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The following rules and guidelines have been established for hosting an MSBA sanctioned
competition
(effective 09/01/2001,
updated 11/16/2017
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The Competition Field
1.1 The competition field shall be a regulation
football field, lined every five yards, with hash marks (thirds) included. Visible markers
shall be placed at the four corners and at the ends of the fifty yard line. A ten yard
perimeter shall be provided at the entrance and exit areas.
1.2 A zone (PIT) from 35 yard line to 35 yard line, five yards deep,
shall be marked
on the front of the field.
1.2
Bands
may breach any boundary during the natural development of the drill of their
show with no penalty being given.
- Judges for Field Competition
2.1 A minimum of seven (7) judges are needed (see rules 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
and 2.7).
2.2 All judges will be assigned by the Central
States Judges Association. Non CSJA members may be assigned at the request of
the contest host.
2.3 Three General Effect Judges: there shall be three General Effect judges
for a Mid-States Band Show:
- Music General Effect #1 (20 points)
- Music General Effect #2 (20 points)
- Visual General Effect (20 points)
2.4 Two Performance Judges: there
shall be two Performance judges
for a Mid-States Band Show:
- Music Performance (20 points)
- Visual Performance (20 points)
2.5 Two Caption Judges: there shall
be two Caption judges for a Mid-States Band Show:
- Percussion Performance
- Auxiliary Performance
Captions shall be judged separately
for overall placement within the specific categories: the Percussion and
Auxiliary caption scores will NOT factor into the competition placement scores
determined in sections 2.3 and 2.4 above.
2.6
One Timing and Penalty judge shall
be used and shall be on or near the field.
2.7 All judges
identified in sections 2.3, 2.4
and 2.5 should be located
in, on or around the press box area.
2.8
All bands shall be supplied with a digital recording from each judge and
MSBA evaluation sheets for each caption.
THERE WILL BE A JUDGES CRITIQUE
OFFERED TO COMPETING BANDS FOLLOWING EACH COMPETITION
EXCEPT FOR THE FINAL COMPETITION OF THE YEAR. DIRECTORS AND STAFF OF THE COMPETING BANDS MAY ATTEND THE CRITIQUE SESSIONS
IN THE ORDER OF THEIR PERFORMANCE.
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Timing and Procedures
3.1 Bands shall be scheduled on fifteen (15) minute intervals. A contest official will
signal the competing bands to begin their Preset and Warm-up, which begins their 15 minute
time block. Pit percussion must wait for the 15 minute block to
begin to start setup.
3.2 Bands may exit the field with a percussion cadence or rim taps.
3.3 Judging shall begin with the first note of music or the first step by a
performing member. All judges shall evaluate the entire show.
3.4 The following AWARDS &
ANNOUNCEMENTS format shall be required for each MSBA contest:
a. For Each Class (or
finals at championships):
1. Best Music (total of all music
scores)
2. Best Visual (total of all visual
scores)
3. Best General Effect (total of all
general effect scores)
4. Best Field Commander (if judged)
5. Best Auxiliary (if judged)
6. Best Percussion (if judged)
7. Band Placement AND Scores IN
REVERSE ORDER (number of places and awards is at the discretion
of the
contest director)
b. Overall, Regardless of
Class:
1. Reserve Grand Champion (optional)
2. Grand Champion
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Field Rules and Penalties
4.1 Timing penalties are one-tenth (0.1) point per three (3) seconds or fraction thereof
per violation.
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Miscellaneous Rules and Options of the Contest Director
5.1 The announcement for bands to start preset or warm-up and the competition show
shall be as
follows:
1) <name> High School Band - you may enter the
field for preset and warm-up;
2) Drum Major(s) <names>, is your band ready?
3) <name> High School Band - you may take the field for competition
(exhibition).
5.2 Should inclement weather cancel a field competition, you are
encouraged to hold the competition indoors or at a stand-still.
All non marched competitions will
be held as a festival only format with taped comments only and no critique.
5.3 Any infraction or improper conduct for which no rule is given may be grounds for
warning or penalty by the contest chair. A penalty from a minimum of one-tenth (0.1) point
to a maximum of "disqualification" may be assessed. Such judgments will be
rendered by the contest chair after consultation with the head judge.
5.4
Field Commander Award: No award shall be given unless there is a separate judge specifically assigned
to evaluate the Field Commander performances.
THIS RATING IS NOT INCLUDED IN DETERMINING THE BAND'S
COMPETITION SCORE.
5.5
Auxiliary Award:
No award shall be given unless there is a separate judge
specifically assigned to evaluate the Auxiliary performances.
THIS RATING IS NOT INCLUDED IN DETERMINING THE BAND'S
COMPETITION SCORE.
5.6
Percussion Award: No award shall be given unless there is a separate judge specifically assigned
to evaluate the Percussion performances.
THIS RATING IS NOT INCLUDED IN DETERMINING THE BAND'S
COMPETITION SCORE.
NOTE: If any judge is hired locally
(NOT a Central States Judge), the judge shall have no affiliation with any
band competing at the event.
5.4 All house rules (i.e.- all weather tracks, off-limits areas, etc.) shall be followed
providing the contest chair has notified all competing bands of such rules.
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Preliminaries and Finals
6.1 Finalist bands will be chosen
using the following format: The highest scoring bands at the
performance site regardless of class.
6.2 The number of finalist bands will be determined by the
size of the competition. If
there are 30 bands, then there may be up to 15 finalist bands. If there
are only 12 bands in the competition, then there should be 6 finalist bands.
In general, there should be no more than one-half of the bands performing in
the preliminary competition that progress to finals.
6.2 In order to participate in the MSBA Championship competition, a band must perform in
at least one local MSBA competition.
6.3 Bands shall perform by Post Mark IN REVERSE ORDER for the Championship
Preliminary Contest.
6.4 Bands will draw for finals order.
The bottom five scores will draw for slots 10-6. The top five
scores will draw
for slots 5-1 (performance slots
are in descending order: slot 10 performs first, slot 1 performs last).
6.5 All decisions at an independent show are
at the direction of the contest host, chief judge and with directors input
when necessary.
6.6
Any band not
honoring their entry into an independent show shall be slotted first during
the MSBA Championships preliminary competition. The reason for the bands
non attendance must be approved by the host school and the Excecutive
Director and President of MSBA to avoid this penalty.
6.7 No
recap sheets will be distributed between prelims and finals at the MSBA
Championships. Recap sheets will be distributed after finals.
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band classification
7.1
The classifications are determined
by the number of winds, percussion and electronics performers. Any
auxiliary person that plays a wind, percussion or electronics instrument at
any time during the show shall be counted as a playing member for the purpose
of determining a band's class.
7.2 Bands are classified according to
rule 7.1 and are categorized as follows:
Class A 1 - 35 playing members
Class AAA 51 - 70 playing members
Class AA 36 - 50
playing members
Class AAAA 71 - 100 playing members
Open 101+ playing members
7.3 The competing band must declare their
class for championships by the last Monday in September.
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ANNUALLY SCHEDULED
EVENTS
8.1 The fall meeting
of MSBA will be held annually the first Wednesday
after Thanksgiving. This will be a DIRECTORS
ONLY meeting. Site to be determined and posted on the website.
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