Ironlung 10 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 (except apparently Clintwood...they don't have enough lawyers in town to booster a band). Plenty of lawyers in town. Plenty of doctors and other professionals too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 theres alot of community money flowing into the schools programs at Clintwood. The county cant afford to build a band program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I just noticed that we've turned yet another football thread into a band thread, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unchained 587 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Those scores don't touch what Graham and Richlands put up back in the day. Heck, 87's barely Superior...It wasn't anything for Graham to slap up an 89-91 and have Richlands follow it with a 94-95... Battle's always had a considerable amount of talent per capita. Battle's best could always hold their own against Richlands's best. It's a numbers thing. It's just significantly easier to get a fuller sound when you have 110 winds as opposed to 55. J.J.Kelly's band was a beast back in the 80's as well. Once Lucian Priode was ran off they went to hell in a handbasket. It was a regular occurance going to Florida and embarrassing bands from schools with 5x our enrollment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepin nuts 27 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 In all my years of watching H S football I have seen a band or two that played defense (Cal band comes to mind) but I have never seen the band score a single point much less 89 or 90. Sounds like some very athletic bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I just noticed that we've turned yet another football thread into a band thread, lol. I was going to post the same but I though "forget it, they're rollin'..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I was going to post the same but I though "forget it, they're rollin'..." I should have known better than to say the "B" word...my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Cats 472 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Those scores don't touch what Graham and Richlands put up back in the day. Heck, 87's barely Superior...It wasn't anything for Graham to slap up an 89-91 and have Richlands follow it with a 94-95... The reason that is is because they are in A class which judges on a high school scale and we're in Open class which is scored on a college scale. The open scores are always lower though the bands are better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSocko 136 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Michelle: This one time, at band camp, I stuck a flute in my pussy. I couldn't help myself, everytime I think of band this movie comes to mind.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubzfan 16 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Unchained, thats about right, K.Y. Jelly can sure have some good bands, but their football teams sux year in and year out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendatLegion 109 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 LMAO you guys are killing me! Have to respond to a couple of things: 1.)Abingdon didn't always suck, but they have more often than not 1977- 1985ish they were pretty good. 2.) in my day the Battle band was awesome! 3.) I agree with Lance Abingdon has had too many chances to get a good coach, one didn't get hired because he wore cowboy boots and blue jeans. He's won a few GA 5A titles since. 4.) although in TN you guys should see the DB band! unreal 350 strong. after halftime about 1/3 of the crowd leaves :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwood78 161 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 i guess, when mountain view gets up and running, and the band gets it going, (which they are gettin together), don't guess i'll hear "smoke on the water" like we did in the old days...........hmmmm, wonder what kinda music they will play.....?? in my day, when there was a big play a commin, or time out. "smoke on the water", don't know about tiger town or rebel land.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Cats 472 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 DB's band is incredible, enough to where they've actually stopped competing and now they just do exhibition performances at contests. It's like Alexander the Great, they conquered the world then sat and cried because there was nothing left to conquer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSocko 136 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 i guess, when mountain view gets up and running, and the band gets it going, (which they are gettin together), don't guess i'll hear "smoke on the water" like we did in the old days...........hmmmm, wonder what kinda music they will play.....?? in my day, when there was a big play a commin, or time out. "smoke on the water", don't know about tiger town or rebel land.... We use to hear the Go's Go's- we got the beat, MJ's-beat it and Queen-we will rock you. I do kind of miss the band but the funding left and so did the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vols4life 57 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 did the birds hire you to represent them on here..lol...dont say anything if ya dont know what ya talkin bout..this is the reason schools like to beat abingdon..cause they cant keep their beaks shut...FALCON AWFUL...clap clap...FALCON AWFUL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vols4life 57 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 oh snap...u said a bad word....little o is gonna get you..hes the birds new internet lawyer..here to make sure the birds arent mistreated on here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 J.J.Kelly's band was a beast back in the 80's as well. Once Lucian Priode was ran off they went to hell in a handbasket. It was a regular occurance going to Florida and embarrassing bands from schools with 5x our enrollment Priode is a VBODA legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 The reason that is is because they are in A class which judges on a high school scale and we're in Open class which is scored on a college scale. The open scores are always lower though the bands are better That's not how scoring is done at festival. The quality of judging may be higher at certain festivals, but that's simply because the VBODA will pull out the toughest judges in the state for the state festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Cats 472 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 That's not how scoring is done at festival. The quality of judging may be higher at certain festivals, but that's simply because the VBODA will pull out the toughest judges in the state for the state festival. We're not in VBODA, we're in the USSBA, which is a national organization Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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