skill

Ok, so I am guessing that everyone is in love with Vandegrift, as with both of the above comments who quite clearly think that they have an all state show, I feel differently. I personally love the larger, louder bands with exciting shows. Vandegrifts show was pretty, but didn't razzle me up all that much. There is a lot of great talent coming to Super Regionals. And I have no great love for Reagan's show, and The Woodlands had a tear in their show in the finals in Houston so they need to clean things up and get their pit watching their dm's and fc's . But yes, I will be watching the Super Regional Finals.

I don't think Churchill is going to have a tough year at all. I think as an alum you are being pretty harsh on a really great show. It has had great crowd response, and the judges seem to like what they have given also.

It was to your comment "just because they have the reputation doesn't mean they automatically deserve high scores" If that isn't a stab at the bigger bands that have been doing this a lot longer with absolutely incredible shows that have props, and colorguard, then I completely read it out of context. I was there, and saw the shows, and as great as all of the shows were, even the ones that didn't make finals, I have to disagree with the final placements of the bands. That is in no way taking away from how Vandegrift performed, I am just saying that maybe the difficulty of the shows needed to be looked at also. Some of those bands out there had some incredibly difficult shows and maneuvers. Who should be higher? The band that has a much more difficult show that may not have marched quite as clean or the easy show that is very clean? Regardless, I think all the bands were great!

I was there, and was quite surprised by the results. Seeing that at a band competition, singing and dancing seem to be preferred. It seemed a little strange, but the shows overall were great and the effort by the bands and kids were incredible. I personally prefer the bigger bands with more sound. I found the "reputation" comment a little off. I do think there were some gifts too. Keep up the great work everyone!!!!