Since it won't be reported anywhere else...
(but that's what blogs are for)
5A Denver Regional Marching Band Competition was tonight at LPS stadium
(3 bands were to perform last night, but it got snowed out and postponed, so the rankings are subject to change)
10 - The P-school - 70.00 points
9 - Cherry Creek High School - 70.94 points
8 - Northglenn High School - 73.43 points
7 - Heritage High School - 73.47 points
6 - Lakewood High School - 74.95 points
5 - Fairview High School - 75.05 points
4 - Chatfield High School - 75.06 points
3 - Douglas County High School - 77.18 points
2 - Arapahoe High School - 80.92 points
1 - Pomona High School - 86.95 points
A few random comments:
In math, we call Pomona a statistical outlier - data that is generally ignored. Not saying that they didn't do great - they always do, but part of that is because the entire feeder area is marching band/drum corp focused. Even the elementary school band teacher marched corp in high school and college.
Although I am excited that DCHS got third and had a decent point spread over Chatfield (notice that the difference between DCHS and CHS is 2.12 and the spread of the next 5 places is less than that...)
But definite congratulations go to my alma mater: AHS (I was drum major in 89 - things have changed... a BIT....). AHS moved all the way up from 75.71 at state finals last year - It is very likely that they will receive most improved band after make-ups are done... Congrats to Dr. Cannava and the Arapahoe High School Band!
5A Denver Regional Marching Band Competition was tonight at LPS stadium
(3 bands were to perform last night, but it got snowed out and postponed, so the rankings are subject to change)
10 - The P-school - 70.00 points
9 - Cherry Creek High School - 70.94 points
8 - Northglenn High School - 73.43 points
7 - Heritage High School - 73.47 points
6 - Lakewood High School - 74.95 points
5 - Fairview High School - 75.05 points
4 - Chatfield High School - 75.06 points
3 - Douglas County High School - 77.18 points
2 - Arapahoe High School - 80.92 points
1 - Pomona High School - 86.95 points
A few random comments:
In math, we call Pomona a statistical outlier - data that is generally ignored. Not saying that they didn't do great - they always do, but part of that is because the entire feeder area is marching band/drum corp focused. Even the elementary school band teacher marched corp in high school and college.
Although I am excited that DCHS got third and had a decent point spread over Chatfield (notice that the difference between DCHS and CHS is 2.12 and the spread of the next 5 places is less than that...)
But definite congratulations go to my alma mater: AHS (I was drum major in 89 - things have changed... a BIT....). AHS moved all the way up from 75.71 at state finals last year - It is very likely that they will receive most improved band after make-ups are done... Congrats to Dr. Cannava and the Arapahoe High School Band!
Labels: marching band
as much as people rip on band kids, i have had so many people from other schools say how good our band really is. i think they probably deserve a bit more credit than they get. and AHS rocks, so thats that.
Posted by
nathan |
10/14/2005 9:45 PM
wow this is fun I decided to enter my school into the search engine. I saw this so I decided to take a look becuase I am a Fairview Marching Knight. I love band. I really think Arapahoe does do a really good job this year. A few things: 1. I don't like their ideas. I think they got too cutesy with making it Arapahoedown. I think theyre getting too many points for being cute. 2. I thought they did an excellent job with what they did though. They did a great job with the music and technique and all. They were absolutely solid. 3(a little biased but o well). Even though those other schools have ridiculously high music scores, I like the Fairview horn line the best. The other schools might have better music scores, but they also have 5X the people and therefore can get a lot more power. I really think we have some of hte best talent in the state. 4. Interesting with looking at Pomona in a math perspective (I'm a huge geek). The one thing I don't like about Pomona is just the fact that they have to be so good and it's not like they're even competing anymore. They just come and win. It's not a competition. O well, that's all I have to say. Band was so much fun today. We cleaned the closer. I'm so happy because the parallelogram doesn't look like mush anymore.
Posted by
CrazyBandGeek |
10/15/2005 7:21 PM
hey i saw your kids tonight!
Posted by
Ryan |
10/16/2005 12:47 AM
haha the word verification is FANGO
Posted by
Ryan |
10/16/2005 12:47 AM