For Immediate Release

In light of recent health advisories and mandates made by government
officials in Oregon and Washington State, the remainder of the NWAPA
Winter 2020 Season events will be cancelled.  The NWAPA Board of
Directors will be meeting soon to discuss financial implications.
Please stay tuned for additional information in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to all the units that participated in the Sherwood Winter Showcase this past weekend hosted by Sherwood HS.

The NWAPA is proud  of our class winners.

Concert Cadet Class:  Tigard Cadet

Marching Cadet Class:  Sherwood MS Percussion

Scholastic A:  Rex Putnam HS

Independent A:  Affinity

Scholastic Open:  Sherwood Percussion Ensemble

Independent Open:  Impact Percussion

Winds Scholastic A:  Grants Pass Winter Winds

Congratulations to all the units that participated in the Percussion Premier this past weekend hosted by Forest Grove HS.

The NWAPA is proud  of our class winners.

Scholastic A:  Rex Putnam HS

Independent A:  Willamette Indoor

Scholastic Open:  Sherwood Percussion Ensemble

NWAPA Fall 2020 Schedule

The NWAPA is very happy to release our 2020 Fall Schedule!  Please be on the lookout for more exciting information about the upcoming fall season very soon.  We hope you attend as many shows as you can.

9/26 – Pacific Coast Invitational @ Sprague HS

10/3 – Kamiak Music in Motion @ Mariner HS

10/3 – Century Showcase @ Hillsboro Stadium

10/10 – Sherwood Fall Showcase @ Linfield College

10/10 – Pride of the Northwest @ Grants Pass HS

10/17 – Liberty Marching Arts Challenge @ Liberty HS

10/24 – Sunset Classic @ Sunset HS

10/31 – NWAPA Championship @ OSU Reser Stadium

Congratulations to all the units that participated in the Guard Premier this past weekend hosted by Tigard HS.

The NWAPA is proud  of our class winners.

Cadet Class:  Grants Pass Cadet

Regional A:  Westview HS

Scholastic AA:  Mountainside HS

Scholastic A:  Glencoe

Independent Open:  Cascadia

Greetings NWAPA Directors & Membership, Congratulations on making it through another fall season! Talk about the best show day weather season ever, we sure lucked out.

Please join us at our next NWAPA General Membership meeting at noon on Saturday, December 7^th at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro. Topics will include Fall Wrapup, Fall adjudicator panel size and approach, Winter 2020, and Budget.

Regarding Fall Adjudication: If you have any specific adjudicator feedback, please follow this link to our adjudicator feedback form to fill out and submit. https://nwapa.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/NWAPA-Judge-Feedback-Form.pdf

For Event Feedback, you can access the form through the Contest Dynamics link you’ve received for any of NWAPA Fall Shows you’ve attended.

All feedback for adjudicators and events is welcome, considered, and encouraged when submitted through these two professional channels. They comprise an effective amount of data that we as a circuit will utilize when planning ahead.    

Fall Panel Size – We had two early season competitions this fall that had reduced panel sizes of 6 adjudicators (PCI & Linfield). This helped allow our circuit to run all of the existing shows and stay in the positive financially; last year we ended our fall budget in the negative by a large margin.  

Another solution & option that has been proposed is a 7 adjudicator panel modeling the Bands of America scoring system. Please see copy-pasted proposal at bottom of email for more details.

This topic of panel size an important agenda item at the December 7^th meeting. The board will be soliciting Fall Membership for feedback regarding which system they would like to see for Fall 2020 (i.e. 8 adjudicator panel at 100% of the shows; 6 adjudicator panel at early shows and shifting back to 8 for remaining portion of season; 7 adjudicator panel modeling the BOA system).

From the feedback solicited by Fall Unit Directors, Curtis will start lining up adjudicators to our Fall 2020 events. We will take an official vote in May to adopt or retain whichever system the membership prefers.  

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you all again at noon on Saturday, December 7^th at Glencoe High School.

Below is a copy paste of a 7 adjudicator panel proposal: 

Proposal Title: 7 Adjudicator Panel – Modeling the Bands of America Adjudication System

Proposal: Change the NWAPA adjudication system to the Bands of America adjudication system.  This would include their scoring system, tabulation, and number of judges.  This would exclude classification as we need to balance our classifications based on what is best for our region and our competitions.  Our awards would be Outstanding General Effect, Outstanding Music, and Outstanding Visual.  It would also be possible to consider awarding Outstanding Guard and Outstanding Percussion by having the Individual Music or Ensemble Music judge select the Outstanding Percussion performance of the round and by having the Individual Visual or Ensemble Visual judge select the Outstanding Guard performance of the round.  For early season contests, it would also be possible to reduce the judging panel by one less Music Effect judge to save on costs.  However, for the last 3 contests of the season, having the full panel would be at the best interest of the circuit.         

Scoring
After scores are tabulated, any penalties imposed for various infractions will be deducted from the subtotal score. This score will be used to determine the placement of competing bands. If two or more bands have a tie in their final score, the higher placement will be awarded to the band with the higher raw score (subtotal before penalties). If after using this criterion a tie still exists, the highest General Effect total will be used to determine placement. This procedure will only be applied in Class Champion and Finals competitions. When bands achieve the same (tie) score in Prelims, and when such score causes a placement tie for the last position advancing to the Finals competition, each band with the tied score will advance (In the Recap: The tie will be broken.) Any tie for an overall championship (Class Champion, Overall Champion) will not be broken but rather be awarded to the two or more bands with a tie in their final score. The recap will display two Bands in 1st Place and no Bands in 2nd Place. If two or more bands tie for highest achievement awards, each Band will be recognized.

Adjudication System
Coming from various backgrounds, geographic locations and regional styles, a group of judges brings a broad range of experience to a contest. Individual opinions and preferences are bound to be present. We never want to eliminate this individuality, but it is important that we have consistency. Toward this end, the following materials are offered to serve as a point of departure and direction. The processes, procedures and techniques of adjudication are constantly changing. The challenge is to stay abreast of the changes and at the forefront of the activity. It is the position of Bands of America that music is the more important aspect of the Performance, with marching as the presentation and visual enhancement of the program. Similarly, more emphasis has been placed on the effectiveness to the audience and to general effect judges, than on fine-line perfection of the performance judges – which may be an aspect to work on for even better effectiveness. Consequently, the weight of the numbers in the Bands of America scoring system places 60% of the value on music and 40% on visual, and at the same time, 60% of the score is within the area of general effect and 40% within the Performance Area. The point allotment for the field competition is as follows:
20 points Music Performance (Individual)*
20 points Music Performance (Ensemble)*
20 points Visual Performance (Individual)#
20 points Visual Performance (Ensemble)#
20 points Visual General Effect
40 points Music General Effect (two judges)

*Averaged     #Averaged

MUSIC PERFORMANCE (INDIVIDUAL) This judge is located on the field and is free to move about the field. This judge evaluates the entire show from beginning to end and uses an audio recorder for comments. There is one judge in this caption.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE (ENSEMBLE) This judge is located in the stands or in the press box, whichever location affords the best vantage point. The location is fixed during the entire competition. This judge evaluates the entire show from beginning to end and uses an audio recorder for comments. There is one judge in this caption.

VISUAL PERFORMANCE (INDIVIDUAL) This judge is located on the field and is free to move about the field. This judge evaluates the entire show from beginning to end and uses an audio recorder for comments. There is one judge in this caption.

VISUAL PERFORMANCE (ENSEMBLE) This judge is located in the stands or in the press box, whichever location affords the best vantage point. The location is fixed during the entire competition. This judge evaluates the entire show from beginning to end and uses an audio recorder for comments. There is one judge in this caption. The two Music Performance judges have their scores averaged for a total of 20 points. The two Visual Performance judges have their scores averaged for a total of 20 points.

GENERAL EFFECT VISUAL This judge is located in the press box and uses an audio recorder for comments. There is one judge in this caption, and his score is not averaged with any other score.

GENERAL EFFECT MUSIC There are two judges in this caption, and both are located in the press box. They judge the entire show from beginning to end, using an audio recorder to record their comments; their scores are not averaged.

For the Complete Rulebook, see this link:
https://marching.musicforall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/2019-BOA-Rulebook.pdf

Rationale
Having a system that is more weighted toward music allows our mission to maintain our focus on music education.  Less judges allows us to raise our judges rate of pay and decreases expenses for show sponsors (especially for flight and hotel).  In our current system, percussion and guard are sampled and credited too heavily.  With the Bands of America system, the percussion and guard are still sampled and valued within the music and visual captions.  It would be important for us (when possible) to ensure that one of the music individual or ensemble judges has a background in percussion.  As mentioned above, Outstanding Percussion and Outstanding Guard could be awarded and determined by the Individual or Ensemble music and visual judges.

Financial Impact
Show Sponsor expenses would be reduced.

Proposal Submitted by: Todd Zimbelman

Please make note, the NWAPA has a new PO box mailing address. The new address is:

NWAPA, P.O. Box 230874, Portland OR 97281

Congratulations to all of the bands that participated in the NWAPA
Championships hosted by University of Oregon.

The NWAPA is proud to present our 2019 Champions:

Grants Pass HS – NWAPA Circuit Champions, AAA Class Champions

Sunset HS – AA Class Champions

Tigard HS – A Class Champions

2019 Fall Draw Results (Lower the number, the earlier you go on)

Final order by class determined after Friday, September 6th reporting date

PCI

1. Sheldon Marching Band
2. Aloha High School Marching Ensemble
3. South Medford High School Marching Band
4. Westview High School Band & Auxiliary
5. McNary High School Marching Band and Color Guard
6. North Salem High School
7. Hilhi Marching Band and Colorguard
8. Roseburg Marching Ensemble
9. Beaverton High School Marching Ensemble
10. Glencoe High School
11. Kelso Marching Ensemble
12. St. Helens High School Marching Band and Color Guard
13. Willamette Marching Band

Kamiak

1. Bonney Lake High School Panther Marching Band
2. Fruitland High School

Sherwood

1. Mountainside Marching Ensemble
2. Westview High School Band & Auxiliary
3. Aloha High School Marching Ensemble
4. Tigard High Marching Ensemble
5. West Salem Titan Marching Band
6. Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Colorguard
7. Liberty High School Marching Band and Colorguard
8. Beaverton High School Marching Ensemble
9. McMinnville High School Marching Band
10. Skyview High School
11. Southridge Marching Ensemble

Sunset

1. North Salem High School
2. Sherwood High School Marching Band
3. Glencoe High School
4. Century Marching Band
5. Skyview High School
6. Tigard High Marching Ensemble
7. West Valley Ram Marching Band

PNW

1. Liberty High School Marching Band and Cologuard
2. St. Helens High School Marching Band and Color Guard
3. Hilhi Marching Band and Colorguard
4. South Medford High School Marching Band
5. Sprague Olympian Marching Band & Colorguard
6. North Valley High School Marching Band
7. McMinnville High School Marching Band
8. Del Norte Warrior Regiment
9. Brookings-Harbor High School Bruin Band

Century

1. West Salem Titan Marching Band
2. Hermiston High School Marching Band
3. Southridge Marching Ensemble
4. Willamette Marching Band
5. Kelso Marching Ensemble
6. McNary High School Marching Band and Color Guard
7. Aloha High School Marching Ensemble
8. Mountainside Marching Ensemble
9. Skyview High School
10. Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Auxiliary
11. Hilhi Marching Band and Colorguard
12. Westview High School Band & Auxiliary

Liberty

1. Southridge Marching Ensemble
2. Glencoe High School
3. St. Helens High School Marching Band and Color Guard
4. Astoria High School Marching Band
5. Mountainside Marching Ensemble
6. Sprague Olympian Marching Band & Colorguard
7. Tigard High Marching Ensemble
8. McMinnville High School Marching Band
9. Sherwood High School Marching Band
10. Beaverton High School Marching Ensemble
11. Grants Pass Marching Band and Color Guard
12. North Salem High School

Championships

1. Beaverton High School Marching Ensemble
2. Hermiston High School Marching Band
3. Sheldon Marching Band
4. North Salem High School
5. Willamette Marching Band
6. Aloha High School Marching Ensemble
7. Westview High School Band & Auxiliary
8. Grants Pass Marching Band and Color Guard
9. Southridge Marching Ensemble
10. Liberty High School Marching Band and Color Guard
11. Kelso Marching Ensemble
12. Sprague Olympian Marching Band & Colorguard
13. Hilhi Marching Band and Colorguard
14. West Salem Titan Marching Band
15. Century Marching Band
16. McMinnville High School Marching Band and Color Guard
17. McNary High School Marching Band and Color Guard
18. South Medford High School Marching Band
19. Sherwood High School Marching Band
20. Mountainside Marching Ensemble
21. Roseburg Marching Ensemble
22. Skyview High School
23. West Valley Ram Marching Band
24. Glencoe High School
25. St. Helens High School Marching Band and Color Guard
26. South Albany High School Band
27. Tigard High Marching Ensemble
28. Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Auxiliary

Registration is now open for all fall season NWAPA contests. Follow the instructions below to register.

1. If you have never registered your ensemble on the new site, click “Register a New Unit” on the home page.
2. Once you have completed the unit registration, log in with your ensemble name and password.
3. After logging in, you will be directed to your ensemble information page.
4. Update any known information in the record, numbers must be declared and updated by September 6th to determine classification. Copyright is also due by this date, please email a completed Copyright Form to vp_fall@nwapa.net.
5. Select the fall contests that your ensemble plans to attend.
6. Save your changes by clicking “Save” at the bottom of the page.

If you have any questions, contact help@nwapa.net.