Crazy Results

[TxRaider13]

  selby said:

I'm not sure if that can be considered crazy. A lot can happen between prelims and finals.

 

 

The scores from prelims and finals were way different, but I get what you're saying. I'm not a judge, but the eyeball test and ear test said, not 5th..But hey it is what it is

[whitewing09]

It's funny how different scores are after switching the judges.

[NewMexicoBandsman]

If I remember right, Marcus got 3rd at BOA SA in 2005 but received two of the three captions, and then did the same thing in 2006.

[Inso Box]

2002 BOA San Antonio, James Bowie High School was 11th I believe in prelims, was rated fairly high in some categories I think music and was bombed by a judge for having a small color guard.

[NickRC]

  TxRaider13 said:

Canton 2nd in prelims, 5th in finals

 

 

Even crazier Silver Medalist North Lamar receiving a 20th place ranking in prelims although it was just from one judge that doesn't make much sense, maybe it's jsut me thinking this is odd??!

Edited November 3, 2010 by NickRC

[drummerjoe]

You wanna know something truly crazy?

 

Westlake made State Finals.

[longhornsax]

  drummerjoe said:

You wanna know something truly crazy?

 

Westlake made State Finals.

 

that's a pretty low blow...

[drummerjoe]

  longhornsax said:

that's a pretty low blow...

 

Never said it was a bad thing. Just they placed below Anderson, CT Johnson, and Reagan at Area, tied with Round Rock at area, yet beat them all at state. I meant crazy as in surprising.

[longhornsax]

  drummerjoe said:

Never said it was a bad thing. Just they placed below Anderson, CT Johnson, and Reagan at Area, tied with Round Rock at area, yet beat them all at state. I meant crazy as in surprising.

 

Guess I read it wrong. But yes, in that sense it was slightly surprising, but I feel like Westlake has always been one of those bands that peaks at just the right time.

[TxRaider13]

I think it's a little crazy that Reagan didn't make finals.. I really enjoyed their show, and it helps sway my vote when I was sitting next to band parents from Reagan and they were being super nice to us.

[whitewing09]

Didn't the same thing happen in 08? They barely made state, but made finals. Just shows how strong Area D is.

[morebueno]

Placement in area means nothing at state. Area C this year was Rowlett, Berkner, Duncanville, Coppell. Rowlett didnt make finals and Coppell and Duncanville did better than Berkner at state. Its different judges, different time, different stage.

  drummerjoe said:

Never said it was a bad thing. Just they placed below Anderson, CT Johnson, and Reagan at Area, tied with Round Rock at area, yet beat them all at state. I meant crazy as in surprising.

Edited November 5, 2010 by morebueno

[longhorn2190]

  morebueno said:

Placement in area means nothing at state. Area C this year was Rowlett, Berkner, Duncanville, Coppell. Rowlett didnt make finals and Coppell and Duncanville did better than Berkner at state. Its different judges, different time, different stage.

Not to mention the rain kind of screwed everything up in Dallas/Ft Worth that day. The same thing happened in area B where Hebron beat LD Bell in area.

[bj05johnson]

Grand National Finals 2001

 

Finals placements 1-5 were all within a single point from each other. Also, Lawrence Central won finals without taking a caption.

Edited November 5, 2010 by bj05johnson

[J-Mike16]

Reviving this dead topic back alive almost 11 years later. I just wanted to share my pick for a crazy result at a contest.

McNeese Showdown at Sundown Marching Contest 2016

Grenada - wins with a score of 92.8 winning almost every single caption of the contest except for: Best music in class, Best overall music, and best drum majors. Also gets sweepstakes (all 1's in the categories).

Lumberton - 2nd place with a score of 91.8 winning the following captions: Best music in class and Best overall music. Lumberton was one of the few bands that DID NOT get sweepstakes, they got a 2nd division in drum major.

3rd through 5th were all close to eachother and were 4 points behind Lumberton. I will comment on Kountze HS, they got 5th winning a couple class captions plus sweepstakes. Was super cool seeing them so excited about being in the top 5, beating bands that were 3x their size. They only had about 60 members in the band and were able to beat bands that had 140 - 170 members.

I wish I had my hands to the full results just so I can see how high Lumberton's music scores were. 

[LeanderMomma]

I love it when people revive old topics.  ? This was a good one too. I’m reading all the old posts in it from 2010 and it’s really fascinating how much some things have changed in the past decade and how much other things have stayed the same!

[J-Mike16]

I'm surprised someone hasn't post any crazy results from the last 5 years, other than me. Like, for example, Vista Ridge placing 24th at State 2016, to then winning State 2018.

[J-Mike16]

Here is the video of Lumberton at McNeese in 2016

You can hear the judges talking in the background and at several moments throughout the show, they say some really good things.