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I still stick to what I said. Bell should, and will, win it this year.

Coppell was allowed to advance and, in my opinion, it was the correct decision. Rules are rules. They were reprimanded. That's their punishment. That's the same punishment that has been handed out for years. I don't understand why this issue is still being brought up. Not every crime has the ultimate punishment. Smaller crimes have smaller consequences. That's just how life works.

Never got to see Reagan either. =/

Yeah, he composes some of the strangest things. But they're usually really pretty interesting and powerful. A heck of a lot of dynamic contrast, for sure. He writes more ppppp and ffffff, and not much inbetween, I'd say lol. But every once in awhile I get on a Mackey hype. It's cool stuff.

Geez. Hopefully a video comes out. I need to see Connally, the Woodlands, and Richland, which I haven't seen. My main two were Rowlett and Georgetown. I never saw Georgetown live but I saw their Area performance on video. And I saw Rowlett live all the time, because we have rehearsal right after them every week in the stadium lol. They deserved to make it this year. It was kind of a confusing year. But there are a bunch of extremely strong bands going, for sure.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Aggie dominance over the Longhorns is going to end this year.

Yeahh, I always try to pick up one of the harder Class 1's. Last year I played the Lunde Sonata, which wasn't extremely difficult, but it had some pretty rad tempo ranges. And the slower portion of it is absolutely amazing. If you're willing to work a bit, I would definitely suggest it for alto players. It helps with classical tone and vibrato tremendously.

Has anybody gotten started yet? I'm definitely doing the Creston Sonata this year. It's going to be fantastic Any other alto sax players? What's everybody playing?

That is co completely true. Hah. There's a lot of loud dissonance. So, play a wrong note really loud, it sounds wonderful We played an arrangement of "Turbine" in our marching show last year. I've been completely fascinated in his style of composition since. I love "Redline Tango". It's one of my favorites. And I know that I've heard Kingfishers Catch Fire from at least two bands this year.

So, how bout them Longhorns? Gotta give credit to McCoy this season. The Horns are owning. I think the win over Mizzou shocked everybody into believing it. HOOK EM HORNS. Next victim, Tech.

Well apparently Connally was a pretty big surprise. I wish I could have seen their show =/

I agree. The best chance for an upset is Cedar Park. But, alas, I have it: Bell Marcus Cedar Park Marcus and CP are really close this year though. I would expect a wider margin between Bell and Marcus than between Marcus and CP.

My favorite show, absolutely no question, is "Machine". The Cavies were beasts that year. Unbeatable. It was so clean and so creative. Nothing will ever beat it lol. Next in line is "Spartacus" from Phantom this past year. I loved when the Drum Major was killed and another had to take over. GREATNESS. I've been a Phantom Phan ever since I was interested in Drum Corps. They came to our school for rehearsal my first three years in high school. I was pretty upset this year when I found out that their Head DM had aged out. Phantom Phantom Phantom. But "Machine" can't be beat.

Agreed. Bell will win both State and BOA GN, I'm pretty sure of it.

I did see the video of Georgetown at Area, and I absolutely loved their music. The marching looked slightly difficult as well. Didn't they go on first in Area though? That's always disappointing. The judges have so much time to forget how good you were.