2024 BOA San Marcos (Sept. 28)

[Tubalord11]

Prelims Results

Class A

1. Long Creek H.S., TX
2. Manor New Tech H.S., TX

Outstanding Music Performance: Long Creek H.S., TX
Outstanding Visual Performance: Long Creek H.S., TX
Outstanding General Effect: Long Creek H.S., TX

Class AA:

1. Veterans Memorial H.S., TX

Outstanding Music Performance: Veterans Memorial H.S., TX
Outstanding Visual Performance: Veterans Memorial H.S., TX
Outstanding General Effect: Veterans Memorial H.S., TX

Class AAA:

1. Hendrickson H.S., TX
2. Lockhart H.S., TX
3. Pieper H.S., TX

Outstanding Music Performance: Hendrickson H.S., TX
Outstanding Visual Performance: Hendrickson H.S., TX
Outstanding General Effect: Hendrickson H.S., TX

Class AAAA:

1. Dripping Springs H.S., TX
2. James Bowie H.S., TX
3. Louis D. Brandeis H.S., TX

Outstanding Music Performance: McNeil H.S., TX
Outstanding Visual Performance: James Bowie H.S., TX
Outstanidng General Effect: Dripping Springs H.S., TX

Finals Schedule

7:15 - Class A Exhibition: Long Creek H.S., TX
7:30 - A&M Consolidated H.S., TX
7:45 - Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX
8:00 - Lockhart H.S., TX
8:15 - William B. Travis H.S., TX
8:30 - Liberty Hill H.S., TX
8:45 - Pieper H.S., TX
9:00 - McNeil H.S., TX
9:15 - M.G. Johnson H.S., TX
9:30 - Dripping Springs H.S., TX
9:45 - James Bowie H.S., TX
10:00 - Louis D. Brandeis H.S., TX
10:15 - Hendrickson H.S., TX
10:30 - Class AA Exhibition: Veterans Memorial H.S., TX

Copied from Hornrank. Heard CTJ some timing issues but didn't think I'd ever see they day they were bottom half. Another week of crazy results both here and at Houston, but congrats to all our finalist, will be fun to see how finals shake out! 

[aremster]

  On 9/28/2024 at 10:27 PM, ChristopherRoden said:

Wow both this and the Houston BOAs have shocking results 

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What is shocking by your opinion about prelims results?

[ChristopherRoden]

  On 9/28/2024 at 11:20 PM, aremster said:

What is shocking by your opinion about prelims results?

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Compare the aggregate for this contests in the predictions to the caption awards/class placements and you’ll find your answer  

[Nny14]

  On 9/29/2024 at 12:20 AM, ChristopherRoden said:

Compare the aggregate for this contests in the predictions to the caption awards/class placements and you’ll find your answer  

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The predictions posted on this site are always bad though lol

[ChristopherRoden]

  On 9/29/2024 at 12:34 AM, Nny14 said:

The predictions posted on this site are always bad though lol

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The judging tends to be worse though 🫣

[Nny14]

  On 9/29/2024 at 12:42 AM, ChristopherRoden said:

The judging tends to be worse though 🫣

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Eh I'll trust educators in marching band for decade+ years watching in person over random band parents/kids over a stream. 

[GuardMom27]

I attended prelims in person today and have been watching finals on the live stream. The stadium is super nice, but those train horns and construction happening ON the building just adjacent to the stadium sure were a distraction! The horns would completely drown out the bands!

[bksatx]

Finals

1. 84.75  Dripping Springs
2. 83.20  Bowie
3. 81.90  McNeil
4. 81.75  Moe & Gene Johnson
5. 81.65  Brandeis
6. 80.90  Hendrickson
7. 78.30  CTJ
8. 74.25  Pieper
9. 74.00  Lockhart
10. 73.65  William B. Travis
11. 72.85  Liberty Hill
12. 71.55  A&M Consolidated

Music - Dripping Springs

Visual - Bowie

GE - Dripping Springs

[lost]

So strange to see a powerhouse fade away in real time.

[lost]

McNeil put up a good fight here! Hoping the momentum keeps towards their big trip, and maybe towards their best Area D placement yet…

Dripping Springs continues their resurgence!

[BandFan50]

What happened to CTJ over the years? 

[lost]

  On 9/29/2024 at 4:44 AM, BandFan50 said:

What happened to CTJ over the years? 

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Lipman leaving is pretty much it. They were fine in 2022 with a sharp decline in 2023 when he became fully uninvolved with the program.

It wasn’t talked about much but financially and demographically to other top bands CTJ has always stood-out as a program that beat the odds. It’s not a school that on paper you’d imagine succeeding in the marching arts as much as they did, Lipman really lifted them up. Without him and in the way that he suddenly left it left a vacuum.

CTJ and the area it draws from aren’t poor by any means it’s pretty suburban, it’s just the bands they compete with (The Woodlands and the Vandegrifts of the world) are just that much more.

[Thanos]

  On 9/29/2024 at 4:52 AM, lost said:

Lipman leaving is pretty much it. They were fine in 2022 with a sharp decline in 2023 when he became fully uninvolved with the program.

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Did he help any program during 2023?

[lost]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:31 AM, Thanos said:

Did he help any program during 2023?

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Not that I know of. I think most people thought he’d fully retired to the private none-teaching sector when he surprisingly came back with Vandegrift this year. He ran for city council and lost pretty spectacularly during his time off. 

[BandFan50]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:33 AM, lost said:

Not that I know of. I think most people thought he’d fully retired to the private none-teaching sector when he surprisingly came back with Vandegrift this year. He ran for city council and lost pretty spectacularly during his time off. 

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I'm excited to see where he takes Vandegrift, as long as they don't get the life rezoned out of them

[Thanos]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:33 AM, lost said:

Not that I know of. I think most people thought he’d fully retired to the private none-teaching sector when he surprisingly came back with Vandegrift this year. He ran for city council and lost pretty spectacularly during his time off. 

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Oh okay. Didn't know if he was helping with Vandy behind the scenes last year or not. Didn't know he delved a little in politics.

[BandFan50]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:35 AM, Thanos said:

Oh okay. Didn't know if he was helping with Vandy behind the scenes last year or not. Didn't know he delved a little in politics.

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From what I know he was behind the scenes at Vandy but that was during the spring during concert season

[BMBDad]

  On 9/29/2024 at 4:52 AM, lost said:

Lipman leaving is pretty much it. They were fine in 2022 with a sharp decline in 2023 when he became fully uninvolved with the program.

It wasn’t talked about much but financially and demographically to other top bands CTJ has always stood-out as a program that beat the odds. It’s not a school that on paper you’d imagine succeeding in the marching arts as much as they did, Lipman really lifted them up. Without him and in the way that he suddenly left it left a vacuum.

CTJ and the area it draws from aren’t poor by any means it’s pretty suburban, it’s just the bands they compete with (The Woodlands and the Vandegrifts of the world) are just that much more.

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Losing Darryl Pemberton at the same time was another huge blow.  He was the visual designer and color guard director and had been there with Lipman the entire time.  I hope they find their way back…but it might take a few years.  

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Now it’s marching season!

[Tubalord11]

Congratulations to Dripping Springs on the win and all our other finalist!! It really is weird seeing CTJ so low, after seeing their performance from the showcase I honestly thought they’d be top 4. Either way if they clean they can still do great things this season. McNeil also showing up, looking good for St Louis! 

[GuardMom27]

Shoutout to Liberty Hill for their first BOA finals appearance in school history!  The bands yesterday were phenomenal. Congratulations to everyone and good luck this Bandtober! 

[lhbenlee]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:35 AM, BandFan50 said:

I'm excited to see where he takes Vandegrift, as long as they don't get the life rezoned out of them

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Life zoned out of them? The rezoning is to put numbers back in Vandegrift, CP, and Vista by pulling from the growth in the north going to Rouse, Glenn, and Leander. The projections were VHS, CP, and VRHS would shrink by the end of the decade. Rezoning was done to prevent that. 

[GeekBoy54]

Surprised to see no one else mention this, so I will gladly be the first...

Let's go Bowie!!! The band has been scratching and clawing their way back since 2021 and I think their result at San Marcos is an incredibly good sign about how the rest of their season is going to go.

I've always believed in them and if they keep this up I believe this will be the season that Bowie will finally flourish and get their best competitive results they've had in a long time.

[RoyKentsGhost]

Is there an easy-to-read recap anywhere with the bands in rank order (and captions with rankings)? There was one after the Round Rock show.

[Sideswiperr]

This is what I like to call, the transfer of “power” in marching band, you have a group such as CTJ, and they slowly start to decline? It’s unfortunate but it happens, I’ve also noticed some other strong programs haven’t been doing as well, but other programs who you wouldn’t have expected to, have and have placed in front of our traditional strong programs, I think this is a process that will occur in the upcoming years and we’re gonna see a completely new group of programs that are the “powerhouses, heavy hitters” at the end of the process in a few years.