Ruprecht88

Cedar Park 78613 is not even close to being one of the Austin-area's wealthiest zip codes. Vista Ridge wears the same uniforms year after year while many other programs are in new uniforms every year (including some with uniform changes during their shows). There are much better examples out there of successful, wealthy programs than VR or Cedar Park HS.

Agree 100%

I would expect major changes when the next rankings come out on Tuesday. General Effect Media’s too.

I personally think the prelims numbers are a much more accurate representation of the landscape than finals.

I would not have been shocked if they had finished 4th

Man, Vista Ridge was darn close to 1st

VR was 4.275 behind Vandy at BOA RR on 9/21 and closed the gap to 1.7 tonight. Also closed the gap between Rouse from 1.525 to 0.3.

That is correct, it was their indoor show.

Unless we’re talking about WGI, just about every school does their regular show book for Thunder and Lonestar. Naturally these are written to complement the winds vs being the sole attraction.

oh yeah, it's definitely not a magic bullet, it's a risk.

Most do not. Only 3 of the 14 finalists did. It’s totally within the rules and simply a choice. It can actually be pretty challenging to get right and avoid a tinny sounding brass, similar to blending bass synth levels to avoid making it clearly defined as synth and not the winds. It’s an art all of its own.

Totally agree.

Yes this should be a place for friendly discussions. In that vein, maybe consider deleting your not-so-friendly one disparaging a program. If you’re not assuming, let us all know what we don’t know. I firmly stand by my assumption about you, I think it’s pretty solid.

“Would seem to indicate that” sounds like an assumption to me. Not a good look to also trash a program that may have no relation whatsoever to the initial comment, or any program for that matter. I do get where you’re coming from, as long as you’re not barking up the wrong tree. And I’m going to assume you’re a Rouse parent from your posts, if that’s okay.

Has that person identified as a Vista parent that I missed, or are we assuming?