Brigade
Eyes Regional...
By: Jermaine Williams
info@blackhawkbrigade.com
SV Brigade Webmaster/Instructor
This past weekend, the Springs Valley Blackhawk
Brigade performed at the Center Grove and Martinsville Invitational.
In all, the Brigade won first at Center Grove in Class “D”
competition and second at Martinsville in Class “2A”
competition. They also won music, general effect, auxiliary,
percussion and tied for visual at Center Grove. Music and
Percussion were tops for Springs Valley at Martinsville.
The Brigade got the ball rolling early
on Saturday and it showed in parts of the show, however
the Brigade pull things together to end the Center Grove
show on a strong note. “You just can not substitute
for experience. Our band this year has a great deal of experience
and it is starting to show. They can handle tough situations
or bad weather. They know how to react on the fly. You are
starting to see just how hard these students and the recent
alumni have worked over the past five years,” mentioned
Springs Valley Band Director Luke Aylsworth.
Saturday Night, the band made up for morning
mistakes and performed a fantastic show, with very little
errors and a much cleaner show visually than the morning
show.
This weekend is the ISSMA (Indiana State
School Music Association) South Regional contest at Warren
Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. The band will
perform at 12:44pm. “What we need Saturday is a big
crowd of Brigade fans. There is nothing kike stepping out
on the performance field and hearing your fan base being
the loudest of the day. I hope to see a huge crowd of supporters
at Warren Central,” stated Aylsworth when talking
about the upcoming weekend.
The Brigade has continuously move up to
a well-known band around ISSMA Class “D” and
it has showed with the continual support from bands and
fans from around the state. On the Indiana Marching.com
Writers Poll, the Brigade has found themselves ranked second
among all Class “D” bands in the state, just
behind Forest Park. The band looks to ride that wave into
Regional to get back to the RCA Dome and State finals for
the first time since 1994.
“No matter what happens Saturday
we have had a great season. Our season will not end Saturday
no matter what results are. We are traveling to Beavercreek,
Ohio in November to compete at the Mid States Championship.
We will still have some work ahead of us. I just want a
good performance on Saturday. The kids have sacrificed and
worked hard, they really need to come out and perform the
show of their lives. I just keep telling them, the time
is now,” said Aylsworth.
Results for Saturday’s contest can
be found immediately following the show at www.blackhawkbrigade.com.
Contest Results can be found at:
Indiana
Marching.com and/or
Simply
Instrumental.com
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