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by Scentiment » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:23 pm
Hostrauser wrote:Wow. When was the last time Redwood MS didn't win the MS divisions at Santa Cruz? Was Vicki Wyant still there recently? Did they have a director change this year?
Vicki Wyant hasn't been with Redwood since 2009. Their band director is a Redwood graduate, though!
http://saratogamusic.org/smb-music-prog ... es/112-jow
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by Luis » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:37 pm
The recaps have been posted on the NCBA website. I took the liberty of downloading them so I can attach them here

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by Hostrauser » Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:00 pm
Luis wrote:The recaps have been posted on the NCBA website. I took the liberty of downloading them so I can attach them here

Wow, Armijo had a higher subtotal than Golden Valley, but inspection cost them Parade Sweeps.
Congrats to Las Plumas/Oroville for not just winning Music Sweeps, but for winning Music Sweeps by almost 10 points! That's impressive considering the caliber of bands at the review.
Santa Cruz Top 10 Music Scores
481.0 Las Plumas/Oroville
471.5 Armijo
468.5 Golden Valley
467.5 San Benito
465.0 Merced
463.5 Concord
459.5 Vanden
457.0 Cesar Chavez
448.0 Vallejo
447.5 Atwater
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by Luis » Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:32 am
Hostrauser wrote:
Wow, Armijo had a higher subtotal than Golden Valley, but inspection cost them Parade Sweeps.
I had not noticed this. I wonder what 3 infractions cost Armijo overall Sweepstakes.
Hostrauser wrote:
Congrats to Las Plumas/Oroville for not just winning Music Sweeps, but for winning Music Sweeps by almost 10 points! That's impressive considering the caliber of bands at the review.
Santa Cruz Top Music Scores
481.0 Las Plumas/Oroville
471.5 Armijo
468.5 Golden Valley
467.5 San Benito
465.0 Merced
Mr. Stratton posted a video of his band's High Music performance. Congratulations!
Click here to see it
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by Hostrauser » Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:50 am
Luis wrote:Mr. Stratton posted a video of his band's High Music performance. Congratulations!
Click here to see it
Interesting. I think I know why, but I'd like to hear Mr. Stratton explain how he came to the decision of having the flutes (and a few other WW?) peel out of the middle of the block and head to the back just after the judges stand.

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by crickett » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:33 am
Armijo was pant length.
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by JCYS » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:51 am
Hostrauser wrote:Luis wrote:Mr. Stratton posted a video of his band's High Music performance. Congratulations!
Click here to see it
Interesting. I think I know why, but I'd like to hear Mr. Stratton explain how he came to the decision of having the flutes (and a few other WW?) peel out of the middle of the block and head to the back just after the judges stand.

Balance in the 1st and last strain. When you have more tubas than flutes and more trombones than saxs, you have to make some adjustments....did it last year too.
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by JCYS » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:53 am
crickett wrote:Armijo was pant length.
NCBA should eliminate inspection. No one should lose a sweeps based on pant lengths. This happened to GV one time a few years ago too.
Just my opinion.
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by Schimmy » Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:37 pm
JCYS wrote:crickett wrote:Armijo was pant length.
NCBA should eliminate inspection. No one should lose a sweeps based on pant lengths. This happened to GV one time a few years ago too.
Just my opinion.
About 12 years I made a motion to have inspection removed. My argument was that it did not reflect our educational goals and was something that only penalized students. I also argued that there were many bands without the means to maintain uniforms at a high level.
It was mentioned by the chair of the meeting that it was good to keep in place because it gave the boosters something to do and we should have pride in the way we look.
My motioned died for a lack of a second.
That was the first and last NCBA meeting I attended. It seemed at then that there was more concern about maintaining status quo then there was elevating the educational experience for the students.
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by Hostrauser » Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:15 pm
JCYS wrote:Hostrauser wrote:Luis wrote:Mr. Stratton posted a video of his band's High Music performance. Congratulations!
Click here to see it
Interesting. I think I know why, but I'd like to hear Mr. Stratton explain how he came to the decision of having the flutes (and a few other WW?) peel out of the middle of the block and head to the back just after the judges stand.

Balance in the 1st and last strain. When you have more tubas than flutes and more trombones than saxs, you have to make some adjustments....did it last year too.
Pretty much what I expected. Huge low brass section at LPO this year, upper woodwinds would have just disappeared if they were behind all that brass before the judges stand or remained in front of it after the stand.