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Post by drumitup on Oct 1, 2012 12:15:58 GMT -5
October 20, 2012
10:00 STATION CAMP TN A
10:15 COFFEE COUNTY TN A
10:30 DECATUR AL A
10:45 OAKLAND TN A
11:00 ANTIOCH TN A
11:15 MT. JULIET TN A
11:45 SAPULPA OK AA
12:00 SEYMOUR TN AA
12:15 LOUISVILLE MALE KY AA
12:30 BARREN COUNTY KY AA
1:45 RIVERDALE TN AAA
2:00 JOHN OVERTON TN AAA
2:15 FRANKLIN TN AAA
2:30 MCGAVOCK TN AAA
2:45 JASPER IN AAA
3:15 SIEGEL TN AAA
3:30 HALLS TN AAA
3:45 DOBYNS BENNETT TN AAA
4:00 COLUMBIA CENTRAL TN AAA
4:15 MTSU Band of Blue
4:30 Preliminary Awards
Is this the first time they have announced the preliminary awards right after the prelims? I only remember them announcing finalists previously and presenting all awards after finals.
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Post by drumitup on Oct 10, 2012 12:09:51 GMT -5
Judges for 2012:
Gary Gilroy - Music Performance - Director of Bands - Fresno State University, conductor and composer.
Drew Shanefield - Music Performance - Conductor, composer, and brass arranger for Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps.
Marc Whitlock - Music Performance - Director of Bands - Discovery Middle School (MI), BOA/DCI ajudicator, visual design consultant.
Jackie Gilley - Visual Performance - BOA/DCI ajudicator, retired band director.
Frank Morris - Visual Performance - BOA/DCI ajudicator, visual coordinator.
Todd Fox - General Effect - Director of Bands - Quaker Valley Middle School (PA), BOA/DCI adjudicator.
Eric Sabach - General Effect - BOA/DCI ajudicator, drill writer, and Director of Marketing and Business Development - Carolina Crown Drum Corps.
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Post by drumitup on Oct 20, 2012 18:57:44 GMT -5
Preliminary Results:
Superior Ratings - John Overton, Franklin, McGavock, Jasper, Siegel, Dobyns Bennett
2nd Class A - Oakland
1st Class A - Mt Juliet
2nd Class AA - Louisville Male
1st Class AA - Barren County
2nd Class AAA - Jasper
!st Class AAA - Franklin
Finalists
Barren County
John Overton
Franklin
McGavock
Jasper
Siegel
Dobyns Bennett
Columbia Central
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Post by drumitup on Oct 23, 2012 12:39:47 GMT -5
Congratulations to Franklin on their 1st Grand Championship at CoC. Thoughts:
Franklin had a show that was BOA compatible without being a BOA sellout. There was no need for overuse of props, voice-overs, etc, just exciting unique design. Whereas the Franklin from the old days (pre 21st century) always came out clean and entertaining without taking a lot of chances, the new Franklin has varied tempos, varied dynamics, great visual effect both in body movement and actual drill and interesting musical arrangements played well. Total package.
Jasper - great performers, very well played, well designed show, excellent staging and effect.
Dobyns-Bennett - very well thought out show, well performed, played much more cleanly and effectively in Finals.
Siegel - very techincally proficient and a high level of clean, not as engaging this year as the groups that beat them. not a lot of emotion built into the program.
McGavock and John Overton - these two groups I feel are on a similar path. Both play and move well, but both are missing reaching the level of high proficiency they used to reach - just under that level. Also, I feel that both programs are playing it much safer than they used to - it feels like they lack the confidence to take the risks they used to take and let the kids succeed - or fail. You don't know what level the kids can attain in performance if they don't get the chance. That's what seems to be missing for me. Also, why can't McGavock seem to keep a decent sized color guard for the size of the band?
Barren County - as always they had a well designed show that they performed the heck out of, but just not the effect that they had with their show a couple in 2010.
Columbia Central - I have a hard time making comments about this group because they just don't do the type of shows at the level of performance that they used to display.
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Post by BandParent on Oct 23, 2012 17:34:28 GMT -5
I do not agree that McGavock was playing it safe. The music and drill were really complex in my view.
Things were being added and enhanced right up to the week before COC. That is NOT playing it safe.
I do think that trying to add props and the like to be more "BOA Friendly" was a mistake. They did not need that and I do not think it helped them much at the COC.
In the end it came down to cleanliness.
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Post by drumitup on Oct 23, 2012 19:41:24 GMT -5
That's cool, it was just my opinion based on what I have seen them do for the last 40 years. I certainly didn't mean it as an insult. It's not so much playing it safe as in doing something easy or not complex as much as playing it safe as in not doing something very new, original and ground-breaking. That's what they did at the height of their success.
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