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Saturday Reflection:
Good Morning Band Family! We two very successful runs at FZN yesterday. The show has arrived to its potential and the students are achieving at high level. Very proud of what was accomplished yesterday! For my freshmen parents I wanted to repost a reflection that I posted last year about the difficult of competing in the STL suburban area. There are many choices here in our area and some competitions are more difficult than others. Placing 10th in prelims over 18 Saint Louis bands is huge accomplishment. Outscoring the Zumwalt, Parkways, and Howells isn't something to be looked over. This competition was stacked with most of the states most difficult bands with both size and financial strength. We should be proud of Saturday. Some of the bands that we outscored yesterday were also finalists at Sullivan.
I will repost the reflection from last year below:
Good Morning Band Family,
We are gearing up for another busy time in week 3 of marching band season. We have our normal morning rehearsals this week and then a home game on Friday. (Report Time is at 5:15pm) On Saturday, we travel to Sullivan, MO to compete in the 2018 Marching Festival. Schedules and Itineraries are below this post. It has been a few years since we have been to Sullivan and we are excited to be back! Itineraries and Schedules are on washingtonmobands.com
We had a successful run at Lafayette this past Saturday. We placed 12th in finals and 11th place in prelims. It is always hard to explain how 12th place in finals is a huge accomplishment. Growing up in a non musical/band family, I would compare it to baseball. Lafayette Competition is what I would call the big leagues.
If you noticed yesterday, 16 of the 19 bands competing all had larger schools sizes than Washington. Some of those schools had HS populations well about the 2,000 mark. Even with this huge difference, this competition places the bands in band size class (number of students in band), that puts Washington in the largest class possible, even though we have a high school size of around 1300.
With all of that being said, our philosophy is to make our students better in a competitive environment. Some really good bands went home yesterday and didn't perform in finals from the STL suburbs. If you notice the only other band that took a chance at this STL competition from our area/county was Borgia HS. Our students put on a great performance and made finals with some really good bands!! Hopefully this sheds some light on what 12th place really means at this competition and for our new band parents, what our philosophy here in Washington is about. We will keep pushing this week and until the end of the season. There is something really special with this group of students!
Another amazing part of what we do here in Washington is our second to none parent help. If you haven't noticed yet, we have a few props on the field this year. :) The props are 8' by 8' panels and they were delivered on Thursday and group of phenomenal parents took time out of their already busy schedule and built these props in two evenings. I can tell you that in my 13 years, I haven't been around a group so helpful and dedicated. We have a gold mine with our parent support! I would list names, but I don't want to leave anyone out. We also have a compass that alumni and parents also created on a holiday. The compass needle spins and will be integrated into the show. Pictures are below.
On Saturday there was some wind on the field, we had a group of 15 parents that also stood on the field to make sure that the props remained on the field.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but we have a great thing going here in Washington! We are two weeks out from our home festival in Washington. We are need of help form the parents for the festival. If you haven't signed up for the festival, please follow this link to sign up. https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband/ We need ALL hands on deck. Please signup today if you have time. We will start to send stuff home this week.
Once again, thank you for reading this post all the way through. See you Friday and Saturday,
Mr. Lovell
washingtonmobands.com
We still have great parents that helped with every prop on the field for both finals and prelims! Once again very proud of the band yesterday and how we can compete with the STL suburban bands.
This Friday we are headed to BOA which is the one of the largest and most difficult competitions in the united states. We are lucky to have the dome and this competition in our back yard. The opportunity to perform at the dome is second to none. We wish we had more time, but with the game, we must move quickly to perform at home.
We will be leaving school after first hour and then returning in time for the half/time senior night football game. The itinerary and schedules are below. If you are coming to watch your student, please plan ahead with parking and admission costs.
Good Morning Band Family! We two very successful runs at FZN yesterday. The show has arrived to its potential and the students are achieving at high level. Very proud of what was accomplished yesterday! For my freshmen parents I wanted to repost a reflection that I posted last year about the difficult of competing in the STL suburban area. There are many choices here in our area and some competitions are more difficult than others. Placing 10th in prelims over 18 Saint Louis bands is huge accomplishment. Outscoring the Zumwalt, Parkways, and Howells isn't something to be looked over. This competition was stacked with most of the states most difficult bands with both size and financial strength. We should be proud of Saturday. Some of the bands that we outscored yesterday were also finalists at Sullivan.
I will repost the reflection from last year below:
Good Morning Band Family,
We are gearing up for another busy time in week 3 of marching band season. We have our normal morning rehearsals this week and then a home game on Friday. (Report Time is at 5:15pm) On Saturday, we travel to Sullivan, MO to compete in the 2018 Marching Festival. Schedules and Itineraries are below this post. It has been a few years since we have been to Sullivan and we are excited to be back! Itineraries and Schedules are on washingtonmobands.com
We had a successful run at Lafayette this past Saturday. We placed 12th in finals and 11th place in prelims. It is always hard to explain how 12th place in finals is a huge accomplishment. Growing up in a non musical/band family, I would compare it to baseball. Lafayette Competition is what I would call the big leagues.
If you noticed yesterday, 16 of the 19 bands competing all had larger schools sizes than Washington. Some of those schools had HS populations well about the 2,000 mark. Even with this huge difference, this competition places the bands in band size class (number of students in band), that puts Washington in the largest class possible, even though we have a high school size of around 1300.
With all of that being said, our philosophy is to make our students better in a competitive environment. Some really good bands went home yesterday and didn't perform in finals from the STL suburbs. If you notice the only other band that took a chance at this STL competition from our area/county was Borgia HS. Our students put on a great performance and made finals with some really good bands!! Hopefully this sheds some light on what 12th place really means at this competition and for our new band parents, what our philosophy here in Washington is about. We will keep pushing this week and until the end of the season. There is something really special with this group of students!
Another amazing part of what we do here in Washington is our second to none parent help. If you haven't noticed yet, we have a few props on the field this year. :) The props are 8' by 8' panels and they were delivered on Thursday and group of phenomenal parents took time out of their already busy schedule and built these props in two evenings. I can tell you that in my 13 years, I haven't been around a group so helpful and dedicated. We have a gold mine with our parent support! I would list names, but I don't want to leave anyone out. We also have a compass that alumni and parents also created on a holiday. The compass needle spins and will be integrated into the show. Pictures are below.
On Saturday there was some wind on the field, we had a group of 15 parents that also stood on the field to make sure that the props remained on the field.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but we have a great thing going here in Washington! We are two weeks out from our home festival in Washington. We are need of help form the parents for the festival. If you haven't signed up for the festival, please follow this link to sign up. https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband/ We need ALL hands on deck. Please signup today if you have time. We will start to send stuff home this week.
Once again, thank you for reading this post all the way through. See you Friday and Saturday,
Mr. Lovell
washingtonmobands.com
We still have great parents that helped with every prop on the field for both finals and prelims! Once again very proud of the band yesterday and how we can compete with the STL suburban bands.
This Friday we are headed to BOA which is the one of the largest and most difficult competitions in the united states. We are lucky to have the dome and this competition in our back yard. The opportunity to perform at the dome is second to none. We wish we had more time, but with the game, we must move quickly to perform at home.
We will be leaving school after first hour and then returning in time for the half/time senior night football game. The itinerary and schedules are below. If you are coming to watch your student, please plan ahead with parking and admission costs.
BOA Itinerary
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