Area B Contest

[MRS. IaN KiNSLeR]

it's tough to have a good field production with ALL the people that allan has, and they do a good job of it every year. it's just a whole lot easier for judges to notice mistakes and things when there are THAT many people on the field, and there's really no buffer zone for 'oh, it was clean for how many people are there'. it's either really clean or really not. allan wasn't as close as they have been in the past, though i will credit that to the realignment. at the same time, i will give them props for being good and entertaining at the same time... the bigness of their band is often intimidating and a lot of people enjoy watching their shows.

 

a lot of bands got 'robbed'... tha "B" is way too ba for it's own good, lol. and people who feel robbed need to reassess and realize that if you made finals, you're obviously doing something right. the rest is really out of your control.

[MRS. IaN KiNSLeR]

I think your time would be better spent in english class rather than practicing your doubles.

LMAO

[PunkAsAMonk]

can you say ****? thanks

I don't think I was any more of an **** than the 2 kids that degraded themselves and others to make up for their own shortcomings. Point being, if you insist on saying rude things about another band, correct spelling and grammar will make you appear at least vaguely legitimate. Also, flaunting what band you are a member of in your signature is probably not a smart idea either.

[Warfact]

anyone know why they announced top 5 in alphabetical order? i'v never heard of that happening before. my only thought is the announcor didnt want to anounce bell as 2nd. please tell me if you know why? cuz i kinda think it was rude to allen ans us (creekview) when they started with the letter "H".

also, why did they start announcing with the alternates? we were all holding hands and it was tense while awaiting the advancement announcements, when they say, "The alternates are Newman Smith and Summit"..... that just kind of ruined the moment for us and immediately we all looked at eachother and said "OH okay! yeah!"... then we had to sit through and listen to the advancement announcements while everyone cheered.

 

that's just my opinion though, that it ruined that feeling of anticipation while waiting to see if they'll say your name for state.

[MRS. IaN KiNSLeR]

now THAT's ****.

they shouldn't do that.

[Clarinet_Lover41]

They did that last year in 4A, too.. Smith we know how you feel.

[Warfact]

i think the best way to announce that would be to start with the 1st place and go down, that way it won't do what it did to creekview and allen with the alphabetical announcing, and it will still give everyone that feeling of anticipation

[Clarinet_Lover41]

This wasn't the only region that did that!

[MRS. IaN KiNSLeR]

hey does anyone know the rank points or where i could find them?

[JagDad09]

I will say this - of the shows in the finals, the two most entertaining were Allen and Marcus, and they finished#10 and #1.

 

Of course, (entertaining.ne.highscore)

[Warfact]

so has anyone written any thoughts or reviews yet for area b?

[MRS. IaN KiNSLeR]

yeah i've been wondering the same thing, lol.

i'm all antsy in my pantsy... especially cus i wanted to go... dang stupid shsu football game that we LOST.

[T-view_tuba_player]

i was just wondering what people thought of our show (timberview) this being our first year in 5A and at 5A area. also this is only the our third year in excistance.

[MartinHorn]

Here is a recap from the prelims:

 

Prelims Recap

School J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 RANK Order

Marcus 930 960 975 913 919 1 1 1 2 2 7 1

LD Bell 910 882 965 901 927 3 3 2 4 1 13 2

Haltom 865 888 950 842 907 5 2 4 11 3 25 3

Richland 870 878 925 910 804 4 4 6 3 8 25 4

Hebron 800 872 960 897 900 9 5 3 5 4 26 5

Plano East 920 851 872 870 838 2 7 13 8 5 35 6

Summit 810 811 935 931 796 7 14 5 1 12 39 7

Creekview 805 845 867 877 833 8 8 15 7 6 44 8

Allen 692 837 900 847 829 14 10 7 10 7 48 9

Newman Smith 697 843 885 889 792 12 9 9 6 14 50 10

Lewisville 700 831 890 856 790 11 11 8 9 16 55 11

Flower Mound 820 852 877 765 784 6 6 11 21 18 62 12

Wylie 770 806 875 820 788 10 15 12 15 17 69 13

Martin 690 800 880 794 803 15 17 10 19 9 70 14

Colleyville Heritage 615 820 870 822 797 20 12 14 14 11 71 15

Carroll 695 814 853 793 800 13 13 18 20 10 74 16

Timberview 628 766 832 827 791 17 22 25 13 15 92 17

Mansfield 565 804 865 836 768 27 16 16 12 22 93 18

Grapevine 630 790 855 801 660 16 20 17 18 23 94 19

Plano 590 789 843 806 794 25 21 21 16 13 96 20

North Crowley 605 794 847 804 771 22 18 20 17 21 98 21

Bowie 620 746 838 737 780 19 23 23 24 19 108 22

Paschal 595 791 850 651 776 24 19 19 26 20 108 23

Lamar 625 740 835 755 620 18 25 24 22 28 117 24

Plano West 610 742 830 690 633 21 24 26 25 26 122 25

Arlington 563 721 840 741 629 28 26 22 23 27 126 26

RL Turner 600 510 625 515 645 23 29 29 29 24 134 27

Burleson 570 533 663 575 636 26 28 28 28 25 135 28

Granbury 560 568 805 593 601 29 27 27 27 29 139 29

[JagDad09]

Timberview finished ahead of Mansfield.

 

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[eliz_the_mexican]

mmk so what what exactly happend to letting go of guard flags creekview was definately the olny guard in finals who threw multiple doubles well even threw one double for that matter frankly i'd like to see good bands (the ones who made finals) go back to the military tradition of using weapons and flags Insted of just probps *caugh* marcus* caugh* there needs to be a standard of difficulty set for guards  thats all i have to say

oh yeha but also congradulations to those bands who made it they were freeking awesome even if there guards were'nt hard core. there showes were still somewhat entertaining (mabey not exciting and fast pased) but entertaining none the less.

may i remind you marcus also went out there and threw a hot quad and five on rifle out there and smacked the heck out of those catches. i wouldnt be degrading the marcus guard they are absoultey amazing dancers and are incredible with their equipment, despite the fact they are rather "proppy" this year i still think they are amazing. i mean look at their winter guard show from last year....INCREDIBLE! so yea..but i heard creekview did pretty well didnt get a chance to see yall but i have some friends in their band and guard and they felt pretty good about thier show.

[MRS. IaN KiNSLeR]

what about finals a finals recap?

[Majic]

i was just wondering what people thought of our show (timberview) this being our first year in 5A and at 5A area. also this is only the our third year in excistance.

I remember getting to see you perform at Tournament of Champions two years ago, and being really impressed with the band for such a small size. I can only assume you've gotten better since; best of luck in the years to come

[connorjewell]

i was just wondering what people thought of our show (timberview) this being our first year in 5A and at 5A area. also this is only the our third year in excistance.

From one Mansfield band (Summit) to another (Timberview), I have nothing but positive things to say about Timberview. I rooted for you guys since the beginning. You get better each and every year, and you guys are extremely good marchers. I really like Timberview a lot, and I think they can do some damage in Area B in a few years.

[Fortisimo]

I really enjoyed Timberview's show, and it seemed quite clean to me. Perhaps the only advice I would give is to not be so careful- it sounds like you all are scared to let loose a little and put volume out there; it's good to get loud at the right points to build excitement and dynamic contrast. But yeah, ya'll are lookin' pretty good I would say.

[MartinHorn]

Oh yes I forgot to add in, while we may not agree with the judges final placements, they are what they are, so just cheer for your favorite band or bands at State and hope they win.

 

Oh, and while you may not like what the Marcus colorguard does, you have to recognize the fact that they are good at what they do.

[andysoccer]

I was actually only talking about the finals performance.

[Xenon]

Actually, your ranks were apparently 4/4/10 4/9

 

Showing that you had good music performance (notwithstanding the one judge) and the marching judges disagreed with your marching (I would have had y'all around 6th or 7th in marching for the night).

[The Richland Trumpet]

Oh so much to say.

 

First of all, this reminds me nothing more than when we were all 5 and when one kid hurt the other kid's feelings, he packed up his/her toys and ran home.

 

2nd of all, for those of you whining about "they should announce in this order so it doesn't hurt our feelings," is pathetic to say the least.

 

3rd of all, congratulations to all bands who performed and to those advancing to State, it's going to be a tough year.

 

I was personally pulling for Colleyville Heritage but I have somewhat of a bias.

 

Let's just say I think their guard is phenominal

[MartinHorn]

I really enjoyed Timberview's show, and it seemed quite clean to me. Perhaps the only advice I would give is to not be so careful- it sounds like you all are scared to let loose a little and put volume out there; it's good to get loud at the right points to build excitement and dynamic contrast. But yeah, ya'll are lookin' pretty good I would say.

I remember at UIL that Timberview's articulation was so clean.

 

I was personally pulling for Colleyville Heritage but I have somewhat of a bias.

 

Let's just say I think their guard is phenominal smile.gif

 

 

Dating one of their guard members perhaps?