Dan Balash

Bless it.

EIU Panther Marching Band Festival: Scholastic D 56.850 Okaw Valley (Music, Visual (tie), Percussion, Color Guard) 55.750 Blue Ridge 55.350 Ridgeview (Visual (tie)) 54.200 Oblong 53.600 Heritage Scholastic B 66.050 Wesclin (Music, Visual, Percussion) 58.600 Pinckneyville Community 57.350 Charleston (Color Guard) 56.160 Cumberland Scholastic A 65.300 Carbondale (Visual) 65.160 Urbana (Music, Percussion, Color Guard) 61.710 Rochester Scholastic Champion: Wesclin Open D 66.600 Mater Dei (Music, GE, Percussion) 62.900 Herscher (Visual, Color Guard) 62.450 Maroa-Forsyth 61.100 Watseka Community 56.200 Flora Open C 71.100 Centralia (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard) 65.100 Lincoln Community 64.400 Richland County 63.460 Robinson 62.700 Paxton-Buckley-Loda Open B 71.200 Mt. Zion (Music, Visual, GE) 69.200 Newton (Percussion, Color Guard) 67.250 Mattoon Open A: 73.900 Paris Cooperative (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard) 69.800 Alton 66.100 Marion Open AA: 77.450 Granite City (Music (tie), Visual, GE, Percussion) 76.400 Mascoutah (Music (tie)) 74.450 Belleville West (Color Guard) 70.150 Champaign Centennial

Morton: 1A: 55.650 Lewistown (Music, GE, Percussion, Auxiliary) 54.600 Pleasant Plains (Visual) 50.750 Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 2A: 71.575 LaSalle-Peru (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion) 65.650 Macomb 62.900 Prairie Central 61.750 ROWVA 61.275 Jacksonville (Color Guard) 3A: 71.000 East Peoria (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard) 68.050 Pekin Community 67.100 Kewanee 4A: 77.375 Galesburg (Visual, GE, Color Guard) 76.450 Minooka Community (Music) 73.950 Rock Island (Percussion) ALL CLASSES RECAP - 2025 Morton Marching Invitational (1).pdf

Bands of America Regional Championships: Louisville, KY Prelims Class A: 70.500 Beechwood, KY (Visual) 70.200 Bourbon County, KY (Music, GE) 61.950 Garrard County, KY 61.725 Scottsburg, IN 57.250 Nicholas County, KY AA: 74.100 Paul Laurence Dunbar, KY (Music, Visual, GE) 69.600 Anderson County, KY 68.300 North Hardin, KY 67.500 South Oldham, KY 65.725 Grayson County, KY 64.200 Madison Southern, KY AAA: 80.950 Castle, IN (Music, Visual, GE) 72.450 Floyd Central, IN 71.400 Henry Clay, KY 71.200 Madison Central, KY 67.950 Decatur Central, IN 58.150 Jeffersonville, IN AAAA: 83.200 Carmel, IN (Music, Visual, GE) 80.100 Brownsburg, IN 76.900 Center Grove, IN 76.650 Lincoln-Way 67.350 Hamilton Southeastern, IN Finals: 83.350 Carmel, IN (Music, Visual, GE) 81.450 Castle, IN 80.900 Brownsburg, IN 77.900 Paul Laurence Dunbar, KY 77.800 Center Grove, IN 77.100 Lincoln-Way 73.450 Madison Central, KY 72.750 Floyd Central, IN 72.350 Beechwood, KY 72.000 Anderson, KY 70.950 Henry Clay, KY 70.650 Bourbon County, KY 2025-BOA-Kentucky-Regional-Finals-Recap.pdf 2025-BOA-Kentucky-Regional-Prelims-Recap.pdf

Providence Catholic: A: 62.825 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard) 54.025 Bloom Township AA: 73.313 Victor J. Andrew (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion) 72.025 Plainfield Central (Color Guard) 66.200 Warren Township 63.075 Wheaton North 59.375 A.A. Stagg AAA: 77.000 Marian Catholic (Music, Visual, GE, Color Guard) 65.925 Yorkville (Percussion) 55.725 East Aurora Providence Catholic 2025.pdf

Yeah, I’m not holding my breath on that.

Morton: 1A: 1) Lewistown 2) ALAH 3) Pleasant Plains 2A: 1) Macomb 2) La-Salle Peru 3) ROWVA 3A: 1) East Peoria 2) Pekin 3) Kewanee 4A: This is a really tough class. I think it's going to be tight between Galesburg and Rock Island. 1) Galesburg 2) Rock Island 3) Minooka GC: Galesburg Normal: 1A: 1) St. Joseph-Ogden 2) Dwight Township 3) Arcola 2A: 1) El Paso-Gridley 2) Taylorville 3) Olympia 3A: 1) Danville 2) UHigh 3) Sandwich 4A: 1) Geneseo 2) Monticello 3) Dunlap GC: Geneseo EIU: Scholastic D 1) Oblong 2) Okaw Valley 3) Heritage Scholastic B: 1) Wesclin 2) Cumberland 3) Pinckneyville Scholastic A: 1) Urbana 2) Carbondale 3) Rochester Open D 1) Herscher 2) Watseka 3) Mater Dei Open C 1) Centralia 2) PBL 3) Richland County Open B: 1) Newton 2) Mt. Zion 3) Mattoon Open A: 1) Paris 2) Marion 3) Alton Open AA: 1) Champaign Centennial 2) Granite City 3) Belleville West

Welcome back! It's been a few years since they've competed.

BOA Louisville: Carmel to win, Lincoln-Way 5th, with Castle, Brownsburg and possibly Center Grove ahead of them. Prospect: A: 1) H.D. Jacobs 2) Huntley 3) Glenbrook North AA: 1) Batavia 2) Lake Park 3) Elk Grove AAA: 1) Plainfield North 2) Warren Township 3) Rolling Meadows GC: Plainfield North Providence Catholic: A: 1) D.D. Eisenhower 2) Bloom Township AA: 1) Victor J. Andrew 2) Plainfield Central 3) Warren Township AAA: 1) Marian Catholic 2) Yorkville 3) East Aurora GC: Marian Catholic I'll edit with the rest later.

1 hour preshow clinic at NIU - $300 2 hour clinic at school on Friday with clinicians - $450 Instant feedback with clinician after performance; 15-25 minutes - $150

I mean though, it's not the worst scoring this show has ever seen! I present to you the 2010 Red & Black Fall Classic, which I believe was the first time held in DeKalb in conjunction with NIU. https://ilmarching.com/festivals_detail.php?FestivalID=173&archive=0 https://ilmarching.com/uploads/rbfcrecap2010.pdf Visual Performance Individual (10 points) was quite a doozy. Judged by 2007 Phantom Regiment drum major Darian Sanders, Class A ranged from 0.65 (Genoa-Kingston) to 1.90 (T.F. South). AA from 0.85 (Evanston) to 2.40 (Wheaton Warrenville South). AAA from 1.65 to 3.05. AAAA from 1.75 to a robust 4.20. We had overall scores ranging from a 16.80 (again, poor Genoa-Kingston) to your champions in Prospect with a 75.55. The range in A was 16.80-44.40, AA was 26.10 to 52.50, AAA 35.50-67.40, and AAAA from 25.20 - 75.55

Directors: Email Phantom Regiment and NIU and tell them that this is unacceptable. This has happened for several years now with low scores and other concerns. Hopefully the tapes are reflecting the scores given, but I doubt it. There are other shows with a big time feel (EIU, WIU, ISU, U of I) that would be more than happy to have you and won't screw you over. This is an expensive show to attend ($375, plus optional addons). This should be a quality show.

Bah, that’s what I get for looking at a small screen to do this.

Class 2A 4:00 PM: Warren Township Class 1A 4:15 PM: Dwight D. Eisenhower 4:30 PM: Bloom Township Class 2A 4:45 PM: Downers Grove South 5:00 PM: Victor J. Andrew 5:15 PM: Plainfield Central 5:30 PM: A.A. Stagg 5:45 PM: Wheaton North Exb 6:00 PM: Cornerstone Drumline 6:15 PM: Break Class 3A 6:45 PM: East Aurora 7:00 PM: Yorkville 7:15 PM: Marian Catholic Exb 7:30 PM: Providence Catholic 7:45 PM: Awards

NIU 1A: 50.450 - H.D. Jacobs (Visual, GE (tie)) 48.300 - Coal City (GE tie) 47.900 - Lakes Community (Music) 39.950 - Crete-Monee 39.350 - Richards 37.850 - Genoa-Kingston 36.000 - Marengo

NIU 2A: 59.000 - Batavia (Visual, GE) 56.250 - Carl Sandburg (Music) 55.850 - Eureka 49.400 - Glenbrook South 47.750 - Waukegan 38.600 - William Howard Taft

Bah, I wish.

I think I have attachment posting turned off for everyone but admins. One of these days I’ll sit down and figure out how to reinstate the groups that we had on the old forums so you have to have a number of posts before you can create a topic.

Truly wild recap.

Edwardsville 3A-4A: 3A: 64.250 - Parkway West, MO (Music, Visual, GE) 61.850 - Triad 61.650 - Parkway North, MO (Percussion, Color Guard) 53.750 - Highland 4A: 74.100 - O'Fallon Township (Music, Visual, GE, Percussion, Color Guard) 62.250 - Marquette, MO 58.000 - Belleville West

I completely missed this show. Marching Maroons Band Festival: Robinson, IL A: 802.833 Salem (Music, Visual, Percussion, Color Guard, DM) 711.000 Oblong 663.833 Vandalia AA: 846.666 Richland County (Music, Visual, Percussion, Color Guard, DM) 780.833 Casey-Westfield AAA: 889.166 Newton (Visual, Percussion, Color Guard, DM) 804.666 Mt. Zion (Music (tie)) 780.000 Carterville (Music (tie)) Final 2025 Recap Sheet (9 judges) MMF.xlsx - OUTSIDE.pdf

Little bit more on this show. Oblong through Rochester are in "Scholastic" Classification. This class will use modified BOA sheets by taking some of the focus off of General Effect. They will have one Music General Effect judge instead of the standard two, and they will have two music performance ensemble judges instead. The rest of the bands will be on normal BOA sheets (2 Music Performance, 2 Visual Performance, 2 Music GE, 1 Visual GE judge).

Week 4 already. Hard to believe that there are only 2.5 weeks until ISU. 5 in state shows this weekend, and Lincoln-Way takes their talents on the road to the Bands of America Regional in Louisville, KY. Bands of America Regional Championships: Louisville, KY 9:30 AM: North Hardin, KY 9:45 AM: Madison Southern, KY 10:00 AM: Madison Central, KY 10:15 AM: Center Grove, IN 10:30 AM: Jeffersonville, IN 10:45 AM: South Oldham, KY 11:00 AM: Castle, IN. 11:00 AM: Break 12:00 PM: Hamilton Southeastern, IN 12:15 PM: Brownsburg, IN 12:30 PM: Nicholas County, KY 12:45 PM: Decatur Central, IN 1:00 PM: Henry Clay, KY 1:15 PM: Paul Laurence Dunbar, KY 1:30 PM: Bourbon County, KY 1:45 PM: Garrard County, KY 2:00 PM: Break 2:30 PM: Lincoln-Way 2:45 PM: Anderson County, KY 3:00 PM: Floyd Central, IN 3:15 PM: Scottsburg, IN 3:30 PM: Beechwood, KY 3:45 PM: Grayson County, KY 4:00 PM: Carmel, IN 4:15 PM: Awards Morton Marching Invitational: Morton, IL Class 1A 4:15 PM: Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 4:30 PM: Pleasant Plains 4:45 PM: Lewistown 5:00 PM: Break Class 2A 5:15 PM: ROWVA 5:30 PM: LaSalle-Peru 5:45 PM: Prairie Central 6:00 PM: Macomb 6:15 PM: Jacksonville 6:30 PM: Break Class 3A 7:15 PM: Kewanee 7:30 PM: Pekin Community 7:45 PM: East Peoria Class 4A 8:00 PM: Rock Island 8:15 PM: Minooka Community 8:30 PM: Galesburg Exb 8:45 PM: Morton 9:00 PM: Awards Normal Marching Band Invitational: Bloomington, IL Exb 3:45 PM: North Boone Class 1A 4:00 PM: St. Joseph-Ogden 4:15 PM: Dwight Township 4:30 PM: MacArthur 4:45 PM: Arcola 5:00 PM: Break Class 2A 5:45 PM: Sparta 6:00 PM: El Paso-Gridley 6:15 PM: Taylorville 6:30 PM: Olympia 6:45 PM: Williamsville Class 3A 7:00 PM: Sandwich 7:15 PM: Danville 7:30 PM: University 7:45 PM: Break Class 4A 8:00 PM: Dunlap 8:15 PM: Monticello 8:30 PM: Geneseo 8:45 PM: Pontiac Township Exb 9:00 PM: Normal 9:15 PM: Awards Panther Marching Band Festival: Charleston, IL Class 1A 10:30 AM: Oblong 10:44 AM: Ridgeview 10:58 AM: Blue Ridge 11:12 AM: Okaw Valley 11:26 AM: Heritage Class 2A 11:40 AM: Charleston 11:54 AM: Pinckneyville Community 12:08 PM: Cumberland 12:22 PM: Wesclin 12:36 PM: Break Class 3A 12:50 PM: Carbondale 1:04 PM: Urbana 1:18 PM: Rochester 1:32 PM: Break Class 4A 1:46 PM: Herscher 2:00 PM: Watseka Community 2:14 PM: Maroa-Forsyth 2:28 PM: Flora 2:42 PM: Mater Dei 2:56 PM: Break Class 5A 3:10 PM: Richland County 3:24 PM: Paxton-Buckley-Loda 3:38 PM: Robinson 3:52 PM: Lincoln Community 4:06 PM: Centralia Exb 4:20 PM: EIU Panther Marching Band 4:34 PM: Awards Class 6A 5:30 PM: Mt. Zion 5:44 PM: Newton 5:58 PM: Mattoon Class 7A 6:12 PM: Marion 6:26 PM: Paris Cooperative 6:40 PM: Alton 6:54 PM: Break Class 8A 7:08 PM: Champaign Centennial 7:22 PM: Granite City 7:36 PM: Mascoutah 7:50 PM: Belleville West Exb 8:10 PM: EIU Panther Marching Band 8:30 PM: Awards Prospect Knight of Champions: Mt. Prospect, IL Class 1A 4:15 PM: Fenton 4:30 PM: H.D. Jacobs 4:45 PM: Glenbrook North 5:00 PM: Huntley 5:15 PM: Wheeling 5:30 PM: Break Class 2A 5:45 PM: Lake Park 6:00 PM: Batavia 6:15 PM: Elk Grove 6:30 PM: Round Lake 6:45 PM: Break Class 3A 7:00 PM: Warren Township 7:15 PM: Grayslake North 7:30 PM: Plainfield North 7:45 PM: Alan B. Shepard 8:00 PM: Mundelein 8:15 PM: Rolling Meadows Exb 8:30 PM: Prospect 8:45 PM: Awards Providence Catholic High School Marching Band Invitational: New Lenox, IL No schedule available at this time. SIU Music & Motion: Carbondale, IL Cancelled.

Red & Black Fall Classic 4A: 62.550 - John Hersey (Music, Visual, GE) 57.700 - Davenport Central, IA 57.150 - Yorkville 51.100 - East Aurora 50.000 - South Elgin