6a Area D Marching Contest

[RenMacnary]

That's right, 34. I groaned when I heard Stony Point get a 2 on Saturday night. Only one more.....just like two years ago.

[Lynn]

  On 10/23/2014 at 12:50 AM, RenMacnary said:

That's right, 34. I groaned when I heard Stony Point get a 2 on Saturday night. Only one more.....just like two years ago.

 

It was too bad - I felt it was Stony Point's best performance in years.  I loved their flags!

[RenMacnary]

Yep, they're getting back!  It's nice to see. I love a smaller band, it just takes so much courage to put out the sound and to keep everything going when you only have a few on a part. I thought it was a great performance, good sign of things to come.

[guardgirl17]

Will anyone make a prediction list for this competition in the predictions part of the site?

[andersonplsmakestate1]

My predictions for advancement to finals:

 

1. Round Rock

2. CTJ

3. Bowie

4. Reagan

5. Hendrickson

6. Cedar Ridge

7. Anderson

8. Westlake

9. Pflugerville

10. Westwood

 

In my opinion, locks are CTJ , Bowie, RR, Hendrickson, Reagan, Cedar Ridge. Those could all go in different orders. 7-10 are not locks and who knows what will actually happen.

 

Some other bands with good chances: Churchill, Lake Travis, Wagner, Judson maybe because of previous years,  & New Braunfels

 

[Draak Vader]

  On 10/19/2014 at 7:20 PM, Marcato said:

 

If you are a member of the Round Rock band, i would advise you to check out the band handbook available on the website,

Page 34 under Student expectations:

"11. Stay off the internet. Avoid posting comments on forums unless it’s to congratulate another band"

 

If you are a parent i would advise you to follow the same rule, if you care about your childs band program.

 

Either way I would  appreciate it if you deleted your comments, and stayed off the forums. Round Rock has worked hard for decades to develop a good reputation, and I certainly did not contribute 4 years of blood, sweat and tears so someones comments on the internet could give my Alma Mater a bad name.

What was the offensive comment? There's nothing here to give context...offensive how....offensive why..."comment removed." Not a big fan of censorship...in fact, not a fan at all..let's have it...I'll bet we all can take it in stride.

[bubba4957]

After seeing shows and looking at scores

Lock spots are

1- CTJ

2- round rock

3- cedar ridge

4- Bowie

 

Wild cards would be

1- Hendrickson

2- Reagan

3- churchill

4- Anderson

5- Judson

6- Westlake

Now that's only 4 bands with a lock but with Westlake struggling in Austin they aren't really a lock. Reagan has been struggling all year long with their show. They had some major problems with their drumline and aren't where they should be. Someone to look out for would be Churchill who was only .25 behind Reagan at Conroe ( and 4th in general effect behind CTJ, the woodlands, and spring) they could pull an upset. Also Judson because they have an interesting show and looking off and remembering 2012 they could make finals.

[guardgirl17]

  On 10/25/2014 at 3:20 AM, bubba4957 said:

After seeing shows and looking at scores

Lock spots are

1- CTJ

2- round rock

3- cedar ridge

4- Bowie

Wild cards would be

1- Hendrickson

2- Reagan

3- churchill

4- Anderson

5- Judson

6- Westlake

Now that's only 4 bands with a lock but with Westlake struggling in Austin they aren't really a lock. Reagan has been struggling all year long with their show. They had some major problems with their drumline and aren't where they should be. Someone to look out for would be Churchill who was only .25 behind Reagan at Conroe ( and 4th in general effect behind CTJ, the woodlands, and spring) they could pull an upset. Also Judson because they have an interesting show and looking off and remembering 2012 they could make finals.

Luckily Westlake has improved so much since BOA Austin. That competition was early in the season and things are really different now. I don't know if I'd consider them a lock but I'd definitely say they have a legitimate shot. Their show is much improved and very difficult!

[LKendrick]

Round Rock's sounding great, at least on video.  Too low an angle to get a good drill read. Good to see they won't get screwed over by performance order like 2012, that still shocks me to this day. 

 

And, early season contests when shows are still being finished, cleaned, ect. aren't really a good indicator on how they'll finish the year.  We'll see tomorrow I guess.  Best of luck to everyone!  

[guardgirl17]

  On 10/25/2014 at 4:05 AM, LKendrick said:

Round Rock's sounding great, at least on video.  Too low an angle to get a good drill read. Good to see they won't get screwed over by performance order like 2012, that still shocks me to this day. 

 

And, early season contests when shows are still being finished, cleaned, ect. aren't really a good indicator on how they'll finish the year.  We'll see tomorrow I guess.  Best of luck to everyone!  

Definitely agree about the early competitions thing. You can't judge a band based on purely their first competition that's so early in the season.

That surprised me too, I remember them announcing finalists and when round rock was not a part of it, there was a hushed tone throughout all the bands including mine... I love their show this year! Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

[Bobcatgold]

This contest is hard

 

Bowie

CTJ

Cedar Ridge

Ronald Reagan

Round Rock

Westlake

Henrickson

Churchill

Westwood

Anderson

 

But anything can happen.

[CrownMan18]

Did anyone get a good look at Bowie and Cedar Ridge this morning? And if so how did they look? I missed it

[ctx]

I saw Bowie. The music and marching are so difficult... lots of movement. Their sound is unbelievable. Saw them at BOA and was impressed then...UIL last week and they were even better. I'm not sure how they managed to do it but today they were simply breathtaking. I'm really rooting for them and CTJ!

[vincentlee1220]

Any word on finalists?

[principalagent]

We won't know finalists for about another hour and a half

[Lynn]

Any feedback on how the bands did?

[Lynn]

Area D performance order:
Finalists
In order
Hendrickson
CTJ
Reagan
Cedar ridge
Bowie
Anderson
Westlake
Round rock
Westwood
Pflugerville

[Drum major]

Say whaaaaaat?.... Bowie 5th-. . ......

[Bonelife]

That's not in order. Westlake got 7th for sure and I won't believe that Bowie and RR did that badly.

[ctx]

No that's not the order. That's not even performance order.

[horns91]

The order list by Lynn is how they placed in prelims. Finals halfway through and all very good performances. This will be very tight.

[Sbguy]

That is the results for prelims idk what finals schedule is but yhats how they placed coming out of prelims

[Drum major]

Well I guess it's anybody's to win. Someone - somewhere seriously needs to look at UIL grading. If one judge doesn't like your show, your toast....

[~ME~]

  On 10/26/2014 at 3:30 AM, Drum major said:

Well I guess it's anybody's to win. Someone - somewhere seriously needs to look at UIL grading. If one judge doesn't like your show, your toast....

I've been a pretty big defender of the UIL judging system for a long time as I have always liked how UIL looks for different things than BOA does, but this is the point where I throw my arms up and say that I've got to agree with this opinion. These results are just downright facepalm-worthy. I still love how UIL generally tries to look at who can flat out march and play the best with no GE involved, but the grading system needs an adjustment. Hopefully the finals results won't be quite as insane...

[ExChap]

I'm pretty sure that Isn't any order other than the order it was announced in. Also, isn't the performance order determined by random drawing from groupings of 1-5 and 6-10?

 

How have the bands been doing?