Bandmanio Posted June 29, 2012 Posted June 29, 2012 Listed below are the 3A State Honor Band participants. Any predictions or comments? Lone Star HS National Emblem March (E.E. Bagley (ed. Fennell) Dusk (Steven Bryant) Symphonic Suite (play at least four mvts) (Clifton Williams) Ranchview HS Dance of the Demon Galop (Holst/Merrill) Academic Festival Overture (Brahms/Moon) Symphony No. 3 (play one mvt) - IV (Giannini/ ) Burleson Centennial HS H. M. Jollies March (Alford) Ave Maria (Biebl/Cameron) Spoon River (Grainger/Sheldon) Kennedale HS King Karl King (Fillmore/Foster) Voices of the Sky (Hazo/ ) In the Center Ring (Sheldon/ ) Canton HS O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen/Reynolds) Angels in the Architecture (Ticheli/ ) The Klaxon march (Fillmore / Fennell) North Forney HS Molly On The Shore (Grainger/Rogers/SMC) Symphonic Metamorphosis (play at least two mvts) (Hindemith/Wilson) In Storm and Sunshine (Heed/Bourgeois) Tomball Memorial HS Peacemaker March (King / Swearingen) Serenade and Dances (Sudduth) In the Center Ring (Sheldon) Cleveland HS The Boys of The Old Brigade (Chambers/Smith) The Hounds of Spring (Reed/ ) Overture to Candide (Bernstein/Grundman or Beeler) Fredericksburg HS George Washington Bicentennial March (Sousa/Fennell) Molly On The Shore (Grainger/Rogers) Angels in the Architecture (Ticheli) LaVernia HS Noble Men (Fillmore/Foster) Dona Nobis Pacem (Sudduth/ ) American Riversongs (La Plante/ ) Liberty HS Host of Freedom March (Karl L. King/John P. Paynter) Joy Revisited (Frank Ticheli) Kenya Contrast (William Himes) Bridge City HS National Emblem (E. E. Bagley) Voices of the Sky (Hazo/ ) A Longford Legend (play all) (Sheldon/ ) Grulla HS Ancient and Honorable Artillery March (Sousa/Arr. Gore) In Memoriam (Camphouse/ ) Divertimento for Winds and Percussion (Cichy/ ) Port Isabel HS Divertimento for Band (play two mvts) I, III (Persichetti/ ) Dance Movements (play at least 1 mvt) III-Lento (Sparke/ ) Rolling Thunder (Fillmore/Fennell) Quote
Bandmanio Posted July 13, 2012 Author Posted July 13, 2012 Looks like Ranchview is puling out so I guess Argyle will be moving up to replace them at state. Good luck to all! Quote
takigan Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 North Forney has the hardest program on the list. Them and Fredericksburg are the only 2 bands playing two Grade 5s (most of the other bands are playing 4s with an occasional 5). 5 is the hardest difficulty on the PML. Marches aren't given difficulty ratings by UIL, but "In Storm and Sunshine" is one of the harder marches out there. North Forney currently has the enrollment of a small 4A. They had 760 students in Grades 9-11 for the 2010-2011 school year which I believe is the data that was used in the last realignment. 2011-2012 should be their first year with a full 9-12 class. Enrollment numbers are not yet public for 2011-2012 but with a freshman class last year of 310 in '10-11 (it was 241 in 2009-10), it's likely their 9-12 enrollment this year is at least 1200. This is nearly 3 times the size of the smallest 3A schools. The UIL 3A/4A cutoff is 1,005. North Forney sent 3 bands to UIL this year and each got a 1 on stage. That's a rarity for 3A bands....even at this level (especially since their 3rd competing band is also the bottom band and thus contains the weakest players). Fredericksburg (who was 4A at one point and is one of the largest 3As in the state at 990) has 3 bands also but only 2 competed (both got 1s). Port Isabel has 2 bands, both competed and got 1s. Ranchview and Bridge City each only sent 1 band to UIL. The common story for 3As in the state is 2 concert bands in the whole program (3 in the largest, most developed programs like NF and Fredericksburg), with the bottom band being an ad hoc band of about 20-40 kids and often consisting of the weakest players. So the story is typically 1 competing band and 1 non-competing band in the school's program. The 3As that make it to State usually have good enough teaching to bring up the level of the 2nd/bottom band to competing level, but the band often receives a 2 just due to circumstance. If that's Par for the course, and you have a band where the varsity is playing two Grade 5s (And Symphonic Metamorphosis at that) and has 3 bands each receive a 1 in UIL.....that's indication of a band that has a very powerful capability to win it all. My money is on North Forney for this Honor Band contest. My Top 7: 1. North Forney 2. Fredericksburg 3. Port Isabel 4. Canton 5. Argyle 6. Tomball Memorial 7. Lone Star Quote
bgrinny12 Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 takigan said: North Forney has the hardest program on the list. Them and Fredericksburg are the only 2 bands playing two Grade 5s (most of the other bands are playing 4s with an occasional 5). 5 is the hardest difficulty on the PML. Marches aren't given difficulty ratings by UIL, but "In Storm and Sunshine" is one of the harder marches out there. North Forney currently has the enrollment of a small 4A. They had 760 students in Grades 9-11 for the 2010-2011 school year which I believe is the data that was used in the last realignment. 2011-2012 should be their first year with a full 9-12 class. Enrollment numbers are not yet public for 2011-2012 but with a freshman class last year of 310 in '10-11 (it was 241 in 2009-10), it's likely their 9-12 enrollment this year is at least 1200. This is nearly 3 times the size of the smallest 3A schools. The UIL 3A/4A cutoff is 1,005. North Forney sent 3 bands to UIL this year and each got a 1 on stage. That's a rarity for 3A bands....even at this level (especially since their 3rd competing band is also the bottom band and thus contains the weakest players). Fredericksburg (who was 4A at one point and is one of the largest 3As in the state at 990) has 3 bands also but only 2 competed (both got 1s). Port Isabel has 2 bands, both competed and got 1s. Ranchview and Bridge City each only sent 1 band to UIL. The common story for 3As in the state is 2 concert bands in the whole program (3 in the largest, most developed programs like NF and Fredericksburg), with the bottom band being an ad hoc band of about 20-40 kids and often consisting of the weakest players. So the story is typically 1 competing band and 1 non-competing band in the school's program. The 3As that make it to State usually have good enough teaching to bring up the level of the 2nd/bottom band to competing level, but the band often receives a 2 just due to circumstance. If that's Par for the course, and you have a band where the varsity is playing two Grade 5s (And Symphonic Metamorphosis at that) and has 3 bands each receive a 1 in UIL.....that's indication of a band that has a very powerful capability to win it all. My money is on North Forney for this Honor Band contest. My Top 7: 1. North Forney 2. Fredericksburg 3. Port Isabel 4. Canton 5. Argyle 6. Tomball Memorial 7. Lone Star Just because a band is attempting to play very hard literature, doesn't mean that they can play it well - keep that in mind. Which bands from that list have you heard this year? Because if you have heard North Forney, you might want to rethink that prediction. They play well for the most part, but they didn't focus on details at all, and it was very apparent in their recording. They are a fine band, but I don't think they'll come out first. And what about the other bands that have 2 or more other ensembles in their band? (Varsity, Non-Varsity, etc.) I don't see Canton anywhere in your post, and I know for a fact that they sent 2 bands to UIL, and got 1's. I'd be willing to bet that the other bands had other groups in their band that got 1's as well. Though, nowadays, is making a 1 in Concert/SR at UIL really that big of a deal? Especially in 1A-3A... it's not that hard. Just my opinion. Quote
Bandmanio Posted July 17, 2012 Author Posted July 17, 2012 North Forney sent 3 bands to UIL this year and each got a 1 on stage. That's a rarity for 3A bands....even at this level (especially since their 3rd competing band is also the bottom band and thus contains the weakest players). Fredericksburg (who was 4A at one point and is one of the largest 3As in the state at 990) has 3 bands also but only 2 competed (both got 1s). Port Isabel has 2 bands, Fredericksburg was last 4A in 2007-2008 school year. They do not have 3 bands so all eligible kids went to UIL Concert and Sigtreading. Quote
Xenon Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Unfortunately, I couldn't take off from work to make it down to San Antonio, so I'm going to have to wait for the results like everyone else. 1C has already finished with Krum MS taking 1st. I don't know any other results yet, nor how far into the listenings the various classifications are. Quote
Bandmanio Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 3A is on the 2nd to last band. A couple program changes from what was listed above. Quote
Parkwoodmom Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 hrnplyr said: 3A is on the 2nd to last band. A couple program changes from what was listed above. Thanks for keeping us posted!!!! Waiting for 5A...... Quote
Danpod Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Report: Fredricksburg High School is the Texas Class 3A Honor Band. Quote
Danpod Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 TMEA Class 3A Honor Band Results: 1. Fredricksburg H.S. 2. La Vernia H.S. 3. Canton H.S. 4. Port Isabel H.S. 5. Argyle H.S. 6. Lone Star H.S. 7. Kennedale H.S. Quote
bgrinny12 Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Danpod said: TMEA Class 3A Honor Band Results: 1. Fredricksburg H.S. 2. La Vernia H.S. 3. Canton H.S. 4. Port Isabel H.S. 5. Argyle H.S. 6. Lone Star H.S. 7. Kennedale H.S. Do you know the judge's rankings? Quote
Danpod Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 bgrinny12 said: Do you know the judge's rankings? Working on that information right now. I saw the placement sheet via Facebook but judge's rankings were absent. Quote
Xenon Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 5A State Results: 1) Brazoswood 2) Berkner 3) Marcus 4) Coppell 5) CT Johnson 6) Lopez 7) Clear Lake Quote
thatonebassoonkid Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 Do you happen to know Judge's Rankings? Quote
Rubisco Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 Wow! That's, uh, pretty surprising, to say the least. Haltom was supposed to be awesome. No Spring, either. I guess that's just the way a competition like this plays out. Always expect the unexpected! Congrats to Brazoswood! Quote
Xenon Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 5A judges were: Rich Armstrong Dennis Hopkins David Bertman Gerald Babbet Rolando Moleno Quote
scrapwarrior Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 I thought North Forney woukd be a finalist, considering their placement at Area. Regardless, wonderful performance from all of the bands. Quote
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