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Is it just me, or are all of these bands just incredibly strong this year. At BOA too. Each band comes out and continues to impress. The bar seems to have been set super high this year. I feel like in past years any one of these performances could have qualified for finals.

Lovejoy’s show was gorgeous and a shocker, area B for BRUTAL competition! Too many great bands in one area!

That was a hugely competitive finals. The biggest heartbreak has to be Lovejoy. That was a fabulous show! I couldnt even leave to get a to grab a blanket from the car. Hugely competitive!

P-town T-bone, you know they were saying area B for bloodbath. Tough tough competition and everyone looked great. It will be another heartbreaker tonight, but all of these bands left it on the field. Hold your head high! ❤️

My heart hurts for Roma. We were told that dropping any prop on the field and failing to retrieve it in the allotted time or having any sound clips with speaking could also immediately dq a band. That means one persons oops could ruin it for the whole band? Maybe that is incorrect and it would just hurt the score? I’d love more clarification on this situation as well as in general. It’s not criticism at all. It’s just a question so I can learn more.

I believe a certain kid I know now has this as his background screen.

Any surprises for anyone?

Independence. They are a newer school in this district so it will be interesting to see what he brings. Their former director is now the assistant director of fine arts and their former assistant was picked up by Wakeland when Coppell took Jerry Miller. I hope he’s a great fit for them as they have had a bit of turnover for a young school.

I’d put Wakeland over Prosper this year. I hear that Prosper has a new director this year.

Speaking of which....I hope someone reminds Wakeland to get the rest of their clouds off the field. They had to leave them behind when evacuating. Maybe they should leave those at home for the next show.....

I think it means Wakeland brought the clouds and won by having the only non-exhibitions 2 minutes in finals. ⛈⚡️☔️ Sorry. Just trying to bring some levity to the situation. Rain is no fun.

So unfortunate that they had to call it in the middle of a finals performance. But I’m very thankful that they did call it as just a few minutes after there was a big lightning show. Wish I knew how to post pics from my phone on here. I have a “waiting for it to pass” photo.

Whoa.....no Coppell? Wow. By all accounts they had an amazing show today! I had to eat crow for saying I wasn't always as impressed as others with them, and I stand by eating that crow with the show they put out there today. I think they did way better than some who got class awards. To add insult to injury, that allowed Wakeland to slip into the top 10. I figured either Wakeland or Waxahachie would make it, but if you had told me both, I would have picked someone besides Coppell to be out based on performances today. I'm totally baffled by some of the class awards. To me it feels like there's always some reputational bias at work sometimes. I hate to think that, but if I am seeing obvious mistakes and find them distracting, then I wouldn't expect to see such high placements by some. Again...just my 2 cents. I'm not a judge, which is probably a good thing!

I would also like to say that I love a band who likely knows they won't make finals but proudly shows up to the awards regardless. I know there are reasons that bands have to leave sometimes, but there were several today who didn't stay and some to go to other competition events. I always have mixed feelings about that.