Heb drumline contest

[Bandlover4life]

Does anyone know the schedule of who of when groups are playing ? Also if so lost predictions

[bandlover1994]

this is a important thread!!

[NTxBandMom8]

I'm curious, based on the fact that I've seen several DCI groups add drum set in the past few years, what bands have a drum set in their show this year (and at HEB)?

[Jelonfish]

Top 6 for 6a advanced

6.coppell

5.richland

4. Haltom

3. Flowermound

2. Marcus

1. Hebron

[snares]

Loved Chisholm trail and rockwall in the afternoon, I’m a little surprised by Aledo this year, in the past few years they had been pretty dominant and right up there with Boswell when they both were here. In 6A advanced, I thought it was pretty unfair for Marcus to still be in that division considering they were marching. I have no idea how the judges weighed that into their scores. They were pretty clean, obviously not the cleanest since they were on the move but they were up there. I think we might be seeing a shift here, considering Richland and Coppell dropped quite a bit and they had been the “go to” groups in that division for the past couple of years. Flower mound was pretty darn good, their snare tuning is way too low if you ask me. I like lines that crank their snares and don’t hide any dirt. I wish they were playing a drum show this year but from the sounds of it, their marching show will be nothing less than spectacular. Now Hebron, this is the new DFW powerhouse. If you haven’t seen them, go watch them at Plano or Lonestar, if there going (anyone have any info on that?). Hebron’s pit is unparalleled on any degree, only comparable to some of the southern pits like cedar park or Vandegrift. They are playing much harder and much louder than any other group, and they’re still cleaner. The writing is incredible. The battery was also on another level, not quite the cleanest, but they were definitely playing the hardest stuff and still just as clean if not cleaner than everyone else. Quads struggled a little bit, so I’ll get a better read in that this weekend, and the Bass line (6 basses this year) was playing some crazy stuff for a high school. It was very fun to watch and I’m incredibly excited for Plano to watch some of these groups again!

[Percplayer19]

Richland's drop has more to do with the show than their performance. They are playing the band show for 2017 not really made for drumline performance but it is what it is. in the 2017 band show they really are outstanding in their performance but will not relate well to this year drumline contest.

[Jelonfish]

  On 9/20/2017 at 4:49 AM, SnareSnare13 said:

Loved Chisholm trail and rockwall in the afternoon, I’m a little surprised by Aledo this year, in the past few years they had been pretty dominant and right up there with Boswell when they both were here. In 6A advanced, I thought it was pretty unfair for Marcus to still be in that division considering they were marching. I have no idea how the judges weighed that into their scores. They were pretty clean, obviously not the cleanest since they were on the move but they were up there. I think we might be seeing a shift here, considering Richland and Coppell dropped quite a bit and they had been the “go to” groups in that division for the past couple of years. Flower mound was pretty darn good, their snare tuning is way too low if you ask me. I like lines that crank their snares and don’t hide any dirt. I wish they were playing a drum show this year but from the sounds of it, their marching show will be nothing less than spectacular. Now Hebron, this is the new DFW powerhouse. If you haven’t seen them, go watch them at Plano or Lonestar, if there going (anyone have any info on that?). Hebron’s pit is unparalleled on any degree, only comparable to some of the southern pits like cedar park or Vandegrift. They are playing much harder and much louder than any other group, and they’re still cleaner. The writing is incredible. The battery was also on another level, not quite the cleanest, but they were definitely playing the hardest stuff and still just as clean if not cleaner than everyone else. Quads struggled a little bit, so I’ll get a better read in that this weekend, and the Bass line (6 basses this year) was playing some crazy stuff for a high school. It was very fun to watch and I’m incredibly excited for Plano to watch some of these groups again!

The fact that Hebrons bass drums were incredible but still didn't get outstanding bass line amazes me ! Haltom is at a new level for them . Incredible work and there bass sounded fantastic and they are playing very challenging music . Wow to all groups

[NTxBandMom8]

Chisolm Trail caught my eye last year.  Their front ensemble - couldn't take my eye off them.  A lot of bands could learn from watching their visual presentation.  Unforgettable.  

[Mr lemon]

Good ol Quinny on tenor quads