Owasso HS marching band 2011 OBA Finals Coldplay Fix You

The name of the show is "The Last Straw". The show is based on music by Coldplay from the song titled "Fix You"

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• Owasso
• pride
• oba
• 2011
• band
• marching
• coldplay
• fix you

[hannasmom97]

My daughter is a freshman at Edmond Santa Fe this year. I saw most of the shows at OBA, and felt by far that Owasso was the best there. I have absolutely no clue how they judge these things, but I thought Owasso's show was much harder, much more enjoyable and fun to watch.

I wish Owasso had placed higher at BOA.

[mhughet]

@hannasmom97

I think it was harder too. I don't know what the judges saw in Broken Arrow's show. They have a fantastic colorguard but that doesn't make up for everything else. Owasso almost always plays better than them.

Broken Arrow gets extra credit because they're Broken Arrow. That's why they keep edging out Union and Owasso.

[Edridify]

@mhughet I'd keep that little comment to yourself, your offending alot of kids. There is many reasons why Owasso could have been placed lower then Broken Arrow. Both shows were performed well. Keep in mind making 7th place in Grand National FINALS is something to be proud of. By saying you wish they placed higher you make it seem like its the kids fault. Bands pay the money to just GO to Grand Nationals and watch the greats like Avon, Carmel, BA, The Woodlands, Lawrence Central, Marian Catholic.

[mhughet]

@Edridify

lol @ greats. Marching band is really completely overrated and the people who tout it's greatness are just completely blinded by the sub-culture it represents. I really would much rather go to an orchestra concert by a major city's orchestra than BOA GN Finals. The final product is still nothing more than high school musicians playing band music which for the most part lacks any sensitivity in the music or character in my opinion. The marching is just not that entertaining either.

[mhughet]

@Edridify

I like marching band but the only shows that even are somewhat entertaining are those of the GN Finals bands plus a few more. Most bands are awfully boring and play boring music which is why the crowds at football games pay little attention to them. There's a reason there aren't any professional marching bands (No, DCI is not professional. The musicians have to pay to even be in the band.) It's because the band music is not that great. Good orchestras trump a good band every time.

[smanthony1]

i freaken love the part where you guys all do the dancing movement where the guitar comes in it sounds AMAZING!

[AlexHurstProd]

@mhughet Actually in my opinion Owasso's was just an entertainment show, Broken Arrows show was an artistic show, they went for the emotional approach not a lot of marching bands do that and it was quite a risk, not to mention the general effect costs more than visual and musical, so in my opinion Broken Arrow fair and square and Broken Arrow has gotten 2nd place at OBA before, in 2001 Tulsa Union won OBA

[lovepeacepoetrymusic]

i love this marching show you i went ot 6A OBA and was shocked you guys did not win!!!!

[MisunderstoodPC]

I love that you guys did "Fix You". GENIUS. I'm a writer myself, and when I heard this at BOA this year, my heart melted. Congratulations, guys. My heart goes out to you!

Love,

Marian Catholic Pit member

[Edridify]

@mhughet BTW Scores are based like this Visual and Musical both take 20% of the total score or 40% together while GE is worth 60%. Broken Arrow had a heart tugging show that involved tons of emotion. They beat Owasso by over 5 Points in the GE caption and pulled away with a one point lead.

[clarinetbeast01]

A steadier camera would help. lol

[mhughet]

@chelseasaxplayer487

Mr. Gorham even messaged me on facebook (I'm his friend) and said, "Those who asked you to take down the video are current band students who want to do whatever is necessary to do well this weekend. You'll notice that our competitors don't have videos up either." So not only did he himself not ask me to take it down, he didn't give me any reason that I should either.

[mhughet]

@chelseasaxplayer487

omfg. It is not like football even in the slightest. I don't see another band competing out there with you on the field. And there are hundreds of performances to look at for a band to gauge how well they are doing with other bands but it won't improve another band's performance in the short term to help them beat a better band at the next competition. I haven't heard one valid logical reason yet to delete this.