GuitarJoe

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Westfield placed 2nd their first year, and Bell placed 4th their first year. I know there are plenty more, but I'm at work right now and can't really research it...

Bell attended a couple regionals in the early 1990's and had couple finals finishes. They returned to BOA in 1997 I believe, never really breaking the top 5, and then they had a big turnaround in 1999 and 2000 that paved the way to the Bell we have now.

Full recaps are now up on the BOA site.

Exactly. This was also during the time they were dominating UIL along with Spring HS.

Westfield finished 2nd in 1990 and 1995. Two 2nd places and a win ain't half bad.

It's an improvement from every other time they've gone. 2001 - 4th 2003 - 5th 2005 - 3rd 2006 - 2nd

Yeah, 3 years in a row is kind of pushing it. But you never know...

I was kinda suprised that the BOA site said recaps would be up Sunday. I'm glad it's not like 2003 where they only announced the winner and then the other bands had to wait until December to see the rest of the results.

Atleast Oklahoma is closer than Indiana. Congrats to Broken Arrow. Way to step it up.

BOA Grand Nationals Finals Results. 12. James Bowie 11. Marion Catholic 10. Winston Churchill 9. Plymouth Canton Ed. Park 8. Carmel 7. Avon 6. Lawrence Central 5. Tarpon Springs 4. The Woodlands 3. Kennesaw Mountain 2. LD Bell 1. Broken Arrow "Al Castronovo" Esprit de Corps Award - Plymouth Canton Ed. Park Music - LD Bell Visual - Lawrence Central G.E - Broken Arrow

BOA Grand Nationals Finals Results. 12. James Bowie 11. Marion Catholic 10. Winston Churchill 9. Plymouth Canton Ed. Park 8. Carmel 7. Avon 6. Lawrence Central 5. Tarpon Springs 4. The Woodlands 3. Kennesaw Mountain 2. LD Bell 1. Broken Arrow "Al Castronovo" Esprit de Corps Award - Plymouth Canton Ed. Park Music - LD Bell Visual - Lawrence Central G.E - Broken Arrow

Here we go...Drum Majors front and center.

Ceremony of the flags just started.

I gotta admit...KM's show is pretty impressive. *edit* they just finished, so retreat starts in a few minutes.

One more band, then it's finals retreat.

That was so much cooler than I thought it would be. Wow.

Beechwood can sure play. Props to the piano player. It's cool how they put the class champion trophy on the piano.

Yop, I was mistaken. Sorry.

I heard that Bell may be performing first, but I'm not positive.

In random order... Avon Lawrence Central Carmel Tarpon Springs Kennesaw Mountain The Woodlands L.D. Bell PCEP Marian Catholic Churchill Broken Arrow James Bowie Huge congrats to James Bowie!!

It's so fast and perfectly together that it almost looks fake...

Norwin 82 http://www.skrampsnewplace.com/videos/Norwin1982.wmv

Semi-Finals Schedule 7:30 - Beechwood H.S., KY 7:45 - Jackson Academy, MS 8:00 - Carlisle H.S., OH 8:15 - Croatan H.S., NC 8:30 - Brentwood H.S., TN 8:45 - Rampart H.S., CO 9:00 - Cypress Falls H.S., TX 9:15 - Milford H.S., OH 9:30 - Connally H.S., TX 9:45 - Lake Park H.S., IL 10:00 - Carmel H.S., IN 10:15 - Walton H.S., GA 10:30 - Lawrence Central H.S., IN 10:45 - Plymouth-Canton Ed. Park, MI Break 11:15 - Centerville H.S., OH 11:30 - Ben Davis H.S., IN 11:45 - Castle H.S., IN 12:00 - Winston Churchill H.S., TX 12:15 - The Woodlands H.S., TX 12:30 - Marian Catholic H.S., IL 12:45 - James Bowie H.S., TX 1:00 - Avon H.S., IN 1:15 - Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S., KY 1:30 - Broken Arrow Sr. H.S., OK 1:45 - Louisville Male H.S., KY Break 2:30 - Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA 2:45 - Tarpon Springs H.S., FL 3:00 - Center Grove H.S., IN 3:15 - Central Crossing H.S., OH 3:30 - West Johnston H.S., NC 3:45 - L.D. Bell H.S., TX 4:00 - Jenison H.S., MI 4:15 - Northmont H.S, OH 4:30 - Columbus North H.S., IN 4:45 - Upland H.S., CA 5:00 - Exhibition - Murray State University All 6 TX bands have made it to the next round.

I agree with the above post. With the talent level of the bands that advanced to the SMC, it was inevitable that many that should have made finals, would not. However seeing some bands place so low just because of wierd judging...just doesn't seem right.