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Philosophy
The Heart of Georgia Marching Band Invitational
embraces the ideals of the highest standards of performance and
creativity in music and visual design that has become what we
refer to as the marching band activity. It is an opportunity
for band members to perform for an appreciative crowd and to be
appropriately rewarded for their excellence, hard work and
dedication to this activity. It is also an opportunity for
these same students to see, hear and appreciate the work of
other band students whose performances may expose these young
musicians to a wide variety of music and visual concepts.
Order of Performance
In order to provide a quality competition the performance field
shall be limited to 30 performances. These groups will be
admitted on a first-come first-served basis. Bands will be
scheduled within the appropriate classifications based on the
number of WIND players in the group. Bands are allowed to enter
above their classification, but not below. Bands will be
scheduled in order of postmarked dates on the applications that
arrive with the performance bonds and entrance fees. The
earlier postmarks will perform later in the class. ALL
applications MUST be accompanied by the appropriate fees and
include the signature of the school principal. Performance
order within class will be in reverse order of application
receipt.
Bands will be allowed a total of 15 minutes of
field time (including entrance, performance and exit).
Penalties of 0.1 points for every 15 seconds will be assessed to
contest bands exceeding their allotted time. An additional
penalty of 0.5 points for every minute will be assessed for
delay of performance. Disturbances in warm-up will have a
penalty of 5 points.
Units Judged
Band, Drum Major(s), Color Guard, Percussion,
Majorettes, Dance Line / Drill Team. * Majorette teams
consisting of less than 3 will not be eligible for contest
rankings.
Adjudication
The Heart of Georgia Marching Band Invitational will
strive to provide the best possible evaluation of each
performing ensemble by utilizing the OLYMPIC JUDGING
system for Festival Bands and CAPTION JUDGING for bands
participating in the contest portion of the day. For band
judging during contest, there will be 2 adjudicators each for
Visual Performance and Musical Performance, and 1 adjudicator
each for Music Effect and Visual Effect.
The other areas of
judging will have 1 adjudicator each for Drum Major(s), Color
Guard, Percussion and Majorettes/Dance Line.
Awards and
Trophies
Festival Format: Trophies will be awarded to
all participating bands. All units will receive trophies for
Superior and Excellent rated performances. Sweeps trophies will
also be awarded to each band that receives a Superior rating
from ALL judges.
Contest Format: All bands and their
respective units will receive a division rating based upon the
following scale:
I - Superior: 85-100
II – Excellent: 70-84.9
III – Good: 55-69.9
IV – Fair: 54.9 & Below
Rating Awards: All bands and auxiliary units
will receive trophies for Superior and Excellent rated
performances.
Class Awards: Band – 1st, 2nd
& 3rd; Percussion – 1st, 2nd &
3rd; Majorettes (3 minimum) – 1st, 2nd
& 3rd; Dance Line/Drill Team – 1st, 2nd
& 3rd; Color Guard – 1st, 2nd & 3rd
; Drum Major(s) - 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Best In Contest Awards (Regardless of Class):
Visual – 1st place; Overall Effect – 1st;
Music – 1st; Percussion – 1st, 2nd
and 3rd; Drum Major(s) – 1st, 2nd
& 3rd; Majorettes (3 minimum) – 1st, 2nd
& 3rd; Dance Line/Drill Team – 1st, 2nd
& 3rd; Color Guard – 1st, 2nd &
3rd; Band – 1st & 2nd Runner up
and Grand Champions.
Grand Champion: The Heart of Georgia
Marching Band Invitational GRAND CHAMPION trophy will be awarded
to the band with the highest score (not including auxiliary
scores) regardless of classification and each band member will
receive a Grand Champion medallion.
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