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I'm wondering the same thing...I haven't heard anything about Reagan this year...

I actually thought you guys would do much better than you did. I think you had a better sound than both LBJ and Taft honestly. And I still have the opener stuck in my head after seeing your show twice in 3 days Interesting fact - Vista Ridge and Mcneil share a color guard instructor and both bands won the guard caption in their individual class. She must be doing something right

what is round rock's show?

Group I Lago Vista High School 69.6 Goup II Lamar High School 76.55 Del Valle High School 71.25 Manor High School 66.7 Group III Taylor High School 81.35 Lorena High School 79.55 Lockhart High School 76.5 Wimberley High School 76.4 Crockett High School 75.2 Group IV W. Charles Akins High School 89.3 (Music/GE Caption) Vista Ridge High School 88 (Visual/Guard Caption) Wagner High School 85.7 McCallum High School 84.85 (Percussion Caption) Monterey High School 83.3 San Marcos High School 83.25 Bastrop High School 81.8 Group V William Howard Taft High School 87.45 Lyndon B. Johnson High School 86.55 McNeil High School 85.45 James Madison High School 84.8 Tom C. Clark High School 84.8 Group VI Weslaco High School 87.7 Canyon High School 85.25 Overall 1. W. Charles Akins High School 89.3 2. Vista Ridge High School 88 3. Weslaco High School 87.7 Only remember the captions for Group IV... Some thoughts - Weslaco definitely stole the crowd with their machine show, receiving a standing ovation at the end. Taft's show was definitely a BOA show, but I felt like they didn't do too much playing. LOTS of solos on various instruments. Congratz to Akins who received first overall here and then raced over to Westlake to get 5th. Had to be a rough day.

The winner of class AAA gets an opportunity to perform at finals as kind of an exhibition. If they want to stay the whole day then they can do that.

ha, I really enjoy the theme to this show! Hope I get to see it live some time!

ha...i knew there was a simple answer to that...

What do any of those pieces have to do with pirates?

I notice that Akins is on the list for Westlake AND the USSBA Central Texas regional? Any clarification on which one they're attending?

Marcus takes all the captions, but it looks like Cedar Park wasn't too far behind. Props to Connally for making finals!

Some results... Group I A Lago Vista 65.25 Group III A Elgin 69.15 Caldwell 60.05 Group III Open Taylor 74.4 Wimberley 73.3 Rockdale 68.95 Group IV Open Connally 85.1 Dripping Springs 81.5 Lake Travis 80.7 San Marcos 79.4 Bastrop 78.75 Group V Open Leander 82.8 Pflugerville 81.9 Anderson 80.85 Stony Point 78.05 Overall 1.Connally 85.1 2.Leander 82.8 3.Pflugerville 81.9 Connally's definitely not off to the "slow" start it had last year!

I was wondering what happened to akins. they're usually great early in the season

hebron doesn't win a single caption and yet still wins it all? does this happen often? Congratz to them though!

so do you guys plan on adding the solo to ride? (Enjoyed the show last night by the way!)

Gotta love the classic - And of course this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-aKfTK2LiM

We've all been to 2 or 3 games by now. What are some of the shows you've seen from the sideline? We saw Bowie play a couple of weeks ago. Always great to watch a band with such a huge brass sound! Their show revolved around bells, and I think it has a lot of potential! Last night we played Connally. Just like us, they are very small for a newly made 5A band. What was funny is, their show revolves around night and darkness, while our show revolves around light. Very contrasting shows. As always, Connally has an amazing show, and always I am a huge fan of their musical selection and arrangement. Their size doesn't hold them back at all. What bands have you seen?

Here's what I'm thinking...Merger!!! but seriously, both of these competitions will coexist until one of them decide to adopt the policies that bands find appealing in the other. Bands enjoy the UIL format because it gives small bands a chance. It divides schools up based on size, but actually gives the smaller bands a spotlight competition (as opposed to the afterthought of A, and AA in BOA). I think a lot of bands, or at least i enjoy the different levels of competition UIL has, and the advancement from region to area and area to state. It allows bands to make goals such as "we want to at least advance to area" or "we want to make finals at area" as opposed to BOA where the only goal seems to be finals or nothing... BOA features a larger scale competition, with the focus on wowing the crowd and GE. The reason behind the success of BOA is it's encouragement of creativity. So unless UIL adds focus to GE or BOA adds a UIL like region/area/state system, I don't think you'll see either of these competitions be edged out anytime soon...but seriously...merger?!

Vista Ridge isn't going either...don't really know why...we've always gone as well...

Gonna be interesting to see what happens in 4A area D if all these schools do go 5A. What's left? I don't think there's any guarantee thought that any of these schools (connally, hendrickson, vista) will go 5A

My newest creation - Out of Time

they take 9 horns to area??!

Made another - Arrowhead

my first attempt-Wind I hate it when you lose a guy off the screen and can't get him back...gets annoying

Conally's always iffy on whether or not it will go 5A. Always pretty close. We are pretty sure that we'll be going 5A though (vista ridge)