2009 state

[Basefiveftw]

Good luck today everyone!

[eddy725]

anyone know what time finals start?

[MansfieldLegacyBandDad]

  eddy725 said:

anyone know what time finals start?

Finals start at 7:00 PM.

[ryan_albert52]

I'm confused. Here is the finals performance order:

 

Hendrickson

Legacy

Friendswood

Newman Smith

Hays

Poteet

Dripping Springs

Waxahachie

Wakeland

Forney

 

Are the first 5 finalist spots reserved for the bottom 5 bands in prelims, and the last 5 spots for the top 5 bands in prelims?

 

Or is it completely random?

 

 

Congratulations to everyone today btw. GO BAND!

Edited November 3, 2009 by ryan_albert52

[Cgrad01]

Random order for Finals

[boydbronco94]

  Cgrad01 said:

Random order for Finals

 

 

Dripping Springs- 1st

Friendswood- 2nd

Poteet- 3rd

 

Congrats to all of the bands who made it to the 4a State Marching Competition!!

[the terminator]

full results from finals

 

1 Dripping Springs H S, Dripping Springs 2 1 2 1 2 8

2 Friendswood H S, Friendswood 1 4 1 2 3 11

3 Poteet HS, Mesquite 4 2 3 4 1 14

4 Wakeland HS, Frisco 6 3 6 3 4 22

5 Hendrickson HS, Pflugerville 3 5 7 5 6 26

6 Newman Smith H S, Carrollton 5 7 4 6 5 27

7 Legacy HS, Mansfield 7 9 5 7 7 35

8 Waxahachie HS, Waxahachie 8 6 9 10 8 41

9 Forney H S, Forney 9 8 8 8 9 42

10 Hays HS, Buda 10 10 10 9 10 49

[whitewing09]

WOOO!!! Congrats everyone!

Edited November 4, 2009 by whitewing09

[Kamo]

Congrats to Hays and obviously major congrats to Dripping Springs. Keeping Area D representation strong.

[HHSEuph]

Congratulations to all bands. It was a very tough year and I am sure everyone in that dome should be proud of themselves.

 

Congratulations to all medalists. Got to see Dripping and Friendswood and both blew my brain off. Great job

[titancoaster]

Congrats to all who made it to finals, it was quite a contest! Congrats also goes out to Dripping Springs for taking home the gold, and to Poteet for the Bronze, it was a tough race for the top three.

[thegiantbandnerd]

wow what a finals, always keeping it entertaining in 4a state, a huge congrats to dripping springs, a well deserved win for them, also congrats to Friendswood, who took the silver medal last night.

[drpericles]

Congrats to all bands that competed, you really entertained me. As a spectator, I was a bit dissapointed with some of the sportsmanship. I stood and watched as Poteet parents, the supposed mature folks, booed the fact that Poteet made third. The Dripping Springs excitement was also a little bit over the top (I know they were excited but to me it came off as arrogance). I hear that Hendrickson cheered for Dripping Springs as they got off the bus, and this made me very happy because I am certainly aware that it was hard for Hendrickson to accept.

 

I didn't mean for this to be offensive in any way.

[luckyace007]

anyone have videos?

[Danpod]

  drpericles said:

The Dripping Springs excitement was also a little bit over the top (I know they were excited but to me it came off as arrogance).

 

Unless you heard or saw students from that school say or do something specifically arrogant, how can it come off that way? In terms of competition, the school has covered a ridiculous amount of ground in such a short time. I can completely understand their excitement, as long as they behaved themselves in a classy manner. From what I saw, I thought that they did.

[Donezo]

  drpericles said:

Congrats to all bands that competed, you really entertained me. As a spectator, I was a bit dissapointed with some of the sportsmanship. I stood and watched as Poteet parents, the supposed mature folks, booed the fact that Poteet made third. The Dripping Springs excitement was also a little bit over the top (I know they were excited but to me it came off as arrogance). I hear that Hendrickson cheered for Dripping Springs as they got off the bus, and this made me very happy because I am certainly aware that it was hard for Hendrickson to accept.

 

I didn't mean for this to be offensive in any way.

 

That's funny. I was sitting in the Poteet section and this most certainly did not occur. The kids were understandably disappointed (defending a title is a thankless task), but the band and parents alike were good sports. Many gave Dripping Springs a standing ovation when they were announced.

[Danpod]

  Donezo said:

That's funny. I was sitting in the Poteet section and this most certainly did not occur. The kids were understandably disappointed (defending a title is a thankless task), but the band and parents alike were good sports. Many gave Dripping Springs a standing ovation when they were announced.

 

And that is exactly why you should take each "negative" action from a band parent with a grain of salt. One parent does not necessarily speak for the entire program. Sanchez and I were around Poteet parents all day long and they were quite amiable. They were respectful while other programs were on and often remarked about how awesome the performing programs were.

[Basefiveftw]

As a current senior in the Dripping Springs band, I can attest for the feelings we shared last night. We knew we had performed really well, the best we had all season, but figured we would be lucky to be top 5, which would still be up from two years ago. (I'm not trying to sound arrogant AT ALL, and I truly apologize if it comes off that way). When they announced the first two bands, we all assumed that we hadn't made it. That is why we utterly erupted when they announced us. (On a side note, our directors refused to tell us how we stacked up in prelims, so we had no idea how we were doing). On behalf of my fellow band members, I would like to congratulate all of the bands that made it to that level of competition, and I truly and sincerely apologize if we seemed a bit overreactive. I hope that there are no hard feelings between us and anyone else. No one wants to be "that band..."

[drpericles]

  Danpod said:

Unless you heard or saw students from that school say or do something specifically arrogant, how can it come off that way? In terms of competition, the school has covered a ridiculous amount of ground in such a short time. I can completely understand their excitement, as long as they behaved themselves in a classy manner. From what I saw, I thought that they did.

 

I saw their drum major run across the field, throw down the trophy and go into a "that's what I'm talking about pose"

 

I understand that they won state, but I'm just saying as a specator they seemed a bit overboard.

And I still applaud Hendrickson for being classy to Dripping Springs.

[sax5warrior]

  drpericles said:

I saw their drum major run across the field, throw down the trophy and go into a "that's what I'm talking about pose"

 

I understand that they won state, but I'm just saying as a specator they seemed a bit overboard.

And I still applaud Hendrickson for being classy to Dripping Springs.

 

I understand what you are saying, but these are kids. What do you expect the reaction to be when a young adult wins something? I know if I was in their position, I would do the same thing because it is my first instinct. Maybe I am wrong, but as long as they didnt come off as arrogant (I didnt see it, who knows, I am sure they didnt), then thats ok.

[Danpod]

  drpericles said:

I saw their drum major run across the field, throw down the trophy and go into a "that's what I'm talking about pose"

 

I understand that they won state, but I'm just saying as a specator they seemed a bit overboard.

And I still applaud Hendrickson for being classy to Dripping Springs.

 

Something tells me you have a small tie to Hendrickson, which is perfectly okay. I love their program and I always have. However, I observed immature acts from nearly every program's parents that were in Finals, including Hendrickson's. That's the nature of the State Marching Band Contest. It's the perfect storm of exhaustion, intensity, and parents who still think this activity is about them.

 

Quick lesson from Danpod:

Jumping up and down because your program/kid's program did well = Cool.

Jumping up and down, squealing with delight, and basically celebrating the fact that another program placed lower than your kid's = Not cool.

 

I find the preceding incident very classless at the State Marching Contest because they only announce the medalists at the stadium, which means that you have absolutely no idea how you did until after the event.

 

If I could write a book about how to act in the stands and the crazy stuff I've seen band parents do, I would. Somehow, I think only about 20 people would bother to open the cover, much less purchase it =)

[Kamo]

  drpericles said:

I saw their drum major run across the field, throw down the trophy and go into a "that's what I'm talking about pose"

 

I understand that they won state, but I'm just saying as a specator they seemed a bit overboard.

And I still applaud Hendrickson for being classy to Dripping Springs.

 

Geez...they just won state, what do you expect? As for Hendrickson, we weren't just "being classy" towards Dripping Springs. They're from our Area, kind of like a sibling, it was an extremely close competition at Area, and we were truly congratulating them. They deserved it.

[luckyace007]

dripping srpings was beast this year, they were beast even at their first contest

idk how friendswood and dripp like completely switched from prelims to finals

[Basefiveftw]

  Kamo said:

Geez...they just won state, what do you expect? As for Hendrickson, we weren't just "being classy" towards Dripping Springs. They're from our Area, kind of like a sibling, it was an extremely close competition at Area, and we were truly congratulating them. They deserved it.

 

If I could hug you, I would. I know that all of us at Dripping feel the same about you guys... Had our places been switched, we would definitely have similar sentiments. I'll never forget at area two years ago when Hendrickson's drum major came over and congratulated us for making state. It was one of the nicest gestures I've ever seen from another band, and I will always remember it.

[bingogooberman]

  Basefiveftw said:

(On a side note, our directors refused to tell us how we stacked up in prelims, so we had no idea how we were doing)

I wish our directors had done that. Normally they do, but this time they told us we got 4th due to judges preference essentially tying with Poteet and finishing 1 behind Dripping Springs. Then, when we found out we got 6th in finals and we were kind of bummed, not because we thought we deserved better, but because we had shown during prelims that we were capable of placing higher. Don't get me wrong, we are extremely happy to have gotten sixth in the state behind some amazing programs (Dripping Springs, Friendswood, Poteet, Wakeland and Hendrickson).

 

On a side note, i don't think Dripping Springs was arrogant. I saw their drum major pretty much drop their trophy but i didn't think it was anyway out of line. Congrats to everybody who competed yesterday on a job well done.