Redfish Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 The Broken Arrow (OK) High School marching band competed in the Bands of America Grand National Marching Band Championships last week in the very cool Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy and walked away with the very prestigious National Championship. Second Grand National title for our band in the last six years and the first in my son's tenure. This is not just some marching band competition, but the Super Bowl. My youngest is a senior and plays the snare in the drumline. Amazing, tense competition, with the top 92 bands in the nation, having previously qualified through regional and super regional competition. I was a sports guy so I have no real perspective here, but apparently this is a very big deal. The city of Broken Arrow threw them a huge reception when the buses returned on Sunday night, with full three alarm fire trucks and police cruiser escort through the city and an awesome display of confiscated fireworks. TV coverage and the whole bit. It was fun. Glad I went, though it kept me out of a treestand for a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 That's pretty awesome. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Boilerduff Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 As a former Band Geek, member of the 4 year undeafeated state championship Upper Dublin Marching Cardinals, I salute your son's championship!! Not to mention being a drummer kicks butt! (Quad player here) It's a lot of hard work and a lot of practice that gets you in that position! Congrats to your son! He will remember this for a long time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyGal2011 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 That is pretty awesome. I can't imagine how loud it was in there with all those amps pumping that noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfish Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 As a former Band Geek, member of the 4 year undeafeated state championship Upper Dublin Marching Cardinals, I salute your son's championship!! Not to mention being a drummer kicks butt! (Quad player here) It's a lot of hard work and a lot of practice that gets you in that position! Congrats to your son! He will remember this for a long time! He and the other 261 members of the BA band. Thanks for the kind words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 kids ? Whomp is sterile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chief Dick Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Whomp is sterile Probably from trying to squeeze into your speedo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Probably from trying to squeeze into your speedo. ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Cool stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 The girl across the street from us and the boy next door are both members of the Rockford, MI band that placed 22nd in the competition. I was talking with my next-door neighbors yesterday and I mentioned that I go to a message board where a person there is the father of a member of the Broken Arrow band. My neighbor's response was "they are good!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfish Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 The girl across the street from us and the boy next door are both members of the Rockford, MI band that placed 22nd in the competition. I was talking with my next-door neighbors yesterday and I mentioned that I go to a message board where a person there is the father of a member of the Broken Arrow band. My neighbor's response was "they are good!" Very gratifying to hear. This is the most interesting thing about marching band competitions compared to sporting events. All the parents sit together and go out of their way to meet parents from other programs. Lots of "your band is fantastic", "No, your band is fantastic". At sporting events it's usually "you got lucky you stupid piece of $%#@! You're kid's a fag and you're a menace........." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 awesome accomplishment!!! congrats:))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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