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

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Leander ISD doing what Leander ISD does. Celebrate it's students and staff. 

WanderingTraveler
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FOUR TEXAS FINALISTS?!?!?! So excited for everyone!!! Friendswood and Argyle had such amazing performances as well congratulations on your seasons!!! Excited to see finals to close out the marching se

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Sorry for the longer post and response....  If what I've heard from former students about Cartwright & instructional practices that were occurring - good riddance.  On another note - It's al

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Solid run from Fishers!! Tbh, I do see why they've been having a bit of an off season, not really digging the design of this one, but again not in the kids control at all. Some good musical moments throughout, that drum break was really cool, though not a huge fan of the narration, kind of takes away the focus for me. Visually super good, loved the big rotating circle, and they had some other good rotating forms. Musically felt it lacked in dynamic, kind of felt like the same on dynamic all show, and the guard was fantastic, really building off their last WGI season, great job Fishers! 

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  On 11/16/2024 at 6:42 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Solid run from Fishers!! Tbh, I do see why they've been having a bit of an off season, not really digging the design of this one, but again not in the kids control at all. Some good musical moments throughout, that drum break was really cool, though not a huge fan of the narration, kind of takes away the focus for me. Visually super good, loved the big rotating circle, and they had some other good rotating forms. Musically felt it lacked in dynamic, kind of felt like the same on dynamic all show, and the guard was fantastic, really building off their last WGI season, great job Fishers! 

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Agree that this design wasn’t my favorite. But yeah, good execution visually!

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William Mason did good!!! Theme is cool, and the music is super fun. I enjoy the small post show stuff. The bunny/rabbit costume thing is kind freaky lowkey. This show is super immersive and well done.
 

I think Cedar Park might have the edge for spot five in cleanliness and music, but WM takes GE. We will see ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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What a fun show from William Mason!!! First time seeing the whole thing and yeah, its a GE monster for sure!! Really amazing sounds from the ensemble, that brass has really stepped up their game recently!! Love the CP 15 music, WW's killed it, loved the Sources apprentice, great use with the band doing some crazy visuals. Loved that ballad so much, great job soloists, and the William Tell was just the cherry on top. Visual GE everywhere, so much individual demand yet so well executed, and that guard was ON FIRE!! I think them and CP will be battling it out tonight, I think CP was cleaner, but Mason has stronger GE, but it'll all come down to the judges tonight for that 5th spot. Love this show a ton, can't wait to see that again tonigth, amazing job Mason!! 

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Really strong showing from Jenks!! Much improved since seeing them at Prosper, I see why they did so well at OBA because what a way they've come!! Musically such a strong sound, that brass really brought it in the opener. Great work WW small ensemble, and great job to the guard soloist. Love that ballad a lot, low brass choir was just amazing, and a super strong closer as well. All around soloists were great, guard was really good as well, a couple drops but nothing major, and visually fairly clean, will definitely be close to finals, but they're for sure in that bubble, amazing job Jenks!! 

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  On 11/16/2024 at 6:26 PM, WanderingTraveler said:

Great run from Leander, easy finals lock in my opinion. Couldn’t hear the soloists very well because of Box5 microphones, but wonderful performance! Also does anyone how many pairs of sunglasses does each kid have? Just wondering.

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Yes, reducing the mic'd content for the soloists is intentional. They did this for San Antonio as well. I complained about it, but the sound engineers' opinions override that of the customer. Kind of defeats the purpose of amplifying the soloists to reduce their sound level, imo. But I'm not an expert, just a customer.

 

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  On 11/16/2024 at 7:41 PM, Hard Core Band Fan said:

Yes, reducing the mic'd content for the soloists is intentional. They did this for San Antonio as well. I complained about it, but the sound engineers' opinions override that of the customer. Kind of defeats the purpose of amplifying the soloists to reduce their sound level, imo. But I'm not an expert, just a customer.

 

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Agree, I also contacted about the overall sound quality, which seamed to get better after day one, but probably just placebo.

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Holy Moly Castle!!! Wow what a show, first time seeing it in a minute, but I see why they're having such a fantastic season because that show is insane!! Great job sax soloist going into the Caves intro, love it so so much!! Love the Writings on the Wall Ballad, that Sprano and C-net were going off, and the ensemble sound is so mature, but my goodness they are loud this year. Great closer as well, really brings it all together nicely. Musically just wowed, but also visually. Absolutely nailing those dots, and those uniforms add so much nice effect, would be shocked if we don't see them tonight, amazing job Castle!! 

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  On 11/16/2024 at 7:58 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Holy Moly Castle!!! Wow what a show, first time seeing it in a minute, but I see why they're having such a fantastic season because that show is insane!! Great job sax soloist going into the Caves intro, love it so so much!! Love the Writings on the Wall Ballad, that Sprano and C-net were going off, and the ensemble sound is so mature, but my goodness they are loud this year. Great closer as well, really brings it all together nicely. Musically just wowed, but also visually. Absolutely nailing those dots, and those uniforms add so much nice effect, would be shocked if we don't see them tonight, amazing job Castle!! 

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I missed them in Prelims but this is a great show. The coats add so much cool visual texture. 

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Great stuff from all the class rep bands!! Very nice music and visual moments from all 5 groups, will be fun to see how A shakes out. Anyways, now that everything is done and said, here's my predictions for top 12, next few out and class awards (prepare for these to be terribly wrong): 

top 12 per semis performance:

 

1. Broken Arrow

2. Avon 

3. Carmel 

4. Tarpon Springs 

5. William Mason 

6. Cedar Park 

7. Bridgeland 

8. Leander 

9. Castle 

10. Dobyns-Bennett 

11. Prosper 

12. American Fork 

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13. O'Fallon Township

14. Jenks 

15. Brownsburg 

16. Homestead

17. Fishers 

Class Awards 

A:

1st. Murry-sweep 

2nd. Marian Catholic 

3. Bourbon County 

AA

1st. Tapon Springs-sweep

2. Catawba Ridge

3. Jenison (hoping this is Argyle) 

AAA

1st. Cedar Park (music/ge)

2nd. Leadner

3rd. Castle (visual)

AAAA

1st. Broken Arrow (music/ge)

2nd. Avon (visual)

3rd. Carmel (could see taking music) 

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