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Spring Band Trip |
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The band had a great time with
music and fun in Corpus Christi and San Antonio. Pictures are now available in
the Album
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Winter Guard |
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The Winter Guard placed 2nd at the NTCA Championships on
Saturday, March 31st with a score of 77.45.
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The Winter Guard completed a great season by winning
the silver medal in the NTCA Championships on March 31 at South Grand Prairie High School
with their show "A Brand New Day". The guard, under the direction of Mr. James Thomas
and captain Naomi Thurlow, also won first place trophies at the Everman Invitational on
January 20th and at Richland High School on March 17th. They placed second at the R. L.
Turner High School competition on March 24th.
For scores and other information, visit the NTCA website at www.ntca-wgi.org The winter guard placed 2nd at the R.L.Turner competition March 24th, with a score of 75.3, only 3/10ths of a point behind first place! Check out the pictures in the Album |
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Contratulations Winter
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Jazz
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L.D. Bell 2001 Jazz Showcase February 1st, 2001. |
| The L. D. Bell Jazz Band was in concert at L. D. Bell High School on February 1st in the L.D. Bell H.S. auditorium. The concert, which was free and open to the public, also featured the University of Texas at Arlington Jazz Orchestra. |
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L.D. Bell Jazz Band Assembly February 2nd, 2001. |
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The L.D. Bell Jazz Band performed an A/B assembly on Friday, February 2nd at 10:30 am. |
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City of Hurst Declares L. D. Bell Band Day November 28, 2000. |
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The L. D. Bell Band was honored by the City of Hurst during their regular
City Council meeting. The date, November 28, 2000 was declared L. D. Bell Band day
by proclamation of the Council. Accepting the
award on behalf of the band were Joe
Grzybowski, John Pollard, Jeremy Earnhart, and Cathy Grzybowski. The award was presented in recognition of the band's "Triple Crown" awards winning the Bands of America Regional Contest in San Antonio; Bands of America Contest in Houston; and the State UIL Marching competition. |
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Bell Wins Top UIL State Marching Band In Waco Competition |
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L. D. Bell took the number one spot in the statewide UIL competion
held on November 6th at Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium. The Blue Raiders
Final performance was rated 1st in close competition with Duncanville.
For Offical results and rankings of other bands, visit the UIL 2000 Results web page. |
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Congratulations to the 2000-2001 Blue Raider Marching Band! |
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The L.D. Bell High School Drumline took first place in the High School
Standstill Division of the Percussive Arts Society's national competition with
a score of 94.75. They also won awards for best snares and best pit in their
division. This competition was held in Dallas on November 17th.
Congratulations to The University of North Texas, who won the college division and to Marcus High School who won the High School Marching division - and to all the other great lines who competed. |
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The Blue Raider Band came from behind in the Houston Bands Of
America competition to take First Place overall and win all three caption events.
WAY TO GO BELL!
For more information, go to L. D. Bell Band Wins Houston Bands of America Houston BOA. For Bands of America competition scores and ranking, go to Houston BOA results. Visit the Album for pictures from BOA. |
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The L. D. Bell Band advanced to the State Competition by placing in the top three bands in the UIL Area B Marching Contest. The UIL Competition was held on Saturday, October 28th at Pennington Field. Bell was ranked 1st by four judges and 2nd by one judge to win their place in the State Competition. Also advancing were Haltom High School and The Colony. Congratulations to the Blue Raider Band! The March-A-Thon is one of the key fund raising event for the band. This year's March-A-Thon was on Saturday, September 16th. Visit the Album for pictures of this event.
On Saturday, October 7, the L.D. Bell High School band attended the 2000 Bands Of America Southwest Regional at the San Antonio Alamodome. The Blue Raider band placed first in both prelims and finals, swept all finals captions and posted the highest BOA regional score to date this season with a 6-point spread over second place. WAY TO GO BELL! For more information, go to the L.D. Bell Band Wins Bands of America Press Release. For Bands of America competition scores and ranking, go to BOA results. Visit the Album for pictures from BOA. On Saturday, October 14, the L.D. Bell High School band competed in the BISD Marching Festival. Congratulations for winning Second Place in the Finals and Best Percussion and General Effects in the Captions. Go Bell Go! Check the Album for pictures from the Birdville Marching Festival..
On Tuesday, October 17, the L.D. Bell High School band received a Division 1 rating in the UIL competition held at Pennington Field in Bedford, Texas. Way to Go Bell!
L.D. Bell Blue Raider Band held their Barbeque Dinner and Silent Auction on Saturday October 21, 2000. The food was excellent! Thanks to all who helped put on this event. Music during the dinner and silent auction was provided by Bedford Jr. High Band, Central Jr. High Band, Hurst Jr. High Band, and the award winning L.D. Bell Band. Those attending this event were able to bid on Hotel stays, dinners, arts and crafts, services (oil changes, haircuts, salon visits, dentist services, etc.) autographed sports items, and many, many more items.
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On Saturday, November 4th, the L.D. Bell High School band won the Finals competition in the 2000 Bands Of America Regional Championship at Houston. The competition was held at Alief High School Stadium in Alief, Texas. The band took first place for Outstanding Visual Performance in Preliminary competion. In the Finals, the Blue Raiders came from behind to win the championship with a score of 92.70. Bell swept all finals captions, winning awards for:
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Alief, Texas
92.70 L.D. Bell H.S., TX Outstanding Visual Performance - L.D. Bell H.S., TX Outstanding General Effect - L.D. Bell H.S., TX
Outstanding Music Performance - Leander H.S., TX
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On Saturday, October 7, the L.D. Bell High School band attended the 2000 Bands Of America Southwest Regional at the San Antonio Alamodome. The Blue Raider band placed first in both prelims and finals, swept all finals captions and posted the highest BOA regional score to date this season with a 6-point spread over second place. In preliminary competition the band was awarded first among 25 bands in class AAA (the largest classification) and 32 bands overall, including past champions Westfield High School and Winston Churchill High School. L.D. Bell also won the preliminary caption awards for highest achievement in Visual and General Effect. In the finals L.D. Bell scored an 89.65; over 6 points above defending champion Winston Churchill. The Blue Raiders also swept all finals awards for highest achievement in Music, Visual and General Effect. Each Blue Raider band member received a championship medal for this nationally recognized achievement. 89.65 is the highest score posted in four BOA regional championships this year. The next highest score is an 83.65, posted by King Philip HS, MA at the New York Bands Of America Regional. The Bands Of America website is www.bands.org. On Saturday October 14 the Blue Raider Band will perform at the Birdville ISD Marching Contest. Their preliminary performance will take place at 5:00 PM at the Birdville ISD Fine Arts/Athletic complex. Their UIL regional performance occurs at 6:00 PM, Tuesday, October 17 at Pennington Field in Bedford. On October 21 the Bell Area bands host their annual barbeque dinner and concert beginning at 5:00 PM at L.D. Bell High School. For more information the Blue Raider Band may be contacted at 817-282-2551 x7415, or visit www.ldbellband.org Band Directors are Joe Grzybowski, John Pollard and Jeremy Earnhart. The principal of L.D. Bell High School is E. Don Brown. |
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San Antonio, Texas Alamodome
89.65 L.D. Bell H.S., TX Outstanding Visual Performance - L.D. Bell H.S., TX Outstanding General Effect - L.D. Bell H.S., TX
Outstanding Music Performance - Winston Churchill H.S., TX
1st - L.D. Bell H.S., TX |
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