BOA-CITRUS COLLEGE

[Wildabeast]

A taste of Foothill 2012

A taste of Clovis 2012

[bandfan88]

From the looks of this recording http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAstuLk7AUc, they seem to have a good shot of making finals!

[bandfan88]

So some folks who will be there Saturday have chimed in, anyone else in WOP land planning to attend?

[airons0678]

Yes, I saw them both last year in St. George. They are arguably the best bands in their respective state. I think both bands will not have a problem making finals. Clovis will probably be in the middle of the pack or top 5 in finals. Foothill will probably be bottom 5 in finals, but competitive nevertheless. Clovis typically has great music, great marching, and are a solid "effective" band. Foothill has been neck-and-neck with the likes of bands like Fountain Valley for the past few years, and just keep getting better and better (IMHO).

That said, though these bands be big, look for small bands like Clovis West and William S. Hart to do well...very well...

Alan

[Hostrauser]

Anyone know what the Clovis NM and Foothill NV bands are like. Foothill is 250 member band....YIKES

http://www.fhsbands.com/web/fhs/?location=marchingband

Homestead from up north is about that size, too, and Upland isn't much below that.

My initial predictions (classes aren't released until after the event, even the judges won't know, but my BOA spreadsheet has enrollment estimations)...

PRELIMS
CLASS A
None (shouldn't be any Class A bands here)

CLASS AA
1st Covina H.S., CA
2nd Chaminade College Prep H.S., CA
3rd Imperial H.S., CA
Chaminade and Imperial might be close, but I think Covina should be safely in first in this division and sweep captions.

CLASS AAA
1st William S. Hart H.S., CA
2nd Murrieta Mesa H.S., CA
Homestead is right on the border of AAA/AAAA. I have them in AAAA, but should they end up AAA I'd have them 2nd behind Hart, moving MMHS to 3rd. Hart will probably sweep AAA captions either way.

CLASS AAAA
1st Ayala H.S., CA
2nd Upland H.S., CA
3rd Clovis West H.S., CA
All three bands score well in BOA, I would be surprised if any other band places. That said, my "dark horses" for AAAA would be Homestead, Clovis (NM), Thousand Oaks, and Vista Murrieta. All other bands not listed so far should be AAAA also.

FINALS
85.65 Ayala H.S., CA
84.50 Upland H.S., CA
84.00 William S. Hart H.S., CA
83.55 Clovis West H.S., CA
80.10 Homestead H.S., CA
79.50 Clovis H.S., NM
78.60 Thousand Oaks H.S., CA
78.50 Vista Murrieta H.S., CA
77.10 Fountain Valley H.S., CA
76.80 Foothill H.S., NV

The Top 8 I think are locks for Finals. The last two Finals spots should be quite a battle. I went with Fountain Valley and Foothill, but Murrieta Valley and Great Oak should be right there and wouldn't surprise me if they made it. Two of the four should make Finals, two will be left out.

We'll find out in a few days if this is anywhere close to accurate.

[airons0678]

Anyone know what the Clovis NM and Foothill NV bands are like. Foothill is 250 member band....YIKES

http://www.fhsbands.com/web/fhs/?location=marchingband

Homestead from up north is about that size, too, and Upland isn't much below that.

My initial predictions (classes aren't released until after the event, even the judges won't know, but my BOA spreadsheet has enrollment estimations)...

PRELIMS
CLASS A
None (shouldn't be any Class A bands here)

CLASS AA
1st Covina H.S., CA
2nd Chaminade College Prep H.S., CA
3rd Imperial H.S., CA
Chaminade and Imperial might be close, but I think Covina should be safely in first in this division and sweep captions.

CLASS AAA
1st William S. Hart H.S., CA
2nd Murrieta Mesa H.S., CA
Homestead is right on the border of AAA/AAAA. I have them in AAAA, but should they end up AAA I'd have them 2nd behind Hart, moving MMHS to 3rd. Hart will probably sweep AAA captions either way.

CLASS AAAA
1st Ayala H.S., CA
2nd Upland H.S., CA
3rd Clovis West H.S., CA
All three bands score well in BOA, I would be surprised if any other band places. That said, my "dark horses" for AAAA would be Homestead, Clovis (NM), Thousand Oaks, and Vista Murrieta. All other bands not listed so far should be AAAA also.

FINALS
85.65 Ayala H.S., CA
84.50 Upland H.S., CA
84.00 William S. Hart H.S., CA
83.55 Clovis West H.S., CA
80.10 Homestead H.S., CA
79.50 Clovis H.S., NM
78.60 Thousand Oaks H.S., CA
78.50 Vista Murrieta H.S., CA
77.10 Fountain Valley H.S., CA
76.80 Foothill H.S., NV

The Top 8 I think are locks for Finals. The last two Finals spots should be quite a battle. I went with Fountain Valley and Foothill, but Murrieta Valley and Great Oak should be right there and wouldn't surprise me if they made it. Two of the four should make Finals, two will be left out.

We'll find out in a few days if this is anywhere close to accurate.

Thank you for sharing. Interesting thoughts.

Also, UPDATE: Great Oak has dropped out, unfortunately.

Alan

[airons0678]

Anyone know what the Clovis NM and Foothill NV bands are like. Foothill is 250 member band....YIKES

http://www.fhsbands.com/web/fhs/?location=marchingband

Homestead from up north is about that size, too, and Upland isn't much below that.

My initial predictions (classes aren't released until after the event, even the judges won't know, but my BOA spreadsheet has enrollment estimations)...

PRELIMS
CLASS A
None (shouldn't be any Class A bands here)

CLASS AA
1st Covina H.S., CA
2nd Chaminade College Prep H.S., CA
3rd Imperial H.S., CA
Chaminade and Imperial might be close, but I think Covina should be safely in first in this division and sweep captions.

CLASS AAA
1st William S. Hart H.S., CA
2nd Murrieta Mesa H.S., CA
Homestead is right on the border of AAA/AAAA. I have them in AAAA, but should they end up AAA I'd have them 2nd behind Hart, moving MMHS to 3rd. Hart will probably sweep AAA captions either way.

CLASS AAAA
1st Ayala H.S., CA
2nd Upland H.S., CA
3rd Clovis West H.S., CA
All three bands score well in BOA, I would be surprised if any other band places. That said, my "dark horses" for AAAA would be Homestead, Clovis (NM), Thousand Oaks, and Vista Murrieta. All other bands not listed so far should be AAAA also.

FINALS
85.65 Ayala H.S., CA
84.50 Upland H.S., CA
84.00 William S. Hart H.S., CA
83.55 Clovis West H.S., CA
80.10 Homestead H.S., CA
79.50 Clovis H.S., NM
78.60 Thousand Oaks H.S., CA
78.50 Vista Murrieta H.S., CA
77.10 Fountain Valley H.S., CA
76.80 Foothill H.S., NV

The Top 8 I think are locks for Finals. The last two Finals spots should be quite a battle. I went with Fountain Valley and Foothill, but Murrieta Valley and Great Oak should be right there and wouldn't surprise me if they made it. Two of the four should make Finals, two will be left out.

We'll find out in a few days if this is anywhere close to accurate.

Thank you for sharing. Interesting thoughts.

Also, UPDATE: Great Oak has dropped out, unfortunately.

Alan

My predictions, if interested:

85.00 Ayala H.S., CA
82.10 Homestead H.S., CA
81.00 Upland H.S., CA
80.95 Clovis West H.S., CA
79.45 William S. Hart H.S., CA
78.10 Clovis H.S., NM
77.90 Thousand Oaks H.S., CA
77.00 Fountain Valley H.S., CA
76.80 Vista Murrieta H.S., CA
75.90 Foothill H.S., NV

[JLGORMAN]

Based on their performances so far, I thnk Clovis, NM Will probably finish 6th or 7th in finals. So far this year, they have the following record:
Oct 6 High Plains Marching Contest, Amarillo,TX. They beat mostly Bands from smaller enrollment schools, but took championship and top Percussion and Guard captions.

Oct 13 Sweepstakes at the Pioneer Marching Festival in Plainview, TX. They were the Biggest school there enrollment wise and beat up on a group of small school Bands.

Oct 20th. They finished second to Air Academy HS out of Colorado at the Zia Marching Fiesta at the University of NM. Air Academy, one of the top three Bands in CO, beat them in every caption at ZIA.

A Good Band but no threat to Ayala.

[jacjar1]

Should be a fun afternoon and evening. Great Venue, Great weather and great bands...definitely trying to be there by 3pm..hopefully 2pm

[airons0678]

It's tomorrow!

[Hostrauser]

William S. Hart did not make finals.

A shocker, but I have to agree. They were flat and I was surprised and disappointed.

PRELIMS RESULTS
CLASS AA
1st Covina H.S., CA
2nd Imperial H.S., CA
3rd Chaminade College Prep H.S., CA
Music: Imperial
Visual: Covina
Effect: Covina

CLASS AAA
1st Clovis West H.S., CA
2nd Clovis H.S., NM
3rd William S. Hart H.S., CA
Music: Clovis West
Visual: Clovis West
Effect: Clovis West

CLASS AAAA
1st Ayala H.S., CA
2nd Upland H.S., CA
3rd Vista Murrieta H.S., CA
Music: Ayala
Visual: Ayala
Effect: Ayala

FINALS SCHEDULE
7:30 p.m. - Class Champion Exhibition: Covina H.S., CA
6th through 10th place in Prelims, in random order
7:45 p.m. - Clovis H.S., NM
8:00 p.m. - Desert Vista H.S., AZ
8:15 p.m. - Fountain Valley H.S., CA
8:30 p.m. - Foothill H.S., NV
8:45 p.m. - Thousand Oaks H.S., CA
1st through 5th place in Prelims, in random order
9:00 p.m. - Upland H.S., CA
9:15 p.m. - Clovis West H.S., CA
9:30 p.m. - Homestead H.S., CA
9:45 p.m. - Vista Murrieta H.S., CA
10:00 p.m. - Ayala H.S., CA

Review of prelims early next week from me.

[Hostrauser]

FINALS
85.60 - Ayala H.S., CA
79.85 - Vista Murrieta H.S., CA
78.45 - Upland H.S., CA
78.35 - Clovis West H.S., CA
75.90 - Homestead H.S., CA
75.15 - Thousand Oaks H.S., CA
74.40 - Fountain Valley H.S., CA
73.55 - Foothill H.S., NV
72.90 - Clovis H.S., NM
70.20 - Desert Vista H.S., AZ

Outstanding Music Performance - Ayala H.S., CA
Outstanding Visual Performance - Ayala H.S., CA
Outstanding General Effect - Ayala H.S., CA

[airons0678]

I love how we both vastly underestimated Vista Murrieta, and vastly overestimated William S. Hart. Just goes to show you what a difference a year makes. I think Vista Murrieta made extra, EXTRA sure they wouldn't have a repeat of St. George 2011. They certainly had the talent--directors, staff, students, etc.--to do it. Good for them!