WanderingTraveler

Current Semis Predictions NOTE: I was unable to watch like 20 or so bands so some of these are based on hornrank comments. 1. Avon 2. Broken Arrow 3. Carmel (could easily be second, but the audio was screwed up for me) 4. Tarpon Springs 5. Cedar Park 6. William Mason 7. Leander 8. Castle 9. Brownsburg 10. Dobyns-Bennett 11. Bridgeland 12. American Fork Other Semis Bubble Band Advancement Predictions (alphabetical, with a few extra cause I give up): Argyle Bartlett Catawba Ridge Centerville Deer Creek Fishers Floyd Central Franklin Friendswood Goshen Homestead Jenison Jenks Lakota East Lawerence Township Mustang Noblesville Norwin O' Fallon Township Prosper Rosemount Stonemason Douglas Union Walled Lake Class A Champion: Marian Catholic Class AA Champion: Tarpon Springs Class AAA Champion: Cedar Park Class AAAA Champion: Avon

Love the music in Bartletts show. I don’t remember if I have ever heard Gabriels Oboe arranged for marching band, but I loved that ballad.

I missed broken arrows performance, because I read the time wrong as well…

Mustang still has one of my favorite show themes of the year. Plus the uniforms are fun.

Argyle did amazing! Love the trombone soloist. Hoping to see all these TX groups in semis.

Seems like the mic issue has been resolved, bands are coming through a lot clearer today.

The sounds coming out of Leander are absolutely insane. TX bands are showing up for this weekend💪

Cedar Park just absolutely killed their run, outstanding ensemble sounds and that new closer looks clean.

CASTLES OPENER!!! Still struggling to fully interpret band sounds with how these mics are laid out. But the opening hit was awesome.

a-Ha seems to be another BOA Grands theme😝 Also, is it just me or does the Box5 mic seem to be VERY hot. Seems like the trumpets from most bands are super bright and Im not sure if this is a regional ideology or just hyper sensitive mics.

I see, makes sense for the most part to give some of the less-local bands the Friday prelims time. Just wondering because I am getting whiplash with all of the band size classifications being mixed together.

Agreed. Also, for the draw order of these bands in prelims, is there any structure to that at all? Or is the entire prelims in truly random order?

I also noticed this yesterday and thought it was quite crazy.

I think it was down for around an hour, I was having a similar issue. It is back to working for me.

Current theme for grand nats is: Throw your front ensemble at a random spot on the field

I agree, super excited to see how many can get into Finals!

Welcome back Bluecoats 2016... I mean Hebron 2015... I mean Murray High School!

Congratulations to Celina HS on gold, and congratz to all of the 4A finalists bands! Thanks also to @Liam Allen for the coverage!!! See everyone in the BOA grand nationals for one more this season!

“Regional Qwa-le-fers”

I know Im late to the party, I have been in meetings, but PANTHER CREEK!!!! What an amazing performance.

Congratulations to Marble Falls on their first SMBC appearance!!! Well done!!

Love the music selections in the West Plains show!!!

Congratulations to the all the 2A State Finalists! Amazing season from all the 2A state bands! Results: 🥇 Sundown HS 🥈 Ganado HS 🥉 Rivercrest HS 4: Panhandle HS 5: Bosqueville HS 6: Tenaha HS 7: Lockney HS

Lots of shows with columns that I am noticing.

Its either judge preference or prelims placement I think.