Cabot Invitational: A reflection.

Hi. Not much of an introduction, but that pretty much describes my mood.
Not much to say, not much I can do.
I plan to critique each of our scores, you may agree with my critique you may not.
I call it as I see it.

Cabot Invitational Scores

Band Overall: Division 2

That's understandable. I can think of ten things we could've done better. Really. We could've been much louder. We could've used more accents. We could've stayed in time.
etc.

But guess what that means? We have to fix it. We have a week to do so?
This means we try our hardest and fix the problem.

Drum Major: Division 2

Say what? Excuse, did I hear that correctly? According to our "critique", Luke may have been the best part of our band. Our "critique" said that Luke had the confidence, and that we had to return the sentiment. That's right, I can dig that.
But to have it turned around, and miss Division 1 by a single point, really grinds my gears. I realize a judge can't add up all their points as they write them, but by 1 point. I don't know, that just seems a little "messed up?"

Color Guard: Division 1

Now, this is a score I really don't understand. Each color guard member is an amazing person as individuals, but together, it's not what it could be.
I mean no offense to anyone, but it could be much better.
And I believe the color guard knows it, and I have faith they will strive to improve.
Don't take this 1 as, "Improvement isn't needed."
Take it as, "Yeah, that's nice, but we could do better."
In my eyes, the color guard is at the same level as the band.
And following that logic, we should've gotten a 1 or the color guard should've gotten a 2.

Percussion: Division 2

Not much to say here. I know they will try to improve.
Judging by some dissappointed attitudes, they didn't their score.
I have faith they'll try even harder.


My Opinion:
Hey, guess what. We can do better. We are going to better.
We have to do better. I may not agree with all the scores, but there is nothing I can do about it.
The past is past is the past. We can't change it.
All we can do is look ahead, and make sure it's better than before.