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Nothing crazy. Like maybe vertical alignment could’ve been more solid in the articulation in some spots but that’s something every band has to deal with at this time of the year.

I’ll keep them in mind when I watch them in finals and give my thoughts👍🏾

I’ve gotta compliment them on their timing because it seemed No matter what tempo the went at they were rock solid, almost like there was a metronome clicking in their head the whole time! Wylie has this amazing ability to perform like a professional wind ensemble even while on the field. The woodwinds played so delicately in the opener, the brass filled the stadium with their BIG confident sound. Nothing seemed to faze them whether it was the dissonant harmonies in the show, playing in large spreads, those big circles they formed on the field. Professional in every aspect!

I LOVED their performance of festive overture! It was like listening to a concert performance but on the field. The clarity in the articulation, the sonority of the brass, the alignment maintained even in the large spread during the feature. the woodwinds handled their runs in festive overture so well! the euphonium soloist’s tone really embodied the “beautiful sound” meaning of the word euphonium. And the brass supported them so nicely❤️

The brass nearly took my head off in the opener cuz they were so loud! Lol I loved how they contrasted the opener and closer with different types of “strong volume” I.e. the opener was more ff-fff and the closer was more mf-f but both were just as resonant as the other. Very clean performance overall

Alright I’m back! I had to break this down cuz there’s so much to compliment lol Music Brass-Omg when i tell you the Duncanville band kids in the stands were LOSING their minds at all of the runs and high notes in the mellos! I think they were D-ville’s Mello section lol Hebron tunes their brass so perfectly and they project so brilliantly like there’s no holes in the sound whatsoever. And my god their multiple-tonguing is sooo fast and they maintain vertical alignment so well regardless of simultaneous visual/environmental demand Woodwinds- Their woodwinds don’t run, they SPRINT! And it’s so clean even in the upper register of their instruments, regardless while they’re stationary or on the move I loved how in the ballad is arranged so that you can hear all of the colors so easily and they blend so perfectly. I was moved! ❤️ Visual For a band this size it’s impressive how they can move so fast with such complex formations and make it all look smooth as butter and maintain uniformity from marcher to marcher. Ugh!😩

Very solid performance for this time in the season. Maybe this is recency bias but that’s the cleanest closer I’ve seen from them at this time in season considering how difficult it is. The show as a whole is gonna perform so well come San Antonio and state!

I-CON-IC!!! lol What a way to start the morning! Omg idek where to begin everything was so elite, I’ll be back when I figure it out lol 🙏🏾

Will post prelims/finals results. Hopefully the server doesn’t betray me 😩

They reminded why they were Grand Nats finalists in 2022. OMG their brass sound is so resonant and perfectly balanced, they maintain the integrity of their visual forms so fantastically. I love the quality of sound even when they crescendo/decrescendo. they’re the band that makes you appreciate little things like the how the low brass’s timbre right at the beginning fits the character of the music so perfectly, I loved how at the end of the opener I could hear the upper register flute/clarinet sustains so well. TL;DR; they were great👍🏾 lol

6pm

Alright peeps, I’m here all day. If you want me to give compliment loads/feedback on your band’s performance I’ll do my best 😅. Good luck to all the amazing groups today! also great job rancheview! I happened to get here in time for their 10:45-ish performance lol

Cedar Ridge- 87.800 James Bowie- 85.850 Westlake- 85.700 Dripping Springs- 85.350 Aledo- 83.050 Seven Lakes- 81.600 Moe & Gene Johnson- 81.300 Timber Creek- 79.450 Sachse- 78.950 Hendrickson- 78.350 Burleson Centennial- 74.600 Keller Central- 74.150 Outstanding Music Performance: Dripping Springs Outstanding Visual Performance: James Bowie Outstanding General Effect: Cedar Ridge

They used UIL last time I checked

And I remember 2021 grand nats the top 13 semifinalists broke 90. Wando finished 13th with a 90.55

I think it was 2017. LD Bell had a 90.25 and placed 15th

Hebron- 87.60 Flower Mound- 87.30 Coppell- 84.25 Wakeland- 84.10 Timber Creek- 82.20 Waxahachie- 82.125 Lone Star- 80.25 Keller- 78.50 LD Bell- 77.80 Aledo- 77.50 Southlake Carroll- 76.75 Rock Hill- 76.00 Outstanding Music Performance: Hebron Outstanding Visual Performance: Hebron Outstanding General Effect: (Tie) Hebron and Flower Mound

My Predictions 1. Flower Mound (Visual/GE) 2. Hebron (Music) 3. Coppell 4. Waxahachie 5. Wakeland 6. Timber Creek 7. Keller 8. Aledo 9. LD Bell 10. Lone Star 11. Southlake Carroll 12. Rock Hill

Religious is accurate because my god that performance was divine!

It wouldn’t be marching band without bold predictions

Keller’s sound is so clean like wow there’s in-tune and then there’s in-tune!

Y’all I’m so confused ok so there were 14 bands that got scored in prelims right? And there were 12 bands that were scored in finals. But in finals coppell performed 6th and timber creek performed 7th. Which made me think they were performing with respect to the top 6/bottom 6 split which is stated by the HEB website. But obviously that doesn’t match with their prelims results. Ok so did a band that was originally going to perform in finals withdraw from the competition and they decided to score 4A class champ Krum instead, who normally would’ve performed in exhibition? Idk I’m so lost, I wasn’t there for prelims😅😭

But there were only 12 performances in finals?

CHAMPION: Marcus- 85.15 (2nd) Coppell- 83.65 (3rd) Aledo- 81.65 (4th) Wakeland- 81.40 (5th) Forney- 80.50 (6th) Waxahachie- 80.375 (7th) Timber Creek- 79.80 (8th) McKinney North- 76.60 (9th) Azle and Haltom (tie)- 75.20 (11th) Keller Central- 75.10 (12th) Krum- 69.05 Outstanding Music Solo: Dixieland Ensemble McKinney North Outstanding Visual Solo: Featured Dancer from Forney Outstanding Color Guard: Marcus Outstanding Percussion: Marcus Outstanding Music: Marcus Outstanding Visual: Marcus Outstanding General Effect: Marcus

Thank you for telling me this, my presumption totally messed with my predictions lol I was like coppell was so good how are they bottom half??