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This is some truly idle speculation, but this season marks the 8th time that Hebron has worn their gray pinstriped unis. Since the school opened in 1999 they've changed their look about every 8 years or so. Wonder if they’ll keep to that schedule, although the current uniforms have become so closely associated with their identity I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t.
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I attended Hebron’s send off performance this afternoon with a few of my old band buddies. As I suspected they did have a few visual tweaks left to add which were on display today, including a cool addition to the closer that I’ll leave as a surprise. Everything about the show itself is very effective and they have an extremely high ceiling. HOWEVER, they seem to be stuck in the mud when it comes to achieving the program. Mushiness in the music, unsteadiness in the tempo, and it culminated with a very obvious tear in the closer. No doubt they’ve had better runs but there’s only a week until everything is done and dusted. I’m an alum myself so I’m rooting hard for them to lock in and perform as best they can, but if nothing changes they’re gonna shock some people in Indianapolis, and not in a good way.
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UIL 6A 2023 State Finals
slowbrass replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
Flower Mound and Vandegrift both wear traditional shakos -
I think there are a couple of factors here; one is that Hebron favors more of a curvilinear drill style as opposed to their competition like Flower Mound, who are very geometric and symmetrical, and Marcus who are kinda in the middle. This style doesn’t really tend to pop visually until it’s 98% clean but entails a lot more demand for the performers, who have a lot more difficult responsibilities in dressing the form. But they still aren’t clean there, as you pointed out, although the foot timing is pretty excellent on the field level. I think they’re just being rewarded for that individual visual excellence, as well as the demand of the ensemble visual package. My uneducated opinion.
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Early season videos
slowbrass replied to Tubalord11's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
Saw Hebron’s first run of the season at tonight’s game. Show is entitled “Monomyth.” Really really difficult music this year, even by their standards. -
Top 10 Marching Shows
slowbrass replied to Tubalord11's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
I’m gonna try to limit it to one show per band here, just to make it more fun. 10) CTJ 2014 - Chameleon 9) Carmel 2017 - Serenity 8) Tarpon Springs 2014 - Man vs Machine 7) Broken Arrow 2011 - Destiny Leaves You No Choice 6) Vandegrift 2019 - Aria: Queen of the Night 5) Flower Mound 2016 - Leonardo’s Dream 4) The Woodlands 2013 - Crossing Boundaries 3) Marcus 2012 - Gilded Melodies 2) Hebron 2021 - Penstriped 1) Avon 2010 - Iconoclash -
So im gonna go ahead and pencil in Carmel, Avon, Mason, Dobbyns-Bennett, Hebron, The Woodlands, CTJ, Round Rock, Blue Springs, and Wando all as finalists. I’I’m quite curious about Texas schools like Vandegrift, Reagan, Cedar Ridge, etc., basically everyone south of Waco. Also hoping that we’ll see maybe Union from Oklahoma or a big california school. And in the category of extremely unlikely but would be amazing are Tarpon and Broken Arrow.
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2023 WGI: The Slay All Day Thread
slowbrass replied to Rubisco's topic in Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
Really excited to see Hebron’s guard continue to take steps forward, -
The fact that Marcus scored a 96 at San Antonio pre-score inflation is insane. Had it been a nats year for them, we may have seen a different score record fall last year in Indy. Also kind funny how we had the least competitive year (in terms of point spread) in 2012 and then followed it up with the most competitive year in 2013.
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2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
The streak of new state champions continues! Congratulations to Vandegrift on their first 6A title! -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
I think they had a technical issue which caused them to skip the preshow so they would be under time. -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
This final block of bands is an absolute murderer’s row. -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
The big dogs weren’t always the big dogs. They had to overcome the more “successful” programs to get where they are now. It’s constantly happening but it does take a while. -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Keller might have been the best yet. That opener is pretty hard though. It’s gotta be either them or CTJ imo -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Are any of my fellow streamers experiencing any audio distortion? -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
If anyone has recaps feel free to DM me, obviously like everyone else I’m very curious about what the judges saw today. -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Man, this is a terrible stream. However from what I could tell, woodlands and Hebron should be pretty close. I think TW has a little more energy to bring that could push them into beating hebron outright. Hebron on the other hand just needs to have a good run. With that show they control their own destiny. -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Dating myself a bit here but I was actually a participant in the (in)famous 2014 state rainout as a battery member, and we warmed up inside as well that night. -
2022 BOA San Antonio (Nov. 4 & 5)
slowbrass replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Also I’m definitely not one to crow about Texas bands, but not only would every band in finals last night make finals at GN, the top 10 would all have to be considered favorites for the top half. We are so lucky guys. That was possibly the best marching show I’ve ever seen. -
2022 6A UIL State
slowbrass replied to BandFan59's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
14 bands are making finals this year since we had 42 groups advance from the area stage. It’s the first time it’s happened! -
2022 BOA San Antonio (Nov. 4 & 5)
slowbrass replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Or pearland 👀