BandNerd07 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 1:12 AM, Area D band geek said: Do you know where China Spring placed? Expand No, they didn't announce prelims results. Any info on the prelims results came from the directors. Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Brock - casually pulling out the Hebron 2023 soprano sax solo I see. Good confidence in brass for their size. Absolute monster soprano sax solo. They’ve got some players for sure. Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 1:14 AM, BandNerd07 said: No, they didn't announce prelims results. Any info on the prelims results came from the directors. Expand They beat all the 4A bands here. That’s as much as I know. Quote
Area D band geek Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 1:27 AM, Liam Allen said: Brock - casually pulling out the Hebron 2023 soprano sax solo I see. Good confidence in brass for their size. Absolute monster soprano sax solo. They’ve got some players for sure. Expand Yeah, I remember when they were a small 2A band. They seem to always hold their own. Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Arlington Heights - singer/french horn great at the beginning. For some reason the only clarity I’m getting is from the mello section. Solid woodwind and brass features. Dancer in the Dark is always welcome on my football field. Everybody’s got their take on Paint it Black and this one was pretty clean. Finally unleashed the hornline at the end and it left me confused as to why it didn’t happen the whole show. Quote
Jamesswindell Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/12/2024 at 11:26 PM, Walton said: On 10/13/2024 at 1:43 AM, Liam Allen said: Arlington Heights - singer/french horn great at the beginning. For some reason the only clarity I’m getting is from the mello section. Solid woodwind and brass features. Dancer in the Dark is always welcome on my football field. Everybody’s got their take on Paint it Black and this one was pretty clean. Finally unleashed the hornline at the end and it left me confused as to why it didn’t happen the whole show. Expand How did Alvarado do? Expand Quote
Rob I. Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Outstanding Bands in preliminaries: 2A - Alvor 3A - Grandview 4A - China Spring 5A - Heritage 6A - VR Eaton Standstill Awards: Color Guard: 1 - VR Eaton 2 - Alvarado Drumline: 1 - VR Eaton 2- Creekview 3 - Canton Quote
bulldog2 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 How does everybody think venus did and what we need to work on? Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Alvarado - love the visual design with the metal. Lack of traditional uniforms sets the vibe immediately. Good use of interesting instruments(EWI). Woodwind intonation is an issue. Good ending. Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Heritage - I see shotgun mics on the sideline and that worries me. Synth bass is absurdly loud. First Circle is always nice to hear. Cycle Song is also nice to hear. Some good rep choices. Little rough in the woodwinds there. Balance is a bit shaky in the ballad. Good closer. Quote
tastiestbiscuit123 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 This is all I know about the Prelims Results: 1st - V.R. Eaton 2nd - China Spring 3rd - Heritage 4th - Alvarado 5th - Creekview 6th/7th - Canton/Arlington Heights (not sure who got what) 8th - Gatesville 9th - North Crowley 10th - Brock Bulldog1 and Area D band geek 1 1 Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 VR Eaton - obscenely loud electronics are covering up what I’m sure is a great ensemble sound. Woodwind feature was pretty dirty. Brass double tonguing could be cleaner. Great push to end the opener. Ballad pretty good. Really disappointing volume at the end. Probably pretty gassed from the rest of it but you still have to play as loud as your electronic glass shatter sound. Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 China Spring - great sound; could use some more trumpet at the beginning. High brass kind of flubbed the second double tonguing phrase. Woodwinds are faking the sixteenth runs hard. Great ensemble sound to end the opener. Great ballad feel; pit felt a little off. Sax quartet good, the tenor Bb was a little sharp. Great sound from the brass; release was late in trombone. Good backfield sound. Lines are nonexistent. Some phrasing issues in the closer. Low brass intonation on Bb is a little suspicious. More trumpet when they have the melody. Balance halfway died at the end. Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Creekview - like a few of those rep choices. Pretty clean up front. Woodwinds are playing scared. Double tonguing was pretty dirty in the brass. Good ballad. Trombone doing Crown 2016 was fun. Flute doing Bluecoats 2016 was also fun. Quote
Bulldog1 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 3:14 AM, Liam Allen said: Creekview - like a few of those rep choices. Pretty clean up front. Woodwinds are playing scared. Double tonguing was pretty dirty in the brass. Good ballad. Trombone doing Crown 2016 was fun. Flute doing Bluecoats 2016 was also fun. Expand Liam I would love your critique on Venus performance today.. if you weren’t able to see it I understand but looks like you give unbiased feedback Thanks Hannah Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 3:18 AM, Bulldog1 said: Liam I would love your critique on Venus performance today.. if you weren’t able to see it I understand but looks like you give unbiased feedback Thanks Hannah Expand Didn’t see it I got caught up at Braum’s lol ill see if I can’t find a bootleg video somewhere though! Quote
Rob I. Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 I am so proud of China Spring. They had their best performance yet for the year to date, and we have not yet started UIL. This is a constant improvement everttime for an 4A band, and they are weeks ahead of previous years. Whatever the judges may say, I know they rocked it, executed well, performed beautifully, and added that extra passion that makes me love high school band. I’m content and proud of my son and the band. There are a lot of schools here, so it has been an honor. It is an honor to play right after VR Eaton, as they are goal to strive for. Great job to all the bands tonight!! Quote
bandmomma2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Liam, would love to know your rankings for the final 10 bands. Quote
Liam Allen Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 3:32 AM, bandmomma2024 said: Liam, would love to know your rankings for the final 10 bands. Expand The official rankings lol Forgot to do a ranking but I’ll go back over my notes in a minute. Quote
Walton Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 10. North Crowley 9. Brock 8. Gatesville 7. Canton 6. Alvarado 5. Arlington Heights 4. Heritage 3. Creekview 2. China Spring 1. V.R. Eaton Eaton swept captions Quote
cheeto2401 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/12/2024 at 11:00 PM, Tenormdnes said: Is this random or in order of low to high score? Expand the bottom half goes first (randomly) same with the top half, they just go last Quote
cheeto2401 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 1:13 AM, Liam Allen said: Gatesville - nice balance. Cool Bari sax solo; shame I couldn’t hear it over the synth. Very abrupt ending. Expand the ending was abrupt because we couldnt fully get our part 4 drill down in time, by either thursday or friday morning, we had already just said "thats what the ending will be" Quote
cheeto2401 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/12/2024 at 10:03 PM, CaelusSky22 said: What happened to their prop? I missed their performance Expand it was so windy that the big flower all the way to the right side (from audience) had a wooden support beam that straight up snapped in half Quote
CaelusSky22 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 On 10/13/2024 at 4:09 AM, cheeto2401 said: it was so windy that the big flower all the way to the right side (from audience) had a wooden support beam that straight up snapped in half Expand Dang Quote
CaelusSky22 Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 Does anyone have a Prelims score sheet? Quote
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