Season 78: Discussions, Rankings, Competitions etc.
May 5th, 2019 11:17pm
Season 78 reset early I guess.(maybe making up for being late with last season? :D) This is, as always is, a general discussion thread for posting events, results, etc. I hope everyone has a GREAT season!
Founder of the DTG League (Drum Corps Together)
Founder of the DLTG League (Drumlines Together)
Founder of the CGTG League (Color Guards Together)
Founder of MBTG League (Marching Bands Together)
May 6th, 2019 10:24am
Just an advertisement for the National Show Band Association league. We want more people involved! It’s a fun league! We have leagues for Band, Guard and Drumline!
H. Kelley
Black Knights D&BC | Director
Phantom Regiment D&BC '21 Contra
Casper Troopers D&BC '22 Bari | Euph
May 10th, 2019 1:27am
How did everyone's division placement turn out? All of my groups are in division I now. I'm hoping to keep top 6 with all my groups, last season's scores showed that all my groups would have made at least top 7 in div I. This of course assumes there is no sudden growth of div I.
Director of Stetson Marching Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Calgary Stetson Showband (ENCORE BoD)
Canada Corps (CLASS BoD)
Alberta X Winterguard (LEGS BoD)
Maple Leaf Percussion (DLTG BoD)
May 10th, 2019 1:42am
The summer season usually sees a HUGE spike in activity, especially with some old players who've been playing for years. so top 6 may be a tough sell for your groups if you miss any rehearsals. I may even struggle to stay in the top 6. Not impossible though!
Galaxy Percussion / Galaxy Guard / Galaxy Regiment / Mt. Juliet HS Band of Gold
May 10th, 2019 8:17am
Jesus! I have three ensembles in group 1! This is terrifying.
H. Kelley
Black Knights D&BC | Director
Phantom Regiment D&BC '21 Contra
Casper Troopers D&BC '22 Bari | Euph
May 10th, 2019 8:55am
My Corps has moved up to division II. This will be interesting.
gcurrier
6930
3192
May 10th, 2019 9:55am
I haven't seen a rush of old players like in years past so who knows what Division I will look like lol
Chairman/Founder CLASS; INSPIRE! President, ENCORE
Nemesis-34X World Drum Corps Champ
Marching Knights-48X World Band Champ
The Knight Guard-36X Wrld Guard Champ
KnightDrum-60X Wrld Perc Champ
May 10th, 2019 3:29pm
Is it just me or did everybody had an unsual spike? Some people are already in D2 and they are level 9.
Blobfish90 Director of
Atlantic Volt DBC (Est. S75)
37 Liberators(Est.S75)
Emerald Swift (Est. S77)
Nutmeg Rangers MB (Est. S75)
gcurrier
6930
3192
May 10th, 2019 8:26pm
If membership overall is down that could have happened
Chairman/Founder CLASS; INSPIRE! President, ENCORE
Nemesis-34X World Drum Corps Champ
Marching Knights-48X World Band Champ
The Knight Guard-36X Wrld Guard Champ
KnightDrum-60X Wrld Perc Champ
May 11th, 2019 10:30am
3 of my groups got moved up to Division 2 so I’m very excited for this season
10th Regiment
May 11th, 2019 2:09pm
I've noticed that promotion spikes usually happen when there are a lot of new players joining that are being placed in D3
Galaxy Percussion / Galaxy Guard / Galaxy Regiment / Mt. Juliet HS Band of Gold
May 12th, 2019 1:20am
Yeah, my marching band didn't participate last season, but I brought them back this season and they got put in D2
May 13th, 2019 8:07pm
After the first show, all my groups are towards the bottom of their divisions. This happened last season as well, and I usually don't start rising in position until near the end of the season. I'll just have to see how many groups end up in div I this season.
Director of Stetson Marching Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Calgary Stetson Showband (ENCORE BoD)
Canada Corps (CLASS BoD)
Alberta X Winterguard (LEGS BoD)
Maple Leaf Percussion (DLTG BoD)
May 13th, 2019 8:08pm
Same, this is my first season where I did, start in the back of the pack, I thought I was going to start good, guess not :(
Blobfish90 Director of
Atlantic Volt DBC (Est. S75)
37 Liberators(Est.S75)
Emerald Swift (Est. S77)
Nutmeg Rangers MB (Est. S75)
May 13th, 2019 11:10pm
It's a long season though!
Continuum (Resigned)
Infinity
May 25th, 2019 8:04pm
There's a lot less DIII groups this season compared to last season. Almost half as many. Maybe as the season goes on there will be more new players joining?
Director of Stetson Marching Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Calgary Stetson Showband (ENCORE BoD)
Canada Corps (CLASS BoD)
Alberta X Winterguard (LEGS BoD)
Maple Leaf Percussion (DLTG BoD)
May 25th, 2019 10:00pm
There's a lot less of every division. Just less and less people interested each season I guess.
Founder of the DTG League (Drum Corps Together)
Founder of the DLTG League (Drumlines Together)
Founder of the CGTG League (Color Guards Together)
Founder of MBTG League (Marching Bands Together)
EchoSpark
1919
140
May 27th, 2019 6:02pm
I joined a few days ago, what time of the day do events occur?
Legacy DBC
May 27th, 2019 6:27pm
8o clock,
Blobfish90 Director of
Atlantic Volt DBC (Est. S75)
37 Liberators(Est.S75)
Emerald Swift (Est. S77)
Nutmeg Rangers MB (Est. S75)
May 30th, 2019 10:45am
With last night’s parade down Main Street U.S.A., FMA Season 78 is halfway over! What a season it has been! ENCORE! Ensembles currently hold 3 of the top 5 places worldwide and the Marching Knights of Portland, Maine are way out in front with almost a 6 point lead. The race for second place is close with only a little over a point separating the Mt. Juliet Band of Gold and the Spanish Park Regiment with Onachus only 0.080 points behind the Band of Gold.
In Division 3, The Pride of Plymouth High School is in first place in their very first year of FMA competition and with a commendable lead! Blue Heroes are holding in there at 5th place but within reach of 2nd as only two points separate them. It has been exciting seeing some of our newest members both Arkansas Marching Band and North Salem’s Pride of the Vikings grow throughout this season, and while this first year may seem slow, we applaud them and encourage them to keep rehearsing and next season they can really go places!
Perhaps, while not always placing highest, New Castle’s show “Time Waits for No Man” has become a continual crowd pleaser and along with ENCORE!’s other D2 band, Thoroughbreads, we are happy to see such ensembles bringing to heart the mission of ENCORE! Bands!
This year, perhaps more than any other, the show themes have been spectacularly broad. Seeing everything from Jersey Boys to Armenian Dances, the shows have been unique and exciting! Only a few more weeks until the ENCORE! Championships and after that the FMA Finals! And if this season is any sign as to how future seasons will be, I am more excited than anything to see what Season 79 has to bring!
H. Kelley
Black Knights D&BC | Director
Phantom Regiment D&BC '21 Contra
Casper Troopers D&BC '22 Bari | Euph