WanderingTraveler

HEBRO!!!

1st - Hebron 2nd - Vandegrift 3rd - Flower Mound 4th - Vista Ridge 5th - The Woodlands 6th - Marcus 7th - Coppell 8th - Pearland 9th - Ronald Reagan 10th - Cedar Ridge 11th - Bridgeland 12th - Keller 13th - Round Rock 14th - Seven Lakes Congratz to all these bands, what an amazing day of band.

FloMo, what a visually amazing show. I love this ballad. I don’t fully understand the show, but the visual sells whatever it is. The small ensemble throughout the show is definitely my favorite part. Plus the “plumes” are super fun. Good way to end 6A state.

HEBRO(N)!!! CLEAN FORMS AND CLEAN SOUNDS!!! I will never not love the sounds that come from this band!!! Trombone moment upfront in the beginning was super nice!!! HOLY MELLOS!!! Flute and Trumpet soloists have such a good tone, wow. Also just love the platforms. Good job.

ITS HEBRON TODAY

I love the Woodlands show, its jazzy and fun, so its hard to not like. The moment when that all come together in the block at the front is my favorite part + such good sounds. Soloists and solo ensembles in the middle half are super impressive. Heck yeah tubas and super clear woodwind technique and sounds! Closing the show on that note must be a blast.

I love the Woodlands show, its jazzy and fun, so its hard to not like. The moment when that all come together in the block at the front is my favorite part + such good sounds. Soloists and solo ensembles in the middle half are super impressive. Heck yeah tubas and super clear woodwind technique and sounds! Closing the show on that note must be a blast.

Marcus, starting your show off with technique like that is insane, yall are insane. But fr outstanding show. This whole percussion sequence in the middle is my favorite drum break of the season. All of these soloists are so talented. Loved the GE during the ballad, so beautiful. Plus such a cool visual tapestry to end the show.

Pearlands uniforms are so cool. I love Pines of Rome and haven’t heard it in a marching setting since Cadets. Pines is hard enough for wind bands, so major props to putting this on the field. I wish that ballad impact lasted a but longer, because WHAT A SOUND! Loved this show and theme!

Vandegrift definitely doesn’t want to lose that medal, phenomenal job! Super difficult demand in that show! Brass technique has improved so much in just a few days! Wow! Full ensemble sound, even with some funky chords, sounded so balanced. Didn’t notice the oboe solo until now, but you are so talented!!! Loved the sax moment. Trying not to repeat myself from past posts, but outstanding job!

Couldn't catch any of prelims because of work, glad to see block 1 went well. But WOW Vista Ridge. I just love that low brass ensemble at the beginning but such good and powerful sounds coming from the ensemble. Seeing smiles mid performance told me all I need to know about how yall felt about it (then you guys got real serious-faced). Beautiful trumpet soloist into the ballad. Chills, and shed a tear. Good job you all.

Nice showing from 2A this year, good luck in finals!

Unsure, maybe the same reason as Cedar Park not attending 5A prelims retreat? Unsure of either reason, unless they are commuting the full distance and just trying to give the members some rest. Thats my only guess since they live in the same general area.

Safe to say the NFHS mic is done for. Keeps cutting in and out of the Anson Trombone soloist.

The BOA sheets are not even ordered by overall rank, these are miles better. BOA sheets are so annoying to look at. So no, not crazy.

I do agree this is a glaring error though

Not sure I completely agree with this holistically, since overall, the results seem pretty chalky to what I expected. But there are def a few categories for some bands that seem sort of lost. But this is typical as per the judging process. Overall, I would say this is pretty accurate to the top-14.

Congrats to all the finalists. Super excited to see one more run for all of these performances since this seems end-of-the-road for most bands. What a difficult conference to judge! I will be super interested to see how everything turns out. Have fun tomorrow

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Finalists (Top half/bottom half) Flower Mound Hebron The Woodlands Marcus Pearland Vandegrift Vista Ridge Keller Ronald Reagan Bridgeland Seven Lakes Round Rock Coppell Cedar Ridge

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Yes, no placements announced unless its leaked (discouraged from the mods).

They actually had more than just the closer as shared material from Babylon, but yes you are correct!!

I was just thinking something was causing the last letter to be cut off💀

Calling it right now, last bands gonna be Round Roc