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  Xenon said:
Sorry, I was driving home from the stadium.

 

 

No worries :D . Heartfelt thanks for keeping us up to date amidst downpours, lightning flashes and tornado siren. Really, big, big thanks here from the heart of Texas.

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State Advancers are:

 

Bowie, Reagan, Johnson, Anderson, Westlake, Round Rock

 

Alternates: Churchhill, Akins

 

 

Thanks to Just a Texas Girl for covering this!

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  Xenon said:
State Advancers are:

 

Bowie, Reagan, Johnson, Anderson, Westlake, Round Rock

 

Alternates: Churchhill, Akins

 

 

Thanks to Just a Texas Girl for covering this!

 

 

:o No Churchhill in state?!?!?!?!?! Wow

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Was this Johnson's first try at state? (not sure if they competed at Area in '08) Very impressive! As for Churchill, that's a bummer. Hopefully things look up for them the rest of this season. Its also nice to see Reagan doing well again :)

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I don't want to sound like a jerk but, Akins and Westlake do not deserve the spots in state that they have, and Churchill might not have been an alternate if their visual program didn't drop because of the colorguard.

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  bchorn said:
Anyone notice the crazy J1 judge for music? The other 2 judges rank included in parenthesis.

 

Copperas Cove 8th (21st and 19th)

Seguin 9th (23rd and 27th)

Austin 11th (25th and 32nd)

CT Johnson 12th (2nd and 8th)

Round Rock 21st (1st and 5th)

 

Yes, that guy had some interesting choices. He had Cove, Seguin, Madison , and Judson in his top 10 and they weren't even close in the other music judges.

 

I must also express my general shock at my HS alma mater (Georgetown) finishing 29th of 34 bands. No, I did not expect them to make finals, but to be that close to the bottom -OUCH! It's not like we were a powerhouse when I went there, but we usually were hanging around the top 10, if not in the top 10 at most events. I am sad for that program.

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  error51210 said:
I don't want to sound like a jerk but, Akins and Westlake do not deserve the spots in state that they have, and Churchill might not have been an alternate if their visual program didn't drop because of the colorguard.

 

 

Akins isn't going to state...

 

Westlake is going because they simply played and/or marched better. That is what UIL is all about. Guard is hardly a factor. Granted, I did like Churchill's show much more than Westlake, apparently the sound quality wasn't that great, which will obviously not help.

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  TxRaider13 said:
:o No Churchhill in state?!?!?!?!?! Wow

 

It wasn't the best day for Churchill, but when it came down to it, the easier, safer, cleaner shows beat out the really big, difficult, wow, shows. But it comes down to what the judges want to see. One week you lose, the next week you take it all. But good luck to those that did advance! :)

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  bchorn said:
Anyone notice the crazy J1 judge for music? The other 2 judges rank included in parenthesis.

 

Copperas Cove 8th (21st and 19th)

Seguin 9th (23rd and 27th)

Austin 11th (25th and 32nd)

CT Johnson 12th (2nd and 8th)

Round Rock 21st (1st and 5th)

 

 

Yeah, that guy was pretty much the reason RR did not place 2nd in prelims.

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  error51210 said:
I don't want to sound like a jerk but, Akins and Westlake do not deserve the spots in state that they have, and Churchill might not have been an alternate if their visual program didn't drop because of the colorguard.

 

Do you happen to have the final scores?

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  skill said:
It wasn't the best day for Churchill, but when it came down to it, the easier, safer, cleaner shows beat out the really big, difficult, wow, shows. But it comes down to what the judges want to see. One week you lose, the next week you take it all. But good luck to those that did advance! :)

 

I can't imagine calling Bowie's show easy or safe....

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  bchorn said:
Their current director is in his fifth year as director of bands. Here's the link.

 

http://www.andersontrojanband.com/Band_Con..._Bios_Zysk.html

 

From what I hear, the students have been working very hard this year with State as the goal.

 

I give them props, it's truly amazing to see the students step up to the plate and win. I don't remember Anderson ever being a Finalist at area D let alone a state qualifier.

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  old sax player said:
I can't imagine calling Bowie's show easy or safe....

 

Bowie's show was great, sorry to imply it wasn't. And by looking at the scores there was no contest.

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  kdnblue142 said:

 

 

Here's a few things that stand out to me (and really bother me):

 

The marching judges have VASTLY different opinions about everyone (except for McNeil)... and the only significant inconsistency with the music judges is with Round Rock. I want to believe it's an honest sytem, but it's stuff like this that seriously makes me question the competency of UIL judges, and/or whether or not political games are being played. I just don't see how one judge can think you sounded 3rd best, and another 8th and 6th. I guess this is simply a testament as to the accuracy (or lack thereof) and cohesiveness (... or lack thereof) of the Area D judges this past saturday.

 

p.s. This isn't a rant about how I think Round Rock should've have won (which I don't believe at all), or that I dislike the scoring system, I would simply like to know by the end of the day how well we ACTUALLY did, and I'm pretty sure every single other band would like to know how well they ACTUALLY marched too, because I know for a fact that none of them know for sure (other than McNeil).

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its the first time in the history of the school that Anderson has qualified for state.

  whitewing09 said:
I give them props, it's truly amazing to see the students step up to the plate and win. I don't remember Anderson ever being a Finalist at area D let alone a state qualifier.
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Preserving the Finals results here:

 

1. Bowie HS 1 1 1 4 1 = 8

2. Reagan HS 2 2 2 5 8 =19

3. C. T. Johnson HS 6 6 4 1 3 = 20

4. Anderson HS 5 4 5 3 7 = 24

5. Westlake HS 4 3 3 10 5 = 25

6. Round Rock HS 3 8 6 2 6 = 25

7. Churchill HS 7 5 8 6 2 = 28

8. Akins HS 8 10 7 8 4 = 37

9. McNeil HS 10 7 9 9 9 = 44

10. Westwood HS 9 9 10 7 10 = 45

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