Logan
does it again! With a truly inspired performance of
their show, "The Secret Garden," The Logan
Band & Color Guard won top honors at the 2005 WBA
Marching Band Championships on Saturday, November
19.
This all day event features the very best in field
show marching bands in the Western United States. 38 Class
1A/2A/3A bands and 27 Class 4A/5A bands competed at two
different venues in Long Beach
California.
In
the preliminaries on Saturday afternoon, with very narrow
point margins separating the top 3 bands, Logan did manage
to eek out the win but captured only one caption award, Best
Auxiliary. Their performance was good but a bit lack luster,
causing them to miss out on the other caption awards.
Everyone was a bit surprised that we actually finished with
high points overall, not having won best music and best
visual effect. But finishing a close second in these
categories was enough to nudge our overall point total over
the top to secure the honor of performing last in finals
competition.
All of us, performers and parents alike, were a bit
anxious during finals watching the other bands give some
amazingly fine performances. The cool night air, the stadium
lights and a packed house seemed to bring out
the best in all the bands on Saturday evening. The bands
looked better and better and the crowd cheered more and more
enthusiastically as the evening progressed. Finally it was
Logan's turn to "take the field in competition." Being the
largest band and guard by far in competition, Logan looks
quite impressive (maybe even a little intimidating) marching
out into position on the field. Everyone knew something
"big" was about to happen. This was the moment we had all
been waiting for and from the very first note, Logan did not
disappoint. The sound was huge, the music was alive, the
rhythm was exact, the marching was precise and the guard was
spectacular. Our band and guard performers saved their best
for last and executed a stunning performance of their show.
As the final chords rang out, the crowd jumped to their feet
cheering in appreciation.
During
finals awards our Band and Guard performers were duly
rewarded for their efforts by winning 4 of the 5 caption
awards for Best Music, Best Visual Effect, Best General
Effect (a tie with Upland HS) and Best Auxiliary. Best
Percussion went to Clovis West but Logan percussion finished
a very close second, only five tenths of a point behind.
Overall high points of 96.25 went to Logan along with the
title of 2005 Western Band Association Class 4A/5A
Champions.
Congratulations and thanks to Mr. Barrera, Mr.
Karlin, Mr. Lanzino, Ms. Hurtado, Mr. Sears, Mr. Metzger and
all supporting staff for creating such an artistically rich
and successful field show. And of course, mountains of
congratulations and thanks go to our amazingly dedicated and
hard working student performers for making this such a
rewarding and triumphant field show season. And very special
congratulations and thanks to Booster President David Crayne
and all of our fantastic booster volunteers who worked
tirelessly to support the activities of the Band & Color
Guard this marching season. Without your efforts, none of
this would be possible. Indeed, congratulations to everyone!
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James Logan Band
& Color Guard
2005 Field Show Program
"The
Secret Garden"
1. The
Moors
2. The Seeding
3. Watch Our Garden Grow
Music inspired by
Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass & Ravi
Shankar
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Music Arranged by Vince Oliver
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Percussion Arrangements by Murray Gusseck
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Drill Design by Scott Chandler
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Choreography by Mark Metzger
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Directors
Ramiro Barrera, Ken Karlin, Tony Lanzino
Brian Sears, Patricia
Hurtado
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Logan Band & Color
Guard Class 5A
2005 Competition Schedule & Score
Card
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Show
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Place
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Captions
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Score
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WBA
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Gilroy Field Show
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Gilroy, CA
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4A/5A
Sweepstakes Award
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Best Music
Best Auxiliary
Best Visual Effect
Best General Effect
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83.20
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Gilroy
Results PDF
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Sierra
Cup Classic
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Fresno, CA
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4A/5A
Sweepstakes Award
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Best Music
Best Auxiliary
Best Visual Effect
Best General Effect
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86.80
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Fresno
Results PDF
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ERI
Field Show
Saturday, October 29,
2005
Salinas, CA
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4A/5A
Sweepstakes Award
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Best Music
Best Auxiliary
Best Visual Effect
Best General Effect
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87.95
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Salinas
Results PDF
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Logan
Field Show
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Union City, CA
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E X H I B I T I O N
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Logan
Results
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WBA
Championships
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Long Beach, CA
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4A/5A
CHAMPIONS!
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Best Music
Best Auxiliary
Best Visual Effect
Best General Effect (tie)
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96.25
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4A/5A
Champ Results
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