Lone Star Classic Rules - 2009
1) ELIGIBILITY
a) Any High School Drumline. All members of the drumline must be in compliance with all U.I.L. and H.B. 72 extracurricular activity and eligibility rules.
2) ENTRY
a) Drumlines must submit an entry form and entry fee via USPS Mail or similar to:
Marcus High School
attn: Mr. Kennan Wylie
5507 Morris Road
Flower Mound, TX 75028
b) Entries will be acknowledged via return email for up to two (2) email addresses as shown on the entry.
3) PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
a) Performance order will be determined by random drawing from the performance schedule from three Pools as determined by the postmark on the entry.
· All entry forms postmarked between August 31 and September 14 with the paid entry fee, will be placed into Pool No. 1.
· All entry forms postmarked between September 15 and September 30 with the paid entry fee, will be placed into Pool No. 2
· All entries postmarked between October 1 and October 23 with the paid entry fee, will be placed into Pool No. 3
· For logistic purposes, the order of the field contest divisions will be Standstill Division II Red Ensemble, Standstill Division II Silver Ensemble, Standstill Division I Red Ensemble, Standstill Division II Silver Ensemble and the final division will be marching.
· All Soloists will be placed in random order of postmarked entry with paid entry fee. Adjustments will be made for soloists to accommodate other contest commitments with their own school’s drumline.
b) The previous year’s 1st Place Winner in each Division will be scheduled at in the last performance time for the Division.
c) Entries will be randomly drawn to determine their playing position in their respective Division. All of Pool No. 1 entries will be drawn, then Pool No. 2 and then Pool No. 3. The order in which entries are drawn will determine the time at which the entrant will perform starting with the latest time in the Division and will working toward early times.
d) A Drumline Director may request an earlier playing time than assigned by the drawing due to conflicts or other reasons.
e) On a space-available basis all entries postmarked October 23rd or later will be added to the playing performance schedule based on the postmarked date and receipt of entry fee.
f) Late entrants - -Entries after October 23rd must email the tournament director for available scheduling. Contact the Lone Star Chairman here.
g) The Lone Star Classic may limit the total number of entries from all Divisions. In 2009, we anticipate a limit of sixty (60) competing drumlines.
4) INSTRUMENTATION
a) Any acoustic or electronic percussion is allowed. Electricity will be provided to a single outlet box. Each group is responsible to provide its own electric power cords and equipment.
b) Accompaniment by non-percussion instrumentation is permitted.
c) All music must be performed live.
5) FIELD RULES
a) Each drumline will be allotted a maximum time on the field of 12 minutes to enter, set-up, perform, tear down and exit the contest area.
b) The drumline will be signaled by a field official to enter the field. The start of the allotted time shall be when equipment crosses the start line onto the field.
c) The stop time shall be when all equipment has been removed from the performance area.
d) No performance boundaries will be imposed.
e) Times will be reported in the final scoring.
6) PERFORMANCE
a) The minimum field for any drumline, solo snare and solo tenor performance time shall be 2 minutes. The minimum solo keyboard performance time shall be 3 minutes.
b) The maximum field performance time for any drumline shall be 8 minutes
c) The maximum tenor and snare solo performance time shall be 4 minutes
d) The maximum keyboard solo performance time shall be 5 minutes
e) Performance time starts when the first note is played
f) Judging commences when the first note is played
g) All Divisions and all solo instruments have the same time restrictions.
7) JUDGING
a) A minimum of three and a maximum of four judges will adjudicate the field performances for Standstill Division II ensembles. A four-judge panel will adjudicate Standstill Division I ensembles and Marching.
b) Solo performances will be judged by a minimum of two and maximum of four judges.
c) Each drumline will be judged in and scores allotted to the drumlines in the following: Execution, Repertoire and Performance Effectiveness
d) Overtime / Undertime Penalties shall be assessed from the following table:
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Overtime / Undertime (seconds)
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Deduction
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10 to 30
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0.5
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31 to 45
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0.8
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45 to 60
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1.0
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61
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0.6 + 0.5 for each 20 seconds greater than 60 seconds overtime
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8) SOLO COMPETITION
a) The soloists will be announced. The judges will signal solo performers when they are ready to for the performer to begin. The soloist may choose to introduce themselves and the title and composer of their work. Soloist should begin with their compulsory.
b) The minimum performance time for solo snare and solo tenor shall be 2 minutes. The maximum time for solo snare and solo tenor shall be 4 minutes.
c) The minimum performance time for solo keyboard shall be 3 minutes. The maximum time for solo keyboard shall be 5 minutes.
9) RANKING
a) Judges will adjudicate each Drumline Standstill and Marching field performance based on a 100-point scale allocated as follows
· 40 points Execution
· 30 points Repertoire
· 30 points Performance Effectiveness
b) Judges will adjudicate each Solo snare and tenor performance based on a 100-point scale allocated as follows:
· 10 points Compulsory
· 45 points Execution
· 45 points Performance Effectiveness
c) Judges will adjudicate each Solo keyboard performance based on a 100-point scale allocated as follows:
· 35 points Execution
· 35 points Repertoire
· 30 points General Effect
d) The sum of the Judges scores will be divided by the number of Judges to determine the average Raw Score.
e) Penalty deductions will be assessed to the Raw Score resulting in a Net Score.
f) The Drumlines and Soloists will be ranked from highest Net Score to lowest Net Score
g) In the event of a tie:
1. First tiebreaker will be determined by ranking the drumlines based upon the average of the Execution Score.
2. Second tiebreaker will be determined by ranking the drumlines based upon the average of the Performance Effectiveness Score
3. Third tiebreaker will be determined by ranking the drumlines based upon the average of the Repertoire Score or Compulsory Score.
4. Fourth tiebreaker will be based on the lower amount of penalty deductions.
5. In the event drumlines or soloists are tied after four tiebreakers, the position will be declared a draw and each drumline will share the position.
10) AWARDS
a) Caption Awards in each Division will be given for
· Best Snare Line
· Best Tenor Line
· Best Cymbal Line
· Best Front Ensemble
· Best Bass Line
b) Placement Awards in each Standstill Division will be given for the top five (5) place finishers
c) Placement Awards in the Marching Division will be given to the top eight (8) place finishers
d) An Award will be given to the Drumline scoring the highest tabulated score net of any penalties.
e) An Award will be given to “The Most Creative Drumline Show” in each Division.
f) Placement Awards will be given to soloists for the top three (3) performances in each instrument category.
11) EQUIPMENT STORAGE:
a) An open area for temporary storage will be provided under your own supervision, and at the drumline’s own risk. The Lone Star Committee assumes no risk of loss, damage or theft.
12) JUDGES COMMENTS
a) Within approximately 60-90 minutes of a drumline completing its performance, the comment CD will be available at the North End of the Press Box. The judges score sheets will be available following awards for each Division.
13) PRACTICE AREAS
a) Each drumline will be allotted 120 minutes on-site prior to their performance. This time includes off unloading, warm-up and movement into position. All soloists may warm-up in the area between the school building and the designated drumline warm-up area.
b) Due to local city ordinance, warm-up and practice on site will be allowed only in the areas designated. Play outside of this area for all Divisions and all soloists is prohibited. Directors - - please help us comply with this ordinance.
c) Drumlines are not allowed to re-apportion their practice area.
14) DIVISIONS and CLASSIFICATIONS
a) Marching
b) Standstill II – Novice and Intermediate experienced drumlines
1) Red Ensemble consists of groups with 20 or fewer members
2) Silver Ensemble consists of groups with 21 or more members
3) The LSC Committee and Tournament Director reserve the right to make adjustments to the segmentation to maintain even contest groupings. Notification to the appropriate directors will be given prior to the contest.
c) Standstill I – Advanced experienced drumlines
1) Red Ensemble consists of groups with 29 or fewer members
2) Silver Ensemble consists of groups with 30 or more members
3) The LSC Committee and Tournament Director reserve the right to make adjustments to the segmentation to maintain even contest groupings. Notification to the appropriate directors will be given prior to the contest.
d) Soloists – Snare, Tenor, Keyboard. There will be one class for each solo performance instrument.
Lone Star Classic Rules - last updated August 30, 2009