FloMoParent

Many big schools will give you scholarship money if you march in the band (have to make tryouts). From what I understand (going off friends and children of friends experiences) if you were at one of the top BOA bands in Texas being in a university marching band is a lot less stressful and time consuming than your High School band.

My wife and I are Arkansas kids. I went to North Little Rock Northeast HS (didn't participate in band past Jr. High) and my wife went to Lake Hamilton HS outside of Hot Springs (they have participated at BOA Grand Nats in several of the past few years)

I'd love to see the year by year history of Marcus, LD Bell, and all the great bands in Texas. I only knew the one band I posted. Hoping to get the rest here. Sorry if it seemed like a brag.

are you talking about being on the field during the actual performance or during set up and take down?

Yep, last three years. This started so long ago I forgot

(Please let me know if this isn't the right forum for this topic.) Band has been a competitive activity for many years. Some are new to the game, others have been on the scene for decades. Why not post a brief about your band's competitive history and awards won. Here is the Flower Mound High School Band history. The 2011-12 school year was the first year that FMHS decided to be a competitor in the BOA events and was the first year for Brent Biskup to be the Assistant Director/Director of Marching (luckily it was also my daughter's freshman year at FMHS). In 2012 Mr. Biskup became the Director of Bands 2019 - Vitrifiy - 1st place BOA Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Championship (Outstanding Music, Outstanding General Effect, Outstanding Visual Performance) - 1st place Birdville Marching Festival (Outstanding Music, Outstanding Visual, Outstanding General Effect, Outstanding Color Guard) 2018 - POP! - Silver Medalist Texas State Marching Championship - 1st place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Championship (Outstanding General Effect) - 1st place BOA Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Championship (Outstanding General Effect, Outstanding Visual Performance) - Tournament of Roses Parade Honor Band - Silver Medalist Texas Honor Band https://youtu.be/XiLlmKGjth8 https://youtu.be/jg6ywzReeL4 - Rose Parade 2017 - Fractured Moments - 5th place BOA Grand National Championships - 6th place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Championship - 2nd place BOA Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Championship (Outstanding General Effect) - Sousa Foundation Sudler Shield Award https://youtu.be/MKR5X6WXlO4 2016 - Leonardo's Dream - Gold Medalist Texas State Marching Championship - 1st place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Championship (Outstanding Music Performance, Outstanding Visual Performance, Outstanding General Effect, Class AAAA Champion) - 1st place BOA Plano Regional Championship (Outstanding Music Performance, Outstanding Visual Performance, Outstanding General Effect, Class AAAA Champion) - Silver Medalist Texas Honor Band https://youtu.be/Uwz9Br8FXfE 2015 - Surreal - 1st place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Championship (Outstanding General Effect) - 1st place BOA Arlington Regional Championship (Outstanding Music Performance, Outstanding General Effect, Class AAAA Champion) https://youtu.be/s5Z7b_p9-1o 2014 - Harmonic Tapestries - 6th place BOA Grand National Championships - 13th place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Finals - 3rd place BOA Denton Regional Championship - 4th place Texas Honor Band https://youtu.be/fF0XnQY_gR0 2013 - FloModern - 18th place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Preliminaries - 6th place BOA Conroe Regional Championship https://youtu.be/RnGhbVEhfEc 2012 - The Greatest Show (Smile!) - 11th place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Championships - 7th place BOA Denton Regional Championship https://youtu.be/WclD9Tl9wfw 2011 - Belle Époque - 9th place place BOA San Antonio Super Regional Championship - 4th place BOA Arlington Regional Championship https://youtu.be/7Wj1ZzbLEQk (Edited because I like this format better, and added links to videos)

I don't know why SURREAL was not listed in this competition. But I am not worried about it. This was just fun and I am glad my favorite won.

Paragould, AR is the extreme North East corner of Arkansas. Memphis Tennessee would be closer (and much easier to get to) than Paragould.

Leonardo's Dream + Polarity - - On the Waterfront 7 Leonardo's Dream 30 Polarity 6

It was fun on our way to DCI San Antonio this year, we stopped at the Temple location. There were gobs of DCI people there.

On the Waterfront -- Leonardo's Dream + On the Waterfront 29 Leonardo's Dream 33 Polarity 23 Lost and Found 6 The Forest Through the Trees 7

On the Waterfront -- Leonardo's Dream + On the Waterfront 35 Leonardo's Dream 33 Sculpt 13 Polarity 26 Lost and Found 14

On the Waterfront - Leonardo's Dream + The 4th Dimension 9 On the Waterfront 67 Leonardo's Dream 66 Sculpt 58 Polarity 55 Lost and Found 57 Loop 6

Leonardo's Dream + The Tremendous Sea of Love - The 4th Dimension 20 On the Waterfront 62 Leonardo's Dream 64 Sculpt 55 Polarity 44 The Tremendous Sea of Love 1 Lost and Found 44 Loop 26

Leonardo's Dream = Polarity - The 4th Dimension 29 On the Waterfront 61 Leonardo's Dream 62 Sculpt 53 Polarity 43 The Tremendous Sea 0f Love 6 Lost and Found 40 Loop 31

Leonardo's Dream + Loop - The 4th Dimension 20 On the Waterfront 60 Leonardo's Dream 60 Sculpt 48 Polarity 41 The Tremendous Sea of Love 12 Lost and Found 38 Loop 37 (sorry about the earlier mistake, and thanks for catching it)

Leonardo's Dream + The 4th Dimension - The 4th Dimension 19 On the Waterfront 57 Leonardo's Dream 58 Sculpt 47 Polarity 40 The Tremendous Sea of Love 21 Lost and Found 36 Loop 38

You must not have seen the FloMo Band Parents tailgate at various BOA competitions. The "tailgate" between prelims and finals has become quite a scene.

Leonardo's Dream + The 4th Dimension - The 4th Dimension 22 On the Waterfront 54 Leonardo's Dream 56 Sculpt 47 Polarity 40 The Tremendous sea of Love 23 Lost and Found 37 Loop 37

I remember the color guard member "dancing" on Hebron's sax solo during preliminaries of the 2015 BOA-DFW. I heard (no real source) that someone complained that the dancer was "dirty dancing" with the saxophonist and it was noticeably toned down for finals and the rest of the season

That is easy for me. 2014 Grand Nats finals performance of Flower Mound's Harmonic Tapestries. I was in the center of the lower section, close enough to see faces, my baby girl was a senior and my son was a freshman. I saw them both at different parts and started to get choked up. This was the first real activity that they had done together, and here they were performing on the biggest stage, and tears were starting to flow. Then when I saw my daughter's face later, I could tell she was getting emotional but fighting it back I couldn't and I lost it. Tears were full on streaming down my face. I wasn't the only one in that area of the stands who needed a large handkerchief for wiping away the tears, most of us senior parents were in full-on cry. A most joyful and happy cry. Years of pent up emotion pouring out for all of us. It wasn't just that the performance brought me (and most of us) to tears, it was all the trials that they had been through as a band, just missing state with the circus show (The Greatest Show in 2012-13) and getting ranked 44th by one judge in music for 2013-14 FloModern and just missing BOA San Antonio finals. Also, seemingly always being the afterthought when talking about Flower Mound bands. We would be at a competition and someone would ask what band we were with, and we'd say "Flower Mound" then then person asking the question would go on raving about how much they loved what Marcus was doing. We'd have to reply "no, that is Flower Mound Marcus, we are Flower Mound High School." To which they would simply reply "Oh" and end the conversation. That performance, that night in Indianapolis was the first mountaintop that the band reached. No longer in the shadow of Marcus, they arrived. Little did we know that would be the launching pad for what was to come.

On the Waterfront - Leonardo's Dream + The 4th Dimension 24 On the Waterfront 54 Leonardo's Dream 55 Sculpt 43 Polarity 37 The Tremendous Sea of Love 26 Lost and Found 39 Loop 37

Leonardo's Dream + The 4th Dimension - The 4th Dimension 24 On the Waterfront 51 Leonardo's Dream 52 Sculpt 42 Polarity 36 The Tremendous Sea of Love 29 Lost and Found 40 Loop 34 Pop! 8

On the Waterfront - Leonardo's Dream + The 4th Dimension 31 On the Waterfront 49 Leonardo's Dream 49 Sculpt 42 Polarity 35 The Tremendous Sea of Love 29 Lost and Found 37 Loop 33 Pop! 12 (I have nothing against the shows I down vote. They are all tremendously talented. Just playing along with the game)

It is clear that the top four (Blue Coats, Blue Devils, SCV, and Carolina Crown) are the best of the best. I found it ironic that the Best Brass caption and Best Perussions caption went the the 4th and 3rd bands. Isn't this Drum and Bugle Corps? With Best GE going to 2nd place, it could have been a four way tie this year. Personally, and I have stated before, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED Crown's show. Of all the music I heard tonight, theirs is the only one still echoing in my head. Still having to place them 1, 2, 3, and 4, I would have put the Blue Coats #1, Devils #2, Crown #3, and SCV #4. I thought there was just too much violin in the BD show and I just didn't get SCV this year, they had too much going on and their poles all over the place were more distracting than anything else. I thought Blooooo brought it tonight. That was the best I've seen of them this year. I thought most of the finalist brought their A+ game tonight. I wish DCI would go top 6, bottom 6 random performance as I feel that the scores are too much locked into the place that they play. It feels to me that the judges scores are somewhat influenced by "oh this corps is playing later, they must be better than the one before it." I don't understand how Crown was first in music, 3rd in GE, and 5th in Visuals (I guess I have no clue what they are looking for visually as I thought Crown had some amazing, fast, and tight marching) while SCV was 4th in GE, 4th in music and 3rd in Visuals. Oh well, just my uneducated opinion as I am just a fan