My compliments to Steady Hand Luke.
On Oct 18, 2015 11:42 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Congratulations to the kids and to proud Papa. And that is a nice video.
:-)
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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> On 10/18/2015 9:39 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
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>> So, yesterday (Saturday) our high school marching band competed in
>> state competition, and achieved a "Division 1 Rating". That's the best
>> rating. By itself, it may not seem significant, but consider that this
>> is the 27th year in a row that this band has achieved it. As two other
>> schools with very long standing records have failed this year, we may
>> be the band in the state now with the longest unbroken record.
>>
>> Where the other competitions in the season are against the other
>> bands, this one is graded on its own merits. Lots of hard work and a
>> couple months of practice every morning.
>>
>> They didn't do the interweave "scrambler" move this year because
>> almost half the band are freshmen, but they still did a very complex
>> routine. (the interweaving scrambler move is so complex and unique
>> that you almost have to do a frame-by-frame study of the video to
>> figure out what they are doing--it's also dangerous because of
>> proximity and speed--we've had some pretty good injuries doing it).
>>
>> You may or may not be able to view this video I made with my
>> cellphone, but if so, it will give you an idea of how much work this
>> 3A school put into it.
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/image66/videos/10204743985709408/
>>
>> We may be a smallish school, but we do compete against the biggest
>> schools in the region, from the greater Lincoln, Omaha and Des Moines
>> metros. In the previous week, we competed at Valleyfest, which is an
>> invitational, and has bands come from as far as 250 miles away. We
>> crashed-and-burned in one of our performances, but it does give us an
>> idea how we'll do at state. So, that last week between Valleyfest and
>> state is the last chance to get things nailed.
>>
>> There were a couple things which were a little off at this
>> competition, but it was still good enough to make it. The color guard
>> had done much better in the previous week, but we had two students out
>> because of sickness. In fact, I think we were down five people,
>> altogether.
>>
>> We watched most of the schools in competition this year (of the larger
>> ones), and the competition is getting tougher every year. So is the
>> scoring.
>>
>> Now, on to Jazz, concert band and drumline. If you get a chance to see
>> a drumline competition in your area, definitely check it out. Omaha is
>> one of the major spots for it, and I think we're one of only two
>> schools in all of Iowa that compete. It's like marching band
>> competition on a basketball court, except it's percussion instruments
>> and the "pit" of marimbas, keyboards, etc. Again, the choreography
>> verges on manic and probably would violate all sorts of work place
>> safety standards. Special theatrical effects are par for the course
>> with non-flamable pyrotechnics, smoke and fog machines, multi-level
>> props and costumes. The only thing is that you've got like 2 minutes
>> to setup and 2 minutes to tear down. It takes an army to do it and
>> that also includes covering the floor with your painted "drop cloth"
>> that covers an entire basketball court and you have to do your routine
>> on it.
>>
>> This is DD#2's last year in high school and she's involved (and first
>> chair) in pretty much everything.
>>
>>
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