saxyman
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1 hour ago, JT2002 said:See, at least these judges get things right every year. I'd go as far to say this competition is superior to ISU
That... is one heck of a departure from just a few years ago. Especially when U of I still used the Olympic judging. Then again, a "few years" is relative and I feel old. Honestly, however, looking at Indy results compared to ISU, there really isn't much that seems off.
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Really good way to end the season for Lincoln-Way. Too bad they aren't going to GNats this year. Same goes for Lockport and O'Fallon.
briar62 reacted to this -
Marian not in finals... Hope they can really clean up over the next few weeks, I'd hate to have no Illinois band in GNats finals.
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The gap between 2nd and 3rd is... surprising.
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Except for over-valuing John Hersey, I'm pretty proud of myself lol.
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4 minutes ago, Band Alum said:I feel like Marian is going to place 1st. Either way, all three top spots will be close in score.
I was tossing that around, but the ending is just not there yet, which is no surprise. Those top 3 will be close for sure.
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1 hour ago, johnlivingston said:So proud of William Howard Taft. Good for them!!! Saw a video from a few years back that was pretty tough to watch. Most difficult performance to watch for me ever.
They must have come a long way!
They did just start competing a few years ago. The more competitive bands Illinois has, the better, especially for those Chicago public schools. So many students to bring into the world of marching. I feel like the overall Illinois level is up from where it was a a decade ago, so it's good to see.
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I'll go ahead and post my personal placements after watching finals. I'm probably wrong in several spots lol.
Lincoln-Way
Marian Catholic
Lockport
John Hersey
Prospect
VJA
Romeoville
Morton
Edwardsville
Plainfield North
HD Jacobs
Galesburg
Bloomington
IVC -
This was definitely my favorite Lincoln-Way show since Blue Cathedral (LWE 2010). I didn't want it to end
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If I'm being honest, I didn't expect HD Jacobs, but I didn't get a chance to watch their prelim performance. After seeing the finals performance, however, they were quite clean and deserved to be there.
Band Alum and Notinband reacted to this -
This wouldn't be the first time that a finals berth or two seemed odd at ISU. We'll have to wait and see what the scores show point spread wise.
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Finals Performance Order:
7:30 IVC
7:44 Bloomington
7:58 Galesburg
8:12 Morton
8:26 Edwardsville
8:40 HD Jacobs
8:54 Plainfield North
BREAK
9:22 Lockport
9:36 Romeoville
9:50 John Hersey
10:04 Lincoln-Way
10:18 Marian Catholic
10:32 Prospect
10:46 VJA
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4 minutes ago, briar62 said:All the TX bands that attended made finals
Not entirely surprising.
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Finals
88.15 Lincoln-Way
87.05 Lockport
83.10 Marian Catholic
82.50 Prospect
78.20 VJA
76.70 Morton
76.65 John Hersey
74.80 Romeoville
73.70 Plainfield North
73.40 Edwardsville
68.60 HD Jacobs
67.75 Bloomington
67.10 Galesburg
65.25 IVC
1A
1. IVC (Music, GE)
2. Eureka (Visual)
3. U-High
Herscher (Crowd)
2A
1. Morton (Crowd, Music, GE, Visual)
2. Providence
3. Metamora
3A
1. Marian Catholic (Music, GE, Visual)
2. Galesburg
3. Bloomington (Crowd)
4A
1. John Hersey (Music, GE, Visual)
2. Romeoville (Crowd)
3. Rock Island
Finalists: IVC, Morton, Marian Catholic, John Hersey, Galesburg, Bloomington, Romeoville
5A
1. Prospect (Music, GE, Visual)
2. VJA
3. Edwardsville
Plainfield North (Crowd)
6A
1. Lockport (Crowd, GE)
2. Lincoln-Way (Music, Visual)
3. DGS
Finalists: Prospect, Lockport, Lincoln-Way, HD Jacobs, Edwardsville, Plainfield North, VJA
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Here are my predictions, the finalists in parentheses are the other bands that will be either in or next in line for finals.
1A
U-High
Eureka
IVC2A
Morton
Providence
LaSalle-Peru3A
Marian Catholic
Galesburg
Bloomington4A
Romeoville
John Hersey
Rock IslandFinalists: U-High, Morton, Marian Catholic, Romeoville, John Hersey, Galesburg, Bloomington (Dunlap, Lemont, Limestone, Rock Island)
5A
Prospect
Edwardsville
VJA6A
Lincoln-Way
Lockport
NormalFinalists: Prospect, Lincoln-Way, Lockport, Edwardsville, Normal, VJA, Plainfield North (DGS, Minooka, Oswego, Warren)
FINALS
Lincoln-Way
Marian Catholic
Lockport
Prospect
Normal
Edwardsville
VJA
Romeoville
John Hersey
Morton
Plainfield North
Galesburg
Bloomington
U-HighJT2002 and Marchingmaniac88 reacted to this -
Don't want to appear biased, so I'll post my finalized predictions once DGS results are known. Should definitely be another good year at ISU.
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3 minutes ago, Marchingmaniac88 said:So have we figured out how Granite City beat Bellville East but Bellville East won Grand Champion?
I would figure announcer error, but BlueStarsDad may be right too.
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1A
1. Ridgeview (Music, Visual)
2. Arcola (Perc)
3. Oblong (GE)
Blue Ridge (Aux)
Okaw Valley (DM)
1B
1. Herscher (GE, Perc)
2. Robinson (Visual, Aux)
3. Wesclin (Music, DM)
2A
1. Monticello (Music, Visual, GE, Perc)
2. Newton (Aux)
3. Paris Cooperative (DM)
3A
1. Effingham (Music, Visual, GE, Aux, DM)
2. Mt. Zion (Perc)
3. Richland County
Soloist: Paris Cooperative (Flute)
Small School GC: Monticello
4A
1. U-High (Music, Visual, GE, Aux, DM)
2. Mattoon (Perc)
3. Charleston
5A
1. Mahomet-Seymour (GE, Aux, DM)
2. Washington Community (Music, Visual, Perc)
3. Champaign Central
6A
1. Granite City (Visual, DM)
2. Belleville East (Music, GE, Perc, Aux)
3. Edwardsville
Soloist: Belleville East
Large School GC: Belleville East?
Personal side-note: I don't use Facebook, but that stream quality was akin to an overused VHS. Not sure if that's indicative of FB's video hosting or if that was on EIU's end. I would, however, still prefer that over no stream. First world problems.
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My predictions:
1A
1. H.D. Jacobs
2. Wheaton Warrenville South
3. Niles West
2A
1. Lake Park
2. Wheeling
3. Huntley
3A
1. VJA
2. Oak Park/River Forest
3. Glenbrook South
GC: VJA
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Class 1A
2:15 PM: Niles West
2:30 PM: Brother Rice/Mother McAuley
2:45 PM: Waukegan
3:00 PM: Wheaton Warrenville South
3:15 PM: Bremen
3:30 PM: H.D. Jacobs
3:45 PM: Sherrard
4:00 PM: Awards
Class 2A
4:30 PM: Round Lake
Exb
4:45 PM: Crystal Lake Central
Class 2A
5:00 PM: Prairie Ridge
5:15 PM: Mukwonago, WI
5:30 PM: Huntley
5:45 PM: Wheeling
6:00 PM: Break
Class 2A
6:15 PM: Rolling Meadows
6:30 PM: Eureka
6:45 PM: Lake Park
Class 3A
7:00 PM: Victor J. Andrew
7:15 PM: Glenbrook South
7:30 PM: Oak Park/River Forest
Exb
7:45 PM: Prospect
8:00 PM: AwardsAny thoughts? I'll post my predictions later tonight.
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I'll go with:
1A
1. Providence
2. Coal City
3. Mt. Carmel
2A
1. St. Joseph-Ogden
2. Farmington
3. Unity
3A
1. Dunlap
2. Morris
3. Pekin
4A
1. IVC
2. East Peoria
3. Pontiac
5A
1. Galesburg
2. Monticello
3. Prairie Central
6A
1. Morton
2. Mahomet-Seymour
3. Plainfield South
GC: Morton
There may be potential for Mahomet-Seymour to win instead of Morton, but they haven't competed yet this year so it's impossible to say.
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7 hours ago, Marchguy said:Hoping someone can add these scores to the festival results page......
I was out of town this weekend, sorry about that. It's done.
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Nice to see Urbana doing well. They've had some down years for awhile.
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Yeah, that's still very impressive for Romeoville to tie Marian. I either wrote things down wrong, or they were announced incorrectly. Apologies.
Grand National Discussion
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Just realized no one posted this:
Finals Results
97.175 – Vandegrift HS, TX
96.700 – Avon HS, IN
95.550 – Hebron HS, TX
94.575 – Carmel HS, IN
94.300 – Leander HS, TX
93.250 – Claudia Taylor Johnson HS, TX
91.425 – William Mason HS, OH
91.200 – The Woodlands HS, TX
90.425 – Round Rock HS, TX
89.800 – Homestead HS, IN
88.250 – Union HS, OK
88.100 – Ayala HS, CA
Outstanding Music Performance – Hebron HS, TX
Outstanding Visual Performance – Avon HS, IN
Outstanding General Effect – Vandegrift HS, TX