasty]

Whoever knows about captions should send me a PM so I can enter results.

[thePIXELelement]

  sax5warrior said:

Underdog. They were a band from Austin that hardly half the audience knew about and BAM! They beat out Keller and Wylie. I was sitting with Summit with Westlake right beside us and I could tell they were shocked about their win also judging by their puzzled faces, but Congratulations Westlake

 

 

Haha, your GF goes to Summit doesn't she

[Minimaster]

  sax5warrior said:

Underdog. They were a band from Austin that hardly half the audience knew about and BAM! They beat out Keller and Wylie. I was sitting with Summit with Westlake right beside us and I could tell they were shocked about their win also judging by their puzzled faces, but Congratulations Westlake

 

 

There is absolutely no way that Westlake would be considered an underdog at that contest. They are the

only band that had been to 5A State this decade, they have gone to the Midwest Clinic twice, won Honor Band in

2A, 3A, and 4a, marched in The Rose Parade, and consistently have the most members in their region bands,

and they have been a BOA Regional Finialist ever year since 1999.

[Minimaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYOh0tXZC8

 

A band parent put Westlake's performance on youtube.

[JustAddWat3r]

http://www.duncanville.k12.tx.us/band/2007%20Finals.htm Edited November 5, 2007 by JustAddWat3r

[Donezo]

  Minimaster said:

There is absolutely no way that Westlake would be considered an underdog at that contest. They are the

only band that had been to 5A State this decade, they have gone to the Midwest Clinic twice, won Honor Band in

2A, 3A, and 4a, marched in The Rose Parade, and consistently have the most members in their region bands,

and they have been a BOA Regional Finialist ever year since 1999.

 

Not true. Keller, Pflugerville, and Midland have all advanced to 5A state this decade. Heck, Keller advanced last year when Westlake didn't.

[Minimaster]

Oops, I'll just amend that by saying they are the only band to place in the top ten at State this decade.

 

 

http://www.duncanville.k12.tx.us/band/2007%20Prelims.htm

 

Westlake also placed first in prelims, so it wasn't exactly an upset at Finals.

Edited November 5, 2007 by Minimaster

[sax5warrior]

  thePIXELelement said:

Haha, your GF goes to Summit doesn't she

 

True, true.

 

  Minimaster said:

Westlake also placed first in prelims, so it wasn't exactly an upset at Finals.

 

It wasn't an upset for you but for me it was, Westlake didn't seem that powerful in finals like in prelims, and I thought Wylie was going to run away with it. Thats my opinion and you have your opinion so I respect that.

Edited November 5, 2007 by sax5warrior

[NittieGreen]

  sax5warrior said:

True, true.

It wasn't an upset for you but for me it was, Westlake didn't seem that powerful in finals like in prelims, and I thought Wylie was going to run away with it. Thats my opinion and you have your opinion so I respect that.

although it may not seem that way to you Westlake's performance in finals was infinitely better than prelims, even with the electronics problems. It had much more energy and the tempo was much more solid. props to WHS.

[NittieGreen]

I would like to congratulate Keller for an awesome performance. I thought they would be the winners.

[SummitClarinet]

It was neat how Summit made finals and made 5th place and we only have 111 winds and there were still all these big bands at the contest that were 2-3x our size.

 

I liked the Rhapsody and Blues show. That was really neat, and it was probably my favorite.

 

 

I'll post the captions awards when I get home from school. I don't think anybody has yet?

[NittieGreen]

  SummitClarinet said:

It was neat how Summit made finals and made 5th place and we only have 111 winds and there were still all these big bands at the contest that were 2-3x our size.

 

I liked the Rhapsody and Blues show. That was really neat, and it was probably my favorite.

I'll post the captions awards when I get home from school. I don't think anybody has yet?

Like i tell our guard(winners of outstanding guard), it's about quality, not quantity. good job, summit.

[radchad]

Just pointing this out...

Summit only beat Mansfield by 5/10's of a point.

That's how much there was between 5th and 9th place.

 

 

Summit lost some luster from last year.

[radchad]

80% of the placings, in my eyes, were complete crap.

It just seemed like the judges took aspects into account that DO NOT matter at this kind of contest.

They seemed to forget how hard people worked, and that it's about the performance. The judges actually told a few bands that THEIR DRILL is the reason they were placed so low. Um, excuse me. Since when do you give a band a bad placing because of drill? It's about how THEY EXECUTE AND PERFORM THE DRILL THAT IS GIVEN TO THEM. You should NEVER dock a band because of drill. However, this does not include bands whose music and drill do not match up.

 

 

Major props to Sachse.

They sounded fantastic in finals. Great trumpet sound.

They looked really clean, too. They should have been in top 5.

 

Major props to Mansfield.

Probably the best performance of the night. Great sound. Clean. Very entertaining.

They should be proud to end the season on that note.

[Donezo]

  radchad said:

Just pointing this out...

Summit only beat Mansfield by 5/10's of a point.

That's how much there was between 5th and 9th place.

Summit lost some luster from last year.

 

What? Summit was 13 rank points ahead of Mansfield in finals.

Edited November 8, 2007 by Donezo

[andysoccer]

  radchad said:

Just pointing this out...

Summit only beat Mansfield by 5/10's of a point.

That's how much there was between 5th and 9th place.

Summit lost some luster from last year.

 

 

Hey where did you get that information? Just wondering because I heard the same thing but it was one of those I heard it from someone who heard it from someone else... and I figured it was just kids making excuses to make themselves feel better. But since you posted it, you must have a reliable source or something.

 

And you say we lost some luster as if you were suprised. We basically got in split in half and our band director left for Wylie. Maybe it wasn't your intent, but it kind of felt as though you just wanted to put Summit down and wanted everyone else to read it.. I am almost 100% sure (you being a tech at Legacy and all) you knew from maybe Day 1 that Summit wouldn't be the same. But if this was in no way your intention then I am sorry.

 

And last thing. About Mansfield having the best performance of the night.. I think you're just a littttle bit biased. You graduated from Mansfield last year right?

[treyj]

  andysoccer said:

Hey where did you get that information? Just wondering because I heard the same thing but it was one of those I heard it from someone who heard it from someone else... and I figured it was just kids making excuses to make themselves feel better. But since you posted it, you must have a reliable source or something.

 

And you say we lost some luster as if you were suprised. We basically got in split in half and our band director left for Wylie. Maybe it wasn't your intent, but it kind of felt as though you just wanted to put Summit down and wanted everyone else to read it.. I am almost 100% sure (you being a tech at Legacy and all) you knew from maybe Day 1 that Summit wouldn't be the same. But if this was in no way your intention then I am sorry.

 

And last thing. About Mansfield having the best performance of the night.. I think you're just a littttle bit biased. You graduated from Mansfield last year right?

 

 

amen.

yeah i don't know about the points, but I heard everyone was super close.

 

Guess we get a rematch at this years DMI?

[whitewing09]

Didn't Westlakes win or something, just wondering. I loved their show especially Bochinches.

[treyj]

  whitewing09 said:

Didn't Westlakes win or something, just wondering. I loved their show especially Bochinches.

 

yeah

i know westlake got 1st

 

im not sure of the other placements though

 

oh and wylie got 4th i remember that for some reason lol