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On this video proposed by abacoocaba, we all see that the footage is from Sky-A TV, excellent professional footage, so my question is: does anyone here have any information, a link for example, let’s dream a little, on the whole programme?
Last year there was a full programme after the AJBA Contest.
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I found this information on the Sky-A TV website:
The 35th All Japan Marching Contest , which will be held at Osaka Castle Hall on November 20th, will be broadcast again this year!
Sky A will install a camera on the ceiling, and we will also send you the team formation with an angle from directly above.
Which team will win the highest honor, the gold medal!
[Program]
“Osaka University of Arts Group PRESENTS Marching Bravo! ~Put Hope on Music~”
The 35th All Japan Marching Contest [Broadcast date]・12/24 (Sat) 19: 00-21: 30 < Part 1>・ 12/25 (Sun) 19: 00-21: 30 < Part 2>
[Program page] https://www.sky-a.co.jp/category/hyugei/43000011/
Let’s hope now that one of our Japanese friends will be able to share it with us, it would be a nice present for Christmas! 🙂
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Great information Michel-san! Added to Upcoming Events.
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This was already announced, on the day of competition(live-stream). But this usually don’t make it to Youtube, but on other sites maybe. If it does make it to YT, it may be on the unlisted status.
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An audio-only of KT’s Nationals with video snipets in between. Watch until the end for reactions of the band members presumably after they learned of the gold medal win.
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Ray – The last 10 seconds are really very nice
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The formula:
1. Get the video.
2. Extract the last 15 sec.
3. Grab a beer, replay button on auto, hit Play.
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I just watched KT’s 2021 and 2022 Nationals gold winning pieces and tried to compare the two. I remember either Alan-san or MartinC-san had commented earlier that the two choreographies are quite similar, but definitely not the same. The Fanfare and The Sing were the only songs played twice in a row, with a new arrangement for The Sing. The marching choreography seems the same (though as an amateur in marching I can’t really be sure), but the rest of the choreography is definitely different.
I then watched the Tamana Girls’ 2021 and 2022 gold winning pieces and to my amazement the two are basically the same. From their setlist, the marching and free choreographies (aside from little tweaks here and there), they performed basically the same pieces. Would that be the reason why they always win gold, because this set list and choreo won gold last year there’s no reason why it wouldn’t win another gold this year?
Sorry guys I don’t want to stir some hornets’ nest here, I just feel that the current 3rd and 2nd graders of the Tamana Girls can do this performance in their sleep. Now I really appreciate those schools who perform different set lists and choreographies every year. That makes their practice for perfection a little harder for the entire team, not just for the freshmen. I know one very, very good school that does this every year.
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Ray, I’m sorry, I didn’t believe you. How could a performance be the same as last year’s and still be awarded gold?
So I ran last year’s Tamana Girls’ video as a PIP on this year’s. I’m afraid I saw no difference. At all. Even the soloist’s instrument is the same. Down to the DM’s twirls- they look identical! I am gobsmacked.
I think your initiative to compare last year’s and this year’s performances excellent and revealing.
So what about KT? As you concentrated on the free part of the contest more than on the “marching choreography”, I’ve looked instead at the latter. In fact, the performances are significantly different.
Starting with the Fanfare, obviously the music is the same, but player positioning and Colour Guard movements are different.
Turning to the required marching moves:
1st 90 degree turns are different.
2nd turns are the same.
3rd turns are very different. That’s where last year, the first four rows (horizontally nearest to us) reversed before moving forward again to turn left away from us. Also last year, the CG’s flags were unfurled.
4th and final 90 degree turns are about the same. But then, as they move to line up horizontally on the far side to us, again last year’s rows nearest to us reverse into position.
After which, as the band approach us, interestingly on both occasions the DM veers around Sousa as she marches across her, yet Sousa is placed on different rows.
Then comes the 180 degrees turn from right to left: This is the second year when the players have reverted to a simple turn. In 2014, KT had introduced a complex double turn at this point. It was maintained in the 2020 Sky-A Tournament but abandoned in 2021 and now in 2022. (Side note: in checking the Sky-A performance, once again, as ever before, upon seeing it I get a gulp in the throat. How did they manage such a wonderful show? Sorry, irrelevant. Except, of course, the juniors then are the seniors now.)
The marching formations over, last year the clarinet quartet moved forward for the ballad whilst this year the whole band shapes up for its first creative ‘feather’ formation (in homage to Edith Piaf, I say!).
Conclusion. The whole approach to the contest is utterly different to that of Tamana Girls’.
Whilst always inspired by the past, KT’s students forever dare to think afresh; and work hard to create new contest performances that each are things of beauty.
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Ok, ok Alan-san it was a feather not a sparrow, a banana or a whale. Well, as I’ve said before, this gives me a deeper appreciation of what these kids think and do for their performance. And additionally compairing their competition piece from Tokyo Sobun to the Kyoto and Kansai stages, and then on to Taiwan, you can see the evolution. Besides, we are only discussing their competition piece. They also change their annual parade and stage performances. Amazing, simply amazing.
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For me, KT’s main strength is not her playing and dancing ability, that can be achieved with training. Or the memorization of dozens of songs. But his creativity. The ability to invent and improve. To change everything every year, to change during the year, even in the middle of a simple rehearsal with a guest. It is amazing that they maintains this characteristic generation after generation. And without being dependent on her coaches, who have also been changed.
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Finally, I think is very unfair for the judges to give max scores to bandas that present the same thing year after year. Creativity should also be a judging criterion. Imagine a philharmonic always presents the same 3 songs, concert after concert?
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Hi abacoocaba-san. Remember our discussion on Seika’s never-changing parade setlist? That’s why I said I don’t feel excited watching Seika or Tamana in a parade because I already know what they’re playing. Then here comes KT in a parade. You just have to watch them to see the new things they have prepared for us. And then maybe follow the throngs of people following them haha.
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Alab-san, the only difference I can clearly see in the Tamana Girls’ 2021 and 2022 Nationals performance is the color of the floor at Osaka-jo.
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Sorry Alan-san typo, I’m using a smartphone.
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Did you notice that, for the performance at the Finals, ‘Creta’ had added a twirl just before the salute? (1:29)
The only other difference I noticed from what we have seen at Meridian, Taiwan, Kansai, etc. was before and after the 180 ° turn. Instead of facing sideways towards the judges, they faced forwards and then they all turn to face the judges at the same time as a new line of music with more instruments and volume starts (2:58), giving the change more emphasis.
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Hi MartinC-san. How about before and after the ++ formation, was there a difference? Unfortunately in Taiwan the overhead shot was cut just a split second after the ++ so its hard to tell. But the camera angle at the Meridian Fest was too low for me to spot some difference.
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Alan. I’ll forever be with you when you mention the 2020 Sky-A show. That particular show is and has been my favorite ever since seeing it the first time … and not just because of the “move.” I have always maintained that this show should be used in a competition contest. It has all the qualities that make for a consistent winner. And, I do have to say that the judges seeing this routine for the first time will be blown away by the “move.” Right?
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Tamana has been doing this routine since I think 2015 (since I watched these AJMC contests). It’s not only Tamana, other shcools too. Yodogawa also does it(for years, same music, routines) and also Narashino (Russian dance). These are the only schools I remembered, but there are others. You can checked the videos posted in the comments section of previous AJMC, and compare them. SEIKA sticks to a template, but you can see common themes in it.
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Sad. Because this some schools have dropped out of these contests. Creativity isn’t considered.
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ODF-san,
In this video, KT took a photo together with Kagamino Junior High School in “Kami City, Kagawa Prefecture.” (香川県 香美市立鏡野中学校) Although it has the same name as Kagamino JHS in Okayama Prefecture, the two junior high schools are different. Please update the information in the Event section.
https://www.fureai-cloud.jp/kagamino-j
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Thank You for the correction Keo-san! Fixed, although I found Kami City in Kōchi Prefecture.
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ODF-san,
Oh, it was my mistake!
Both Kagawa and Kochi prefectures are in Shikoku island!
(just an excuse🤣)
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From what a commentator says, the photo shoot was at the request of the Kagamino kids. They wanted their picture taken with the famous KT! Says a lot about KT.
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And don’t underestimate these little fans. Creta mentioned that she was a big fan of KT and made a big ruckus when she saw KT students during her trip to Kansai Marching Contest XD. One day they will lead KT for national gold awards!!!
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Hi Alan-san. The Kagamino kids definitely scored a scoop and a memory of a lifetime. I’m sure they are now bragging to their friends back home that they have mingled with the best in the land.
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And let’s not underestimate these little fans! Creta mentioned that she was a big fan of KT and when she saw KT students during her trip to Kansai Marching Contest, she made a bug ruckus 😀 One day these little fans will lead KT to more national gold awards 😉
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Congratulation message from Japan Taiwan Exchange Association to KT:
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Will KT be in Taiwan again in 2023? Several websites say that there is a great desire for a new visit.
https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E6%A9%98%E9%AB%98%E6%A0%A1%E5%86%8D%E5%A5%AA%E9%87%91%E8%B3%9E-%E7%99%BC%E6%96%87%E8%AC%9D%E7%B2%89%E7%B5%B2-%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E8%94%A1%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E8%B3%BD%E5%89%8D%E6%89%93%E6%B0%A3-100639177.html
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abacoocaba-san,
It seems that Taiwanese people now have high expectations for KT to visit Taiwan again.
If you search YouTube with the word “橘色惡魔 (orange devil)”, you will find many videos have been posted from Taiwan related to KT winning the Gold in several days.
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According to some tweets the ticket scalping was the main culprit for so many empty seats at Ōsaka-jō Hall. So unfair 😦
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The reason for the empty seats is that they keep a lot of them unsold because students can walk in free of charge and those seats are kept for them.
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Yeah, I wish that’s the case. We all know about “band’s seats” . I’m talking about seats that are already sold but empty:
一人で何枚もチケット購入して挙げ句の果て転売して、金儲けするやついまだあとたたない。見にいきたい人たくさんいたのに泣き寝入り、転売取り締まる法律つくって、転売するひと、留置して罰金とってほしい。マーチングコンテストみにいきたかった。
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Doing that for what is essentially a school show (even if high profile) deserves some penalty, i.e. traditional pillory and whipping… Kids expect to present their best and people to see it – then they see empty seats instead…
In many countries such actions are forbidden by law, at least in my country reselling tickets for sports or artistic shows at price higher then buy price is penalized by “arrest, restriction of liberty or a fine”.
I’d still prefer optional public flogging though.
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A very nice photo
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There has been a very long line of very good and effective DM’s through the years, but I think Creta has served her time at the head of the Orange Devils in a most charming and knowledgeable manner, especially in Tiawan and now at the AJMC competition. Wouldn’t it be nice if she could serve another year? Thank you, Creta, for doing your job so beautifully.
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Next year we will admire a new DM and Creta has done a very good job. It has already been said by many here on the blog,
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Someday, when KT comes back to march in the Rose Parade again, I really hope DM Creta is one of the three DMs in front of the procession, along with DM Racho. This would be similar to what KT did in 2018 when Ron was the DM of the band. I thought it looked amazing.
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Congratulations tall of the orange devils.well done! What a wonderful year they are having. Like so many of you just wishing for more videos of them. they’re going to blow those tall hats clean off the guards. What fun that would be to see them exchange uniforms with them Can’t you just see them wearing those high bear skin hats?
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Is there any chance we see Izumo 17th Regular Concert online stream? Well, I guess not but I always hope 🙂
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Probably not, but we can hope and trust that Tsubame Planning will be both there and Matsusho’s RC to record them in all their glory, as he has done before. The fine camera work with multiple angles will of course take its time to edit and publish.
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Yes… Izumo is not as protective as that of KT-band’s event especially if it’s commercial one.
So Izumo’s event has always been published in Youtube.
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Congratulations to all Orange Devils. You are and will always be the best. Greetings from Vienna
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Coming soon…
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Video from before the Nationals (unloading truck, posing for pictures, walking to the venue). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnChnerpico
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Video seems to be taken by someone from Taiwan (the more the merrier!). Great fun to watch. Seeing them lug all that equipment about provides conclusive evidence as to the advantage of playing piccolo.
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Alan. Your comment about playing piccolo reminded me of the era of our jazz band setting up and taking down after a gig. I always envied the piano player. He could just wander in, go to the piano that was already at the site , sit down and play, and afterwards just get up and walk away. In the meantime, I was still taking down and packing away the drum kit. Would I do all that again? You better believe it … it was the best of times.
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Ragar-san, thanks for your sharing. I found out this Youtuber is a Taiwanese and he seemed to particularly make this trip from Taiwan to Osaka (Japan withdrawed the travel restriction in mid-October) only for recording KT’s before-and-after scenes. It looks like he did not watch the contest and wait for 3+ hours outsides the building. He said the second half video will be posted very soon. What a die-hard fan from Taiwan!
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Let’s look forward to the second part
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Kaneshiro-sensei presented the support message from President Tsai Ing-wen and the band recorded their response, click here.
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the response video at Sanli News Network SETN which Kaneshiro-sensei recorded
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Congratulations to Tachibana from General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC) are here.
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From Taiwan
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As the video description says: “When changing a huge formation, it is as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water”.
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This video is very telling. And the commentary says a lot. I was moved.
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The Kyoto Tachibana High School Wind Ensemble Club, who came to Taiwan from Japan to participate in the National Day performance, recently participated in the 35th All Japan Marching Wind Music Competition in Japan and won the gold award. This is the second year in a row that Orange High School has won the Gold Award in the National Competition. The arrangement of their entries this time retains the double-ten formations performed in Taiwan, and then adjusts them into more complex formations. When changing huge formations, it is as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water, which is different. The change of formation did not stop at all, and the change was done in one go. It is precisely this spirit of continuous self-improvement that still managed to achieve the second consecutive championship in the competition surrounded by strong enemies”
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Sorry. More texts came in than I wanted. And I can’t edit. Can delete.
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Kyoto Tachibana Gakuen 120th Anniversary Commemorative Video, click here.
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Very interesting. The video covers the entire Academy including the school. I hope everyone can identify the year and event featured on the “water stage”!
My reading of material concerning the University is that it has developed, and its stature has grown, considerably over the decades. Moreover, there’s an overall theme here: “Learning to change the world- be a person who enjoys change”. I sense a progressive force for the future, that intentionally includes the band and its students. Fanciful perhaps, but remember who accompanied them on their ground-breaking trip to Taiwan?
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I see Mafuran, so it must be 116th, 2019, right?
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Yes, the picture of Tachibanasai at 01:04 is from 2019, lots of familiar faces there. The stage picture at 03:49 is, of course, from the latest Regular Concert with the 118th graduting.
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Here is the congratulation message to KT from secretary general of GACC yesterday:
https://twitter.com/lee_formosa/status/1594266180071886849
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It is restricted.
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Sorry about that abacoocaba-san.
Here is the snapshot of the said twitter and its English translation:
“Breaking News! Congratulations to Kyoto Tachibana SHS [Band] that they won Gold Award in All Japan Marching Contest!”
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What a fantastic result for KT, they certainly kept their focus after the trip to Taiwan and all the excitement that came with it!
Since I’m currently in Osaka anyway (but didn’t manage to win the ticket lottery, as I posted weeks ago), I went down to Osaka-jo this morning to check out the pre-contest atmosphere. As soon as I exited the Osaka Loop Line train at Ōsakajō-kōen (“Osaka Castle Park”) station at around 11am, it was clear that all the people there did not just come for the Nationals. Osaka Castle Park is a very popular weekend destination for the locals, if the weather is nice, and to top it off there was a ramen festival this weekend, with lots of different types of ramen to sample from stands between the station exit of Osaka-jo Hall.
The next thing I suddenly noticed that stood out were the many KT bags! So many of the signature white bags with the red stripes, each of them had lots of the usual charms and decorations dangling from them. The KT members were strolling or sitting around in smaller and larger groups scattered around the busy place wearing their black, long training pants and dark blue jackets, the same outfits as in the video of the post-tournament photo session posted yesterday. One detail I never noticed before is that each jacket has the wearer’s name stitched in romanized spelling (first name initial plus last name) on the left sleeve.
I was a bit confused, because I thought I would be seeing them, and other bands, practicing somewhere on the grounds (typically close to the castle moat) and wearing some “orange” already. Maybe the practice session took place already earlier that morning? Quite a few parents were also with them (well, only mothers actually, I think the fathers are never to be seen, they do other things on Sundays).
What I noticed was that almost all of them were eating, and lots, as if they didn’t know where their next meal would come from 🤣! Many of them ate Yakiniku (various types of meat or seafood grilled on a wooden stick), and they circled between the food stalls, Starbucks, the drinks vending machines, and the Lawson convenience store 😃.
But what struck me the most was how relaxed they all were! Absolutely nothing in their behavior would let you think they were playing for national gold in a few hours. They looked like they were going on a school trip to a theme park with lots of food sampling, taking selfies, joking around with each other, and having fun!
I’m not sure where they had their instruments, I only saw the occasional trumpet case. When I passed some of them and it didn’t feel I would interrupt anything, I wished them good luck.
In the meantime other bands arrived wearing their uniforms and entered Osaka-jo Hall as a group. When it was clear that I wouldn’t be witnessing any practice session, I moved on to my next destination for the day, the Solaniwa Onsen, which I wanted to finally try out. That turned out to be a very relaxing afternoon 😀.
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KT bags😁
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Have these results been posted yet?
https://www.asahi.com/edu/suisogaku/marching/team_high.html
1 Tokai Aichi Aiko Daimei Den – Silver
2 Kansai Osaka Minoh Jiyu Gakuen – GOLD
3 Shikoku Tokushima Tokushima merchant – Bronze
4 China Hiroshima Hiroshima Shoyo – Silver
5 Kansai Kyoto Kyoto Tachibana – GOLD
6 Kyushu Nagasaki Active water/high – GOLD
7 Tokyo Tokyo Tokai Otakanawadai – GOLD
8 Hokuriku Toyama Toyama Commercial – Silver
9 Hokkaido Hokkaido Engaru – Bronze
10 Kansai Hyogo Takigawa II – GOLD
11 Kyushu Kumamoto Tamana Girls – GOLD
12 Tokai Aichi Anjo Academy – Bronze
13 West Kanto Saitama Ina Gakuen – Silver
14 East Kanto Chiba City Funabashi – Silver
15 China Shimane Matsue Commercial – Bronze
16 Tohoku Fukushima Teikyo Azumi – Bronze
17 East Kanto Chiba Ichikashiwa – Silver
18 East Kanto Chiba Narashino – GOLD
19 West Kanto Saitama Eimei – Silver
20 China Shimane Izumo Hokuryo – Silver
21 Kyushu Fukuoka Seika Girls – GOLD
22 West Kanto Gunma University of Tokyo – GOLD
23 Tohoku Miyagi Saint Ursula Academy Eichi – Silver
24 Tokai Aichi Konan HS – Bronze
25 Shikoku Tokushima Jonouchi Secondary – Bronze
Gold = 9 Silver = 9 Bronze = 7
Less generous than last year (11,9,5) but slightly more generous than the official allocation (9,8,8).
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Sorry – #6 should have been ‘Nagasaki Kassu’.
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‘Nagasaki Kassui’, even.
What do I want for Christmas? The facility to edit comments here after posting!
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Some loose observations:
All Kyushu (3) and Kansai (3) participants got GOLD.
All participants from Hokkaido (1) and Shikoku (2) got BRONZE.
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What most struck me was Kwassui’s achievement. They bucked what I think is a long-standing trend, winning gold with a distinctly under-strength contingent. They announced 57 participants; in fact turning up with 55. Maybe their distinctive formations did it for them: especially their turning anchor, referring perhaps not only to their location in a seaport, but as a reference to their name “Living Water”.
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Agree Alan-san. But I would like to add the last crucifix formation might be another reference to their name “Living Water” implying their Christian heritage.
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Kwassui > Arr: Eiji Suzuki !!!!!
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Oops! You beat me to it. I posted on the Events page.
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I wondered why I saw your post in my notifications but couldn’t see it here! I don’t often think to look at the Events page, although things posted there will be much easier to find in the months and years to come. Anyway, your post has more information in it than mine!
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A little surprising the position of the Anjo Gakuen HS. I read a lot of praise, but….
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The judges probably didn’t like the experimentation, maybe especially the instrument swop part-way through
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Although instrument swaps are permitted, hence KT up until 2019 having some of the the percussionists swap for novelty instruments.
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Lest we forget
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The marching piece that Tamana Girls played today was ‘The Bandwagon’, not ‘Merry Go Round’ as I suggested in the chat room (and with which others agreed, to be fair!).
Kyoto Tachibana played ‘The Bandwagon’ for its march in the AJMC entries for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2017. No wonder some people are unsettled by the recent new-fangled changes, like having a different march each year!
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oops! well spotted!
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KT official Instagram!
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“last week, we received a message of support from President Tsai Ing-wen!”
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Homepage has also been updated
https://kyoto-tachibana-shsband.jp/%e7%ac%ac35%e5%9b%9e%e5%85%a8%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%83%9e%e3%83%bc%e3%83%81%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b0%e3%82%b3%e3%83%b3%e3%83%86%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e9%87%91%e8%b3%9e%e5%8f%97%e8%b3%9e%ef%bc%81/
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Our favorite Saseboans received Christmas gifts from overseas Santa! Click here.
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When the reception of the presents is even more delightful than the presents themselves!
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すごい！Sugoi!
In my country it is very naughty to open your presents before Christmas!
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Photos from a news article.
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASQCN6DD9QCJOXIE043.html
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/photo/AS20221120002032.html
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/photo/AS20221120002027.html
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/photo/AS20221120002026.html
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and a digest movie. (0:24 mark)
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Coldstream Guards have been spotted in Osaka so we can assume that the event with Tachibana in Wednesday is on! Click here.
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I passed that spot at Osaka Station this morning on my way to catch the Osaka Loop Line to Osaka Castle, I guess I missed them by few hours 😅
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Congratulations!
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Thank you Keo-san for sharing! Is there a rule on something about achieving consecutive 3 golds on national stage?
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Someone already asked while we were watching the stream. No, that rule is no longer exist since 2014.
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Thank you for clarifying Irishmaan!
Hope I can get to go their Regular Concert next March!
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Up until 2013 the rule was that if a band appeared in the finals for three consecutive years they could not participate in the contest the following year. For this reason KT could not participate in 2010. However, the way things worked out in later years, it might have been to KT’s advantage had that rule been retained, as they kept being blocked from getting beyond Kansai by bands that reached the finals every year. Now KT will have to try to be one of those bands that reach the finals every year!
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O-VILS. has announced that their first CD “Range of O” will be published on January 11, 2023 containing the three songs written by Mita-san (click here). Additionally, there will be a minilive in a launch event at Hankyū Nishinomiya Gardens (shopping mall in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture) on December 11, 2022 (click here).
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A little disappointed that they did not announce a new concert. 😦
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On the information page it’s said of the release event: “*Currently, it is possible to shoot both still images and videos, but this may change on the day.” …so let’s keep our fingers crossed for that to remain the case. 🤞
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Photo session after winning the gold prize
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Why the seika girls have a few percussion?
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