World of Pageantry

Look below for dr's post with the whole schedule.

I just got the full list and performance times from the folks at the Fair and will posting the daily schedules to our events calendar today!

All done! All the performance dates are poated to our events calendar.

For any readers who don't have or want to make the time to check the calendar one day at a time, here is the "Tentative Calendar for Marching Bands 2011" as of 6/29/11. ***all information subject to change***

Wednesday, September 7 - Chino Day Parade
Chino HS 77th Cavalry
Don Antonio Lugo HS Marching Band (Chino)
Norwalk HS Mighty Lancer Regiment

Thursday, September 8 - Upland Day Parade
Whittier HS Cardinal Brigade
Northview HS Spirit of Northview (Covina)
Heritage HS Mighty Patriot Regiment Band

Friday, September 9 - Pomona Day Parade
Pomona HS Band
Garey HS Band & Auxiliary (Pomona)
Diamond Ranch HS Panther Brigade (Pomona)
Ganesha's Own Giants Marching Band (Pomona)

Wednesday, September 14 - Glendora Day Parade
Centennial Husky Marching Alliance (Corona)
South El Monte HS Mighty Eagle Marching Band
West HS Entertainment Unit (Torrance)
Glendora Tartan Band & Pageantry (Non-Comp)

Thursday, September 15 - Diamond Bar and Montclair Day Parade
Diamond Bar HS Thundering Herd Marching Band & Colorguard
California HS Condor Entertainment Unit (Whittier)
Academy for Academic Excellence Marching Knights Band (Apple Valley)

Friday, September 16 - San Dimas Day Parade
San Dimas HS Marching Band
Jurupa Valley HS Silver Brigade (Mira Loma)
Kaiser Catamount Pride Band & Colorguard (Fontana)

Wednesday, September 21 - La Verne Day Parade
Bonita HS Marching Band (La Verne)
Damien HS Spartan Regiment (La Verne)
Santiago HS Bands of Santiago Sharks (Corona)
Pasadena USD All Star Marching Band

Thursday, September 22 - Walnut & West Covina Day Parade
West Covina HS Bulldog Band & Colorguard
El Monte HS Marching Band
Mountain View HS Viking Regiment (El Monte)
South Pasadena MS Tiger Club Marching Band & Tigerette Drill Team (Pasadena)

Friday, September 23 - Chino Hills Day Parade
Riverside King HS Kingsmen
San Gabriel HS Matador Band
Patriot HS Band & Colorguard (Riverside)
Nogales HS Noble Regiment (La Puente)

Wednesday, September 28 - Covina, Fontana, and Rancho Cucamonga Parade
Alta Loma HS Entertainment Club
El Rancho HS Marching Dons (Pico Rivera)
La Cañada HS Marching Spartans
Sequoia MS Pride of the Eagles Marching Band (Fontana)

Should be hell of a final with Chino, Diamond Bar, and King in the mix!

So that no one is taken aback by the final results, let me share some inside background.

1) Qualified band adjudicators (past and present SCSBOA) will assign scores to the bands through the preliminary competitions and determine the top three bands.

2) The top three bands perform in finals for the Los Angeles County Fair personnel who schedule the entertainment groups for the Fair and Tournament of Roses Music Committee members. They are not experienced marching band adjudicators. It is THEY who will determine the bronze, silver, and gold award winners. The gold award winner is invited to perform in the 2013 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade.

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Music Committee has traditionally attended a number of band reviews each year (including Chino and Arcadia) for the sole purpose of selecting bands for invitation to the Rose Parade. Since contracting with the Los Angeles County Fair, Tournament of Roses Officials and LA County Fair Officials have advised band directors that the ONLY way a band will be invited to the Rose Parade is to be selected at the LA County Fair. So then, why do they attend the other band reviews? I have submitted that question to the Chairman of the Music Committee of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. I will share the answer when I receive it.

Several years ago I used to judge this event with Gary Iida and Michele Allen. We tried very hard to "educate" (always in friendly way) the folks at the Fair, both the Fair staff and the Rose Parade Committee members, on how band judging should be done. We had meetings with Fair personell before the parades started and at the end of the event to discuss ways to improve the event and the ajudication process. I used to have long conversations with the Rose Parade representatives before every night of the parades. But the problem is that every few years the fair personell are completely rotated out and new folks are brought in and to a lesser extent the same happens with the Rose Parade people. Unfortunately the Fair folks do not always relay past experiences to the new folks that take over, which means they basically start over from scratch. For the Rose Parade Committee members, the Fair is basically their first band evaluation experience of the season, so they are not always up to speed yet. If the judges that are hired for the event don't take the initiative and try "teach" the Fair personell and Rose Parade folks how it is supposed to be done, then they will just wander down the path without much guidence. Because it seems that the way the winner is chosen has changed from when I was involved.

Does anyone know if Luis is taking videos of each of the groups? Much like he did last year. That was extremely helpful and a good teaching tool to have something like that early in the season.

allcowseatgrass wrote:Does anyone know if Luis is taking videos of each of the groups? Much like he did last year. That was extremely helpful and a good teaching tool to have something like that early in the season.

Yes sir

I just created this playlist on my youtube channel. I'll update this list throughout this competition. For those of you interested, you can check back for newly added bands.

Good luck to all groups.

-Luis

Thanks Luis!

You Rock!

You're welcome

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Honestly from seeing the bands that just performed the last couple of days I seen that Chino HS didn't do that of a good. I feel like the last 3 bands will be Riverside King HS, Kaiser HS, Diamond Bar HS or Diamond Ranch HS.
Right now it's anyone game.

Still good luck to all the bands.

Rose Parade Bands 2012

HIGH SCHOOL BANDS
American Fork H.S., UT
Arcadia H.S., CA
Avon H.S., IN
Ben Davis H.S., IN
Crestview H.S., FL
Franklin Regional H.S., PA
Lubbock H.S., TX
Mercer Island H.S., WA
Needham B. Broughton H.S., NC
Pulaski H.S., WI
Siloam Springs H.S., AR

INTERNATIONAL BANDS
Calgary Stampede Band, Canada
Kyoto Green Band, Japan
Puerto Rico All-Star Band, Puerto Rico
Royal Swedish Navy Cadet Band, Sweden

REPEATING BANDS
Big 10 Football Band
Pac-10 Football Band
Los Angeles Unified School District Honor Band
Pasadena City College Honor Band
Salvation Army Band
United States West Coast Composite Marine Corps Band

Looks like there are a few typos in that list, John. Should be "Mercer Island" from Washington and "Siloam Springs" from Arkansas.