lasvegasmonkey

Forget top 25, I think top 30 or more could make finals at any other regional. Definitely thought Keller Central (Great this year), Pearland, Aledo, Westwood (whom did last year), Anderson could make it. Also thought Madison's marching was superb at BOA SA (granted I was watching on wacky livestream).

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Messed up my predictions on the official thing. Top 3 (random) James Bowie Leander Vandegrift ----------------------- Next 3 (random) Vista Ridge Cedar Park Ronald Reagan ----------------------- Next 2 (random) Anderson Friendswood ------------------- Big Gap ------------------- Next 2 (random) Lake Travis Mcneil ------------------- Bubble bands for final spot (random) (I put an * by the ones who I think are most probable to take final spot) East View* Georgetown* James Madison* Canyon Copperas Cove Obviously after BOA Austin I'll post my final prediction.

Although, I find it irritating that Round Rock didn't make it to state, even with an AMAZING show. Area D is just so hard, while other areas aren't that hard... I think all the finalists from Area D should've made it to state.

Churchill didn't even make it to finals in Area, so I think they will be a bubble band. I think Pflugerville or Anderson would be a better fit for one of the final spots. (Probably Anderson over Pflugerville)

I still can't believe Hendrickson moved down 8 spots and tied with Anderson.

I am excited to see how Area D Finalist bands are going to place out. Here were the Preim scores for Area D- 1-Hendrickson 2-CTJ 3-Reagan 4-Cedar Ridge 5-Bowie 6-Anderson 7-Westlake 8-Round Rock 9-Westwood 10-Pflugerville (I don't believe Westwood is attending). This shows some strange and unpredicted outcomes. Anderson beat Westlake and Round Rock, and just falling short of Bowie. Pflugerville made it for the first time in a while. I'm not real sure where these bands will end up.

I agree. I can tell you that all 10 of the finalist bands deserved to be there. They were all neck and neck. It could have gone either way. (Although I am quite surprised Westwood moved on, but anyways congrats to them). Some people call Bowie's show "boring". Although I can say in my opinion it's not very exciting it is played and marched WONDERFLY.

Okay. How does Hendrickson go from 1st to tie with 8th with Anderson... Anderson went from 6th to tie with 8th. Round Rock didn't make it, even with an amazing show... In my opinion this was some crazy judging.

I agree. Although those last 4 bands could go either way.

This is most likely the hardest area in the state (which means USA, which also means world). So this is the hardest area in the world to make state.

Yea. Those are good. But I saw Westlake at BOA Austin, and I just wasn't that impressed. I believe Lake Travis, Phlugerville and Anderson are much better this year.

Here's my breakdown of the bands. This could very well be the hardest section in Texas. (I'm not sure who's going, so ill break down the top competitors.) Bowie: Bowie is most likely going to make it. Their band is filled with exceptional players and they have great marching technique, thus showing their caption at BOA Austin. However, from the video I've seen of them, their show this year seems a big, plateauish (If you know what I mean). They don't particularly get loud and I just am not ready to jump out of my seat. CTJ: I haven't seen their band this year but they usually are among the top. Regan: They placed I the middle of finals at BOA Austin. They usually are right behind Bowie and Round Rock so I think they will go very far this year. Cedar Ridge: Their show concept is really cool this year, with the huge props. Adding onto that they were a GN finalist band last year they could really pull ahead of these other bands if they can really push through. Hendrickson: I absolutely love their show. However, since they skipped from 4A to 6A this year it's going to be a whole different competition. Westlake: Now this band surprised me... They made finals at BOA SA and BOA Austin in 2013 but didn't make it at Austin this year. In fact, they were 4 spots away. I'm not sure if they had a bad show, but if they want to make Area, they need to start pulling into some finals. Pflugerville: Another band who I was surprised that didn't make finals at BOA Austin. I'm not really sure about them. Westwood: Last year I wasn't real impressed with them, however this year they missed finals at Austin by 1. They beat Westlake, Anderson, Vista Ridge, and Pflugerville. Maybe they got a better show this year. Anderson: They got 7th at BOA Austin last year but this year got 18th. This was so surprising. It's another Westlake case. However, at the Westlake marching festival they got 5th, improving their score by over 16 points (Got around an 85). They really need to put it in high gear if they want to advance. Round Rock: They won Westlake Marching Festival and got 2nd at BOA Austin. They will definitely be moving on. No questions asked. Their music is phenomenal. (Here are some that I also think have a chance). Lake Travis: They got 10th at Westlake Festival and 5th at Vista Ridge Competition. I think their visuals are good but I feel like they could be louder for their size. Still an idea. Akins: Not many talk about Akins... They got 8th at the Vista Ridge Competition and just missed finals at the Texas Marching Classic. Their visuals are really cool but towards the end it kind of gets off. This is such a hard area. I think all these bands are phenomenal. Here are my list of the 7 that will be moving on. 1) Round Rock 2) Bowie 3) CTJ 4) Regan 5) Cedar Ridge 6) Hendrikson 7) ( A tie between Westlake and Anderson, could go either way).