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I'm so sad I only say woodlands live once this season :') they're an absolute favorite of mine and they're so gooooood ugh the energy of this run felt so electric

BOX5 WHATS GOING ON

Oh!! Okay, yeah, that makes total sense. Haha I appreciate it! I completely see it now. Thank you

Could anyone explain the connection to the dots and all the Mary Poppins-esque stuff with L.D Bell? I'm not entirely sure I understand what's being conveyed.

Agreed. The concept was interesting but there was a lot of opportunities that just weren't taken, imo.

That tuba/trombone solo is absolutely insane. The talent is crazy and he plays so effortlessly on both instruments. It's been my favorite soloist to watch this season.

It definitely sucks that's it's hard to rewatch shows. I think the issue is that some bands and Box5 are quick to give you a copystrike on their videos. My partner regularly records and will post but due to copystrike stuff being issued by a band they're gonna have to hold off on it lol.

Box5s camera work is genuinely so bad 💀 As someone who's watching live and peeking at the screen here and there it's absolutely crazy how much they just don't film and instead focus on some random spot in the field.

VANDY BANDY TWOPEAT LETS GOO

At this point "CTJ should've been added" is just cope. Waxahachie performed well, that's why they got ranked at 14th. Even if waxahachie DIDN'T go over we probably wouldn't have seen CTJ in finals as the results show. The time accomodation is such a trivial thing in regards to who should and shouldn't be in finals. It's alright to be upset CTJ didn't make finals but this whole "let's add an extra spot and waxahachie should've been reprimanded" is so... unnecessary.. Just to add- the basis of "well they made finals every year since 2010" doesn't really hold weight as we've seen this year. Cedar Ridge was a bronze medalist and couldn't even make it to state. Reputation doesn't mean things are owed.

It's probably been asked a hundred times but- will it be the same set of judges for finals? I'm curious how it'll affect finals results 😗 some of these are some crazy placements

It was mentioned by a waxahachie parent/member that UIL supposedly allows for a margin of error within 2-3 seconds. Supposedly, waxahachie was just under those two seconds, allowing for them to remain in the competition. If that's true, it's probably an unspoken clause that UIL doesn't mention to avoid abuse or it's a case by case basis dependent on how the higher ups are feeling that day. I'm not sure where you're idea of "adding CTJ to finals as 15th place" is coming from. Adding a finalist spot and keeping a band who went 2 seconds over are very different magnitudes. Waxahachie performed well, many saw them as a finalist lock. Respectfully, and or course my own opinion, CTJ not making finals isn't very shocking. Their show and their performance is good but this entire season it felt like a strong performance from another band could knock them over, and that's what seemed to happen. Plus, UIL doesn't seem to favor their show style, we can see this from previous year results. They cut a minute or so away to preshow because the show is made for a BOA circuit.

Regan and Round Rock carrying the weight of Area D on their shoulders this year 💀 It's a shame CTJ was 1st out, and it feels like Westwood was put in a big crunch (St. Louis > State) with little payout. This really is an interesting year for state 😵‍💫 I wonder what things are going to look like for BOA now that some bands won't be attending.

I believe it was confirmed earlier in the day that they made within the "margin of error" by a millisecond to not be DQd

Agreed. I can't recall what performance it was, maybe even a game but- their show looks a lot nicer without the large cages. It makes everything feel more free and open and the visuals a lot better. Westwood is growing as a program but their visuals seems to hold back their growth.

To have your season ended by just going over 3 seconds is definitely a shot in the heart. It's very unfair to DQ a band over an incredibly minor overtime. I feel for the students, how terrible.

Oh my gosh that's heartbreaking 😧

Agreed, I just said this to my partner haha. I could agree with a small penalty for overtime but DQ seems crazy to me, especially for something just a few seconds. UIL seems quick to DQ, like castle for example. It's a bit unfair to me, imo.

Truthfully it hasn't been bad. Sometimes the quality is a little iffy but it tends to stabilize itself. They seem to have gotten a little better with streaming 😛

Safe travels to anyone attending prelims on monday! Between the 40° weather and the storms that we'll see from now until Monday it'll definitely be an interesting state competition!

Might be a bit of a stretch but- does anyone happen to know if there's any score breakdowns like the leak from last year? It'd be interesting to compare them and see where some bands are at from last year. Edit: nvm I found it lol

Gotcha, thanks! I feel like forging prelims breakdowns is a really weird thing for someone to do haha, I wouldn't have expected them to be fake.

Oh interesting, do you happen to have the prelims leak? I wanna see everyone's breakdowns for prelims or whatever is available of course.

Where's everyone finding these score breakdowns for Area? (Assuming there's other ones besides the ones that are available online and posted on the page before). Also I thought they wasn't a percussion judge at Area and only State? Has that changed?

Vandy > Woodlands > Hebron to start finals night would certainly be a bottom heavy segment. I'd be interested to experience the energy of the students given they're right after one another.