Arroyo HS 2007 Field Show- Chronicles of Earth

Arroyo High School's 2007 Field Show is entitled "Chronicles of Earth"

The Opener represents the beginnings of our planet Earth as simply molecules in space (as displayed in the opening set of the show) crashing into one another until they form the planet. It then goes on to musically describe the tumultuous existence of the planet and its gradual corruption and deterioration by us humans beings until it is ultimately sent to its death.It is comprised of several spontaneous and chaotic excerpts from "Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Leg" by Mussorgsky, "Firebird Suite" by Stravinsky, and "Chairman Dances" by John Adams all tied together with the overall underlying theme from "Reflections of Earth" by Gavin Greenway.

The Ballad represents a requiem for the dead planet, now barren and almost lifeless thanks to the ignorance of mankind. The piece used to illustrate the theme is "Lincolnshire Posy: Harkstow Grange" by Percy Grainger.

Finally, the Closer represents the idea that even through adversity, we the people should still have hope and can repair the damage that mankind has caused. In a sense, our final statement is the rebirth of the planet Earth and that with the power of teamwork and perseverance from all the peoples of the world, everyone and their future posterity will be able to appreciate the very world that all of us truly call home. The music we use to demonstrate the final part of the story are excerpts from "Reflections of Earth" again by Gavin Greenway, "Jupiter from The Planets" by Gustav Holst, "Uranus from The Planets" by Gustav Holst, "Chorale and Shaker Dance" by John Zdechlik, and finally the finale from the "Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky to leave an impression to all who listen to our message.

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• arroyo
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• marching
• colorguard
• drumline
• field
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• AHS
• chronicles
• earth
• WBA
• prelims
• western
• 2007

[cwsectionleader]

wow i really like this show! it makes sense, the forms are great and the music is amazing! good job! where is arroyo hs?

[Xx4zNb01xX]

El Monte, California

[dervii]

Is this Arroyo High from EL Monte?

[Xx4zNb01xX]

yes this is the Arroyo from El Monte,CA

[pooniman1]

I agree. Very good 4A show. I was a member of Richland High School 2003, who won the 4A Texas State Championship and played Reflections of Earth the following year, along with "Ride."

[pyroskater15]

This was awesome. you guys have come really far. this was amazing. i particularly love those moments when the brass shined though. my heart goes out to the drumline and Tim the tuba. hahaha

[theedrummerboy21]

@pandaman415 -___-

[cj1lorenz]

this is the second school i saw this year who used chorale and shaker dance . my concert band played that this year. and our show was the planets. but it was mars, venus, and jupiter

[stupidityimpulse]

why? its a nice solo but not that creative or clean? i like the show but its too slow i think...

[pandaman415]

that snare solo at 5:09 still haunts me to this day... o___O

[AmyFanRetaken]

The formations are really clear, great diagonals, balanced music and overall, wonderful overall effect.

[PaolaQQ]

yeah

but now most poeple are like "oh! ARROYO! that band that trailer overturned on the freeway!"

[PaolaQQ]

hmmm...

if we did that show, with 2008's colorguard, and this years amount of people. O_O lol

[rclgnzls]

aww! I miss you guys :)

this was the best year ever!

we were damn good

[IIIThreat]

Your marching was not too bad. I only saw a couple of phasing problems here and there, and you kept your intervals relatively well. I'm not a percussion person, but from what I know there were very few problems. There were sometimes where they got off, but were able to find themselves again. I thought the voice-overs at the beginning of the opener were a little overdone (I think we got the point after the first one). Overall, if I had to rate this performance I would give it b/t an 88-92.

[IIIThreat]

I'm not sure what you scored, but I can tell you as an educator problems that I saw with your performance. First I would like to say that you have a very strong woodwind section, which is a rare in the marching band world. The were pretty well balanced, and in tune most of the time (especially clarinets...good job!). The bad news is that you weren't very musical: everything was really loud with little, if any, dynamic quality. Also there were a lot of balance problems between the brass.