Dan Balash

For those of you wondering who is performing where in finals: 7:00 Galesburg 7:14 Eureka 7:28 Batavia 7:42 Collinsville 7:56, 8:10, 8:24: Low 3 from 5A-6A in prelims performance order 8:38 Break 8:52, 9:06, 9:20, 9:34, 9:48, 10:02, 10:16, 10:30: Morton, Marian Catholic, John Hersey, Bloomington, highest 4 from 5A-6A that qualify, all in random order 10:44 Awards

Bands of America Indianapolis Super Regional Prelims results: Class A: Edgewood, IN Western, IN Paoli, IN Music: Paoli, IN Visual: Fairfield, IN GE: Western, IN Class AA: Choctaw, OK North, IN Goshen, IN Music: Choctaw, OK Visual: Choctaw, OK GE: Choctaw, OK Class AAA: Blue Springs, MO Castle, IN Homestead, IN Music: Blue Springs, MO Visual: Blue Springs, MO GE: Blue Springs, MO Class AAAA: Carmel, IN Avon, IN William Mason, OH Music: Carmel, IN Visual: Carmel, IN GE: Carmel, IN Finalists: Carmel, IN Avon, IN Fishers, IN Homestead, IN Wando, SC Blue Springs, MO Carroll, IN Bixby, OK Choctaw, OK Brownsburg, IN Castle, IN Owasso, OK William Mason, OH Noblesville, IN

I think it might be a little bit of waiting on the overlords from the Big Ten to release the 2025 schedule as well, and they have the October 25 date as well just in case U of I has overlap. This currently provides BOA groups the opportunity to tentatively attend the Indianapolis super regional (my best guess is October 18th based on the ISSMA schedule) and St. Louis which will likely be October 25th. 2014 and 2008 were both October 11th as well. The 2025 schedule is about to get real condensed.

ISU 3A-4A Awards: 3A: 1) Marian Catholic (Music, Visual, GE) 2) Bloomington 3) Lemont Crowd Appeal: Alan B. Shepard 4A: 1) John Hersey (Music, Visual, GE) 2) Batavia 3) Collinsville Crowd Appeal: Wheaton Warrenville South Finalists: John Hersey, Marian Catholic, Batavia, Collinsville, Bloomington

This really led someone to create an account with the username "IHATEDANBALASH". Really? 😄 😄 It's just marching band.

U of I has constantly been the show for unexpected results. The Olympic scoring system Hersey winning for the first time in 2009 due to their parade scores Granite City winning the Governors' Cup in 2017 over Normal West and winning 5A in 2019 over Plainfield North 2016, only 2 bands (Morton & Mahomet-Seymour) scoring above 70 in 1A-3A.

The penalty has been removed. Plainfield South is now at 72.15, moving them into 2nd, and Wheaton North 3rd at 71.85. 10.12.24 Naperville TABS FINAL rev.pdf

Chuck's been around for a long time as an arranger for drum corps and marching bands. I doubt he has a grudge.

Beats me. That's the schedule I got yesterday.

It is an interesting show this year, with bands who rarely attend U of I, including Lake Park, Victor J. Andrew, to name a few. Hopefully U of I and ISU will continue to be on opposite weekends. Class 1A 8:00 AM: Blue Ridge 8:15 AM: Mater Dei 8:30 AM: Tri-Valley 8:45 AM: Okaw Valley 9:00 AM: Maroa-Forsyth 9:15 AM: ROWVA 9:30 AM: Hoopeston Area 9:45 AM: Watseka Community 10:00 AM: Break Class 2A 10:15 AM: Illinois Valley Central 10:30 AM: Paris Cooperative 10:45 AM: Effingham 11:00 AM: Newton 11:15 AM: Monticello 11:30 AM: Prairie Central 11:45 AM: Pontiac Township 12:00 PM: Break Class 3A 12:15 PM: University 12:30 PM: East Peoria 12:45 PM: Highland 1:00 PM: Geneseo 1:15 PM: Mahomet-Seymour Exb 1:30 PM: University of Illinois Marching Illini 1:45 PM: Awards Class 4A 2:30 PM: Antioch 2:45 PM: Kaneland 3:00 PM: Champaign Central 3:15 PM: Grayslake North 3:30 PM: Washington Community 3:45 PM: Break Class 5A 4:00 PM: Yorkville 4:15 PM: Plainfield North 4:30 PM: DeKalb 4:45 PM: Victor J. Andrew 5:00 PM: A.A. Stagg 5:15 PM: Granite City 5:30 PM: Mundelein 5:45 PM: Break Class 6A 6:00 PM: Lake Park 6:15 PM: Normal 6:30 PM: Carl Sandburg 6:45 PM: Naperville Central 7:00 PM: Minooka Community 7:15 PM: Neuqua Valley 7:30 PM: Huntley 7:45 PM: Fremd 8:00 PM: Waubonsie Valley Exb 8:15 PM: University of Illinois Marching Illini 8:30 PM: Awards

From watching the video from Lincoln-Way, I agree, they're playing and moving well. I just don't feel like the design is as strong, and that's 60% of the score that could keep them from making finals. To be fair to them it's really difficult to judge them on a local level.

C Northwest, MO Anna-Jonesboro Lawrenceville B: Murphysboro Salem Taylorville A: Mehlville, MO Carterville Carbondale AA: Belleville West Highland Columbia AAA: Mahomet-Seymour McCracken County Grand Champion: Mahomet-Seymour

SIU Music and Motion: Class C 10:00 AM Northwest, MO 10:15 Lawrenceville Class B: 10:30 Taylorville 10:45 Salem Community 11:00 Murphysboro Class A: 11:15 Carterville 11:30 Pinckneyville Cimmunity 11:45 Carbondale 12:00 Mehlville, MO Class C 12:15 Anna-Jonesboro Class AA: 12:30 Highland 12:45 Columbia 1:00 Belleville West Class AAA: 1:15 McCracken County, KY 1:30 Mahomet-Seymour Exhibition: 1:45 SIU Marching Salukis

I was right. McCracken County is competing at SIU.

Hey now, I did call it my "100% certain to be wrong!" 😄

My prediction on the HornRank forums was Normal beating Lincoln-Way. *runs and hides*

Sandwich: A: D.D. Eisenhower Marengo Marmion-Rosary AA: Glenbrook South Waukegan Morris Community AAA: Buffalo Grove Bloom Township Grayslake Central AAAA: Rolling Meadows Round Lake AAAAA: Yorkville East Aurora Grand Champion: Yorkville Bands of America Indianapolis Super Regional: Bands are dividend into panels (by each break), and top 5 from each panel makes finals, plus the next 4 highest scoring bands regardless of panel. Finalists in no particular order: Panel 1 Top 5: William Mason, OH Avon, IN Carmel, IN Castle, IN Brownsburg, IN Panel 2 Top 5: Carroll, IN Homestead, IN Fishers, IN Wando, SC Blue Springs, MO Next 4 Centerville, OH Choctaw, OK Bixby, OK Owasso, OK Grand Champion: Avon, IN

My 100%, sure to be wrong predictions: 1A: IVC Paris Cooperative Eureka 2A: Morton Galesburg Metamora Finalists: Morton, Galesburg, IVC 3A: Marian Catholic Bloomington Lemont 4A: John Hersey Batavia Romeoville Finalists: Marian Catholic, John Hersey, Bloomington, Batavia, Romeoville 5A: Prospect Plainfield North VJA Plainfield Central 6A: Normal Lockport Township Oswego Finalists: Prospect, Normal, Plainfield North, VJA, Plainfield Central, Oswego, Lockport Township Finals: Morton Prospect Marian Catholic Normal Plainfield North Lockport Township VJA John Hersey Oswego Plainfield Central Batavia Romeoville Bloomington Galesburg IVC

In '21, Normal was replaced by Lockport Township.

There have been bands over the years who couldn't perform in a regional finals for whatever reason (homecoming, etc.). Normal didn't perform in finals at ISU in 2021 due to attending U of I which was the same day.

We have 4 other shows going on this weekend with Illinois groups. Feel free to make your predictions! SIU Music & Motion: Carbondale, IL No schedule available at this time. Rich Township Raptor Rumble: Richton Park, IL No schedule available at this time. Quincy Octoberfest Marching Invitational: Quincy, IL 4:00 PM: Tri-Valley 4:15 PM: Warsaw 4:30 PM: Williamsville 4:45 PM: Rushville-Industry 5:00 PM: Heritage 5:15 PM: Clark County, MO 5:30 PM: Rockridge 5:45 PM: Illini West 6:00 PM: Break 6:15 PM: Bellevue, IA 6:30 PM: Auburn 6:45 PM: Central Lee, IA 7:00 PM: North Point, MO 7:15 PM: Hannibal, MO 7:30 PM: Civic Memorial 7:45 PM: St. Charles, MO 8:00 PM: Break 8:15 PM: Washington Community 8:30 PM: Pekin Community 8:45 PM: Fort Zumwalt East, MO 9:00 PM: Pattonville, MO 9:15 PM: Troy Buchanan, MO Exb 9:30 PM: Quincy 9:45 PM: University of Iowa 10:10 PM: Awards Bands of America Indianapolis Super Regional: Indianapolis, IN Friday: 7:15 AM: Terre Haute North Vigo, IN 7:30 AM: Lafayette Jefferson, IN 7:45 AM: Fairfield, IN 8:00 AM: Snider, IN 8:15 AM: Mt. Vernon, IN 8:30 AM: Plainfield, IN 8:45 AM: Southport, IN 9:00 AM: Fairborn, OH 9:15 AM: Jasper, IN 9:30 AM: Vincennes Lincoln, IN 9:45 AM: Concordia Lutheran, IN 10:00 AM: Plymouth, IN 10:15 AM: Break 10:30 AM: Northmont, OH 10:45 AM: Lewis Cass, IN 11:00 AM: Leo, IN 11:15 AM: Beavercreek, OH 11:30 AM: Terre Haute South Vigo, IN 11:45 AM: Perry Meridian, IN 12:00 PM: Whitko, IN 12:15 PM: Westfield, IN 12:30 PM: New Palestine, IN 12:45 PM: Kettering Fairmont, OH 1:00 PM: Carroll, IN 1:15 PM: Lawrence Township, IN 1:30 PM: Homestead, IN 1:45 PM: Centerville, OH 2:00 PM: Break 2:15 PM: Greenwood Community, IN 2:30 PM: Hamilton Southeastern, IN 2:45 PM: Edgewood, IN 3:00 PM: Western, IN 3:15 PM: Greenfield Central, IN 3:30 PM: Centralia 3:45 PM: Pendleton Heights, IN 4:00 PM: Beech Grove, IN 4:15 PM: NorthWood, IN 4:30 PM: William Mason, OH 4:45 PM: Break 5:00 PM: Fishers, IN 5:15 PM: Normal 5:30 PM: Center Grove, IN 5:45 PM: Orleans, IN 6:00 PM: Decatur Central, IN 6:15 PM: Wando, SC 6:30 PM: Warren Central, IN 6:45 PM: Franklin Community, IN 7:00 PM: Forest Park, IN 7:15 PM: Wawasee, IN 7:45 PM: Northwestern, IN 8:00 PM: Adams Central, IN 8:15 PM: Avon, IN 8:30 PM: Plainfield North 8:45 PM: Noblesville, IN 9:00 PM: Scottsburg, IN 9:15 PM: Brownsburg, IN 9:30 PM: Carmel, IN 9:45 PM: Taylor, IN 10:00 PM: Ben Davis, IN 10:15 PM: Castle, IN 10:30 PM: Franklin Central, IN Saturday: 7:15 AM: Paoli, IN 7:30 AM: Mater Dei, IN 7:45 AM: Owen Valley, IN 8:00 AM: William Henry Harrison, IN 8:15 AM: Downers Grove South 8:30 AM: Lafayette, MO 8:45 AM: Rock Island 9:00 AM: John Glenn, IN 9:15 AM: Marquette, MO 9:30 AM: Break 9:45 AM: Independence, VA 10:00 AM: F.J. Reitz, IN 10:15 AM: Irondale, MN 10:30 AM: Edwardsville 10:45 AM: DeKalb, IN 11:00 AM: Hilliard Bradley, OH 11:15 AM: Goshen, IN 11:30 AM: Benjamin Bosse, IN 11:45 AM: Owasso, OK 12:00 PM: Munster, IN 12:15 PM: Break 12:30 PM: DeKalb 12:45 PM: Choctaw, OK 1:00 PM: Rock Ridge, VA 1:15 PM: Effingham 1:30 PM: Evansville North, IN 1:45 PM: Princeton Community, IN 2:00 PM: Fort Zumwalt North, MO 2:15 PM: Elkhart, IN 2:30 PM: Bixby, OK 2:45 PM: Blue Springs, MO 3:00 PM: Lincoln-Way Exb 3:15 PM: North Carolina State University 3:30 PM: Awards Sandwich MusicFest: Sandwich, IL Class 1A 2:00 PM: Marengo 2:15 PM: Marmion-Rosary 2:30 PM: Dwight D. Eisenhower 2:45 PM: Break Class 2A 3:00 PM: William Howard Taft 3:15 PM: Morris Community 3:30 PM: Waukegan 3:45 PM: Glenbrook South 4:00 PM: Awards Class 3A 4:30 PM: Evergreen Park 4:45 PM: Grayslake Central 5:00 PM: Bloom Township 5:15 PM: Buffalo Grove 5:30 PM: Break Class 4A 5:45 PM: Rolling Meadows 6:00 PM: Round Lake 6:15 PM: Break Class 5A 6:30 PM: Yorkville 6:45 PM: East Aurora Exb 7:00 PM: Sandwich 7:30 PM: Awards

25 years ago for both. West and Community both made St. Louis Finals, placing 7th and 9th, respectively. West was also the AA Champions at the Indianapolis regional that year as well.

Marengo Settlers Days Scores: Parade: 1A: 26.400 Genoa-Kingston 25.100 Marmion-Rosary 21.400 Johnsburg 2A: 27.400 Evergreen Park 27.400 Alan B. Shepard 3A: 27.000 Evanston 25.500 Glenbrook South Field: 1A: 67.400 Sandwich (Brass, Woodwind, Marching, Percussion, Auxiliary) 54.150 Marmion-Rosary 48.750 Oregon (DM (tie)) 39.100 Genoa-Kingston (DM (tie)) 37.600 Johnsburg 2A: 75.350 Grayslake North (Woodwinds, Marching, Auxiliary, Percussion, DM) 72.600 Alan B. Shepard (Brass) 63.750 Crystal Lake South 62.850 Evergreen Park 53.300 Sycamore 3A: 72.150 Evanston (Brass, Woodwinds (tie), Auxiliary) 69.000 Bloom Township (Marching) 67.350 Glenbrook South (Woodwinds (tie), Percussion) Grand Champion: Alan B. Shepard Copy of Recap Sheet 24.pdf

I posed this thought last year when Lockport attended both the Indy Super Regional and ISU: What's Normal's plan should they make Indy finals? I think they have an outside shot of potentially making finals there, and the finals announcement for Indy is right around the time they enter the flow to perform at ISU.

Attached. 2024 Metamora Marching Band Invitational - Recap Sheet.xlsx