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?

So I understand, you claim to have heard a vista person disparage rouse because they have some high level of funds to spend on mics?

I’m not sure why it matters who made the comment of a fact. Either there are mics or there aren’t, it’s not any sort of opinion. It’s like commenting that someone’s’ uniforms are black, so what, either they’re black or they’re not.

It’s not, Marcus and Round Rock do it too. I wish none of them did.

Their guard is unrealistically good, and the visual judges may get a little over focused on that aspect

This⬆️

It was originally unlisted, now, it looks more like they want it out there, which they should, it’s definitive.

He doesn’t. This is an unlisted video, all of which are meant for internal use only.

Liberty Hill had a tuba go down as well

Yes. I’ve never heard any mention of winning or beating anybody else where I am. The only goals spoken of is to be better than we were the day before. All the people with all the bands have suffered through the same ridiculous heat for hours and hours. While we compete, us band people are all in the same tribe ultimately.

In your position, I totally understand. Too bad the adults don’t always follow the model behavior of the students.