2019 Band Productions

[LeanderMomma]

Leander added the Trombone Shorty “Suburbia” section at March-a-Thon yesterday. It was spectacular. If you’ve never listened to Trombone Shorty, you’ve been missing out! Take a listen to him and CRANK IT UP!

 

[degbovevo]

Idk why it posted twice lol

[MadisonBandMan1]

You know what ensemble is being set up for a great year... Tom C. Clark high school. When I heard them in warm up yesterday they surprised me! What a great hornline

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5VScllx7lo.

[degbovevo]

  On 2/23/2019 at 9:50 PM, DrumCorpsGeek said:

We are now less than a month away from the first competitions of the 2019 Fall Season, and bands are continuing to announce their competitive productions.

 

If you find out about a group's 2019 production, and care to share, please post it to this thread.

 

I will update this post with the shows as they come in.

 

 

A&M Consolidated HS- "Seasons of Life"

Akins HS- "The Rhythm Study"

Aldine HS- "Heart of Japan"

Anderson HS- "Across the Universe"

Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders- "The Heist"

Arlington Heights HS- "Arabian Nights"

Bellaire HS- "The Warriors"

Caldwell HS- "12/25"

Cedar Park HS- "Icarus: After the Fall"

Chisholm Trail HS- "A Bird's Eye View"

Cinco Ranch HS- "Ascendance"

Claudia Taylor Johnson HS- "Episode Two-The Circle of Life"

Clear Creek HS- "The Meaning of Light"

College Station HS- "Written in the Stars"

Cypress Falls HS- "Wonderland"

Cypress Woods HS- "Colonization"

DeSoto HS- "Urban Cowboy - A Journey West"

Dripping Springs HS- "Mass=F/A"

Forney HS- "Barriers"

Fossil Ridge HS- "En Rouge"

Galena Park HS- "Us and Them"

Glenda Dawson HS- "Unveiled"

Granbury HS- "Next Stage"

Haltom HS- "Matador"

Harker Heights HS- "Rewind"

Hendrickson HS- "Music for a Decadent People"

J.M. Hanks HS- "City of Gold"

Jack C. Hays HS- "The Promise of Tomorrow"

James Bowie HS- "The Apotheosis"

James Madison HS- "Under Construction"

James Pace Early College HS- "Tis the Season"

John B. Alexander HS- "Minutes to Midnight"

John Horn HS- "Find My Way"

Johnny G. Economedes HS- "To Infinity..."

Johnson HS- "jOURney"

Katy HS- "Framed"

Keller HS- "Fearless"

L.D. Bell HS- "Break Away"

Lamar HS (HOU)- "Lost in the Canopy"

Leander HS- "Radioactive"

Lebanon Trail HS- "Rain"

Lockhart HS- "Interwoven"

Louis D. Brandeis HS- "Line, Form, Color"

Louise HS- "The Samurai and The Maiden"

Lumberton HS- "Beautiful"

Luther Burbank HS- "La Vida de los Muertos"

Mansfield Summit HS- "The Last Ones"

Marble Falls HS- "Lose Yourself"

McAllen HS- "Desert Winds"

McCollum HS- "We Come in Peace"

McNeil HS- "1964: The Future is Now"

Medina Valley HS- "The Ripple Effect"

Mildred HS- "A Stretch of the Imagination"

Mission HS- "One Step Closer"

New Braunfels HS- "The Only Home We've Ever Known"

North Shore HS- “Magnum Aviarium”

Paetow HS- "Monsters"

Plano East HS- "1000 Cranes"

Princeton HS- "Waves"

Richland HS- "Barricade"

Riverside HS- "Blend"

Robert Vela HS- "Surfing Channel One"

Ronald Reagan HS- "Secret World"

Round Rock HS- "A Simple Gesture"

Rouse HS- "Midnight City"

Royce City HS- "The Road to Elysium"

Rudder HS- "Some Rain Must Fall"

Runge HS- "The Tail of the Beast"

Oak Ridge HS- "joyUS"

Plano Senior HS- "Marionette"

Porter HS- "Power and Grace"

San Benito HS- "The Summit"

Sandra Day O'Connor HS- "More Than Machine"

Seven Lakes HS- "Blue Bizarre"

Sherman HS- "Spring Eternal"

Springtown HS- "The Sky is the Limit"

Stephen F. Austin HS- "Dare to Dream"

Stony Point HS- "Relativity: Space & Time"

The Woodlands HS- "On the Town"

Thomas Jefferson HS- "El Diablo de las Lomas"

Timber Creek HS- "Myths and Mysteries"

Tom Glenn HS- "Flourishes and Meditation"

Tomball Memorial HS- "The Day the Music Died"

United HS- "Flight 751"

Vandegrift HS- "Aria of the Night"

Veterans Memorial HS- "Dia de los Muertos"

Vista Ridge HS- "Turning the Tables"

Waco HS- "Radioactive"

Wakeland HS- "11"

Weiss HS- "The Golden Goddess"

West Mesquite HS- "Cityscapes"

Westlake HS- Opportunity Knocks"

Westwood HS- "Believe"

Whitney HS- "How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse"

William H. Taft HS- "Carmen: A Spy Story"

Winston Churchill HS- "Tempted"

Wylie HS- "From Darkness"

Wylie East HS- "MASSive"

Timber creek is not myths and monsters anymore it’s black white red all over

And grapevine hs is “Around the World”

[Samuel Culper]

Please, somebody quote that entire list again. It doesn't get old.

[LeanderMomma]

  On 10/7/2019 at 1:07 AM, Samuel Culper said:

Please, somebody quote that entire list again. It doesn't get old.

[degbovevo]

  On 10/7/2019 at 1:07 AM, Samuel Culper said:

 

Please, somebody quote that entire list again. It doesn't get old.

[oddlynormal]

I was at the Galena Park ISD Marching Band Festival on Saturday and got to see some of the top 5A bands in Area I/F.

 

Porter-AMAZING!  This is by far the best Porter band I have ever seen.  They are so confident, poised, and really know their show quite well.  The clarinet soloist in Equus was great, but sadly some electronic response issues got in the way.  He/She handled it really well.  The back drops they have are massive and help the band really look big.  It looks like they are not done with their show just yet so I suspect they are going to have a late season surge.  I really loved the music selection and expect great things from them in the end.  WOW, just WOW!  Swan Lake and Equus actually work quite well together.  This band has grown and they make a big sound.  I love the uniform and the confidence they exude.  I thoroughly expect to see them at State again.  Impressive!  I think they still have parts to put on, but what they have so far was out of the world good.

 

Willis-Also AMAZING!  Their music is hard.  I mean really hard.  The drill is super clean and the concept is quite neat.  They do have a lot of cleaning up to do, but they are going to be stunning in the end.  I love the visual land scape they create with the tarps and the color guard is fun to watch.  Once they get this thing clean they are going to be a huge threat to the area just as they were 2 years ago as a dominant force.  They are so sophisticated and visually pretty.  Philip Glass' music is just perfect for them along with what I think was Shostakovich 1?  (Can anyone confirm?). The color guard does excellent work on the mats and the band moves so well individually that you can hardly see a difference.  You can tell they are very well trained.  This show is fun and if they do advance to state they will do very well.

 

Shadow Creek-Do they have a senior class yet?  This is a new school that split from Manvel HS in Alvin ISD.  They have the total package.  The uniform is COOL!  The fire concept is so well put together.  They have little volcanos that go off from time to time and were one of the cleanest bands visually of the day.  They are very well trained and play with a very reserved, cool tone.  I think they are going to grow into an amazing program very soon.  

 

Kingwood Park-They are using Rhapsody in Blue in ways I have not seen with the concept Twister, like literally the game of Twister.  It is a ton of fun and the clarinet soloist is playing the day lights out of the solo.  They got quite the crowd reaction from them.  I had a ton of fun watching them.  

 

Barbers Hill-WOW!  They hit the crowd with a WALL of sound on the Romeo and Juliet symphony.  I really enjoyed how clean they were for this time of year.  if they keep going we will see them at State again!

 

Galena Park-I was beyond shocked when Galena Park got on the field.  I knew they have grown, but WOW they have really grown.  The show starts out with a voice over talking about how terrible the world has become.  At least that's what I got out of it.  Then out of now where comes the biggest explosion of sound I heard that day.  I knew the second I heard it we were in for a treat.  The band started the Mahler 2 Symphony so well.  Then, before you even knew it, the band did this crescendo that I swear no one saw coming.  LOUD!  Then a horn rip!  The crowd went nuts.  This band never stops moving.  They go and go and go!  They do have a lot of cleaning and producing to go it looks like, but this show was by far the most entertaining of the day.  The Shostakovich 11 ending is the best Shostakovich ending I've ever seen.  The genius use of the purple fences during the Uninvited, by Alanis Morissette, really spoke volumes about the story they are telling this year.  It is hauntingly beautiful.  If this band gets any better we may be looking at a return to state for them.  I've never seen a Galena Park band come out the gates swinging like this before.  They mean business!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MadisonBandMan1]

Hey I just wanted to post a video of our UIL run this past weekend. Great run for us. It's crazy to see the skyrocket improvement that we have had in just the last two weeks.

 

I am excited to finally start adding in the GE portion of the show for BOA and for cleaning . It's my favorite time of the year.

 

 

 

 

Side note - I cried on Saturday, and with absolutely no shame. It was my last UIL Marching contest. The emotions starting with another one of the seniors in my section giving a great speech to the section before warm-up started and completely let out when our head director, the great motivational speaker that he is, started talking about the seniors before we started warming up. There is so much to remember from this year. I mean, who would have thought that we would do so well in a transition year. Who would have thought that this show would have become something special. When the show concept was announced at the end of may, the band was not very enthused to say the least, but now we take complete ownership over the show and I can see all of the heart and soul being put into what we do. We rehearse so well this year and I am in love with every moment. I just can't wait for y'all to see what we have in store for San Antonio.

 

So, sorry for taking a moment to talk specifically about our program. I just wanted to get that off of my shoulders. 

 

 

Another side note - Somehow in the middle of our performance on Saturday I managed to get a decent cut just underneath my eye that left a line of blood down my face at the end of the show that I wouldn't have ever noticed if someone hadn't told me as we were getting ready to push the props off of the field. I never scratched myself there and never got hit there so I have no idea how in the world it happened. It was pretty cool to say the least though. I wonder if anyone in the stands noticed.

 

https://youtu.be/kc6F9DlN4L0.

 

EDIT: By the way, when the camera zooms on the pBone feature at the beginning of the closer, the kid that is standing in a wide "2nd position" and is tall is me. I'm the farthest one to the right. 

[LeanderMomma]

Good job, Cody!  Enjoy every moment of your Senior year!!!!

[MadisonBandMan1]

I am going to reiterate this, but I think that keller has the best closer that any high school band has ever played. IT GIVETH ME ALL. THE. FEELZ. I can't fathom how amazing it's going to be when I watch it in person on Friday!! (Yes I'll get to be there nearly the entire day....so that means I will likely run into y'll at some point. I will probably be wearing my letter-man during the day.) 

[BlueCircle]

Keller Trombone Octet for reference. Pretty dang good for it being in the 50s that morning.

 

https://youtu.be/aXd7A8HTmJk.

 

 

[BlueCircle]

There are videos of Round Rock and FloMo from region. I love the 2nd part of RR’s show and I can’t get it out of my head! Also, I adore the part in FloMo’s show where a gorgeous english horn solo is accompanied by gorgeous flag work and cool woodwind choreography.

[gmtb617]

  On 10/21/2019 at 6:09 PM, MadisonBandMan1 said:

Hey I just wanted to post a video of our UIL run this past weekend. Great run for us. It's crazy to see the skyrocket improvement that we have had in just the last two weeks.

 

I am excited to finally start adding in the GE portion of the show for BOA and for cleaning . It's my favorite time of the year.

 

 

 

 

Side note - I cried on Saturday, and with absolutely no shame. It was my last UIL Marching contest. The emotions starting with another one of the seniors in my section giving a great speech to the section before warm-up started and completely let out when our head director, the great motivational speaker that he is, started talking about the seniors before we started warming up. There is so much to remember from this year. I mean, who would have thought that we would do so well in a transition year. Who would have thought that this show would have become something special. When the show concept was announced at the end of may, the band was not very enthused to say the least, but now we take complete ownership over the show and I can see all of the heart and soul being put into what we do. We rehearse so well this year and I am in love with every moment. I just can't wait for y'all to see what we have in store for San Antonio.

 

So, sorry for taking a moment to talk specifically about our program. I just wanted to get that off of my shoulders.

 

 

Another side note - Somehow in the middle of our performance on Saturday I managed to get a decent cut just underneath my eye that left a line of blood down my face at the end of the show that I wouldn't have ever noticed if someone hadn't told me as we were getting ready to push the props off of the field. I never scratched myself there and never got hit there so I have no idea how in the world it happened. It was pretty cool to say the least though. I wonder if anyone in the stands noticed.

 

https://youtu.be/kc6F9DlN4L0.

 

EDIT: By the way, when the camera zooms on the pBone feature at the beginning of the closer, the kid that is standing in a wide "2nd position" and is tall is me. I'm the farthest one to the right.

Reading these types of posts warm my heart. No need to apologize about it. It will be incredibly difficult for me to forget the waterfall of emotions that flooded me after my UIL State 2018 performance. Best performance I ever had, and best performance that the majority of the band had that season (especially from my fellow seniors). Fitting that it would be the last — end with a bang.

 

So glad you have similar feelings. Just remember to never stop supporting your program!

[DeepEllum]

Was watching bands today in my free time and I just realized that both Hebron and SFA used A Million Dreams AND the Voctave arrangement of Impossible Dream in their shows. I thought it was interesting because they were completely different approaches. Hebron has a fairly simple and a more deviating version of a million dreams (from the original) for their ballad with more solistic moments whereas SFA uses it very powerfully and beautifully in their opener. Hebron uses the extremely complex and musically intricate (almost carbon copy) of the Voctave Impossible Dream throughout their show, most notably in the closer, whereas SFA uses a more deviating but simpler version as their wonderful ballad.

 

Has there been a time when two elite programs (both super regional finalists this year) had such a similar music book? And who utilized it better? It’s so interesting to see such different yet effective approaches to the use of both songs.