BandJunkie

Great points. Plus, I'm not sure Andy Sealy or Van Mathews would be so keen on the idea of their students posting 'stuff' or getting wrapped up in the things posted on this site.

Um yeah...no disrespect ~ME~, but I've been going to BOA Regionals and Grand Nats for many years and I would say what I just recently saw from Hebron was actually alot less of a 'BOA style' than in the years past. And if we're talking Visual and Effect, the show this year (in my opinion) is really lacking in that department. (L.D. Bell, Avon, Marcus, Broken Arrow, etc); those bands are typically textbook studies in effect, and if we compare, I think Hebron would have had 'deficiencies' if they made the trip to Indy (even with some of those groups I mentioned not going). PS: Why AREN'T they going now? They are still on the list on bands.org of bands attending Nats. I sincerely hope for Hebron's sake they can pull another great one out...because I have been a fan the past few years!

Does anyone know who wrote Hebron's drill this year? (The past few years it has been Michael Gaines, but they hired Mike Sloan to teach their guard...is he writing the drill? It looks significantly 'different' this year.)

Just wanted to discuss what people have seen/heard prior to BOA Arlington. I just recently saw Hebron and...wow. Quite a difference from the past few years. I was personally pretty underwhelmed to say the least and certainly hope this powerhouse can pull it together before they make the trip to Grand Nats in Indy. The entire visual package was not at all up to Hebron standard (in my opinion). The drill was extremely cluttered, the music was not what I expected from a 5A Honor Band, and the guard was nowhere near as strong as they have been recently. Unfortunately I think design is really going to hurt them.