Vista Ridge Marching Festival

[Abbie123]

With only 16 bands signed up for the Vista Ridge marching festival and ten going to finals, this competition might be the only one that allows bands that usually don't get into finals, to finally experience the glory of marching under the lights for a sizable audience. This might help boost the moral of many struggling band programs and might inspire them to take a different direction. Needless to say, the top spot at finals is not guaranteed. With last years finalist bands Conally, Leander, Westlake and defending champion Vandegrift, it will be a brawl for the tile of Marching champions. Interestingly, each band last year beat each other out in different competitions. At the Westlake marching festival, Connally blocked out Leander. At this competition last year, Conally scored higher than Leander, yet Lenader scored lower than Westlake and Vandegrift. At BOA San Antonio, Leander scored higher than Westlake and Vandegrift, while Westlake also scored higher than Vandegrift at BOA SA. The point it is, the championship can go to any of those bands, based on last years performance. There is an opportunity for a dark horse to sneak in due to the small number of bands performing... With performance season sneaking up pretty quickly it will be interesting to see how this all turns out.

[vincentlee1220]

  Abbie123 said:

With only 16 bands signed up for the Vista Ridge marching festival and ten going to finals, this competition might be the only one that allows bands that usually don't get into finals, to finally experience the glory of marching under the lights for a sizable audience. This might help boost the moral of many struggling band programs and might inspire them to take a different direction. Needless to say, the top spot at finals is not guaranteed. With last years finalist bands Conally, Leander, Westlake and defending champion Vandegrift, it will be a brawl for the tile of Marching champions. Interestingly, each band last year beat each other out in different competitions. At the Westlake marching festival, Connally blocked out Leander. At this competition last year, Conally scored higher than Leander, yet Lenader scored lower than Westlake and Vandegrift. At BOA San Antonio, Leander scored higher than Westlake and Vandegrift, while Westlake also scored higher than Vandegrift at BOA SA. The point it is, the championship can go to any of those bands, based on last years performance. There is an opportunity for a dark horse to sneak in due to the small number of bands performing... With performance season sneaking up pretty quickly it will be interesting to see how this all turns out.

 

Finals Results:

1. Vandegrift, score unannouced

2. Westlake; 83.8

3. Leander; 83.6 <-Tenths place uncertain

4. Conally; 74.3

5. Rouse; 71.2

6. Georgetown; 68.0

7. Burnet; 63.5

8. Lehman; 60.0

9. Eastview; 56.7

10. Marble Falls; 53.5

[ToasterEater]

  vincentlee1220 said:

Finals Results:

1. Vandegrift, score unannouced

2. Westlake; 83.8

3. Leander; 83.6 <-Tenths place uncertain

4. Conally; 74.3

5. Rouse; 71.2

6. Georgetown; 68.0

7. Burnet; 63.5

8. Lehman; 60.0

9. Eastview; 56.7

10. Marble Falls; 53.5

 

Is there any reason Vandegrift's score wasn't announced? Fluke? Directors request?

[vincentlee1220]

  ToasterEater said:

Is there any reason Vandegrift's score wasn't announced? Fluke? Directors request?

Honestly don't know. I and my other Vista friends were dying for a score (mainly to see what the margin with second was) but it never came out. Vandegrift was there to win.

[Szuzzah]

While I don't have access to score recaps and such, the band's weekly announcement on their website, from the director himself, said that the band was 5 points (no typo) ahead of 2nd. Now I REALLY want to see recaps.