Michigan Competing Band Association
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The Michigan Competing Band Association (MCBA) is a sanctioning body for marching band field contests in the state of Michigan, established in 1974. Not only does it host a great number of local competitions around the state, MCBA holds the only statewide marching band championships in Michigan. Previous championships were held at the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Varsity Stadium in Canton, Michigan, Rynearson Stadium at Eastern Michigan University, and at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. They are now currently held at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to the 1992-93 school year, MCBA was known as the Michigan Competing Band Director's Association, or MCBDA.
[edit] Classification and scoring
Bands are separated into "Flights" by the number of students enrolled in the high school itself (based on MHSAA second semester totals) and are not a measurement of band or program size. This has been in place since the 1992-93 school year.
The flights for the 2007 season are as follows:
Flight I: 1743 students - higher
Flight II 1272 - 1742
Flight III 791 - 1271
Flight IV 790 - lower
Bands are judged completely separately in their respective flights. Bands are given a score, placement, as well as caption awards for "Best Music", "Best Marching", and "Best General Effect" in their respective flights. The judging system is as follows:
Visual
- Visual Performance Individual Judge Able to move around the field
- Visual Performance Ensemble Judge Judges from press box or high vantage point in the stands
The two judges average their score together to award a maximum of 20 points.
Music
- Music Performance Individual Judge Able to move around the field
- Music Performance Ensemble Judge Judges from press box or high vantage point in the stands
The two judges average their score together to award a maximum of 20 points.
General Effect
- General Effect Music Judge 1
- General Effect Music Judge 2
- General Effect Visual Judge
All G.E. judges view from the press box. EACH G.E. judge awards a maximum of 20 points, so the total maximum G.E. award is 60 points, this means that a band winning the G.E. Caption can still beat out a band wining both the Marching and Music Captions due to the overwhelming amount of points each G.E. Judge has to give.
The scoring for each band is as follows:
MCBA currently utilizes the Bands of America judging system in combination with several MCBA constructed judging sheets and criteria. Seven adjudicators are utilized in the scoring system:
- General Effect Music Judge 1 20 pts
- General Effect Music Judge 2 20 pts
- General Effect Visual Judge 20 pts
- Music Performance Individual Judge
- Music Performance Ensemble Judge
- Averaged for a total of 20 pts
- Visual Performance Individual Judge
- Visual Performance Ensemble Judge
- Averaged for a total of… 20 pts
Total possible = 100 pts
[edit] Previous champions
2007
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight III: Ferndale High School Marching Band Ferndale, MI
Flight IV: Columbia Central High School Marching Band Brooklyn, MI
2006
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight III: Ferndale High School Marching Band Ferndale, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
2005
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight III: Ferndale High School Marching Band Ferndale, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
2004
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Jenison High School Marching Band Jenison, MI
Flight III: Ferndale High School Marching Band Ferndale, MI
Flight IV: Godwin Heights High School Marching Band Wyoming, MI
2003
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Mona Shores High School Marching Band Norton Shores, MI
Flight III: Lakeshore High School Marching Band Stevensville, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
2002
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Jenison High School Marching Band Jenison, MI
Flight III: Lakeshore High School Marching Band Stevensville, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
2001
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Jenison High School Marching Band Jenison, MI
Flight III: Harrison High School Marching Band Farmington Hills, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
2000
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Mona Shores High School Marching Band Norton Shores, MI
Flight III: Mt. Pleasant High School Marching Band Mt. Pleasant, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
1999
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Mona Shores High School Marching Band Norton Shores, MI
Flight III: Harrison High School Marching Band Farmington HIlls, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
1998
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight III: Mona Shores High School Marching Band Norton Shores, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
1997
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight III: Hudsonville High School Marching Band Hudsonville, MI
Flight IV: Chesaning Union High School Marching Band Chesaning, MI
1996
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Lakeland High School Marching Band White Lake, MI
Flight III: Harrison High School Marching Band Farmington Hills, MI
Flight IV: Chesaning Union High School Marching Band Chesaning, MI
1995
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Mona Shores High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight III: Hudsonville High School Marching Band Hudsonville, MI
Flight IV: Durand Area High School Marching Band Durand, MI
1994
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight III: Wyoming Park High School Marching Band Wyoming, MI
1993
Flight I: Mona Shores High School Marching Band Muskegon, MI
Flight II: Lakeland High School, White Lake, MI
Flight III: Harrison High School Farmington Hills, MI"
1992
Flight I: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Lakeland High School Marching Band White Lake, MI
Flight III: Harrison High School Farmington Hills, MI
Flight IV: Lamphere High School Madison Heights, MI
1991
Flight I: Jenison High School Marching Band Jenison, MI
Flight III: Harrison High School Farmington Hills, MI
1990
Flight I: Plymouth Centennial Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Linden High School Marching Band, Linden, MI
1989
Flight I: Plymouth Centennial Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Linden High School Marching Band, Linden, MI
Flight III: Hartford Indian Emerald Vanguard, Hartford HS, Hartford, MI
1988
Flight I: Plymouth Centennial Educational Park Marching Band Canton, MI
Flight II: Linden High School Marching Band, Linden, MI
