principalagent Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 I don't see Richland in finals unfortunately unless they cleaned like crazy lately. Indianapolis is getting incredibly hard to make finals at. 21st at Arlington doesn't bode to well. Although, I always want to see a Texas band succeed and have no problem being proved wrong on this. If they make it in, it'll be towards the bottom of finals Quote
takigan Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Finals at Indy is tough to crack....Probably the hardest regional retreat to get into next to SA. But the quality drops pretty steeply to resemble the other midwestern regionals once the GN regulars have seated themselves in the Top 15, since Indy doesn't attract much of the GN talent from outside Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. I still think Richland is GN semis worthy...and thus I can see them in the 18-25th range at this contest, despite getting 21st at Arlington. I see Mansfield Timberview in the top half as well despite being 23/32 at Arlington. In other words, the finals tier at Indy is stronger than the finals tier at Arlington.....but Arlington is deeper than Indy top to bottom, which means even the lower ranking bands can do quite well at this contest. Quote
FloMoParent Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 I have a family friend in the Franklin band. I haven't heard much about their show, but wish them the best at Indy and GN Quote
LKendrick Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Based on what I've seen: 1) Avon/Carmel 2) Avon/Carmel -------------------- 3) Blue Springs/Homestead/Marian Catholic 4) Blue Springs/Homestead/Marian Catholic 5) Blue Springs/Homestead/Marian Catholic -------------------- 6) Castle/Center Grove/Franklin/Lake Central/Lawrence Township/O'Fallon/Prospect 7) Castle/Center Grove/Franklin/Lake Central/Lawrence Township/O'Fallon/Prospect 8) Castle/Center Grove/Franklin/Lake Central/Lawrence Township/O'Fallon/Prospect 9) Castle/Center Grove/Franklin/Lake Central/Lawrence Township/O'Fallon/Prospect 10) Castle/Center Grove/Franklin/Lake Central/Lawrence Township/O'Fallon/Prospect 11) Castle/Center Grove/Franklin/Lake Central/Lawrence Township/O'Fallon/Prospect 12) Castle/Center Grove/Franklin/Lake Central/Lawrence Township/O'Fallon/Prospect ------------------- 13) Ben Davis/Carroll/Columbus North/Greenwood/Penn/Richland 14) Ben Davis/Carroll/Columbus North/Greenwood/Penn/Richland 15) Ben Davis/Carroll/Columbus North/Greenwood/Penn/Richland 16) Ben Davis/Carroll/Columbus North/Greenwood/Penn/Richland 17) Ben Davis/Carroll/Columbus North/Greenwood/Penn/Richland 18) Ben Davis/Carroll/Columbus North/Greenwood/Penn/Richland I think within those groupings anything could happen. I feel confident those groupings will remain those groupings. The 6th - 12th one is the fun one, it was INCREDIBLY close last year, lots of bands on similar levels. I think it's safe to say Avon and Carmel will be the top 2. The real question to me is who lands in 3rd. Three bands also on similar levels, Blue Springs has been hot out the gate this year. Homestead is always a fantastic program, and of course Marian is Marian. I have Richland on the bubble, after the 12th or so it drops off some. MAYBE if they've cleaned and enhanced in the past few weeks, they can squeeze in. Quote
Xenon Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Richland is on the field right now. Be sure to check out the BOA Live Blog: http://www.musicforall.org/blog/live-blog/live-blog-2015-bands-of-america-indianapolis-super-regional-championship Quote
principalagent Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 On 10/22/2015 at 3:46 AM, principalagent said: I don't see Richland in finals unfortunately unless they cleaned like crazy lately. Indianapolis is getting incredibly hard to make finals at. 21st at Arlington doesn't bode to well. Although, I always want to see a Texas band succeed and have no problem being proved wrong on this. If they make it in, it'll be towards the bottom of finals I kinda changed my mind after watching them this morning and watching a few bands last night on the livestream. I think Richland has a chance of sneaking in. I still find their music GE to be a little weak compared to the competition, but I could see their ensemble scores (and music individual maybe?) improving from two weeks ago. Quote
Anthony V Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 On 10/24/2015 at 2:57 PM, principalagent said: I kinda changed my mind after watching them this morning and watching a few bands last night on the livestream. I think Richland has a chance of sneaking in. I still find their music GE to be a little weak compared to the competition, but I could see their ensemble scores (and music individual maybe?) improving from two weeks ago. I most definitely agree with you on both points. There's a lack of impact from the brass at big moments, even if there is some good technique in moments which aren't meant to be impact-ful. I didn't get to watch Arlington, but I still wouldn't have guessed that two weeks ago the production was worthy of 21st place. Were they just visually dirty along with the lack of MGE then? I also thought that in this performance just now they had good VE moments of just being quite clean while marching less than easy drill (even if at other less important areas it was fuzzy compared to that; but it was still decent to my eye in those areas if we're considering it independent of the cleaner bits). Quote
Xenon Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Finalists: - Avon - Castle - Lawrence Township - Marian Catholic - Franklin - Carmel - Lake Central - Homestead - Blue Springs - Center Grove - Ben Davis - O'Fallon Township - Carroll - Columbus North (No Richland) Prelims Awards: 4A - Music - Avon 4A - Visual - Avon 4A - General Effect - Avon 4A 1st - Avon 4A 2nd - Carmel 4A 3rd - Blue Springs 3A - Music - Franklin 3A - Visual - Castle 3A - General Effect - Castle 3A 1st - Castle 3A 2nd - Franklin 3A 3rd - Columbus North 2A - Music - Marian Catholic 2A - Visual - Marian Catholic 2A - General Effect - Marian Catholic 2A 1st - Marian Catholic 2A 2nd - Greenwood 2A 3rd - Limestone Community 1A - Music - Forest Park 1A - Visual - Forest Park 1A - General Effect - Forest Park 1A 1st - Forest Park 1A 2nd - Western 1A 3rd - Bellbrook Quote
principalagent Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 I'm very optimistic that the two point gap between Avon and Carmel in finals gives tons of room for TWHS and Hebron to sneak into the top 4. Quote
takigan Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Richland: 22nd out of 64.They had a Finals-tier Music score though. 14th in Music overall (receiving a higher music score than Lake Central (IN); who placed 8th overall in Finals).4th Best Music in Class AAA (out of 17). Quote
bandamonium Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 If I had to order top 10 GN placement right now I'd probably put it- Broken Arrow Avon (slightly trailing) Hebron The Woodlands Carmel Round Rock William Mason Marian Catholic Blue Springs Homestead Keller (11) We will see how much that opinion changes after San Antonio. Quote
nalyd8991 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Richland really just got killed in individual marching. Over 2 points lower than anything else Quote
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