Well, it was a really nice Arcadia to watch there was a lot of power behind the bands and a lot of good sounds made.
First Congratulations to Diamond Bar, well deserved for the amount of work they put into it.
However, even though I'm sure it's not much of my place to question any of the judges scores made. I however do have an interjection to make. I know judging bands is really a hard task at hand, especially when you judge the last four bands. And they all are very clean so it's comes down to who saw what and no one chokes.
Diamond Bar, having a phenomenal season, that was well earned. But... that's all they do. They don't do field so really it should be expected that they take sweepstakes. They probably have other activities outside of band, but they don't have weight of a field show that other schools have such as RB, Carmel, and RK have. Having 7-8 more minutes of music to memorize, and visuals, and drill. Plus I heard Diamond Bar had a great field band back in the day and it would be really cool to see that again.
Next, I made an assumption that the band review would turn out a certain way and minus the scores, it turned out how I expected it to for the most part. And today, like a lot of people, I sat down and watch the bands on YouTube. Thank God for Music 213
. But, I watched RK, Diamond Bar, RB and Mt. Carmel 6 times. Judging first marching, music twice, showmanship, aux., and then drum major. Using the guidelines that SCSBOA judges are given. And it came out a little differently then what happened yesterday. Also, take fact in that I could really not see what the marching judge saw because we only see them from one view point on the camera.
So the scores are significantly lower...
Band
Mt. Carmel - 94.30 Sweepstakes
Marching - 185
Music - 478
Showmanship - 280
Aux. - I forgot...
Drum Major - 93.7 (In relation to the other mace DM's 2nd place to Diamond Ranch who I thought got first)
Riverside King - 94.10 1st Place
Marching - 181
Music - 483
Showmanship - 277
Aux. - 88.50 (2nd)
Drum Major - 93.3 (2ND)
Diamond Bar - 94.05 2nd Place
Marching - 181
Music - 478.5
Showmanship - 281
Aux. - 91.50 (Sweeps)
Drum Major - 91.3 (3rd)
Rancho Bernardo 93.7 3rd Place
Marching - 178
Music - 485
Showmanship - 274
Aux. - 83.80 (No Clue for the place I would put, I didn't watch every one)
Drum Major - 77.0 (5pt Penalty)
Also the other top auxiliary units, and drum majors that placed high and were not the top 4 bands
Aux.
Glendora - 88.7 (1st)
Drum Major
Olympian - 93.6 (1st Mil. DM)
Also I'm so happy to see that Arlington made it up in the ranks close the top 6 or 7 bands. Congratulations!!!
So this is just what I thought. O'well til next years I guess. Congratulations to all bands yesterday. And good luck to those who are doing the SCSBOA Champoinships.