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This is the official statement from the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association regarding the cancellation of State contests:
OBA Membership,
As all of you know, we find ourselves dealing with a situation that is completely out of our control and very difficult to navigate. COVID-19 has created a set of circumstances that impacts our state and education system and has left us with the inability to host our state contests at our host sites. Given this fact and the long list of other factors that we are facing, the executive board has unanimously made the difficult decision to cancel all 2020 OBA State Marching Contests. We wanted to make this decision as quickly as possible for band program planning but still hold out to make sure that it was the right call. I hope that all of us can work together to help stay positive and keep our artform alive safely during these uncertain times in which we are living. Please let us know if there is anything that we can do to help or support you and your band program. We are going to get through this together.
Sincerely,
Executive Board
Oklahoma Bandmasters Association-
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Just now, Old Corps Guy said:
Updated for states. I don't want to dig down to specific schools at this time. I hope that helps.
Understandable. I only included them because they are such a major player/influence both locally and nationally.
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July 16, 2020 – Fall Season Announcement
Cavalcade of Bands (PA) has released its fall plans this afternoon to all member band directors via email. These plans are taking into account as much information as possible. Please contact your band director for the specifics. More details will be released to the general public after a director meeting Sunday evening.
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Alaska and Montana each only have on competitive marching band (Colony H.S. and Bozeman H.S., respectively). North Dakota and Vermont have none.
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Illinois: all Chicago-area shows canceled. UofI and ISU shows canceled.
Missouri: assorted independent shows canceled
Oklahoma: Broken Arrow H.S. will not be fielding a marching band this fall.
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Arizona: ABODA full season canceled
California: NCBA eight shows canceled, seven TBD
California: WBA full season canceled
Colorado: CBA full season canceled
Indiana: ISSMA full season canceled
Kentucky: KMEA state championships canceled
New Mexico: POB and ZIA marching band shows canceled (high school football season postponed to Feb 2021)
Oregon: NWAPA full season canceled
Virginia: VMBC state championships canceled -
I want to thank the very passionate group of six or seven of you who tried to make this season happen. Unfortunately, we just didn't get enough sign-ups to make it worthwhile to run a season. My goal each year is to have at least 40 corps total with 12 corps in every division to make it worth the time and effort of running the season. We only got to about 75% of that this year.
Sadly, this means Season 30 is cancelled. Hopefully 2021 will see a return to some form of normalcy, and we can try running another season with live corps/scores.
Thank you again.
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We are barely halfway to the participation level needed for a season. I'm going to make a last-ditch effort to get more people signed up, but we need 6-8 more corps in every division to make the season happen.
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His "senior" symphonies (4,5,6) get all the love, but man, Tchaikovsky's 2nd Symphony "Little Russian" might be his best one. All four movements are complete bangers.
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18 hours ago, ftwdrummer said:
Out of curiosity: why the specific years chosen? It's an interesting mix (and avoids me using my favorite batch of captions, from 2007, darn you! lol).
- I wanted to use years with different DCI champions (Cadets, Crown, Bluecoats, Blue Devils)
- I didn't want a run-away or dominant DCI champion (Mainly a Blue Devils problem, but 2018 Vanguard won by over a point, was 1st on 9 of 11 judges sheets)
- 2019 had to be included, and I wanted to stay as recent as possible.
Thus, my sheet ended up looking like this...
- 2019 included (Blue Devils)
- 2018 rejected (SCV too dominant)
- 2017 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2016 included (Bluecoats)
- 2015 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2014 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2013 included (Carolina Crown)
- 2012 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2011 included (The Cadets)
- ...if I had chosen to go further/include more seasons...
- 2010 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2009 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2008 would have been included (Phantom Regiment)
- 2007 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2006 would have been included (Cavaliers)
- 2005 rejected (The Cadets already represented)
- 2004 rejected (Cavaliers would have been represented by 2006)
- 2003 rejected (Blue Devils already represented)
- 2002 rejected (Cavaliers would have been represented by 2006)
- 2001 rejected (Cavaliers would have been represented by 2006)
- 2000 rejected (Cavaliers would have been represented by 2006; The Cadets already represented)
No years prior to 2000 will ever be used do to different judging sheets.
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On 4/21/2020 at 12:43 PM, hostrauser said:
Please help spread the word. I can start planning in May and get things set up in early June, but the season will be canceled if we don't get enough participants.
Please recruit as much as you possibly can.
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On 6/6/2020 at 9:01 PM, kdaddy said:
It was Gaines's first year to write drill, so I can see where you'd say that.
Saucedo didn't arrive to the Cavies until 2000 - anyone know who wrote the brass book in 98 and 99?
Bruce McConnell did 1999 and I think also 1998.
7 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said:Les Etoiles were also at that show in 1999. What year did they have the contraption with the drummers spinning? Because I definitely remember that.
1998, "The Rock"
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2 hours ago, skevinp said:
I think you are the one who doesn’t understand.
Incorrect. The Blue Devils show didn't "predict" the shutdowns of theater performances or the DCI season simply by using a ghostlight as the basis for their show, because ghost lights are often used every day regardless of whether the theater is open or not; i.e., they are not a predictor of a theater being open or closed long-term.
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Prescient? Ghost lights have been in constant use for decades.
"You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means." --Inigo Montoya
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We are still running a fantasy drum corps season this summer, Drum Corps Planet International season 30! Create your own corps! Set a tour schedule! Choose real DCI corps from recent history to be your "captions"! But just like in fantasy sports, do it all within a "budget." You can have Crown's brass, Vanguard's percussion, or the Devils' visual analysis... but it'll cost ya. The first shows are on Thursday, June 18th.
Contact me for more info, or go to https://www.drumcorpsfantasy.com/ and sign up today!
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I didn't care for Cadets musically in 1998, but visually they were almost perfect. Still some of the best marching I've ever seen. I still remember the rapid-change, cascading color palette of flags backfield.
Loved Vanguard's show. In another year it might have won. But man, their brass was gassed by the end of the show, and you could hear it.
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SEASON 30 OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
SUBMIT YOUR TOUR SCHEDULE AND INITIAL CAPTION CHOICES TODAY!
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I've had a few personal disruptions, but the site should still be online no later than this weekend.
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The site should be up and ready for caption selections and tour scheduling in the next 7-10 days.
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Tour #2 begins in Southern California, shoots over to Texas for a Regional Championship in Fort Worth, then voyages up to the Great Lakes and northeast. From New York City the tour flies to Scotland, then journeys south to Liverpool for the DCP-I Championships
18-Jun Thu "SAN DIEGO, CA - Westview H.S." 19-Jun Fri "COSTA MESA, CA - Lebard Stadium" 20-Jun Sat "PASADENA, CA - Rose Bowl" 21-Jun Sun 22-Jun Mon "TUCSON, AZ - Catalina Foothills H.S." 23-Jun Tue "LAS CRUCES, NM - Field of Dreams" 24-Jun Wed 25-Jun Thu "SAN ANTONIO, TX - Dub Farris Athletic Complex" 26-Jun Fri "AUSTIN, TX - Ed W. Monroe Memorial Stadium" 27-Jun Sat "HOUSTON, TX - NRG Stadium" 28-Jun Sun 29-Jun Mon "LAFAYETTE, LA - Cajun Field" 30-Jun Tue "OCEAN SPRINGS, MS - Joe Barlow Stadium" 1-Jul Wed 2-Jul Thu "LONGVIEW, TX - Pirate Stadium" 3-Jul Fri "FORT WORTH, TX - Amon G. Carter Stadium Regional Prelims" 4-Jul Sat "FORT WORTH, TX - Amon G. Carter Stadium Regional Finals" 5-Jul Sun 6-Jul Mon "WAUKEE, IA - Waukee Stadium" 7-Jul Tue "CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Kingston Stadium" 8-Jul Wed 9-Jul Thu "WHITEWATER, WI - Perkins Stadium" 10-Jul Fri "WAUWATOSA, WI - Hart Park Stadium" 11-Jul Sat "EVANSTON, IL - Ryan Field" 12-Jul Sun 13-Jul Mon "PLAINFIELD, IN - Plainfield H.S." 14-Jul Tue "MUNCIE, IN - Scheumann Stadium" 15-Jul Wed 16-Jul Thu "COLUMBUS, OH - MAPFRE Stadium" 17-Jul Fri "MASSILLON, OH - Paul Brown Tiger Stadium" 18-Jul Sat "PITTSBURGH, PA - Heinz Field" 19-Jul Sun 20-Jul Mon "DEPEW, NY - Depew H.S." 21-Jul Tue "CICERO, NY - Cicero-North Syracuse H.S." 22-Jul Wed 23-Jul Thu "BOSTON, MA - Harvard Stadium" 24-Jul Fri "CHESHIRE, CT - Cheshire H.S." 25-Jul Sat "EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - MetLife Stadium" 26-Jul Sun 27-Jul Mon "EDINBURGH, UK - Tynecastle Stadium" 28-Jul Tue "SUNDERLAND, UK - Stadium of Light" 29-Jul Wed 30-Jul Thu "HUDDERSFIELD, UK - The John Smith's Stadium" 31-Jul Fri "PRESTON, UK - Deepdale Stadium" 1-Aug Sat "MANCHESTER, UK - Manchester City Academy Stadium" 2-Aug Sun 3-Aug Mon 4-Aug Tue 5-Aug Wed DCP-I CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEK - August 6th, 7th, and 8th WORLD - "LIVERPOOL, UK - Anfield Stadium" OPEN/A - "WIDNES, UK - DCBL Stadium" -
TOUR #1 begins in the Pacific Northwest, and travels diagonally across the country to the Southeast, with a Regional Championship in Kansas City, MO along the way. From Atlanta, the tour flies to the south of England and travels north to Liverpool for the DCP-I Championships.
18-Jun Thu "RENTON, WA - Renton Memorial Stadium" 19-Jun Fri "HILLSBORO, OR - Hillsboro Stadium" 20-Jun Sat "CORVALLIS, OR - Reser Stadium" 21-Jun Sun 22-Jun Mon "YUBA CITY, CA - Yuba City H.S." 23-Jun Tue "FOLSOM, CA - Folsom H.S." 24-Jun Wed 25-Jun Thu "FRESNO, CA - Veterans Memorial Stadium" 26-Jun Fri "GILROY, CA - Christopher H.S." 27-Jun Sat "STANFORD, CA - Stanford Stadium" 28-Jun Sun 29-Jun Mon "ROCK SPRINGS, WY - Rock Springs H.S." 30-Jun Tue "FORT COLLINS, CO - Canvas Stadium" 1-Jul Wed 2-Jul Thu "TOPEKA, KS - Yager Stadium" 3-Jul Fri "KANSAS CITY, MO - Arrowhead Stadium Regional Prelims" 4-Jul Sat "KANSAS CITY, MO - Arrowhead Stadium Regional Finals" 5-Jul Sun 6-Jul Mon "BENTONVILLE, AR - Bentonville H.S." 7-Jul Tue "PARAGOULD, AR - Paragould H.S." 8-Jul Wed 9-Jul Thu "BELLEVILLE, IL - Belleville Township H.S. East" 10-Jul Fri "EVANSVILLE, IN - Evansville Central H.S." 11-Jul Sat "BOWLING GREEN, KY - L.T. Smith Stadium" 12-Jul Sun 13-Jul Mon "RICHMOND, KY - Madison Central H.S." 14-Jul Tue "ONA, WV - Cabell-Midland H.S." 15-Jul Wed 16-Jul Thu "BOONE, NC - Watauga H.S." 17-Jul Fri "ROCK HILL, SC - District Three Stadium" 18-Jul Sat "CONWAY, SC - Brooks Stadium" 19-Jul Sun 20-Jul Mon "JUPITER, FL - Jupiter Community H.S." 21-Jul Tue "ORLANDO, FL - Camping World Stadium" 22-Jul Wed 23-Jul Thu "FLORENCE, AL - Tom Braly Municipal Stadium" 24-Jul Fri "MURFREESBORO, TN - Johnny ""Red"" Floyd Stadium" 25-Jul Sat "ATLANTA, GA - Bobby Dodd Stadium" 26-Jul Sun 27-Jul Mon "WOKING, UK - Laithwaite Community Stadium" 28-Jul Tue "LONDON, UK - London Stadium" 29-Jul Wed 30-Jul Thu "LEICESTER, UK - King Power Stadium" 31-Jul Fri "NOTTINGHAM, UK - The City Ground" 1-Aug Sat "BIRMINGHAM, UK - Villa Park" 2-Aug Sun 3-Aug Mon 4-Aug Tue 5-Aug Wed DCP-I CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEK - August 6th, 7th, and 8th WORLD - "LIVERPOOL, UK - Anfield Stadium" OPEN/A - "WIDNES, UK - DCBL Stadium" -
We are still on schedule. I will post the tours today, and the site should be up and running for sign-ups in the next 7-10 days. The season's first shows will be on Thursday, June 18th and there will be shows every Mon, Tue, Thr, Fri, and Sat. Wednesdays and Sundays will always be off days/travel days.
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On 5/12/2020 at 1:13 PM, N.E. Brigand said:
Hailing from northeast Ohio as I do, it was pretty great on only my second ever Finals attendance, and this time (unlike 2012) in great seats where the sound wasn't horribly distorted, to see the local corps win it all. Total serendipity, since I had arranged to get that ticket well before the season started. That top three was something else. And "Downside Up" was such an entertaining show. I was rooting for it to win.
If only Bluecoats' show hadn't been so influential. "Relentless" was executed so well and is more like what drum corps ought to be, in my opinion, and too often abandoned since. (Not by Crown, exactly, but their three subsequent shows just felt so random.) Early on in the season, someone pointed out that Crown's drill was pretty cramped toward the front, but it's wide open compared by comparison to the staging that so often has been rewarded since.
I was there too in 2016, and definitely rooting for the Coats to win. They certainly had the crowd engagement aspect locked up.
Perhaps this is one of those instances where audio/video recordings can only convey so much. But the more I watch/listen to and review the 2016 shows, the better Crown's show seems to me.
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On 5/12/2020 at 12:51 PM, MikeZ said:
I feel the exact opposite. I thought BD was the best corps in 96, BD was the best corps in 99, and Cavaliers were the best corps in 2000. Of the 3, I feel 2000 was the one that could have legitimately been a tie.
Mike Z
96 and 00 I can only go by video, but I was there in 99 and Vanguard absolutely brought it in Finals. Devils had a strong opener but then kind of a lackluster run after that. The effect gulf was 1. Vanguard, 2. Scouts, and then everyone else way, way, way behind them.
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This was an email shared with me. I'm sure an official announcement will be posted today or tomorrow. There is this, however:
https://tulsaworld.com/communities/wagoner/news/oklahoma-bandmasters-association-cancels-2020-state-marching-championships/article_3e910537-9aca-5fa2-a1e5-cc9d60feac9b.html