GuitarJoe

A lot of people will agree with your post, and a lot of people will disagree. Most of the hardcore DCI and 'seasoned' crowd are against what the marching arts are evolving into. I personally love how programs are advancing and creating new ways to perform. You are going to see a lot of outside the box productions at BOA competitions. Big props, outrageous guard outfits, pit sound effects, ect. The more UIL minded programs are the ones that are going to put out the more straight forward 'play and march' type shows. It can be quite difficult to design a show that can cater and excel in both. Often times you will see a band finish well at a BOA contest and poorly at a UIL one, all depending on how their show is designed. Recently LD Bell and Marcus have been able to do very well at balancing their shows for both BOA/UIL, winning both UIL State and various BOA contests within the same year. Other programs such as Richland, Haltom, Reagan, Churchill, The Woodlands, ect have also done well at both. The Arlington regional was earlier again this year and probably the first competition for almost all of these schools. I'd be surprised if any of the finalist bands had their completed shows on the field, which may be why some were harder to understand. I don't know if this answers any of your questions, but I thought I'd post something. Please forgive any misspellings or syntax errors. Just got home from work and I'm exhausted.

Carmel came down to BOA SA in 2002 and whooped up on the tx bands. The only non tx band to win a tx regional i believe.

sweet.

the entrance is gonna be pretty darn awesome.

Judging from experience, I'd say these claims are pretty inaccurate. And as for the not cheering thing, Bell isn't the only group that does that.

Carmel chose not to compete in the state competition this year correct?

I've seen judges follow the same person the entire show several times. Unfair, maybe, but it's really up to them how they want to go about judging.

I used both paper and the ezo stuff and actually preferred the paper. It was some special kind of scrapbook paper that was just the right thickness.

Great idea. Definitely signed.

Jackson Academy will sweep.

Holy close scores 3-5. GO BELL!

lolz

It was bad, but not as bad as having the regular flu IMO.

i just got over swine flu. definitely not fun.