BOA DFW

[herbaflerb]

  On 10/1/2017 at 4:24 AM, Mash said:

Vista got 6th place after the killer schedule.  Wow I am amazed.  Great job by those kiddos with zero sleep.  I am always amazed by these band kids.

 

I'm so happy for them. They did much better than most people thought they would. Go Vista!

[herbaflerb]

  On 10/2/2017 at 6:35 PM, LeanderMomma said:

Maybe I just missed it somewhere, but has anyone discussed just how AWESOME those body movements by the Marcus band looked on the field Saturday?  And how PERFECT they were?  It was just mesmerizing and I loved getting to see it 3 times total (I was also at the Marcus/Bell football game on Friday night where I saw it first). I can't wait to see how they build on all of that by BOA SA and Grand Nats.  So fun to watch!!!! 

 

Oh my god. I didn't watch it live, but wow Marcus was great. I totally agree that what they did was awesome.

[18Saxes]

  On 10/1/2017 at 4:13 AM, MadisonBandMan1 said:

86 points by TWO bands?? Texas is REALLY bringing their game this year!!

Scores are extremely inflated, you can not compare across competitions. Point gaps are the only thing that mean anything. 

[MadisonBandMan1]

  On 10/2/2017 at 7:48 PM, 18Saxes said:

Scores are extremely inflated, you can not compare across competitions. Point gaps are the only thing that mean anything.

 

But that's still unheard of even with any BOA competition this early.

[bingogooberman]

Just noticing waxahachie was 6th in prelims which is awfully impressive for them (I'm sure vistas early time has something to do with this but still)- they've really blossomed into a top notch program these last 10 years, could absolutely see them medaling at state

[whitewing09]

  On 10/2/2017 at 7:48 PM, 18Saxes said:

Scores are extremely inflated, you can not compare across competitions. Point gaps are the only thing that mean anything. 

 

 

Normally I would agree, but d@mn Hebron and FloMo were lit. Hebron especially. 

[Anthony V]

Did Waxahachie have a tasty ensemble sound this year again? (I wasn't there, nor was I watching the live stream.)

[Danpod]

  On 10/3/2017 at 2:56 AM, Anthony V said:

Did Waxahachie have a tasty ensemble sound this year again? (I wasn't there, nor was I watching the live stream.)

 

Si.  Very controlled.  State Finals will be kind to them.

[Nny14]

Hope the Flower Mound kids aren't discouraged by not winning as they definitely shouldn't be. They have an incredible vehicle to take to indy. It was still pretty suprising just how clean Hebron was this early. Wouldn't suprise me if these two are the top two groups music wise this year.

[dukeoftrumpet]

I think exactly the opposite, I think them losing in DFW like this was the best case for them, it showed they have to work if they wanna win at grand nats and to even beat Avon at San Antonio.

[LeanderMomma]

  On 10/3/2017 at 4:47 PM, dukeoftrumpet said:

I think exactly the opposite, I think them losing in DFW like this was the best case for them, it showed they have to work if they wanna win at grand nats and to even beat Avon at San Antonio.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking.  It's always good for a program to lose a few times; it helps them appreciate and go for the wins even harder!

[Xenon]

  On 10/3/2017 at 2:56 AM, Anthony V said:

Did Waxahachie have a tasty ensemble sound this year again? (I wasn't there, nor was I watching the live stream.)

 

Yes, they did; plus a trumpet screamer that was dead on nails that evening.

[whitewing09]

Does anyone know Keller's rep? LOVED their opener.

[LKendrick]

  On 10/3/2017 at 8:20 PM, whitewing09 said:

Does anyone know Keller's rep? LOVED their opener.

El Dorado by Two Steps from heck

[dukeoftrumpet]

  On 10/3/2017 at 7:22 PM, Xenon said:

 

Yes, they did; plus a trumpet screamer that was dead on nails that evening.

did they do that for prelims? We were thinking it was finals hype at the tunnel

[aaron067]

  On 10/4/2017 at 4:54 AM, dukeoftrumpet said:

did they do that for prelims? We were thinking it was finals hype at the tunnel

 

He hits those notes in every run of the show.  He just happened to be better at it Saturday night.  

[MadisonBandMan1]

Holy saxophone faleature from Flowermound!!!

[LHSax]

So I haven't said to much this season because I haven't been able to watch much (saving my Flo subscription month for SA), but there's (likely short-lived) videos of most of the finalists up on the tube, and I gotta say - Flowermound and Hebron have raised the bar once again, and I don't know that they'll be touched, even by Avon this year. The music these bands are daring to put out on the field is just unreal, and the fact that they're doing it so well with another month plus left in the season is stunning.

 

I do see why Hebron eked out the win in this one, but Flowermound has one heck of a vehicle that I think will peak at the right time and eventually come out on top. I'm completely in love with Flowermound's conceptual show designs these past couple of years...everything builds on the theme and there just seems to be an extra level of depth and sophistication to the packages they put together.

[zururoua]

I wouldn't have said this early in the season but I think there's a chance that Avon doesn't even medal at SA, and we haven't even seen Conroe yet.

[principalagent]

  On 10/5/2017 at 3:07 PM, zururoua said:

I wouldn't have said this early in the season but I think there's a chance that Avon doesn't even medal at SA, and we haven't even seen Conroe yet.

 

Definitely thinking along the same lines. There are three bands I would say so far that can beat Avon, and I'm convinced we'll add another this weekend, if not two. Then I would even add in another band or two or three as wild cards because we have four weeks left and anything can change. I will say that Avon's show is progressing well, but I don't think they'll win anything this season after the Indy Super. I see them between 2nd and 5th at San Antonio. However, the visual caption is still theirs to lose. 

[zururoua]

Yeah it's going to be exciting to watch everything unfold over these next few weeks.

[Nny14]

  On 10/5/2017 at 3:07 PM, zururoua said:

 

I wouldn't have said this early in the season but I think there's a chance that Avon doesn't even medal at SA, and we haven't even seen Conroe yet.

If that happens San Antonio really will be harder than Grand Nationals as Avon has consistently been a medalist for quite some time.

[Hard Core Band Fan]

  On 10/5/2017 at 3:07 PM, zururoua said:

I wouldn't have said this early in the season but I think there's a chance that Avon doesn't even medal at SA, and we haven't even seen Conroe yet.

 

I wouldn't be so quick to put Avon out of the top 3. They almost always make a lot of progress by that time. They may not be at that level by then, but they will be ready to compete.

[JTApex]

  On 10/5/2017 at 5:06 PM, Nny14 said:

If that happens San Antonio really will be harder than Grand Nationals as Avon has consistently been a medalist for quite some time.

 

The competition in San Antonio is objectively on par with (if not above) Grand Nats in terms of the depth of the competitive field. SA this year has more Top 30 and Top 10 bands (according to Horn Rank) than Nats.

 

I think the only thing that makes Nats harder to win is the third round of competition. To win Nats, a band must have 3 (relatively) consistently good runs in a very short period of time.

[Hard Core Band Fan]

  On 10/5/2017 at 5:06 PM, Nny14 said:

If that happens San Antonio really will be harder than Grand Nationals as Avon has consistently been a medalist for quite some time.

 

I don't think San Antonio will be harder than the Grand Nationals this year, especially at the top. With so many heavy-hitters going this year I expect it to be one of the best yet.