How many of you are going to the NAMMB contest this weekend? I got to thinking about how many military bands we have here in East Texas and if just half of them go, it will be a great contest. So, I was looking over the bands in UIL Region 4 & 21 and the following bands could participate:

Region 21
Athens
Brownsboro
Bullard
Carlisle
Carthage
Center
Chapel Hill (Tyler)
Garrison
Hallsville
Henderson
Jacksonville
Lindale
Longview
Lufkin
Nacogdoches
Overton
Rusk
Shelbyville
Teneha
Troup
Van
Whitehouse

Region 4
Gilmer
Gladewater
Kilgore
Marshall
New Boston
Pine Tree
Pittsburg
Big Sandy
DeKalb
Elysian Fields
Harelton
Harmony
Hughes Springs
Jefferson
New Diana
Ore City
Sabine
Union Grove
White Oak

So tell us out there, who's going to make the trip this weekend?

As it stands, the schedule for NAMMB is as follows:
2A
San Augustine, Hemphill, New Diana, Union Grove
3A
Carthage, New Boston, Cleveland, Fairfield, Gilmer, Pittsburg, Van, Spring Hill
4A
Rockport-Fulton, Vidor
5A
Kingwood, Atascocita, Lufkin

Not a huge lineup, but some good bands. Should be a great contest.

Any guesses to who wins in each class?

Here are my picks

2A Union Grove

3A Carthage

4A Vidor

5A Atascocita ( I think Atascocita will show Kingwood up this year.)

2A Union Grove

3A New Boston or Cleveland

4A Vidor (mainly because who is this other 4A band??)

5A Atascosita ( Atascocita has shown kingwood up the past 2 years... its the Larry Ward factor )

isnt James Bowie military in region 4??

No, James Bowie is not military...not that there is anything wrong with that. Haven't been military in roughly 8 or 9 years.

Had a good showing at Area the other day...just a few too many alignment problems to bump in. Hadn't had those before Saturday.

2A - Union Grove

3A - Cleveland, possibly Gilmer- they have a difficult drill with good music this year, if they can step it up.

4A - Vidor (as always)

5A - Kingwood

Anyone know why Lindale isn't going to be there?

for 2a i will go with union grove, and for 5a kingwood. mainly because kingwood never stops surprising me...

Maybe to many conflicts.........ect. ect..........

Rockport-Fulton is a military marching band from Arkansas, and they march in Region 14
They got straight 1's, qualified for their Area contest, and is a past sweepstakes winning band.
The director there is a former TX band director....
this outta make for an interesting 4A contest we'll see...
some of you are gonna be shocked when you see Atascocita...thats all i gotta say....

Rockport -Fulton is near Corpus Christi, not in Arkansas. It's on the Aransas Bay.

3A- it will will come down to NB, Cleveland, and SH.. SH has been 1st, 2nd, 2nd for the past 3 years, im goin with my SH panthers if we do our best

For Class 2A: San Augustine or Union Grove... For those of you who didnt know San Augustine shoul have made straight 1's at Marching Contest.

Class 3A: Cleveland.... This band is way BETTER than New Boston this year and their Drum Majors are freaking Awesome

Class 4A: Vidor... Arkansas has nothing on Texas!

Class 5A: Atascosita... REMEMBER Larry Ward is the Director . But when the contest is over LUFKIN will be CRUNK as usual so therfore Lufkin gets the Title of the Crunkest Band!

2A - Union Grove
3A - too hard to call. good bands all around. some will march better than others, some will play better than others. who does both the best? blood and guts baby. gonna be a fight!
4A - Vidor
5A - Kingwood

that's imho. Can't wait to see the results!

From what I have heard, Union Grove won the 2A Division and recieved a Superior rating? I'm not so sure...

I believe that New Boston took top honors in 3A today. Not confirmed yet...trying to get info.


Now confirmed - NB wins Best in Class 3A with straight 1's. Congrats to the Military Stride with Pride!

NAMMB results:
2A - Union Grove, New Diana, Hemphill
3A - New Boston, Spring Hill, Cleveland
4A - Vidor, Rockport-Fulton
5A - Atascocita, Kingwood

Beautiful day, good bands, well run contest. Thanks to Waymon Bullock and all involved - and to SFA for hosting.

It was a great contest day!! I loved all the bands !! I am particularly proud of SH, Cleveland, and Pittsburg! We all did great, and it was a tough call right down to the end!! Congratulations everyone!!!!



What happened to Lufkin by the way?! they didn't even perform!

Word has it Lufkin wasn't prepared well enough to compete with the Kingwood schools.
IMO....Nammb is rigged anyway! just my opinion

check out nammb.org for results video and pics!

Really?

Rigged???? I'm sure your opinion is rooted in rock-solid, indisputable, fact-based evidence..... I think not. Tough but fair judges. Bands out on the field doing what few still do - precision military drill/music - and working their guts out. I was there, and was proud for every band that made the investment to go to NAMMB. Wish all our military bands would go - what a spectacle that would be!!!!!
I enjoy and appreciate a good corps-style band, but the heritage of marching bands is MILITARY. And nobody does it better than Texas!

It would be something to be seen.

I agree that marching bands' heritage is Military. And of course nobody does it better than Texas! You didn't really think anyone else did........did you....??

Yea, it's really unfair how otherbands who are better win, and the judges are unfair to you.
WOW! Do you know how bad that sounds?

I saw New Boston's performance at our game the night before, and I have to tell you, from a judges point of view, theirs was a near flawless performance. Some of the best snap I have seen in turns, and hitting the lines with the arch of the foot was consistent like I haven't seen in a while. Musically, you would've thought they were sitting in the auditorium, balanced and in tune. Great Job!

Congrats New Boston. Love the routine. Proud to be part of the NB military band tradition.

dont know who told you that...but Lufkin had a large amount of ineligible students and would've had almost 20 holes in their drill. As far as them not competing with the Kingwood schools....kingwood wasnt very good this year...they had a section where two lines were in the wrong place for about 40 counts....and normally i dont disagree with judging, but Kingwood getting superior rating and New Diana not was a total miss.....since when is it ok for a superior rated band to have kids wondering around in the drill, and playing rudimental drum beats instead of the written drum parts....

Kingwood really has gone down hill the last several years. I agree about the drum beats too. I don't mind a band re-arranging music to fit the drill, but when they scrap the entire percussion part for a loud and obnoxious jam beat it really gets on my nerves. Especially when they could have been working on playing cleanly and popping their turns instead. When the percussion is so loud you can't hear the melody, IT'S TOO LOUD!

Scott Williams,(Lufkin band director) told his band members that they were not prepared. I have a kid in the LP band. There was not 20 holes. Dont know who YOU got your info from!

Kingwood was not as good as expected. As to Lufkin, you DON'T want to go if you're not prepared. Don't know about eligibility issues - I had heard that too - but holes can be handled if necessary. Anyway........ on to C/SR season!

So Lufkin showed up, but did not perform? That seems like a waste of time, money, and effort.

Lufkin didnt show up at all!

holes can be handled if necessary, but not 20....

someone very close to scott williams