2024 BOA Grand National Championships (Nov. 14-16)

[Tubalord11]

YES FRIENDSWOOD!! Wow, by far their best run of the season that I've seen, my goodness!! Still so stocked that they made the trip down because what a fan favorite it's been all year long!! Great work from the brass trio going into that massive opening statement, love the design for how the rest of the group enters the front of the field. Great work from the fiddle player in the second movement with percussion laying it down. Super pretty ballad, great job C-net pushing through the mic issues and just playing louder. Again, Fiddle and Perc laying it down, and wow what a powerful ending! Love the different moments with the members almost skipping around, and they are killing those bent-leg backwards marching. An amazing performance to round out the first block and their first semi-finals appearance here at Nats, amazing job Friendswood!! 

[PearlandFluteMom]

  On 11/16/2024 at 1:43 PM, Tubalord11 said:

YES FRIENDSWOOD!! Wow, by far their best run of the season that I've seen, my goodness!! Still so stocked that they made the trip down because what a fan favorite it's been all year long!! Great work from the brass trio going into that massive opening statement, love the design for how the rest of the group enters the front of the field. Great work from the fiddle player in the second movement with percussion laying it down. Super pretty ballad, great job C-net pushing through the mic issues and just playing louder. Again, Fiddle and Perc laying it down, and wow what a powerful ending! Love the different moments with the members almost skipping around, and they are killing those bent-leg backwards marching. An amazing performance to round out the first block and their first semi-finals appearance here at Nats, amazing job Friendswood!! 

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I love their show. They always have a cute show, but this one is one of my faves that they have done. When they have the “Crazy” solo then the entire band comes in… goosebumps.

[Tubalord11]

Great showing from Homestead!! Love the turnaround straight into that huge opening hit, though I think it could have used a little more power, might just be Box5 though. Beautiful ballad, that horn soloists was just amazing, and a super strong closer. Love the visual design of the show as well, some very challenging drill that they executed very well, and some great work from that guard, amazing job Homestead! 

[Origin]

Waaaay better run from Bridgeland than prelims. 

[Tubalord11]

BRIDGELAND!!! Way to show up and just lay it down!! I'm guessing a much better run than prelims because that was fantastic. Love the intro to the show so much, battery just laying it down going into that big opening hit, what a presence. Again, percussion just flying through those notes in the drum break, love the flute at the start of it. Such a gorgeous ballad, those soloists were just soaring, WW's with some super mature sounds, love the bodywork they have some of them doing during the brass playing, and what a powerful closer, both sections kiln those technical passages. Guard was also great, the double flag work at the end really brings it all together. I really think they just did it, and hope we'll be seeing them one more time tonight, fantastic job Bridgeland!! 

[WanderingTraveler]

Really love O’Fallon Townships show. Visual design is stunning, and they use the field so well. Props are dope, and putting extra uniforms on the mannequins is a cool touch.

[tubapop]

To my Bridgeland kiddos…that was your best run of the year. Hands down. Hornrank, txbands, people in the crowd, everyone agrees it was light years better than last night. We are gonna see you tonight!!! Lay it all out on the field and play your hearts out!!!

 

[Tubalord11]

What a performance from O'Fallon Township!! One of my favorites from them by far, it's just such a well-designed show and their execution is insane! Love that preshow so much, the bodywork is so so cool and then they just bring the sound. Some very dark and mysterious sounds in the second movement, really creating that darkness that fits the show. Lovely ballad, though some really unfortunate micing issues with the singer, as well as in the closer. There was like 5 second gap of almost silence. I hope that doesn't end up what takes them out of finals, because the rest of the show was so so good. The visual aspect just blew me away, they are literally jazz running while doing coreo on the run, beyond impressive, fantastic job O'Fallon!! 

[WanderingTraveler]

Singer in American Forks show has such a nice voice. Love that some bands are including strings a bit. Trombone soloists sounds really good!!!

[Tubalord11]

American Fork just threw down!! First off, great work from the guard in the preshow, my goodness. Great job brass with the backfield playing going into the opening hit. Some more string instruments, great work, brass doing a nice job being integrated but no overplaying the strings. The singer in the ballad, insane talent, Wow! Lovely flute solo to go along side and the ensemble part is wonderful. Great jam feature, Trombone was on fire, and I really appreciate how they spread the low brass out through each section to make sure there's a nice blend, and a great closer. Visually really clean as well, tons of GE, I really do think we'll be seeing them again tonight, stellar job American Fork!! 

[Tubalord11]

Prosper with a FANTASTIC run!! Love this show a lot, and while it might be a "basic" show design, they are performing the show on such a high level. Great job Flute and C-net going into that huge opening hit, brass with such a rich, mature sound. WW's nailing those technical runs, so many notes, and great job brass reciprocating. Great job with the Barber ballad, a popular one as well all know but again just performing it so well, Oboe with such a great tone. Love that ending so much, the 3/4 part is just super sick. Visually clean like they've been all year, should definitely be seeing them again, amazing job Prosper!! 

[Sideswiperr]

  On 11/16/2024 at 2:43 PM, tubapop said:

To my Bridgeland kiddos…that was your best run of the year. Hands down. Hornrank, txbands, people in the crowd, everyone agrees it was light years better than last night. We are gonna see you tonight!!! Lay it all out on the field and play your hearts out!!!

 

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Cy-Fair ISD is watching from home 

[WanderingTraveler]

Prosper did good, all of these bubble bands are getting semi spots right next to each other so it will be hard to judge, but probably as good of a run from them as I have seen in the past month.

[WanderingTraveler]

General Effect in Tarpon Springs show is insane. One of my favorite shows in semis.

[bk_bobb]

Tarpon Springs - one my favorite shows this season.     

seemed to have a bit of a glitchy start (minor) - but their GE is top notch.  
 

[Tubalord11]

Not much to say about Tarpon other than wow. Feels like I’m watching Blue Devils at time with the stuff their doing, especially visually. Guard was and is just out of this world, WOW! The GE in this show is just off the charts, did feel like a little less energetic than some of their other runs this season, but I know that they will bring it finals tonight!! That Soprano sax is just top notch, and I loved the low brass feature so so much, could definitely see the 10 year anniversary win happen tonight, as well as taking vis and GE, amazing job Tarpon Springs!! 

[Hard Core Band Fan]

  On 11/16/2024 at 6:07 AM, Rubisco said:

Actually, I think Brownsburg may be closer to the top 12 than people think. All we know is that they were 12th or lower in their prelims panel. Looking at the two panels, theirs was way more stacked than the other one. Just because they're in the "next 8" doesn't mean that their score wasn't higher than several of the top 11 that came from the other panel. I feel like worst case scenario they placed in the high teens in terms of overall prelims scores. We shall see, after everything is done.

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Maybe a penalty? 

[Tubalord11]

Came away very impressed with Bartlett! Young persons guide to orchestra is some of my favorite source music, and boy did the play it well! Very reminiscent of Union 19’s opener and closer, but they’ve add their own things to make it sound unique. Supper pretty ballad, and the jam out feature was so sick, loved whatever effect they were creating with the dots on the big stage prop. Just a really mature and big sound from this group, very much earned their spot here in semis, amazing job!

[WanderingTraveler]

Mentioned yesterday, but love the Gabriels Oboe in Bartletts show. Musical selections all around in this show work super well.

[WanderingTraveler]

Catawba Ridge! I have not heard the March from Hindemith in a while, but I know putting that on the field must be a challenge. This show was beautiful, and I think the white backdrop to purple was a good design choice. Visually stunning. Use of soloists in this show was super tasteful.

[Tubalord11]

Wow Catawba Ridge, just wow! Super cool opening with the member running from behind the backfield props and then it’s just such a great sound. Lovely use of Metamorphosis, great sounds from the Woodwinds in those passages. Such a gorgeous ballad, those soloists just killing it, great use. Dance break was super cool, guard was going insane and an amazing closer, and that outro really got me emotional, and those parents were really brining the energy, lovely job yall!! 

[Tubalord11]

Great stuff from Union!! I was a bit surprised they were top 22 after how they did at St. Louis but wow they've improved so much since them!! Great musical selections, and they're execution is very high, great opening statement. Very effective ballad, soloists were great and that closer really does the job. Visually very strong as well, some great drill writing, great job Union! 

[maxin459]

Avon wins. Not biased at all ☠️

[WanderingTraveler]

Love the uniforms from Avon!!! RCM is such a nice musical selection for this marching show. You can definitely tell Matt Harloff directs this group, what incredible sounds. Also, this battery is HUGE. I see no cracks that would risk defending gold, minus a few intonation moments.

[Tubalord11]

I have no words for Avon other than Wow. They're show is so different from Tarpons, but I think they've got them at least in semis. Unreal sounds, and they're marching is just out of this world. Also, that battery is massive, my goodness. Oh, and that guard is still the best around, flawless from start to finish. I really don't see any reason they won't win tonight, maybe not music but it's not going to easy for them to lose, fantastic job Avon, wow