Lone Star Percussion Contest

[Band band band 212]

Does anyone know any info about this . I do know that it’s November 18th. And I know that Richland and Haltom are attending and competing in the the highest division ! Any other groups going that y’all know of ?

[snares]

Hebron, Vandergrift, Cedar Ridge are all in the same classification (don’t believe there are any marching groups this year, Flower Mound is not attending). Pretty sure Chisholm Trail is going but that is just from the whispers I here from friends in the area. Don’t know about anyone else

[Lowreedgang]

Currently, I have Cedar Ridge, Vandegrift, and Hebron as medalists, but anything can change. Haltom's program seems to be evolving at a very fast rate, and Richland could be a dark horse in this situation. I'm waiting for a full roster to put together my full predictions.

[Band band band 212]

 

Currently, I have Cedar Ridge, Vandegrift, and Hebron as medalists, but anything can change. Haltom's program seems to be evolving at a very fast rate, and Richland could be a dark horse in this situation. I'm waiting for a full roster to put together my full predictions.

In past years hasn’t Hebron , Marcus and flowermound done Marching ?

[Band band band 212]

 

Currently, I have Cedar Ridge, Vandegrift, and Hebron as medalists, but anything can change. Haltom's program seems to be evolving at a very fast rate, and Richland could be a dark horse in this situation. I'm waiting for a full roster to put together my full predictions.

I also think haltom and Richland will atleast make finals . The programs are very strong and haltoms bass line is killer . I’m pretty sure they got best bass line other Hebron at heb drumline contest early this season !

[snares]

In past years hasn’t Hebron , Marcus and flowermound done Marching ?

Marcus marches at previous drum-line competitions, such as HEB or Plano. They host lonestar and are unable to compete. They do perform in exhibition.

Flower Mound will not be going, I think because of how late it is this year and they are really going for it at Grand Nationals. Hebron just isn’t marching this year, possibly because of the depleting marching section. And Haltom’s Bass is absolutely incredible. I expect them to win it, but I personally believe this is Cedar Ridge’s competition to lose.

[Band band band 212]

Marcus marches at previous drum-line competitions, such as HEB or Plano. They host lonestar and are unable to compete. They do perform in exhibition.

Flower Mound will not be going, I think because of how late it is this year and they are really going for it at Grand Nationals. Hebron just isn’t marching this year, possibly because of the depleting marching section. And Haltom’s Bass is absolutely incredible. I expect them to win it, but I personally believe this is Cedar Ridge’s competition to lose.

Agreed but I also heard one of haltoms basses won’t be attending so I’m scared to see what’s going to happen ?? 4 basses ? Maybe they will pull it off . We will see

[Band band band 212]

But I also heard that there isn’t a finals this year ?? Is that correct ? Is it just one big contest like heb drumline ?

[Band_dad_of_2]

Agreed but I also heard one of haltoms basses won’t be attending so I’m scared to see what’s going to happen ?? 4 basses ? Maybe they will pull it off . We will see

 

Oh, nooooo....I hope that's not correct. 

[Rackmaster]

Cedar Park is attending this year

[Band band band 212]

 

Cedar Park is attending this year

Love love this program ! I’m excited to watch

[bandfan321]

Currently, I have Cedar Ridge, Vandegrift, and Hebron as medalists, but anything can change. Haltom's program seems to be evolving at a very fast rate, and Richland could be a dark horse in this situation. I'm waiting for a full roster to put together my full predictions.

 

Full Schedule:

http://lonestarclassic-dlc.com/schedule

 

Vandegrift isn't going to Lonestar due to Vandegrift's percussion ensemble going to Midwest this winter. Cedar Ridge isn't going either, but I'm not sure as to why.

[Band band band 212]

Full Schedule:

http://lonestarclassic-dlc.com/schedule

 

Vandegrift isn't going to Lonestar due to Vandegrift's percussion ensemble going to Midwest this winter. Cedar Ridge isn't going either, but I'm not sure as to why.

I see it being between

Haltom

Cedar park

And Hebron

[bingogooberman]

A couple things- enrollment for this keeps getting smaller and smaller each year which is strange to me as it's always felt like the premier drumline competition in the state, even more so than pasic (when it's in tx) I'm sure the later date has something to do with it but it's something to note nonetheless. Also, I'm noticing the finals structure of this competition is gone this year.

 

Also, as an alumnus, Newman smith dropping to ss2 red is alarming to say the least. Last year saw a slight drop off for them after losing Hobbes to vandegrift, but they were still able to make ss1 red finals. I noticed they dropped divisions at PDLC this year as well but were still able to pull out a win. Also, as golden circle members (or whatever it's called) they shouldn't be going on first but that doesn't bother me at all, just something I noticed.

[bandlover1994]

Currently, I have Cedar Ridge, Vandegrift, and Hebron as medalists, but anything can change. Haltom's program seems to be evolving at a very fast rate, and Richland could be a dark horse in this situation. I'm waiting for a full roster to put together my full predictions.

I’ve heard Richland has revamped their show since HEB.

[NTxBandMom8]

Is it a director’s call as to whether a group is division 1 or 2?

[snares]

Results:

SS2 Red

9) Coppell Junior Varsity 63.5

8) Tolar HS 70.13

7) Whitesboro HS 71.95

6) Naaman Forest HS 73.5

5) RL Turner HS 74.0

4) Sunnyvale HS 74.5

3) Redwater HS 75.5

2) Lake Worth HS 78.5

1) Newman Smith HS 82.5

Captions

Bass- Sunnyvale HS

Front Ensemble- Whitesboro HS

Tenors- Newman Smith HS

Snares- Redwater HS

 

SS2 Silver

12) Paschal HS 67.38

11) Robert E Lee HS 68.48

10) Paris HS 68.83

9) Richardson HS 71.5

8) Saginaw HS 75.1

7) Granbury HS 78.3

6) Lake Highlands HS 79.88

5) Azle HS 81.58

4) The Colony HS 81.98

3) Chisholm Trail HS 83.6

2) North Mesquite HS 84.13

1) Denton HS 87.9

Captions

Cymbals- North Mesquite HS

Bass- Denton HS

Front Ensemble- Denton HS

Tenors- North Mesquite HS

Snares- North Mesquite HS

 

SS1 Red

8) Grapevine HS 76.1

7) Atlanta HS 76.9

6) Byron Nelson HS 77.0

5) Aledo HS 82.9

4) Keller Central HS 83.03

3) Lone Star HS 84.78

2) Forney HS 85.28

1) LD Bell HS 90.70

Captions

Bass- LD Bell

Front Ensemble- LD Bell

Tenors- LD Bell

Snares- LD Bell

 

SS1 Silver

7) Wakeland HS 83.35

6) LV Berkner HS 86.03

5) Richland HS 89.3

4) Coppell HS 89.43

3) Haltom HS 91.58

2) Hebron HS 93.98

1) Cedar Park HS 94.2

Captions

Cymbals- Richland HS

Bass- Hebron HS

Front Ensemble- Hebron HS

Tenors- Hebron HS

Snares- Cedar Park HS

 

Penalties

SS2 Red

Redwater HS- 2.0 points

Sunnyvale HS- 2.5 points

Whitesboro HS- 0.8 points

 

SS2 Silver

Richardson HS- 1.0 points

Paschal HS- 1.0 points

 

SS1 Red

Keller Central HS- 1.0 points

Grapevine HS- 0.5 points

 

SS1 Silver

Cedar Park HS- 0.5 points

Richland HS- 2.0 points

 

Would any placements change if penalties did not count? 

In SS1 Silver, Richland would have placed 4th with a score of 91.3.

 

My Thoughts:

Cedar Park... Holy guacamole. That was incredible. They weren't necessarily cleaner than Hebron, but cohesively that was incredible. I really wish Vandegrift could have been here so we could've seen that line up and those placements. 

I'm SO glad that LD Bell made their first appearance, they obviously were welcomed as they performed INCREDIBLY and won their division handily. I always love to watch Forney, especially during indoor season. Very very very good group from Forney!

I personally had North Mesquite winning over Denton, but that shows how much I know. They were very close and the division of captions shows that.

It was weird to see Newman Smith in a smaller division. Obviously they still won in a pretty darn close competition (setting penalties aside). I was blown away that Coppell has a JV drum-line! I had heard of a few High Schools doing that, but it's amazing that they got to compete and that is really good for those kids to develop as players. Very fun. I can't remember seeing them perform in years past but it's very possible they have been going for some time now. 

I do hope this competition is revamped with all of the drum-lines were used to seeing out there, FloMo, Vandegrift, etc. These competitions are that last final push for high school marching season and without them, seasons would end a little shallow TO ME. Obviously Grand Nats is indeed "Grand" but it's not the percussion fest that we see at Lone Star!

The penalties killed me this year. It's crazy how many there were and how significant they are. It seems to me that most of them are time related, as I wish the directors and staffs were more prepared so kids wouldn't have to bear those penalties. There might be some complications but I really wish those penalties did not exist!

Favorite Show- Hebron HS

Favorite Cymbals- Richland HS

Favorite Bass- Hebron HS

Favorite Quads- LD Bell HS or Hebron HS (exhibition, Marcus!)

Favorite Snares- HOLY CEDAR PARK HS

Favorite Front Ensemble- Hebron HS or Denton HS