2024 BOA San Antonio Super Regional (Nov. 8 & 9)

[tubapop]

  On 11/9/2024 at 11:58 PM, lost said:

And it’s any bands game any year. Keller is out for the first time since 2014. CTJ is out for the first time since 2009. Nobody is safe. You don’t get to San Antonio finals on accident.

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I especially love that sentiment. "Nobody is safe." Even Vandegrift was knocked down a few pegs in the prelims.

[Tubalord11]

Good evening everyone!! Super excited for tonight, so happy we get a 15th band, tonight is going to be insane, good luck to all!! 

[bchorn]

Can we use the fact that McNeil just beat Dripping springs and CTJ a week after UIL judges placed those two bands above McNeil as exhibit 156 of how wonky UIL judging can be? 

[pancake]

  On 11/10/2024 at 12:37 AM, bchorn said:

Can we use the fact that McNeil just beat Dripping springs and CTJ a week after UIL judges placed those two bands above McNeil as exhibit 156 of how wonky UIL judging can be? 

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not really it’s two different circuits and they are looking for different things. what we can give mcneil is a huge congrats for making finals at the most comp regional in the country

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/10/2024 at 12:37 AM, bchorn said:

Can we use the fact that McNeil just beat Dripping springs and CTJ a week after UIL judges placed those two bands above McNeil as exhibit 156 of how wonky UIL judging can be? 

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You have to remember its two completely judging systems. GE is not factored in for UIL, nor the individual sub captions for the music and visual. Also, the performances are inside, which does help, not to mention that last weekend was super bad weather wise, so its not real good/fair to compare today with last weekend 

[MikeKyu]

  On 11/10/2024 at 12:37 AM, bchorn said:

Can we use the fact that McNeil just beat Dripping springs and CTJ a week after UIL judges placed those two bands above McNeil as exhibit 156 of how wonky UIL judging can be? 

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Or how wonky BOA judging can be. Different circuits that care about different aspects of the same activity. I actually prefer UIL as it is much less dependent on GE vd BOA. But I love watching both. 

[RattlerDad]

  On 11/9/2024 at 11:56 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

Southlake Carroll misses finals here with arguably their most competitive show in recent memory, after making Grand Nats finals and St. Louis finals in the last two years. Certainly nothing to be embarrassed about, just goes to show that breaking into the top 14 at this contest is a massive feat, made all the more impressive by Reagan’s 21st consecutive finals appearance.

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I’ve been a RRHS band dad for 2012-2016 & 2022-2026 seasons and never knew this!

[cheeto2401]

  On 11/9/2024 at 11:42 PM, Josegjr said:

Schedule for finals:

 

 

7:00 p.m. – Cedar Park H.S., TX

7:15 p.m. – Seven Lakes H.S., TX

7:30 p.m. – Cedar Ridge H.S., TX

7:45 p.m. – McNeil H.S., TX

8:00 p.m. – Coppell H.S., TX

8:15 p.m. – Pearland H.S., TX

8:30 p.m. – Round Rock H.S., TX

8:45 p.m. – Ronald Reagan H.S., TX

9:00 p.m. – Hebron H.S., TX

9:15 p.m. – The Woodlands H.S., TX

9:30 p.m. – Vista Ridge H.S., TX

9:45 p.m. – Rouse H.S., TX

10:00 p.m. – Vandegrift H.S., TX

10:15 p.m. – Flower Mound H.S., TX

10:30 p.m. – Marcus H.S., TX

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top half bottom half??

[sidi]

  On 11/10/2024 at 12:51 AM, cheeto2401 said:

top half bottom half??

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bottom 8 top 7

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/10/2024 at 12:51 AM, cheeto2401 said:

top half bottom half??

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Yeah, always is for boa, pretty sure Reagan is the cut off for bottom half 

[cheeto2401]

  On 11/10/2024 at 12:53 AM, Tubalord11 said:

Yeah, always is for boa, pretty sure Reagan is the cut off for bottom half 

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agreed, no hate to rr but no way they would place top 7 with this competition

[Bbowman615]

Reagan says we never need props to just show off our ability 

[lost]

Show is beautiful from CP but the visual is very uncharacteristically dirty. Percussion was rushing a bit too. It’s not the Cedar Park we saw last week and I’m a little disappointed.  

[Origin]

Big big fan of this Cedar Park show. Gotta clean those ballad flags before Nats tho.

[cheeto2401]

is a FloMo win possible? i think it is which would be wild

[Tubalord11]

Great performance from Cedar Park to get things rolling!! Love the visual design of this show so much, soloists were amazing as they have been all season, that trombone in the ballad is so pretty. Did hear a couple of minor music errors, mainly hangovers/players playing to loud which did stick out, but other than that a very good musical run. I do still think they have potential for top half at Nats, we saw what happened in 2016. Amazing job tonight Timberwolf band!! 

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/10/2024 at 1:11 AM, cheeto2401 said:

is a FloMo win possible? i think it is which would be wild

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100%, and I don’t think I’d be that wild seeing how they’ve been getting closer to Hebron all season long, not to mention they’ve got a great time so yeah with the right performance I see it happening, though Hebron will most definitely put up a good fight

[bchorn]

  On 11/10/2024 at 12:42 AM, pancake said:

not really it’s two different circuits and they are looking for different things. what we can give mcneil is a huge congrats for making finals at the most comp regional in the country

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That's fair. It must suck for McNeil to not make state for the first time because they were beat by two schools that have a long history of making state.

[Keenoid]

  On 11/9/2024 at 11:13 PM, MarchingMafia said:

I'm excited for finals, but also bummed Wylie didn't advance. I really liked their show this year and thought it was a big step up from what they've done in the past.

It's going to be an exciting evening!

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I’m so sad for them, too. I really liked their show. 

[PearlandFluteMom]

  On 11/9/2024 at 7:42 PM, symphbee2 said:

there are SO many Pearland parents and supporters here … the energy is infectious and definitely adds to the atmosphere of their performance!

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We are always at every competition and game, even after our kids graduate. My daughter graduated in 2023. Myself and a lot of other Pearland graduate parents still attend everything and cheer them on. Plus the friends and families of the current band kids (425 kids in the band right now). Yeah, they have a very large fan base. 🥰

[MikeKyu]

  On 11/10/2024 at 1:14 AM, bchorn said:

That's fair. It must suck for McNeil to not make state for the first time because they were beat by two schools that have a long history of making state.

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So, you are saying McNeil has never missed state but were beaten by two bands because they "have a long history of making state?" I'm confused....Does history matter in a contest or not? Are you invalidating some of McNeil's previous state appearances because they "have a long history of making state?" 

See the falacy in this arguement? 

[youraveragebandkid]

  On 11/10/2024 at 1:18 AM, PearlandFluteMom said:

425 kids in the band right now

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425 is absolutely crazy 😭 my directors weren’t kidding when they said that y’all are two times our size 😭

[lost]

Music was harsh as for any first time BOA super finalist (Pearland 2019) but I can honestly say that I don’t think they were the fifteenth band in.

[BandFan50]

Honestly I can see either of the top 3 from prelims winning, finals will be a much different game

[MelloMom1234]

It would have been McNeils first appearance in State.  Austin is a super strong area for bands, but that also makes it really competitive to qualify for state.  So proud of McNeil!