It's about that time again.

Voting will now be available for all four circuits. I will be doing drum corps and color guard and lemon will cover marching band and drumline. Other than that the rules will remain the same.

- Preliminary voting starts the first day of week 5 (September 13th) and ends the day before FMA prelims scores are released (September 16th @ 8PM EST)

- Final voting starts immediately after the division winners are announced and ends when final scores are released (September 19th @ 8PM EST)

The rules:
- Voting will start during Week 5 to account for late entries or other changes
- You cannot vote for your own groups
- You may cast up to THREE votes per division
- Groups that are not scheduled in any competitions or are obviously fundraising or inactive have been omitted
- PM me if your group is not listed, if you want your group removed, or if there are any errors (you have until week 5 to do so)

Spreadsheets for groups/show repertoire:

Drum corps: http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19n5eoVOUUur5fvbTEoWajC0lEO-MoC2t1fPgIlzwYRo/edit?usp=sharing

Marching band: http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IZibcXyMndmJJhHOCgnOQnpHRslQBFKyqptVJSgOIcI/edit?usp=sharing

Color guard: http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dKc0d94A7LuywMJhuh7SNF7MRb1FluNyNh1L85t5XmQ/edit?usp=sharing

Drumline: http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uwNoxyeCsihK9cBtJWuWyOPynBu9KLpHIthYhuxXEKg/edit?usp=sharing


Feel free to add your group now and format your entry how you see fit, otherwise I'll be adding all groups within the next week

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Time to start voting, FMA! Remember, you may vote 3 times per division and you may NOT vote for your own groups.

Here is where you can find the Marching Band poll: http://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HaDplK8NCzMB6BS5xbTcg0LFH2WQdsN-20r6CXvon7c/

And here is the Drumline poll: http://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yn9JwL5dibm36abLNT_2L36jT6JWPf5vf66XirKu3mw/

Here is drum corps and color guard!

Drum Corps: http://forms.gle/JEeA9QSDCPsJyqBLA

Color Guard: http://forms.gle/cWMJhgWwb7hWzzxp7

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Voting ends today @ 8PM EST. There is a tie for first in each division so far (at least for drum corps and color guard). Perhaps a few more votes can break these ties?

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Howdy everyone! I've decided to release the Preliminary voting results for MB and DL a little early today since I'm going to be quite busy around the time it's normally supposed to end. With that said, here are the results:

Marching Band DI:

1st place (9 votes): Osaka Bay Outdoor Performance Ensemble - "The Pharaoh's Curse"

2nd place (tie)(6 votes): Plasma High School Marching Band - "Into the Enchanted Forest" and Robinson Secondary School Marching Rams - "Symphony for Marching Band"

3rd place (5 votes): Infinity - "Run"

MB DII:

1st place (6 votes): Black Gold Outdoor Performance Ensemble - "Romeo and Juliet"

2nd place (5 votes): Liberty Bell Marching Band and Color Guard - "Look to the Sky"

3rd place (tie)(4 votes): Barack Obama High School Marching Band - "LocEmotion" and Klein Cain Hurricane Marching Band - "Mutual Symbiosis"

MB DIII:

1st place (9 votes): Nevermore - "Nevermore"

2nd place (5 votes): Rumbling Herd - "Synesthesia"

3rd place (5 WAY TIE)(3 votes): Chattahoochee River Marching Brigade, Pristine Regiment, Sapphire Marching Ensemble, THE KNIGHT5, and Wolfpack Vanguard

The following Marching Bands will proceed to the Finals vote: Osaka Bay Outdoor Performance Ensemble, Black Gold Outdoor Performance Ensemble, and Nevermore!



Drumline DI:

1st place (tie)(5 votes): Aurora Star Indoor - "A Flower's Life" and Wagyu Beats - "The Sound of Color"

2nd place (4 votes): Enigma Indoor - "Tsar Bomba and the Thermonuclear Ballet"

3rd place (tie)(3 votes): Full Circle - "Pits of Tartarus" and Ghost Legion - "Swan Lake"

DL DII:

1st place (6 votes): Liberty Bell Drumline - "To Enter the Underworld"

2nd place (tie)(4 votes): Allegheny Indoor - "Come Together" and HC World Percussion - "Maze of Numbers"

3rd place (3 way tie)(3 votes): Arctic Winter, Harddrummers, and Martian Drumline

DL DIII:

1st place (3 way tie)(4 votes): Cortex Percussion, Fighting Peguines, and The Flub Corps

2nd place (3 votes): KNIGHT5 DRUMLINE - "Take Five"

3rd place (6 WAY TIE GOOD LORD)(2 votes): DME Independent World Percussion, North Shore Percussion, Ohio Valley Shock, Peak Percussion, Red Dragons Indoor, and Ridge Valely

The following Drumlines will be advancing to the Final vote: Aurora Star Indoor, Wagyu Beats, Liberty Bell Drumline, Cortex Percussion, Fighting Peguines, and The Flub Corps!

Click here to cast your final Marching Band vote: http://forms.gle/Mo7FcVV2SmVMe7Vm9

And here to cast your final Drumline vote: http://forms.gle/6Gn1N3r9bjfYAH516

Congrats to the winners! Results are below:

DRUM CORPS:

Division I

Winner: Black Gold: "Euphoria" - 6 votes
Runner-Up (tie): Maple City Cadets: "Standing on the Edge of Infinity" ; Star of Nevada: "Music of the Starry Night" - 5 votes
3rd Place (3-way tie): Kanpeki-sa: "One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy" ; Kingdom Corps Marching Knights: "Till Death Do Us Part" ; Lexington Legends: "Rebirth" - 3 votes

Division II

Winner: Liberty Bell Drum and Bugle Corps: "The Prince of Egypt" - 8 votes
Runner-Up: White Gold: "A Pawn in the Game" - 5 votes
3rd Place (3-way tie): Houston Cadets: "Love and Paradise" ; St. Louis Starriders: "Apollo" ; The Black Knights DC: "Undercover" - 3 votes

Division III

Winner (tie): NEMESI5: "V" ; Red Apples: "The View from Afar" - 5 votes
Runner-Up (5-way tie): Bikini Bottom Drum and Bugle Corp: "Jagged Line 2" ; Gulf Knights: "Inside the Hurricane" ; Marching Meth Cooks: "The Clone Wars" ; Moonlight Drum & Bugle Corps: "Moving Pictures" ; Sound Machine: "So Much Beauty in the World" - 3 votes
3rd Place (5-way tie): AdVanced Drum & Bugle Corps: "Secret Agents" ; billybob corp: "Jebus and lemurs" ; Blaze: "Knights of the Round Table" ; Fighting Penguins: "Insane" ; Sunset Smoke Drum Corps: "Midnight and High Noon" - 2 votes

The following groups have advanced to the final poll: Black Gold, Liberty Bell Drum and Bugle Corps, NEMESI5, Red Apples

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COLOR GUARD

Division I

Winner (3-way tie): Cyborgs: "Feeling Very Human" ; Eternal Glory World Guard: "And Still I Rise" ; Metamorphosis: "Second Sky" - 6 votes
Runner-Up: Spin City: "New England Sea Shanties" - 3 votes
3rd Place (4-way tie): Motif: "Joni" ; Robinson Secondary School Indoor Guard: "Stockton Rush" ; Snow Eagles: "Awayday Eagles" ; Starlight Independent: "I'm fine, I think" - 2 votes

Division II

Winner: Hardspinners: "Nautical Nonsense" - 9 votes
Runner-Up: Liberty Bell Color Guard: "To Danse With Death" - 5 votes
3rd Place: Houstonia World Independent: "Good grief!" - 4 votes

Division III

Winner (tie): Blue Hawks: "Secretariat" ; KNIGHT5 GUARD: "Five Dances" - 5 votes
Runner-Up: Spin Cycle: "House of the Rising Sun" - 4 votes
3rd Place: Aquamarine: "The Ripple Effect" - 3 votes

The following groups have advanced to the final poll: Blue Hawks, Cyborgs, Eternal Glory World Guard, Hardspinners, KNIGHT5 GUARD, Metamorphosis

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You can vote for the finalists here:

DRUM CORPS: http://forms.gle/Th9DHkdpWvWJvZk77

COLOR GUARD: http://forms.gle/uWVrGAbKnBk4DvuKA

Voting ends when the scores for finals are released, good luck to those who have advanced!

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Thank you all for your support! Our performers are proud to push the envelope on music arrangements, soundscapes, and visualizations that engage the audience in an immersive, artistic performance!

The membership of both Black Gold and Black Gold Outdoor Performance Ensemble play a major role in designing our shows alongside the BG Staff!

Metamorphosis is so happy to see everyone's love and support! Thank you all so much for voting for us, we're so glad that you love the show we're performing! We'll be sure to put our all into our finals performance, thank you for voting for us and we hope to see you at finals!

Finals voting ends soon. Could use some more votes to break some ties!

And the winners are...

Black Gold's "Euphoria" for drum corps, and Hardspinners' "Nautical Nonsense" for color guard!

Congrats!

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Our S115 Marching Band Fan Favorite is Osaka Bay Outdoor Performance Ensemble's "The Pharaoh's Curse", and the Drumline Fan Favorite is Wagyu Beats' "The Sound of Color"!

Thank you to our organizers/hosts and all who voted! We at Black Gold appreciate your continued support!

Best of luck to everyone in Season 116!

Congrats to our winners! Here is to a great season 116!!!