Texas Bands @ BOA Nationals 2013

[mellopwn1]

I'm hoping that 2013 Nationals will turn out crazy like in 2003 when 1-5 was only separated by 1 point. Sacked stacked stacked.

[Rubisco]

  mellopwn1 said:

I'm hoping that 2013 Nationals will turn out crazy like in 2003 when 1-5 was only separated by 1 point. Sacked stacked stacked.

 

I believe it was 2001 when the top 5 scores were within one point of each other. That's still my favorite top 5 ever at nationals. Man, that PCEP show! Programme One, was it? Their visual design = *drool*

[beowulf]

I've heard that Churchill is considering going next year, but nothing is final. They're doing a lot of soul searching right now.

 

CTJ wants to return, but they have a New York trip this year and the Rose Bowl next year. It will probably be 2014 for them.

[mellopwn1]

  Rubisco said:

I believe it was 2001 when the top 5 scores were within one point of each other. That's still my favorite top 5 ever at nationals. Man, that PCEP show! Programme One, was it? Their visual design = *drool*

 

Now that I actually go back and check we're both right, really. 2001 there was a ridiculous .95 gap between 1-5, while in 2003 it was 1.35 points. Same difference!

 

PCEP was on fire that year, I agree. "Wild Nights" (or Adams in general, really) is a great piece of music.

Edited November 9, 2012 by mellopwn1

[whitewing09]

  Divinius said:

Well SURPRISE!!! L.D. BELL is going to Grand Nationals NEXT YEAR !!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Also BOA San Antonio was a real competition (the wood lands bell and marcus) real competition

 

 

 

Would it be fair to say that this was a transition year for Bell and that next year they'll be on fire (more so than usual)?

[Rubisco]

  whitewing09 said:

Would it be fair to say that this was a transition year for Bell and that next year they'll be on fire (more so than usual)?

 

I bet they will be. I think their show this year suffered from being too difficult in general. You could hear the difficulty of the drill in their music performance, where their scores were docked a bit. That sub-par Bell music performance couldn't possibly be the result of Wes Cartwright leaving. I'm sure if they do something a little more manageable next year they'll score very well at nationals, etc. Did anybody else find it interesting that Broken Arrow's show this year also featured creepy ladies in giant dresses? I wonder if this was an idea that Bell got from Cartwright right before he left. There did seem to be some leftover Cartwright-isms in Bell's show.

 

Anyway, which Texans are on the list of potential 2013 GN participants? Marcus, The Woodlands, LD Bell, Round Rock, Hebron, Winston Churchill, Anderson, and Cedar Ridge? Anyone else?

[itsstephenyo]

If a bunch of Texas bands went, there's a good chance that a lot of em would make finals. I'd love to see Hebron go. When I was in band, Mr. Sealy used to say that he wouldn't take the band up there until he was sure they had a shot at three performances, and I think they've reached that point.

[takigan]

If 8 Texas bands attended, that would be the most to ever attend Grand Nationals. The current record is 7 from 2007. Bell, Richland, SFA, The Woodlands, Mabank, Reagan and Clear Brook all made the trip that year. 6 of them made semi-finals (all but Mabank) and 4 made finals (Bell, TWHS, Richland & SFA). That was the year LD Bell won it all. My personal favorite year for Nationals, and also the first year I watched the GN webcast.

[whitewing09]

  Rubisco said:

I bet they will be. I think their show this year suffered from being too difficult in general. You could hear the difficulty of the drill in their music performance, where their scores were docked a bit. That sub-par Bell music performance couldn't possibly be the result of Wes Cartwright leaving. I'm sure if they do something a little more manageable next year they'll score very well at nationals, etc. Did anybody else find it interesting that Broken Arrow's show this year also featured creepy ladies in giant dresses? I wonder if this was an idea that Bell got from Cartwright right before he left. There did seem to be some leftover Cartwright-isms in Bell's show.

 

Anyway, which Texans are on the list of potential 2013 GN participants? Marcus, The Woodlands, LD Bell, Round Rock, Hebron, Winston Churchill, Anderson, and Cedar Ridge? Anyone else?

 

 

Where did Cartwright go?

[T.Stechnij]

  whitewing09 said:

Where did Cartwright go?

 

He is focusing on Broken Arrow. I think he is also doing stuff with William Mason.

[Rubisco]

  takigan said:

If 8 Texas bands attended, that would be the most to ever attend Grand Nationals. The current record is 7 from 2007. Bell, Richland, SFA, The Woodlands, Mabank, Reagan and Clear Brook all made the trip that year. 6 of them made semi-finals (all but Mabank) and 4 made finals (Bell, TWHS, Richland & SFA). That was the year LD Bell won it all. My personal favorite year for Nationals, and also the first year I watched the GN webcast.

 

Personally, I'd be thrilled if Texas outdid itself next year and produced 5 finalists. That would be epic! I think 4 is still the most we've produced in a single year.

[takigan]

Indiana had 5 bands make it 1981 and 6 bands make it in 1984 (BOA wasn't as much of a national organization yet, and mostly recruited local programs).

 

Several states have had 4 bands make it (Indiana and Texas have both done this several times, as has Florida, Ohio, Illinois and I think New York), but never more than 4 bands from 1 state have made it since 1984.

 

I agree that it would be cool to change this.

[Divinius]

  T.Stechnij said:

He is focusing on Broken Arrow. I think he is also doing stuff with William Mason.

 

 

Yeah he left bell for broken arrow and our huge dress ideas started during the summer

[whitewing09]

I have two other questions...

 

What happened to Don Hill? He was the director of Bell's band up until 2004 I think?

 

Also, why did Reagan stop using Aaron Guidry?

[mellopwn1]

  whitewing09 said:

I have two other questions...

 

What happened to Don Hill? He was the director of Bell's band up until 2004 I think?

 

I don't think he was ever a director.....he does arrange their music though. He also arranges for Phantom Regiment, The Woodlands, and several other top groups as well.

[dmbalash]

  whitewing09 said:

Also, why did Reagan stop using Aaron Guidry?

 

Aaron Guidry no longer writes original shows, as he is working full time with Cirque du Soleil now.

[whitewing09]

  mellopwn1 said:

I don't think he was ever a director.....he does arrange their music though. He also arranges for Phantom Regiment, The Woodlands, and several other top groups as well.

 

 

Sorry, I meant Earnhart.

[gnarlyjoe]

  whitewing09 said:

Sorry, I meant Earnhart.

 

Mr. Earnhart is now the Director of Fine Arts in Irving ISD. He left my junior year.

[takigan]

Earnhardt was at Bell until Spring 2009.

[beowulf]

The list just got posted today!  Texas will be well represented:  Marcus, Bell, Woodlands, Cedar Ridge, Round Rock!

 

http://www.musicforall.org/what-we-do/marching/grand-national-championships/gn-enrolled-bands

[whitewing09]

So things have been awfully quiet about Marcus and Bell (I guess we'll have to wait to hear about them until this weekend). Does anyone have anything to say before?