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Westwood's 2011 show harvest The show is about Dionysus but the show has little focus on the main character from what I saw, this could be because of staffing issues with the visual ensemble used to replace the colorguard

Why are people factoring GE for these shows, I won't argue with any placings unless I feel the need to, but GE isn't the point of UIL Judging. BOA style style judging factors in GE. I think if GE wern't factored in bands that are BOA competative wouldn't always neccesarily be UIL competative. For example, If a band successfully crawls on the ground for a 2 minute visual, why are they awarded marching points? Were they possibly just judged on the other 5-6 minutes they marched, if they were marching? And does anyone know how much Electronics are taken into consideration for Music? I noticed alot of bands are starting to use synths to get a bigger sound without having to have brass blasts and woodwinds break reeds.

I don't want to sound like a jerk but, Akins and Westlake do not deserve the spots in state that they have, and Churchill might not have been an alternate if their visual program didn't drop because of the colorguard.

Well, the fact is that while round rock does alot of visuals, which help GE, there is no GE caption at UIL. Also Round Rock's auxilary was a complex as anderson's, not alot was done, which makes it clean and easy. Texas judges normally grade on cleanliness, not difficulty, if difficulty were truly factored I believe that some bands and shows wouldn't do half as well as they do. And whole notes don't count as extensive playing. Although there are great moments in Round Rock's music, I don't believe it's enough to say the ensemble plays some meaty stuff. Just thought I'd throw in my two cents.

It would be great to see Westwood in finals this year, I do have Round Rock placed over Bowie however. My listing is as follows. Round Rock Bowie Westlake McNiel Leander Pflugerville Anderson Churchill Westwood And possibly Reagan Im really unsure about how all this will go down, but I am definate about Round Rock, Bowie and Westlake Making Finals.