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I am pretty sure we are about ready to hear more Illinois schools not competing competitively this year.
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I've heard through the grapevine that all shows at state schools (U of I, ISU, EIU, SIU, WIU, NIU) are cancelled.
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They just keep on coming! I don't want to saw it but I have a feeling this season is in real Jeopardy
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Pontiac has cancelled their show
- Last week
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@Dan Balash do you think we should start a running list of shows that are canceled?
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It could, but then you'd have to take into consideration winer guard/winds/percussion, spring sports, senioritis, AP exams, and notoriously iffy Midwest weather.
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Murphysboro Drums at Appletime 9/19 is cancelled.
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The MSBA show in Naperville on 9/12 is cancelled.
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This is very realistic and common sense. With U of I, ISU and EIU cancelled, and Illinois not allowing gatherings of more than 50 until a vaccine, how can anyone expect there to be any competitions in Illinois this fall? I'll say NO. I don't know the guidelines in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio or Missouri, but is it realistic that any Illinois band can SAFELY learn & rehearse some type of competitive show (yes, I know BOA has shortened the minimum show time) and then SAFELY make LONGER bus trips to other states (and surely, overnight lodging is off the table) for competitions? I have a really hard time seeing this. While we all love the marching arts, we're seeing directors placing safety as the #1 priority, and that's the way it should be. IMO, the most realistic for this year: learn your music and guard work virtually (wind players could learn choreography as well), get together in safe groups to rehears as possible, and hopefully put together a standstill concert with guard performance for safe-sized audiences - maybe multiple performances to accommodate any who wants to see a performance. The only thing I've heard about the possibility of safe "drill", and I think it was from the U of Michigan director, was always keeping the winds at 4 step intervals (not sure about percussion). This might be something to try if directors really want to get freshman marching & playing experience. One other crazy thought: I know a high school year has a template and timeline for Fall, Winter and Spring, but could marching band be shifted to the Spring? Just a thought.
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Update from Waterloo:
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Thanks for Sharing Dan. I think this is just the start. I would guess that most small comps are going to start to rethink. I feel like I am saying rethinking alot lol.
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EIU has cancelled.
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Since ISU is canceled...does anyone thing that some bands might just on the BOA Super Regional St.Louis train....since its OCT 16th and 17th??
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Another thing you have to consider is that band is a scheduled class in most schools...does not having a season or at least participating in the art now interfere with school scheduling and will class sizes swell in some larger schools when 150+ students have to be distributed to new classes in the case they simply cannot have marching band?
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I would have to think that most bands will starting looking into if its worth it to Start the season.
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If bands do cancel their competitions (and they will), this is going to hurt budgets like no other. I wish I could find the article when Lake Park had to cancel the Joust in 2008 when it rained buckets. It was an exorbitant amount of money that they lost.
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I expect to see most local competitions follow suit. This may just be the nail in the coffin for the 2020 competitive marching season.
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SAD SAD SAD
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ISU has now followed suit and officially cancelled. bummer.
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I still see them as attending Stagg (9/12), BOA Clarksville (9/19), LWMI (10/10), ISU (10/17) and BOA Indianapolis (10/24) https://www.lincolnwaymusic.org/lwmb-season-calendar.html
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Hello, Hope everyone is have a great day! I went on the Lincoln Way Marching band Site today looking for when there home show is and notice that there 2020 Band Calendar is now empty....
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I can see contests doing a whole lot of live streaming and only allowing the followers of the band that's on the field in the stands to watch, and then kicking them out. I would LOVE to see what the BOA lists look like right now, as I can imagine administrations starting to say no to overnight trips and bands subsequently having to withdraw from events.
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It's all good!
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I fail. I don't check the images/videos page that often, because we don''t get emails when we get submissions for videos/pictures. (We do get emails for shows/competition updates.) Apologies!
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Hi, I uploaded multiple pictures and a video for my bands page to be updated. It has been almost a week and the bands page hasn't been updated yet. Is there anyone that is currently working on the site that can help?
