Lone Star Classic
The Lone Star Classic is an annual drumline competition among high schools in Texas. Since 2010 it has taken place at the Stadium at Edward S. Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas.
Established in 1993, the Lone Star Classic has become one of the largest drumline contests in the country. The contest currently holds two divisions, red and silver, for each of the two levels of Standstill performance and one in Marching, plus solo competitions in keyboard, snare, and tenors. The adjudication panel selected by the Lone Star Classic Committee are nationally-recognized music educators and performers who also have adjudication experience at a university, Drum Corps International, or Bands of America.
In November 2008, the Lone Star Classic committee initiated the Lone Star Classic Director's Crystal Circle Award recognizing individual high schools with a long-standing tradition of percussive excellence and awarded during the school's 15th performance at the Lone Star Classic. To date, only three schools have been recognized in the Director's Crystal Circle: Plano Senior High School, Lewisville High School and Grapevine High School.
The 2009 Lone Star Classic was host to 77 drumlines and several exhibition performances from Marcus High School and colleges. Including the exhibitions and solos, there were 110 individual performances. That year, the Lone Star Classic committee initiated The Row-Loff Best Percussion Performance award, recognizing the drumline earning the highest net score of the day's competition. The award is underwritten by Row-Loff Productions and consists of a permanent trophy for the school, and a traveling trophy.
In November 2010, the Lone Star Classic changed venues from Lewisville High School to the Marcus High School campus to accommodate the number of competitive drumlines attending the contest and to have a permanent indoor venue. In 2010, the LoneStar Classic hosted 82 drumlines hailing from Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. In addition to the ensembles competitions, over 30 soloists competed in solo instrument competitions.