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Just a question. How many sets are in anyone's high school show. I go to poteet and we have 76 and last year we had 72. I'm just wondering if most of the state bands normally have this much plus or minus

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  On 10/31/2013 at 7:05 PM, Loudsaxes1 said:

Just a question. How many sets are in anyone's high school show. I go to poteet and we have 76 and last year we had 72. I'm just wondering if most of the state bands normally have this much plus or minus

 

It is not uncommon for bands to have 100+ sets, not including subsets

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Number of sets also has a lot to do with length of music/count structures. If bands have lots of 12 or 16 count moves, they are likely to have "fewer" sets compared to other schools who might only have 8 count moves. Overall, time ends up being around the same, it's just a different way of getting there!

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  On 11/1/2013 at 6:19 PM, Loudsaxes1 said:

Our set to set counts normally are about 10-12 counts around that and our show is about 7min 40 secs long. I've never heard of a sub set. Wat is this?

A sub set can be thought of as a "checkpoint" for a longer move. If a band is taking a giant form (Iike an arc or diag) a long way across the field, they may use sub sets to make it easier to hold the form together by giving the kids a visual aid. For example, a sub set might be noted as "Set 45A."

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Oh this makes a lot of sense. We kinda use those. Can't wait to see all the bands tommorrow. We perform right before cedar park. Hopefully our style of fast paced intense marching will sway the judges thinking instead of the normal boa style

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