Wylie Marching Invitational

[Jacob2017]

Anyone have a schedule for this event yet?

[CatOfSachse]

Known attendees:

 

Wylie Marching Invitational

Duncanville

Lake Highlands

Lake Ridge

Lakeview Centennial

Lebanon Trail

McKinney North

Plano West

Sachse

South Grand Prairie

Summit

Wylie*

[mellolo_]

Prelims Schedule:

12:45 - Centennial

1:00 - Lebanon Trail

1:15 - Independence

1:30 - Sherman

1:45 - BREAK

2:00 - McKinney North

2:15 - Lakeview Centennial

2:30 - Richardson

2:45 - Lovejoy

3:00 - Summit

3:15 - BREAK

3:30 - Lake Highlands

3:45 - Sachse

4:00 - Lake Ridge

4:15 - Duncanville

4:30 - TAMUC in Exhibition

5:00 - Prelims Awards

[mellolo_]

All 13 bands will perform in finals apparently.

[Quadmom68]

Plano West showing as an attendee but not on the schedule?

[LostChoirGuy]

Good lineup!

[EMR97]

  On 9/30/2019 at 2:39 AM, mellolo_ said:

Prelims Schedule:

12:45 - Centennial

1:00 - Lebanon Trail

1:15 - Independence

1:30 - Sherman

1:45 - BREAK

2:00 - McKinney North

2:15 - Lakeview Centennial

2:30 - Richardson

2:45 - Lovejoy

3:00 - Summit

3:15 - BREAK

3:30 - Lake Highlands

3:45 - Sachse

4:00 - Lake Ridge

4:15 - Duncanville

4:30 - TAMUC in Exhibition

5:00 - Prelims Awards

[EMR97]

Is the schedule posted anywhere?

[Quadmom68]

I think it's on my son's band's website, but I can't vouch for the accuracy.

[tubaboom44]

Any predictions?

[Quadmom68]

Looks like the DFW BOA this weekend may be overshadowing this contest? (isn't DFW BOA this weekend?) I'm not versed enough in marching bands (I was choir in high school, so this is all new to me) to be able to make predictions, but surely someone out there has some predictions for this contest? It's only 3 days away.

[GetStraightToIt]

I’ll take a stab at it.

 

1. Summit: After an awesome showing at Area B finals last year, it seems like they’ve improved immensely based off of a video I saw from them. The woodwinds make their presence known and the horn line has some beautiful moments (yes mellos). I think they can win this.

 

2. Duncanville: They’ve been fairly quiet this season but make no mistake Duncanville is Duncanville. I have no doubt that they’ll sound great but my main concern is what this group can do visually. Nonetheless its not a good idea to doubt this group as they have a knack for rising to the occasion as they did in a very competitive Area B last year proving many people wrong.

 

3. Lake Ridge: They seem to have a good chunk of their show on the field and are fairly clean at that. I believe this cleanliness will be rewarded and they’ll sit at third.

 

4. Sachse: This group always seems to bring unique and interesting ideas to the field when I see them.

 

5. Lovejoy: For their size, they can put out some sound. They put together a gorgeous show last year and am excited to see what they do this Saturday.

[tubaboom44]

Here’s my attempt:

1. Duncanville

2. Lebanon Trail

3. Summit

4. Sachse

5. Lake Ridge

[Jacob2017]

South Grand Prairie isn't attending, they're going to Midlothian instead

[ViewFromTheBox]

Frisco Centennial - “Rite of Passage”: Really nice sound and strong visual performance. Loved the tuba solo in the middle. Don’t see that everyday. Great color from the guard silks in the ballad.

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Lebanon Trail - “Rain”: Would not know that’s a group in its fourth year. Fantastic sound and great visual run as well. Really enjoyed that performance.

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Independence - “Ritual”: Another new-ish Frisco school with a really good performance. Some really strong musical moments, especially in the ballad.

[ViewFromTheBox]

Sherman - “Spring Eternal”: some really good moments musically, especially in the woodwinds. Might my favorite ballad so far today.

[ViewFromTheBox]

Also, for those interested, Richardson isn’t here from the schedule above and we started at 1.

[ViewFromTheBox]

McKinney North - “Life without Strings”: possibly the best visual performance of the day so far. Lot of really good musical moments in the second and third moments too. Great soloists.

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Lakeview Centennial - “Technicolor Clavier”: Loved Moonlight Sonata as the ballad. Another strong visual performance as well.

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Lovejoy - “Juliet”: For once the story has a happy ending. Best overall performance of the day so far. Just great all around. Love this show.

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Summit - “The Last Ones”: trying time our bias aside (graduated 2012), it’s hard not to love how far this group has come in the years since. Felt like the best musical performance of the day so far. Interested to see where they land today.

[ViewFromTheBox]

Lake Highlands - “SOL”: Definitely the show with the most interesting design choices. Drumline in the backfield pit for the first three minutes or so. Executed extremely well musically and visually.

[ViewFromTheBox]

Sachse - “Matryoshka”: incredible performance. Loved the music and very well done visually. Also a big fan of the slight uniform color change halfway through.