year1buick Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 We just keep building them bigger here in Tejas. (Bonds here, bonds there, bonds everywhere...) It’ll be some time before the Friday night lights start dimming here. And on the band side of things, they just keep getting better and better. I’m blown away by my daughter’s band this year.(I’m in the parking lot waiting to pick her up now— the semi trailer equipment truck is pulling in just now...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Look through here going all the way back to 1969 and see the ebb/flow of participation: http://www.nfhs.org/ParticipationStatics/ParticipationStatics.aspx/ Then look here to see what is happening now: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Penny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZZER Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 In my neck of the woods: http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171006/why-high-school-football-programs-are-losing-players- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 12 hours ago, MikeD said: We have two HS in our NJ district, West Windsor-Plainsboro North and South (the one I have been working with since 94). The North high school was forced to cancel varsity football this fall, due to a falloff in participation. There were not enough kids to field a team. But probably they are now offering a robotics team and competitive gaming squad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredMusTeach Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 16 hours ago, year1buick said: We just keep building them bigger here in Tejas. (Bonds here, bonds there, bonds everywhere...) It’ll be some time before the Friday night lights start dimming here. And on the band side of things, they just keep getting better and better. I’m blown away by my daughter’s band this year.(I’m in the parking lot waiting to pick her up now— the semi trailer equipment truck is pulling in just now...) I've spent most of the day toggling between today's 4 regional BOA marching band competitions on FloMarching. I live in Tennessee so it was enlightening to check out a bunch of Texas bands. WOW! Big and deep and very mature performances by the handful that I watched. Only similar performance I saw at the other 4 competitions was Avon HS. I lived in TX as a child and music in the schools was typically as important as sports, even in small towns. What is your daughter's school and what does she play? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
year1buick Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 She’s marches color guard in Reagan. (My old high school band wasn’t even in the same universe.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Just caught their show on the Flo. They looked great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindap Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Not sure if it'ss relevant to this thread but in northern Alberta former football fields are now soccer fields and you can't add lines. Indoor school gyms can be used for free if your group contacts the school board, however, indoor cheer leading competitions are far more prevalent than winter guard and a drum corps now has band instruments. The outdoor soccer fields were wonderful but the city banned herbicides years ago which caused a dandelion population. My opinion? Learn how to march on anything with space, a ball diamond, a soccer field, a plaza or DCI has to stay in expensive indoor venues...imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 9 hours ago, RetiredMusTeach said: I've spent most of the day toggling between today's 4 regional BOA marching band competitions on FloMarching. I live in Tennessee so it was enlightening to check out a bunch of Texas bands. WOW! Big and deep and very mature performances by the handful that I watched. Only similar performance I saw at the other 4 competitions was Avon HS. And Avon lost (by two-tenths) to Carmel at today's event in Dayton. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 On 10/6/2017 at 9:04 PM, Wog said: Cavies stayed two days at Belpre Middle School in Belpre OH (my hometown). For Belpre... the field they used was just that a field... (although I believe in 1984 the Cadets used the sacred High School football field which peeved the football coach and he and the local band director got into it ) Huh. I saw Belpre's marching band perform just a week ago at Marietta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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