2015 UIL State Comments Thread

[Captain Obvious]

I think one of the bands lost all of the mics in the pit.

[vincentlee1220]

Well if we're talking about Vista's soprano sax mic, all other electronics were in working order (including the alto sax mic at the beginning), so I think her specific device had problems

[vincentlee1220]

Any thoughts about the non-LISDs? I liked Centennial the best after LISD, and Wakeland after that. We'll see how DS does this late in the night

[LKendrick]

Southwest was a HUGE surprise!  They sounded awesome!  

[achase]

  On 11/4/2015 at 4:59 AM, LKendrick said:

I think I can EASILY say this is the absolute best 5A (old 4A) contest there has ever been.  Some of these bands would contend for a medal in 6A for that matter.  

I think the depth in Austin has been building for some time, with those schools splitting off into new schools to avoid jumping to 6A. I disagree with you though. It is not the "absolute best" 5A contest ever. It is one of the best. And there have been bands from previous years at the contest that would have had a chance to make top 5 at 6A state as well.

[achase]

  On 11/4/2015 at 5:58 AM, vincentlee1220 said:

Any thoughts about the non-LISDs? I liked Centennial the best after LISD, and Wakeland after that. We'll see how DS does this late in the night

I am predicting Wakeland making the top 5 and keeping either Vista Ridge or Dripping Springs out.

[LHSax]

Dripping Springs gets overshadowed a bit by the LISD bands, but they still perform some of the cleanest shows I've ever seen. I have no idea how they get their show that spotless!

[LHSax]

Results already up! Wow! vandy and CP tie, but CP takes the tiebreaker!

[natertater21000]

wow crazy close finish in the end, would have been even crazier if one judge didn't give leander an 8th in music. bit of a head scratcher there but its UIL so when isn't there one judge with an outlying score. all in all amazing competition and happy to see another LISD sweep. incredible district for music education.

[vincentlee1220]

They probably dinged Leander's minor timing issues harder than the others did

[natertater21000]

Most likely ^^^

[Captain Obvious]

Judge 2 didn't seem too impressed with CP or Vandy either, scoring them fifth and sixth.

[crossblue82]

Judge 2 will be all the talk but the crazy part is despite his weird rankings it really didn't seem to change much. His disparity in the top 3 wasn't much even though they were lower. I thought the top 3 had a clear tier above anyone else and he almost single handily but vista ahead of Leander. So at least it didn't seem to displace a band from where they shouldve been in that sense. If he had had CP or Vandy 1 or 2 and then the other as low as 5 or 6 that would've been even harder to swallow for the band getting the lower rank. Despite Leander's issues in finals these numbers stayed pretty consistent with prelims so I think for whatever reason Vandy and CP just surged ahead of them since Area, at least on the UIL scope. I'm for Leander and even I knew we were probably getting bronze although CP and Vandy was extremely close to call, and indeed it was. So yeah judge 2 is questionable but it all played out the way I think it should've anyway so that's good.

[knoxisawesome348]

  On 11/4/2015 at 3:15 AM, Clarinet007 said:

I really hope cedar park wins. I have nobody in this race but I want

1. Cedar Park

2. Vandegrift

3. Leander

4. Vista Ridge

5. Wakeland

6. Dripping Springs

7. Waxahachie

8. Centennial

9. Southwest

10. Aledo

 

Can you wish for Hebron to win Grand Nationals while you're at it please?

[vincentlee1220]

Lol you literally guessed every single placement correctly except for Southwest/Centennial

[dylan123]

  On 11/4/2015 at 1:38 PM, vincentlee1220 said:

Lol you literally guessed every single placement correctly except for Southwest/Centennial

  On 11/4/2015 at 9:09 AM, knoxisawesome348 said:

Can you wish for Hebron to win Grand Nationals while you're at it please?

that's what I'm here for

[ladybookworm]

It would've been interesting to take these top ten and see how the rankings would have fallen using a BOA rubric....

[DataGeek]

ladybookwork - it's somewhat been done already based on BOA San Antonio (with the variation being the quality of the specific run) -

 

At BOA (for those of the finalists that competed) it was:

- Cedar Park

- Vandegrift

- Wakeland

in finals

 

layering in the prelims, you then get:

- Vista Ridge

- Aledo

 

The big wild card are the bands that didn't get to compete at BOA due to weather (Leander, Dripping Springs)

[blazinghandles]

Hey, does anyone know the music list for Leander's show? I just watched Choral Works and I really want to go back and listen to the masterpieces they played. Thanks

[Captain Obvious]

  On 11/7/2015 at 12:54 AM, blazinghandles said:

Hey, does anyone know the music list for Leander's show? I just watched Choral Works and I really want to go back and listen to the masterpieces they played. Thanks

Lost It to Trying - Son Lux

Symphony #3 - Phillip Glass (4th movement)

Once Upon Another Time - Sara Bareillis

Original music by Michael Zellers and Ryan George