Gotterdammerung

CP gets mega uber respect! Great State 5A win!

Still Shaking off the Grand Nats LeanderMomma. Texas made us all proud and we made lots of new friends as well. Fixin' to fix the thing that needs to be fixed. 🙂

<MORE COFFEE> Thank you. We can all agree been a LONG Bandtober and Grand Nats week. Updated the list above!!! 🙂 CP had a nice win at State in 5A as well! </MORE COFFEE>

First - these are high school students and I personally don't like to see adults dissect their amazing works so much past that they are all absolutely amazing.Second - travel is expensive and not all programs are able to travel to Grand Nationals each year yet alone a single time. So that expectation is unreasonable and I do not support penalizing any program for not making the Grand Nationals trip.Third - programs like Avon and Carmel are blessed to be so close to Grand Nationals and in turn we are all blessed to enjoy with talent every year. But it is not reasonable to assign them advantage in ranking analysis due to their geographical proximity to Lucas Oil and Grand NationalsFourth - While BOA Regional scores are a good early indicator of the goodness to come...I do not support using any early Regional scores in the final rankings. Example is Rouse was pretty much show complete by Austin Regional in September with Vandegrift still working on the later "pages" of a very complex show musically and visually. By Super Regionals and late October Regionals my expectation is all programs are complete, polished and ready to compare via BOA scores.Fifth - we will NEVER have a purely objective way to compare programs that do not compete with each other other that one common data point. That is BOA LATE Oct/Early Nov Regional, Super Regional and Grand National Final Scores. BOA is expanding Super Regionals (Great job BOA!) so that all bands have access to at least one of those. Grand Nationals is just a Mega Super Super Regional for those that can make the trip.Final Analysis - High BOA Scores from all BOA Supers and Grand Nationals = final national rankings. It is the most objective! I did accept Regional scores where there were no Super Regional AND the Regional was held end Oct/beginning Nov where those are show complete vs early October and September Regionals as mentioned above.So based on all that my final rankings for 2023:Program & 2023 High BOA Score1. Vandegrift, TX 97.602. Avon, IN 97.4753. Carmel, IN 97.2754. The Woodlands, TX 96.705. Marcus, TX 96.2756. Hebron, TX 95.7007. Vista Ridge, TX 95.4008. Blue Springs H.S., MO 95.0759. Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 94.45010. William Mason, OH 94.35011. Rouse H.S., TX 93.97512. American Fork H.S., UT 92.10013. Pearland H.S., TX 91.80014. Tarpon Springs H.S., FL 91.75015. L.D. Bell H.S., TX 91.17516. Broken Arrow H.S., OK 90.77517. Bridgeland H.S., TX 90.700 18. Cedar Park, TX 90.65 19. Round Rock H.S., TX 90.62520. Bentonville, AR 90.45021. Leander H.S., TX 90.30022. Keller H.S., TX 90.20023. O’Fallon Township, IL 90.075* Impressive work by all bands and all students involved get mega kudos!!!!!** Will give my 2023 Uber Fan Favorite to Bentonville, AR. Fantastic program and earned them first appearance in Grand Nationals Finals AND 9th overall. *** Best Visual for me at Grand Nationals was Pearland, TX as Lucas Oil is fantastic lighting and their visuals popped and were off the charts on display there. Also a first time finalist which is awesome!