Nov 2017
Fallout from the NAMMB Contest
06/11/17 17:54
In case you didn't know the National Association of Military Marching Bands had their annual contest! So here are the results by classification (Texas does it by school size and not necessarily by band size):
Class 2A:
1st Place- Timpson HS
2nd Place- West Sabine HS
Class 3A:
1st Place- New Diana HS
2nd Place- West Rusk HS
3rd Place- Beckville HS
Class 4A:
1st Place- Spring Hill HS
2nd Place- Cleveland HS
3rd Place- Pittsburg HS
Class 5A:
1st Place- Lindale HS
2nd Place- Huntsville HS
3rd Place- Hallsville HS
Class 6A:
1st Place- Lufkin HS
2nd Place- Montgomery HS
And now for my response. As you may have known, I did live Tweet and live Facebook during the contest. So I'm looking at the little bit of notes I made during that wonderful Saturday. Note that the links with the classes this time will point to the post I made on Facebook. Check it out!
Class 2A: I was pretty much spot on with the judges. Timpson High School simply has the better product on the field.
Class 3A: My first pick here was New Diana, which kept in line with the judges. It's nice that I still "click" with what the judges are actually thinking.
Class 4A: I'll just say it. The judges and I simply did NOT click together with this class. Honestly, I don't know what they saw/heard that I didn't. That being said, Spring Hill does have my love, because of all the pass-throughs. I am such a sucker for those and it may have made that same impression on the judges. Going through my message log, my pick was Spring Hill until Brownsboro came onto the field.
My vote when it was all done was for Brownsboro, as they had a show that simply eclipsed the other bands in my opinion. Considering this was the largest group of bands there, it's quite possible there was a lot of disagreement on who did the best here. My vote still stands with Brownsboro.
Class 5A: Not only did my first place pick go with the judges choices, so did my second and third place. Lindale earned their spot.
Class 6A: Again, the judges and I clicked quite easily. Lufkin High School just came in and blew everyone else out of the water. If this contest did a Grand Champion band, Lufkin would have been my pick for that one also.
In terms of a Grand Champion group…well, NAMMB doesn't do that! However, I do, because that's just how I am as is a bunch of other band directors. Since you all know my pick for that, I'll tell you my lower places also:
Grand Champion: Lufkin High School
First Runner Up: Brownsboro High School (again, judges and I didn't click on 4A at all!)
Second Runner Up: Spring Hill High School
Third Runner Up: New Diana High School
So with another year of precision-based, military style marching completed, it's time to learn from this year and make all of our bands even better next year!
PS—Don't forget I'm always available to help you this year, next year, or any year. And I don't bite, either…
Class 2A:
1st Place- Timpson HS
2nd Place- West Sabine HS
Class 3A:
1st Place- New Diana HS
2nd Place- West Rusk HS
3rd Place- Beckville HS
Class 4A:
1st Place- Spring Hill HS
2nd Place- Cleveland HS
3rd Place- Pittsburg HS
Class 5A:
1st Place- Lindale HS
2nd Place- Huntsville HS
3rd Place- Hallsville HS
Class 6A:
1st Place- Lufkin HS
2nd Place- Montgomery HS
And now for my response. As you may have known, I did live Tweet and live Facebook during the contest. So I'm looking at the little bit of notes I made during that wonderful Saturday. Note that the links with the classes this time will point to the post I made on Facebook. Check it out!
Class 2A: I was pretty much spot on with the judges. Timpson High School simply has the better product on the field.
Class 3A: My first pick here was New Diana, which kept in line with the judges. It's nice that I still "click" with what the judges are actually thinking.
Class 4A: I'll just say it. The judges and I simply did NOT click together with this class. Honestly, I don't know what they saw/heard that I didn't. That being said, Spring Hill does have my love, because of all the pass-throughs. I am such a sucker for those and it may have made that same impression on the judges. Going through my message log, my pick was Spring Hill until Brownsboro came onto the field.
My vote when it was all done was for Brownsboro, as they had a show that simply eclipsed the other bands in my opinion. Considering this was the largest group of bands there, it's quite possible there was a lot of disagreement on who did the best here. My vote still stands with Brownsboro.
Class 5A: Not only did my first place pick go with the judges choices, so did my second and third place. Lindale earned their spot.
Class 6A: Again, the judges and I clicked quite easily. Lufkin High School just came in and blew everyone else out of the water. If this contest did a Grand Champion band, Lufkin would have been my pick for that one also.
In terms of a Grand Champion group…well, NAMMB doesn't do that! However, I do, because that's just how I am as is a bunch of other band directors. Since you all know my pick for that, I'll tell you my lower places also:
Grand Champion: Lufkin High School
First Runner Up: Brownsboro High School (again, judges and I didn't click on 4A at all!)
Second Runner Up: Spring Hill High School
Third Runner Up: New Diana High School
So with another year of precision-based, military style marching completed, it's time to learn from this year and make all of our bands even better next year!
PS—Don't forget I'm always available to help you this year, next year, or any year. And I don't bite, either…
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