Most Underrated Band This Year

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Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by airons0678 » Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:50 pm

I'd like to take the time to mention a high school band I saw this year that I really enjoyed, and yet they probably didn't get the credit they deserved for their field show production:

La Quinta High School Blackhawk Brigade, from La Quinta, CA.

To La Quinta I say: Well done! I very much enjoyed your show. If I am at a band show next year I hope to come across you guys again.

Thank you.

Alan

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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by Hostrauser » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:31 pm

I think we should all take a moment to do this.

For me, it was Buchanan H.S. from Clovis, CA. Saw them at the BOA Glendora Regional. I thought they had a very unusual (in a good way) and intriguing show design, quite a bit different from the by-the-numbers shows that hit all the standard GE functions as if marking off a checklist. The execution wasn't there, unfortunately, but I definitely appreciated what they were attempting to do.

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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by guarddude » Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:41 pm

Mira Costa HS

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Post by Jim Bunselmeier » Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:49 am

Cerritos HS

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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by Band Dude 16 » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:15 pm

San Marcos.

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Band Dude 16 wrote:San Marcos.

Didn't they just win their division at Championships?

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Post by Hostrauser » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:42 am

Band Dude 16 wrote:San Marcos.
Which one?

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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by JHaffke » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:08 pm

airons0678 wrote:I'd like to take the time to mention a high school band I saw this year that I really enjoyed, and yet they probably didn't get the credit they deserved for their field show production:

La Quinta High School Blackhawk Brigade, from La Quinta, CA.

To La Quinta I say: Well done! I very much enjoyed your show. If I am at a band show next year I hope to come across you guys again.

Thank you.

Alan

Hi, I am a senior student at LQHS and I have to say thank you for the recognition. We are a school out in the middle of no where and it makes me happy as well as the rest of the band to see people who really enjoy what we do. So again, I say thank you! :D

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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by stratman15 » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:21 am

Unfortunately, I have not been able to make any shows this year, but I will give my favorite band from last year, which was Westview.
I believe they played Appalachian Spring, which is a bit of a calm, understated show, but man, musically, they really did it for me.
It's good to see they had another successful year, although, I must say, I'm rather saddened by the lack of white pants this year (It's always nice having a friend in the white-pants-wearing department.).
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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by Cardinal Regime » Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:22 am

Hard to say that a Jeff Stratton band is underrated, maybe underappreciated.............but, I thought Jeff did a fantastic job this year with the Las Plumas/Oroville Alliance.

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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by dmcoach » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:04 pm

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I think they did a great job this season for their second year :yeah:
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Re: Most Underrated Band This Year

Post by Euphman » Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:35 pm

airons0678 wrote:I'd like to take the time to mention a high school band I saw this year that I really enjoyed, and yet they probably didn't get the credit they deserved for their field show production:

La Quinta High School Blackhawk Brigade, from La Quinta, CA.

To La Quinta I say: Well done! I very much enjoyed your show. If I am at a band show next year I hope to come across you guys again.

Thank you.

Alan
Agreed!

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