BOA Arlington

[JustAddWat3r]

BOA Arlington is coming up in 2 weeks. Anyone seen the schedule? Its not as packed as it was last year but it should be a great contest nevertheless

[JustAddWat3r]

i see about 15 bands with finals potential...i almost wish i was a spectator instead of a performer at this contest...

[Danpod]

Possible "Lock" Finalists: 6

Possible "Maybe" Finalists: 7

Block Of The Day: Last block

 

Gotta love the 9:15 start!

[treyj]

looks like a stacked schedule

 

ouch i would hate to perform before like 12.

 

luckily we've never had too.

 

 

what is the date of this?

I want to attend if we don't have a contest :]

[Danpod]

October 4th is the contest date.

[treyj]

  Danpod said:

October 4th is the contest date.

 

 

sweet i'll be attending.

no contest that week

[JustAddWat3r]

  Danpod said:

Possible "Lock" Finalists: 6

Possible "Maybe" Finalists: 7

Block Of The Day: Last block

 

Gotta love the 9:15 start!

 

I'm gonna take a guess at your "finalists" (in no particular order)

 

Possible Lock Finalists: 6

1)Marcus

2)Hebron

3)Coppell

4)Leander

5)Berkner

6)Cedar Park

 

Possible "Maybe" Finalists: 7

1)Aledo

2)Martin

3)Connally

4)Newman Smith

5)Mansfield

6)Georgetown

7)Colleyville

 

That was a lot harder than i expected...

[lhstrumpet]

nooooooooooooooooooooo

 

why so early?

 

it's not like it doesn't already take 3.5-4 hours to get there on buses :/

 

 

hmm. Lafayette dropped out. Travel I guess.

Edited September 24, 2008 by lhstrumpet

[capncrunk]

Possible lock finalists:

1. Marcus

2. Coppell

3. Hebron

4. Colleyville Herritage

5. Berkner

6. Cedar Park

 

Possible maybe finalists:

1. Fossil Ridge

2. Martin

3. Connally

4. Aledo

5. Mansfield

6. Leander

7. Saginaw

[Danpod]

  JustAddWat3r said:

I'm gonna take a guess at your "finalists" (in no particular order)

 

Haha. You were very close, my friend.

 

  lhstrumpet said:

nooooooooooooooooooooo

 

why so early?

 

Don't fret. This Regional in particular has a history of rewarding solid performances early in the morning.

[JustAddWat3r]

  Danpod said:

Haha. You were very close, my friend.

 

 

how close?

 

 

  Danpod said:

Don't fret. This Regional in particular has a history of rewarding solid performances early in the morning.

 

 

Haha last year, we performed early in the morning, and it was extremely windy, our props were flying all over the place. I think one of the on field judges had to help us hold it up.

[treblemaker]

  lhstrumpet said:

nooooooooooooooooooooo

 

why so early?

 

it's not like it doesn't already take 3.5-4 hours to get there on buses :/

 

 

hmm. Lafayette dropped out. Travel I guess.

 

Because Jamiel That's how we roll remember?

[rpd]

  rolexdude said:

9:00 - TBA

9:15 - Central (TX)

9:30 - Leander (TX)

9:45 - Legacy (TX)

10:00 - Trinity (TX)

10:15 - Saginaw (TX)

10:30 - Aledo (TX)

10:45 - John Marshall (TX)

11:00 - Fossil Ridge (TX)

11:15 - Berkner (TX)

LUNCH

12:30 - Winnsboro (TX)

12:45 - Cedar Park (TX)

1:00 - Martin (TX)

1:15 - Georgetown (TX)

1:30 - Lewisville (TX)

1:45 - John B. Connally (TX)

2:00 - Newman Smith (TX)

2:15 - Edinburg (TX)

BREAK

2:45 - Marcus (TX)

3:00 - Paschal (TX)

3:15 - Coppell (TX)

3:30 - Hebron (TX)

3:45 - Mabank (TX)

4:00 - Colleyville Heritage (TX)

4:15 - Westmoore (OK)

4:30 - Mansfield (TX)

 

Wow, I hope were leaving Friday, because that would be a brutal performance after a 5-6 hour bus ride.

 

I cant wait!! John Marshall's first BOA performance in so many years.

[lhstrumpet]

  lhsfluter said:

Because Jameil That's how we roll remember?

 

Yet I wasn't here for Perilous Skies and those rediculous performance times.

 

I'm not that used to it

 

I think we can pull off a Haltom.

[treyj]

i'm debating when i should go.

 

i want to see that final block.

but there is such a gap between that and finals.

 

i may just go for finals...

 

idk though :/

[treblemaker]

  lhstrumpet said:

Yet I wasn't here for Perilous Skies and those rediculous performance times.

 

I'm not that used to it

 

I think we can pull off a Haltom.

 

 

Who's going to go first in Finals?

 

How about Leander? They are used to it. Heck lets have them perform early in Pre-Lims too.

 

That was our luck for the last two years.

 

Don't you remember our 330am call time for BOA Houston? Hello window to sleep on. :]

[lhstrumpet]

Our performance time was like 12:30 for Houston.

 

The sun was rising when we left Leander.

 

Well if we make top 5 we don't have to worry about going 1st ;D.

 

But yay for a call time of like 2:30 next Saturday.

[ftwdrummer]

  rolexdude said:

9:00 - TBA

9:15 - Central (TX)

9:30 - Leander (TX)

9:45 - Legacy (TX)

10:00 - Trinity (TX)

10:15 - Saginaw (TX)

10:30 - Aledo (TX)

10:45 - John Marshall (TX)

11:00 - Fossil Ridge (TX)

11:15 - Berkner (TX)

LUNCH

12:30 - Winnsboro (TX)

12:45 - Cedar Park (TX)

1:00 - Martin (TX)

1:15 - Georgetown (TX)

1:30 - Lewisville (TX)

1:45 - John B. Connally (TX)

2:00 - Newman Smith (TX)

2:15 - Edinburg (TX)

BREAK

2:45 - Marcus (TX)

3:00 - Paschal (TX)

3:15 - Coppell (TX)

3:30 - Hebron (TX)

3:45 - Mabank (TX)

4:00 - Colleyville Heritage (TX)

4:15 - Westmoore (OK)

4:30 - Mansfield (TX)

 

Yay last block! Yay not having to be at the band hall at 4 AM! Yay going up against top-notch competition (as opposed to first band of the day last year)! Yay having the closer on the field (albeit probably really really dirty) by October 4th! Yay exclamation point overindulgence!

 

We don't have a snowball's chance in the innermost circle of Dante's Inferno of making Finals, do we?

[radchad]

Yeah. A few bands were victim to the mighty wind last year.

 

I think Hebron and Mansfield were the two biggest ones.

[radchad]

Lol. I use to hate waiting for placements at competitions because the announcer longated everything.

 

Mmmmmmm-artin.

Mmmmmmm-abank.

Mmmmmmm-arcus.

Mmmmmmm-ansfield.

 

Lol.

It sucked.

[takigan]

  Danpod said:

Possible "Lock" Finalists: 6

Possible "Maybe" Finalists: 7

Block Of The Day: Last block

 

Gotta love the 9:15 start!

 

lol, I'll take a stab, I love this stuff .

 

Danpod's 6 "Locks":

 

1. Marcus (Possibly the greatest marching band in the nation right now, he11 will freeze over if they don't win this competition)

2. Berkner (rising star band with the great Frank Troyka at the helm)

4. Colleyville Heritage (great early season band and San Antonio finalist)

5. Cedar Park (4A UIL state champion, 5A UIL silver medalist, consistent BOA regional finalist)

6. Hebron (a bit unpredictable probably due to their heavily design-based shows, but any band that can cruise at 190bpm through an entire movement of their show and still sound great is pretty much unstoppable)

 

Danpod's 7 "Maybees":

 

1. Coppell

2. Leander

3. Georgetown

4. Lewisville

5. Mansfield

6. Newman Smith

7. Connally

 

I say these schools because these are the 13 schools I personally see in highest competition for the 10 finals spots. I foresee Marcus winning by a good solid margin with the following 5 succeeding in an unforeseeable order....these 6 bands will form a bubble that I highly doubt any of the "Maybe" bands will be able to break (20% probability). The other 7 I predict will fill every position from 7-13 with about a 30-40% chance of a breakin (if there is a break-in it will be from either Fossil Ridge or Martin). As for ranking the remaining 7 it's tough due to them all having track records that reflect very similar strength levels; I mean here's a breakdown of said records:

 

1. Coppell (17th @ BOA San Antonio 2k7, 7th 5A State Marching 2k6)--is most likely to lead these bands and has the most potential to break the "top 6 bubble" though still not likely.)

2. Leander (19th @ BOA SA 2k7, 6th @ 5A UIL Area D finals 2k6)

3. Georgetown (25th @ BOA SA 2k7, 4th @ 5A UIL Area D prelims 2k6--8th in finals)

4. Lewisville (29th @ BOA SA 2k7, Missed finals by 1 @ 5A Area B prelims 2k6)

5. Mansfield (12th @ BOA Arlington 2k7--1 place behind Hebron, 18th @ 5A UIL Area B prelims....I'm guessing Mansfield is a "BOA" band)

6. Newman Smith (13th @ BOA Arlington 2k7, 10th @ 5A UIL Area B finals)

7. Pflugerville Connally (4A UIL State finalist 2k7, 26th @ BOA Grand Nationals 2k6, 13th @ BOA Arlington 2k6)

 

btw....can we expect a podcast soon? (I imagine you're waiting for the Houston schedule)

Edited September 25, 2008 by takigan

[takigan]

  takigan said:

lol, I'll take a stab, I love this stuff .

 

Danpod's 6 "Locks":

 

1. Marcus (Possibly the greatest marching band in the nation right now, he11 will freeze over if they don't win this competition)

2. Berkner (rising star band with the great Frank Troyka at the helm)

4. Colleyville Heritage (great early season band and San Antonio finalist)

5. Cedar Park (4A UIL state champion, 5A UIL silver medalist, consistent BOA regional finalist)

6. Hebron (a bit unpredictable probably due to their heavily design-based shows, but any band that can cruise at 190bpm through an entire movement of their show and still sound great is pretty much unstoppable)

 

Danpod's 7 "Maybees":

 

1. Coppell

2. Leander

3. Georgetown

4. Lewisville

5. Mansfield

6. Newman Smith

7. Connally

 

I say these schools because these are the 13 schools I personally see in highest competition for the 10 finals spots. I foresee Marcus winning by a good solid margin with the following 5 succeeding in an unforeseeable order....these 6 bands will form a bubble that I highly doubt any of the "Maybe" bands will be able to break (20% probability). The other 7 I predict will fill every position from 7-13 with about a 30-40% chance of a breakin (if there is a break-in it will be from either Fossil Ridge or Martin). As for ranking the remaining 7 it's tough due to them all having track records that reflect very similar strength levels; I mean here's a breakdown of said records:

 

1. Coppell (17th @ BOA San Antonio 2k7, 7th 5A State Marching 2k6)--is most likely to lead these bands and has the most potential to break the "top 6 bubble" though still not likely.)

2. Leander (19th @ BOA SA 2k7, 6th @ 5A UIL Area D finals 2k6)

3. Georgetown (25th @ BOA SA 2k7, 4th @ 5A UIL Area D prelims 2k6--8th in finals)

4. Lewisville (29th @ BOA SA 2k7, Missed finals by 1 @ 5A Area B prelims 2k6)

5. Mansfield (12th @ BOA Arlington 2k7--1 place behind Hebron, 18th @ 5A UIL Area B prelims....I'm guessing Mansfield is a "BOA" band)

6. Newman Smith (13th @ BOA Arlington 2k7, 10th @ 5A UIL Area B finals)

7. Pflugerville Connally (4A UIL State finalist 2k7, 26th @ BOA Grand Nationals 2k6, 13th @ BOA Arlington 2k6)

 

btw....can we expect a podcast soon? (I imagine you're waiting for the Houston schedule)

 

Wow....I'm dumb, I only put 5 locks. In that case add Coppell to the locks and add Martin to the 7 "Maybees" .

[morebueno]

I can see 12 of these bands making finals easy, but only 10 spots to fill. Not to mention the other bands that could easily poke their head into finals.

 

 

Finals for sure:

Marcus - one of the best bands right now, so def. finals for them.

Berkner - usual BOA finalist, and UIL

Cedar Park - BOA and UIL sucess

 

And any other 7 of these:

Fossil Ridge

Colleyville Heritage

Martin

Lewisville

Newman Smith

Leander

Coppell

Hebron

Mansfield

[treblemaker]

  lhstrumpet said:

Our performance time was like 12:30 for Houston.

 

The sun was rising when we left Leander.

 

Well if we make top 5 we don't have to worry about going 1st ;D.

 

But yay for a call time of like 2:30 next Saturday.

 

I heard we are just leaving straight after the homecoming game. But who knows.

[radchad]

  takigan said:

lol, I'll take a stab, I love this stuff .

 

Danpod's 6 "Locks":

 

1. Marcus (Possibly the greatest marching band in the nation right now, he11 will freeze over if they don't win this competition)

2. Berkner (rising star band with the great Frank Troyka at the helm)

4. Colleyville Heritage (great early season band and San Antonio finalist)

5. Cedar Park (4A UIL state champion, 5A UIL silver medalist, consistent BOA regional finalist)

6. Hebron (a bit unpredictable probably due to their heavily design-based shows, but any band that can cruise at 190bpm through an entire movement of their show and still sound great is pretty much unstoppable)

 

Danpod's 7 "Maybees":

 

1. Coppell

2. Leander

3. Georgetown

4. Lewisville

5. Mansfield

6. Newman Smith

7. Connally

 

I say these schools because these are the 13 schools I personally see in highest competition for the 10 finals spots. I foresee Marcus winning by a good solid margin with the following 5 succeeding in an unforeseeable order....these 6 bands will form a bubble that I highly doubt any of the "Maybe" bands will be able to break (20% probability). The other 7 I predict will fill every position from 7-13 with about a 30-40% chance of a breakin (if there is a break-in it will be from either Fossil Ridge or Martin). As for ranking the remaining 7 it's tough due to them all having track records that reflect very similar strength levels; I mean here's a breakdown of said records:

 

1. Coppell (17th @ BOA San Antonio 2k7, 7th 5A State Marching 2k6)--is most likely to lead these bands and has the most potential to break the "top 6 bubble" though still not likely.)

2. Leander (19th @ BOA SA 2k7, 6th @ 5A UIL Area D finals 2k6)

3. Georgetown (25th @ BOA SA 2k7, 4th @ 5A UIL Area D prelims 2k6--8th in finals)

4. Lewisville (29th @ BOA SA 2k7, Missed finals by 1 @ 5A Area B prelims 2k6)

5. Mansfield (12th @ BOA Arlington 2k7--1 place behind Hebron, 18th @ 5A UIL Area B prelims....I'm guessing Mansfield is a "BOA" band)

6. Newman Smith (13th @ BOA Arlington 2k7, 10th @ 5A UIL Area B finals)

7. Pflugerville Connally (4A UIL State finalist 2k7, 26th @ BOA Grand Nationals 2k6, 13th @ BOA Arlington 2k6)

 

btw....can we expect a podcast soon? (I imagine you're waiting for the Houston schedule)

JFYI, Mansfield was 10th in Finals at BOA Arlington in '06.