takigan Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 The Woodlands, TX - October 9, 2010 Woodforest Bank Stadium SCHEDULE: Hudson H.S., TX 9:15 AM Texas City H.S., TX 9:30 AM College Park H.S., TX 9:45 AM Alvin H.S., TX 10:00 AM Pasadena Memorial H.S., TX 10:15 AM Spring H.S., TX 10:30 AM Cy-Fair H.S., TX 10:45 AM Clear Brook H.S., TX 11:00 AM LUNCH BREAK 11:15 AM Dekaney H.S., TX 12:00 PM Winston Churchill H.S., TX 12:15 PM Pearland H.S., TX 12:30 PM Westfield H.S., TX 12:45 PM Cedar Park H.S., TX 1:00 PM McNeil H.S., TX 1:15 PM Johnson H.S., TX 1:30 PM North Shore H.S., TX 1:45 PM The Woodlands H.S., TX 2:00 PM BREAK 2:15 PM Comeaux H.S., LA 2:30 PM William B. Travis H.S., TX 2:45 PM Elkins H.S., TX 3:00 PM Vandergrift H.S., TX 3:15 PM Cypress Falls H.S., TX 3:30 PM Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 3:45 PM Leander H.S., TX 4:00 PM Friendswood H.S., TX 4:15 PM Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX 4:30 PM 5:00 PM - PRELIMS AWARDS 6:45 PM - GATES REOPEN FOR FINALS 7:45 PM - FINALS 10:30 PM - FINALS AWARDS For reviews and live scores, follow us on the Live where I'll be blogging all day: http://live.txbands.com/ Quote
TxRaider13 Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Good luck today to all the bands, while these performers put on their shows, I will be busy blowing my face off at the fair while Baylor gets stomped!!!Wreck'em TECH!!!! Fair Food+Beer+Baylor losing=Me very happy Quote
Xenon Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Prelims Results: Class A: 1. Vandegrift 2. Hudson Music: Vandegrift Visual: Vandegrift GE: Vandegrift Class AA: 1. Texas City Music: Texas City Visual: Texas City GE: Texas City Class AAA: 1. Stephen F. Austin 2. Cedar Park 3. Clear Brook Music: Stephen F. Austin Visual: Stephen F. Austin GE: Stephen F. Austin Class AAAA: 1. Ronald Reagan 2. The Woodlands 3. Winston Churchill Music: The Woodlands Visual: Claudia Taylor Johnson GE: Ronald Reagan Finalists: The Woodlands Vandegrift Westfield Claudia Taylor Johnson Spring Stephen F. Austin McNeil Ronald Reagan Cedar Park Winston Churchill Quote
Xenon Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 It's nice to see Reagan back in the game and CTJ making a name of its own! Quote
Xenon Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Finals performance order: 7:45 Claudia Taylor Johnson 8:00 Westfield 8:15 Spring 8:30 Churchill 8:45 McNeil 9:00 Ronald Reagan 9:15 Cedar Park 9:30 The Woodlands 9:45 Stephen F. Austin 10:00 Vandegrift Quote
Xenon Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 That means Vandegrift was top 5 as a Class A band! Quote
dmbalash Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Xenon said: That means Vandegrift was top 5 as a Class A band! After placing 16th last week at Arlington. I love this time of year. Quote
jmj Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 I must second the !! on Vandegrift. And, yay for 2 Leander ISD schools in the top 5! Also, yay for the return of Reagan! Quote
whyme Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Sorry to ask a dumb question, but does this performance order indicate which are the top 5? How does this work? Thanks Quote
Xenon Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 whyme said: Sorry to ask a dumb question, but does this performance order indicate which are the top 5? How does this work? Thanks At BOA Regional competitions (not Super or GN), the first 5 to perform in Finals are prelims positions 10-6 and the last 5 to perform are prelims positions 5-1. But in random positions inside of each of those sets. Quote
Xenon Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Finals Results: 1. 82.60 Stephen F. Austin 2. 80.20 Cedar Park 3. 77.05 Vandegrift 4. 75.60 Ronald Reagan 5. 75.40 The Woodlands 6. 73.95 Winston Churchill 7. 71.10 McNeil 8. 71.05 Spring 9. 69.80 Claudia Taylor Johnson 10. 68.95 Westfield Music: Cedar Park Visual: Stephen F. Austin GE: Stephen F. Austin Quote
Xenon Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Here's what we know so far. It is very possible that this was the exact (or very close) order that prelims was in too. The top 5 and bottom 5 groups stayed the same and the known orders in class placements stayed the same. Quote
takigan Posted October 10, 2010 Author Posted October 10, 2010 Vandegrift is REALLY going to be a force to be reckoned with in a couple years. I absolutely LOVED Claudia Taylor Johnson's show. McNeil, Claudia Taylor Johnson and Cypress Falls were probably my 3 favorite shows of the night...I also immensely enjoyed Stephen F. Austin and Cypress Fairbanks. Quote
bingogooberman Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Having seen vandegrift a week ago at arlington, I find it a little hard to believe that they got 3rd at Houston beating amazing programs like Reagan or The Woodlands. It was a good show, but it's really shocking. I don't get it, but then again, I wasn't there Quote
takigan Posted October 10, 2010 Author Posted October 10, 2010 My apologies for the numerous typos and word omissions in my reviews. The Mobile version of the Liveblogging software is kind of crummy. They make an iPhone app for it, which is supposed to be pretty nice, but unfortunately I use an Android phone so no dice there. In addition to the technical difficulties it created, I also didn't have access to the comments system during the event, so to the 50-60 people who left comments, I'm sorry I was unable to publish or respond to most of them. The BOA San Antonio LiveBlog will be better. Since multiple staff are tackling the event, we can make it a much more streamlined and in-depth experience. In addition to a better managed comment system, there will likely be photos and more concise reviews due to multiple perspectives from multiple staff. Quote
Xenon Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Prelims top 10 results: 1. SFA 2. Cedar Park 3. Ronald Reagan 4. Vandegrift 5. The Woodlands 6. Winston Churchill 7. Spring 8. CT Johnson 9. McNeil 10. Westfield Basically the same as Finals except that McNeil jumped up 2 spots in Finals and Vandegrift pulled ahead of Reagan. Quote
mellopwn1 Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Xenon said: Prelims top 10 results: 1. SFA 2. Cedar Park 3. Ronald Reagan 4. Vandegrift 5. The Woodlands 6. Winston Churchill 7. Spring 8. CT Johnson 9. McNeil 10. Westfield Basically the same as Finals except that McNeil jumped up 2 spots in Finals and Vandegrift pulled ahead of Reagan. I honestly can't believe that Vandegrift placed THIRD in finals. Either they are amazing or its bad judging...I'll see when they put it up on the fan network. It seems like its probably the first one, though. Also, seems like The Woodlands isn't doing so hot this year. That's the lowest I've seen them in quite a few :/ They should just rename this regional "Stephen F. Austin and 9 Other Finalist Bands." They have won SO many times... Quote
greencowboy Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 takigan said: Vandegrift is REALLY going to be a force to be reckoned with in a couple years. I absolutely LOVED Claudia Taylor Johnson's show. McNeil, Claudia Taylor Johnson and Cypress Falls were probably my 3 favorite shows of the night...I also immensely enjoyed Stephen F. Austin and Cypress Fairbanks. Brandon Thanks. . . The Cypress Falls percussion kids appreciated your comments on the blog yesterday. Quote
omnjj Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 This was the first time Claudia Taylor Johnson HS has made finals! everyone better be scared cause we're getting bigger and better:) Quote
whitewing09 Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 omnjj said: This was the first time Claudia Taylor Johnson HS has made finals! everyone better be scared cause we're getting bigger and better:) If this were facebook, I would like it. I'm really liking that Reagan is on it's way back to the top! I really like that Vandergrift and Claudia Johnson are climbing up! Quote
Xenon Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 Prelims Results: 1) 83.7 SF Austin 2) 80.9 Cedar Park 3) 78.6 Reagan 4) 78.45 Vandegrift 5) 77.75 The Woodlands 6) 75.95 Churchill 7) 75.1 Spring 8) 74.3 CT Johnson 9) 73.7 McNeil 10) 72.9 Westfield 11) 71.85 Clear Brook 12) 69.95 Cy-Fair 13) 69.8 Cy-Falls 14) 69.25 Friendswood 15) 69.1 Alvin 16) 68.6 Pasadena Memorial 17) 68.35 Pearland 18) 67.4 William B Travis 19) 65.2 Leander 20) 64.55 College Park 21) 64.4 Dekaney 22) 62.6 North Shore 23) 59.95 Elkins 24) 52.5 Texas City 25) 51.45 Hudson 26) 47.7 Comeaux (LA) Quote
takigan Posted October 11, 2010 Author Posted October 11, 2010 These were my predictions after I saw all of the shows.: 1. SFA (0 places difference) 2. The Woodlands (3 places difference) 3. Churchill (3...) 4. Cedar Park (2) 5. Spring (2) 6. Claudia Taylor Johnson (2) 7. Cy-Fair (5) 8. Westfield (2) 9. Cy-Falls (4) 10. Clear Brook (1) 11. McNeil (2) 12. Reagan (9) 13. Vandegrift (9) 14. Friendswood (0) 15. William B. Travis (3) 16. Leander (3) 17. College Park (3) 18. Pearland (1) 19. Alvin (4) 20. Pasadena Memorial (4) 21. Dekaney (0) 22. North Shore (0) 23. Elkins (0) 24. Texas City (0) 25. Comeaux (1) 26. Hudson (1) It was hard to get a good visual perspective during the shows since my face was buried in my cell phone screen typing a lot of the time, so my scores are based a lot by my musical impressions. I'm hoping that the bands that placed drastically differently from where I had them did so because of their visual scores. The judges and I were totally on a different page with Reagan and Vandegrift though....even in finals when I didn't have a phone taking most of my attention. I felt like Leander did better than the judges thought, but a friend of mine (who does visual teching) was telling me when we were eating during dinner break that they had some serious guard issues that likely hurt them....I don't notice the guard's execution as much so that might explain that. I'm not nearly as good at this as Xenon and mbui are I must admit, haha. Quote
TxRaider13 Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 (edited) I would hate to be those kids from (LA) coming here and finishing last. Just goes to show the best bands are from Texas Edited October 11, 2010 by TxRaider13 Quote
ToasterEater Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 I agree, I feel really bad for the band from LA Quote
Danpod Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 TxRaider13 said: I would hate to be those kids from (LA) coming here and finishing last. Just goes to show the best bands are from Texas ToasterEater said: I agree, I feel really bad for the band from LA Texas has some great programs but to say that we have the best programs just because a Louisiana band finished last in a Texas Regional is a little too broad. As far as I can remember, this was probably their first BOA contest in a long time. We often forget how intimidating the first experience can be. I have dealt with a few programs this year that were going to their first contest in the history of their school. There was even a program or two that had been around for awhile but were giving a BOA/USSBA show a try for their first time. It is so heart-wrenching to watch some students get so nervous that they become physically ill. I'm wondering when people will learn that, in the long run, the placements just aren't as important as we think they are. Quote
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