ClarinetKing

While I respect your opinion, you might also consider that Avon and Carmel have been 2 of the highest achieving programs in the country for 20 years give or take and the judging accurately reflects this. If Hebron, Vandegrift, and Flower Mound regularly attended this contest then they would consistently be top 5 as well. The judges are well seasoned in the marching arts and properly trained in effective and fair judging techniques specifically for this activity. BOA judging is not so much achievement based like UIL is though, so while one band may objectively look or sound better as a whole it doesn’t necessarily mean they will place higher in a BOA system. A lot of the scoring has to do with effective show writing like how the visual aspect of the show outlines each musical moment and such. There are much deeper explorations of content and design in BOA judging that you won’t find in UIL judging as often. On a side note in regards to Prosper, you can see just how competitive Texas band is compared to the rest of the country. While prosper fell just short of state finals they managed to snag a spot in Grand National Finals for the 3rd time. This is so mind blowing. We love our Texas bands!

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If you watch their shows you’ll notice that it’s as simple as they perform at a higher level than everyone else in attendance.

Frisco’s Lebanon Trail made state finals before even having a senior class so there’s a chance it could happen again here. The frisco schools tend to be really great and Panther Creek is no exception.

Who has a recording of Prosper’s show this year? Can’t seem to get my hands on one. 😫

So the consensus is that Rockwall is not doing as well this year. These are my current predictions: 1st* - Hebron (Swept captions at DFW) 2nd* - Flower Mound 3rd* - Marcus 4th* - Prosper 5th* - Wylie East 6th* - Sachse 7th - Wylie 8th - Rock Hill 9th - McKinney Boyd 10th - Lewisville 11th - Rockwall 12th - Plano East These predictions may or may not change based on the results of the Prosper BOA this weekend. Rock Hill will surprise many at Area C. If you thought Hebron was insane last year they are really bringing the heat this year.

Well prosper’s Rock Hill just made a finals appearance at the prestigious BOA DFW placing above the state finalist Southlake Carrol. I expect Rock Hill will surprise everyone in area c and could even potentially make a state appearance. Also to my surprise Wylie placed first over Wylie East in the McKinney Marching invitational although not really feeling these scores as they put Rockwall in 6th and the state finalist colleyville heritage in 7th. Sachse placed 10th at Wylie but then made a huge come back at BOA midland with 3rd place beating lake ridge and summit who originally beat them at Wylie by quite a bit.

This area is a complete blood bath at this point and needs to be realigned. There are way too many state level bands in this area that aren’t getting well deserved state spots. Prosper, Sachse, Wylie, Wylie East, and Rockwall are all easily state competitors but they just aren’t all going to get a spot. Again with the bloodbath. I also hear that Prosper’s Rock hill is a very exciting up and coming program that could also be a potential state competitor after placing in finals in every competition they attended last season. McKinney also dove in head first at the WMI last year placing above many 5A state finalists and Area C state contenders but were robbed of even making finals last year at area. Prosper got moved down to 7th last year at area but let’s not forget that they were a BOA grand national finalist as recently as 2018. So honestly with how unpredictable the judging was last year there is really no way to tell.