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On the bus right now and it's raining, is there a rain delay at the stadium?

I live in Cypress and it's a bit cloudy, but hopefully it won't rain. So far no delays. 

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Thoughts on tonight:

 

Cy Fair's show was extremely well executed. Couple more weeks of cleaning and it is definitely UIL State (finals?) ready. They are fun to watch. That drumline really gets into it.

 

Clements! Music is unbelievably played. Marching has really been cleaned.

 

Friendswood, the resurgence. From 19th at Conroe to State, I knew their show would come in full swing. 

 

Seven Lakes. Still one of my favorites. I do think going on first was really bad for them, but they sounded great at finals. Loved the energy. Definitely a state level show. 

 

James E. Taylor. It was tough going on after Cy Fair, but I thought they really held their own. Their marching looked really pristine. Another show I would have loved to see at state.

 

Overall, this Area E finals is a tough one. I did in fact feel that Seven Lakes and James E. Taylor could have replaced 2 other bands that made state, but will not mention those two. Nevertheless, Congratulations to all bands!!

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Thoughts on tonight:

 

Cy Fair's show was extremely well executed. Couple more weeks of cleaning and it is definitely UIL State (finals?) ready. They are fun to watch. That drumline really gets into it.

 

Clements! Music is unbelievably played. Marching has really been cleaned.

 

Friendswood, the resurgence. From 19th at Conroe to State, I knew their show would come in full swing. 

 

Seven Lakes. Still one of my favorites. I do think going on first was really bad for them, but they sounded great at finals. Loved the energy. Definitely a state level show. 

 

James E. Taylor. It was tough going on after Cy Fair, but I thought they really held their own. Their marching looked really pristine. Another show I would have loved to see at state.

 

Overall, this Area E finals is a tough one. I did in fact feel that Seven Lakes and James E. Taylor could have replaced 2 other bands that made state, but will not mention those two. Nevertheless, Congratulations to all bands!!

 

1. Definitely agree on Cy-Fair.  It came off as the one show that was already attempting to look beyond where they currently were.

2. Agree on Friendswood.  I had them in Top 5 and would not have assumed that going in.....I'm not even sure if I had them in Finals earlier this week....I might have.

3. I wanted Seven Lakes and JET to place higher....I thought they'd both be in the running.

 

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Thoughts on tonight:

 

Cy Fair's show was extremely well executed. Couple more weeks of cleaning and it is definitely UIL State (finals?) ready. They are fun to watch. That drumline really gets into it.

 

Clements! Music is unbelievably played. Marching has really been cleaned.

 

Friendswood, the resurgence. From 19th at Conroe to State, I knew their show would come in full swing. 

 

Seven Lakes. Still one of my favorites. I do think going on first was really bad for them, but they sounded great at finals. Loved the energy. Definitely a state level show. 

 

James E. Taylor. It was tough going on after Cy Fair, but I thought they really held their own. Their marching looked really pristine. Another show I would have loved to see at state.

 

Overall, this Area E finals is a tough one. I did in fact feel that Seven Lakes and James E. Taylor could have replaced 2 other bands that made state, but will not mention those two. Nevertheless, Congratulations to all bands!!

 

I would love to see Cy-Fair in State Finals. The band honestly has the potential. I was really upset to see Seven Lakes not go to state; I agree that they could have replaced other bands too.

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1. Definitely agree on Cy-Fair.  It came off as the one show that was already attempting to look beyond where they currently were.

2. Agree on Friendswood.  I had them in Top 5 and would not have assumed that going in.....I'm not even sure if I had them in Finals earlier this week....I might have.

3. I wanted Seven Lakes and JET to place higher....I thought they'd both be in the running.

 

 

I agree with the placements for the most part as well. The top 5 for sure seemed to be the best bands at the contest. There was some variation between judges in the scoring, though not enough to make me think anything should be drastically different. I don't agree with your assumption that Friendswood would not even make finals. Is something different this year than in previous years? My assumptions going in was that Friendswood would be 4th-6th if not very clean and top 3 if clean. It seems like 4th would make sense based on those assumptions. 

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I predicted all of the top 10. One judge for music saw things completely different than the other 2 music judges. C'est la vie 7 Lakes and Taylor. I thought you made it for sure! Different strokes for different folks.

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Anyone else feel that this showing relied a lot on name value? It seemed to me there were a few schools that didn't advance that sounded clearly better than a few of the advancing schools

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Found two area finals performance videos.

 

Really enjoyed Seven Lakes' show. It's honestly such a shame they did not make it. I'm sure they would have fared well at state.

 

Cy Fair's show was great. Really fast paced. Well deserving of a state spot.

 

 

Seven Lakes:

 

Cy Fair: 

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I agree with the placements for the most part as well. The top 5 for sure seemed to be the best bands at the contest. There was some variation between judges in the scoring, though not enough to make me think anything should be drastically different. I don't agree with your assumption that Friendswood would not even make finals. Is something different this year than in previous years? My assumptions going in was that Friendswood would be 4th-6th if not very clean and top 3 if clean. It seems like 4th would make sense based on those assumptions.

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