Championships Recap

Bus One leaving Mukilteo on Friday (photo by Cynthia Davis)

On Friday after school we loaded the buses and trailers for our trip down to Hillsboro. By 3:30PM we had left the school and were on our way to Oregon. We hit traffic, so we were a bit late to stop for dinner at Exit 108. Our original itinterary had us stopping for dinner at five, but because of the traffic our dinner break was from 6:15-7.

It had been raining pretty hard, and after the staff checked out the field at Tenino High School where we were supposed to rehearse, we decided to skip it and push through to Hillsboro. We had a quick bathroom break about an hour after dinner and arrived at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro at around 11PM.
After unloading the buses we had a quick meeting with Mr. Bathurst to discuss our plans for the evening. Lights out was at 11:45PM.



Back of the line for breakfast!

Wake-up call was at 7:30AM, followed by breakfast at 8:30. By 9:30 we were headed to Hillsboro Stadium for an early warm-up block since we had missed our rehearsal the night before.

Our morning rehearsal/warm-up block at Hillsboro Stadium (photo by Stuart Pitts)

After our morning visual and music warm-up block we headed to lunch. At 1:15PM we were back at camp, changing into uniform for our Prelims warm-up. At 2:00 we walked to our warm-up area. Our Prelims performance was at 3:45.

Headed to our prelims performance (photo courtesy of Stuart Pitts)

We did not feel great about our prelims show. The whole show had just felt a bit off. After going to the awards ceremony, we received fifth place with a score of 86. Only .5 away from Evergreen High School! We had never placed this high before and were very excited to perform in finals.

Dinner was cooked by our lovely parent volunteers. We ate burgers, salad, veggies, and pudding. A few alumni even stopped by the camp to say hello.

As we prepared for our finals performance there was a lot of excitement in the air. We were ready to give it our all. We headed to our last warm-up as the 2012 Kamiak Show Band.

Nick says a few words before we head to our finals performance (photo by Stuart Pitts)

We walked off of the field after finals feeling great about our performance. It had definitely been the best run of the season. We circled up to listen to a words from Stuart Pitts, Nick Benson, and Mr. Bathurst. All of them were very excited and very proud of what we had accomplished this year. A lot of tears were shed. After this we broke off quickly into sections and subsections, thanking the staff and each other for everything put into this program.

We changed out of uniform and headed off to the awards ceremony. We were happy to learn that our score had jumped to 87.45 and we had finished fifth, higher than the show band had ever placed!

These seniors got Nick Benson a birthday cake, since his birthday was the day after Championships.

At around 11:20PM we left Hillsboro Stadium and headed home. We stopped twice for bathroom breaks. One in Toutle Creek. We arrived safely at Kamiak at around 3:00AM (because of daylight savings time).

Thanks to everyone who supported us this year. Every staff member, chaperone, roadie, volunteer, and fan means the world to us. We could not do it without you!

Check the Gallery for more photos from the weekend.

CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEKEND!

3:30PM The buses have left Kamiak
7:10PM Reloading the buses after dinner break.

11:19PM We have arrived at Glencoe High School
8:24 Waiting for breakfast
9:30 On buses headed to morning rehearsal
12:13 Lunch time
11:10PM Kamiak placed fifth (THE HIGHEST IN KAMIAK HISTORY!) with a score of 87.45. We are so excited about this show and feel great about our performance.
More details in a recap tomorrow. We're headed home!
3:15AM Home safe and sound

Sunset Show Recap

Our first show yesterday went very well. We gathered at Kamiak at 5:30AM, loaded the buses, and headed down to Oregon. After sitting on buses for four and a half hours, we arrived at Hillsboro Stadium at around 10:30AM. We were exhausted but excited. We quickly unloaded the buses, changed into half-uniform and went to warm-ups.

We had a short visual block followed by music warm-up. This was done in sectionals before we came together to play as a full ensemble prior to our gate time. We put on our jackets and went to the gate. Our performance was at 12:50PM. Following every performance we circle up so that Nick can talk to us. Prelims had gone well, but we didn't feel that it was our best performance. We changed quickly and headed to the awards ceremony where it was announced that we had scored a 74.4 and received third place.

Dinner was at four, provided by our wonderful chaperones and parent volunteers. Chicken and potatoes, yum!

By five o'clock we were changed into our uniforms again. Our horns were polished, and we were ready for a great warm-up and performance. We performed at seven and walked off of the field feeling great.

The awards ceremony was at 8:20PM. We received a score of 77.05 (big jump!) and placed fourth overall. We are very excited about this score because no Kamiak band has received a score this high at the first circuit show of the season. We know that we went to Hillsboro and gave it our best.

Here is a video of our finals performance. It was very windy, but it was a good performance.

Video by Cynthia Davis

Thank you to all of our chaperones, staff, and volunteers who made this trip possible!


Get excited for Tumwater next weekend!

IT'S A SHOW DAY!

We will do our best to make updates to this post throughout the day. Thanks for supporting us!

5:40AM We arrive at Kamiak to load the buses. Lots of excitement in the air!

6:13AM Buses depart Kamiak for Hillsboro.

9:30AM Bathroom break at a rest stop about ten miles from Vancouver.

10:26AM Arrive at Hillsboro Stadium. Pumped to unload and get ready for our first prelims performance.

1:30PM We have finished our first show and are sitting in the stands getting ready to watch a few bands. Our prelims performance was decent, and we are ready to come back tonight and give it our best.

3:08PM Kamiak places third in the Open Class prelims performance with a score of 74.4. We perform eighth for finals. Our gate time for finals is 7:00.

7:47PM We walked off of the field feeling really good about our show. We are headed to the awards ceremony now.

8:39PM Kamiak takes fourth place with a score if 77.05

9:15PM After a short pow-wow, Show Band departs for home!!

1:30AM We arrive at Kamiak after a long day.

Four of the senior girls show off their footie pajamas at the rest stop on the way to the competition.