2018 BOA San Antonio?

[PSHSMom]

  On 8/20/2018 at 8:04 PM, LeanderMomma said:

Girl, you gotta take off work on Friday and come on down Thursday evening!  There are always some of the best bands with Friday performances.  You gotta take it ALL in!  

 

I am taking Friday off, but will be driving most the day.   We bowl Thursday night and just getting hubby to attend BOA is one thing, for two days I don't think

he would be go!   I think last year he had to work until like 11 am so we didn't get out early enough, maybe I can talk him into leaving at 5 am or something so we can at least

get there by 10 am or so.   We'll see...  I have to work him into it, LOL.   

[Gogogo]

Flower Mound may not want to get a 9:00am Saturday draw.. aka LD Bell... that’s a tough one to have Friday night game, an early wake up for a 5:00 hr bus ride and then compete...tired. It might be smart to pick Friday to avoid the game if your school is far enough from SA

[Danpod]

  On 8/20/2018 at 8:07 PM, Hard Core Band Fan said:

In case you don't recognize this personality from elementary school, this is the person that always told the teacher on you! She has tattletale written all over her...

We're thankful to have a Mother Goose, and all of you, watching out for us!!

[bancl]

  On 8/20/2018 at 3:14 AM, FloMoParent said:

I recently found out that Flower Mound is performing on Friday prelims this year.  That will be new.

From what I hear, FloMo isn't the only DFW power program that will be performing Friday night.

[Jelonfish]

I’ve heard that haltom has one of the spot in the last Saturday block and that other groups from dfw are also playing Friday as well

[LeanderMomma]

  On 8/20/2018 at 9:03 PM, PESHMom said:

I am taking Friday off, but will be driving most the day. We bowl Thursday night and just getting hubby to attend BOA is one thing, for two days I don't think

he would be go! I think last year he had to work until like 11 am so we didn't get out early enough, maybe I can talk him into leaving at 5 am or something so we can at least

get there by 10 am or so. We'll see... I have to work him into it, LOL.

Haha, I totally understand! Well, get there as fast as you can. Just drop the hubs off at the Cabelas in Buda. Or Buccees.

[PSHSMom]

  On 8/20/2018 at 10:15 PM, Gogogo said:

Flower Mound may not want to get a 9:00am Saturday draw.. aka LD Bell... that’s a tough one to have Friday night game, an early wake up for a 5:00 hr bus ride and then compete...tired. It might be smart to pick Friday to avoid the game if your school is far enough from SA

 

That was a pretty early time for LD Bell last year, like 7:15 am or something!     

[rdmmp]

As of today Klein Forest is no longer listed

 

from: http://www.musicforall.org/what-we-do/boa-marching-championships/regionals/bands-of-america-san-antonio-super-regional-championship-presented-by-yamaha

[northtexasbandfan]

  On 8/20/2018 at 10:15 PM, Gogogo said:

Flower Mound may not want to get a 9:00am Saturday draw.. aka LD Bell... that’s a tough one to have Friday night game, an early wake up for a 5:00 hr bus ride and then compete...tired. It might be smart to pick Friday to avoid the game if your school is far enough from SA

In 2013, which was the only time Flower Mound missed San Antonio finals since they began competing in BOA events in 2011, they had a 7:45 a.m. Saturday slot, second band of the day. The previous night, they had performed at the Mound Showdown game against Marcus, a crazy game that went into triple OT. I can vouch that was a tired bunch of kids for their prelims performance, though I would not necessarily say it was the cause of them missing finals that year.

[Hard Core Band Fan]

  On 8/22/2018 at 5:52 PM, northtexasbandfan said:

In 2013, which was the only time Flower Mound missed San Antonio finals since they began competing in BOA events in 2011, they had a 7:45 a.m. Saturday slot, second band of the day. The previous night, they had performed at the Mound Showdown game against Marcus, a crazy game that went into triple OT. I can vouch that was a tired bunch of kids for their prelims performance, though I would not necessarily say it was the cause of them missing finals that year.

 

That didn't likely help, but they just didn't perform well enough to make the cut. Things were very different at that time and Round Rock was 9th, Reagan was 11th, Vandegrift was 12th, Cedar Park was 13th, Cedar Ridge was 14th, Leander was 15th (the first one out of finals), Flower Mound was 18th, Keller was 28th, and Hendrickson was 29th. What a drastic landscape we have today! Round Rock would have very a hard time beating any of these bands today.

[NTXBandFan]

  On 8/20/2018 at 9:00 PM, PESHMom said:

I just can't imagine Flower Mound having to drive all the way back for the football game that night, that's at least a 4-5 hour drive (more in traffic).  It just surprised me.   I'm not saying schools don't

do it, it's most the North Texas schools normally have been on Saturday.  I hope they don't have to drive back for the game that night, that would be a pretty brutal schedule for those kids, especially since

I can assume they will be doing to state the following week too!       

They won't have to drive back.  They'll be performing late Friday.

 

  On 8/20/2018 at 10:15 PM, Gogogo said:

Flower Mound may not want to get a 9:00am Saturday draw.. aka LD Bell... that’s a tough one to have Friday night game, an early wake up for a 5:00 hr bus ride and then compete...tired. It might be smart to pick Friday to avoid the game if your school is far enough from SA

From what I understand, they had an early Saturday draw, and got permission to skip the game Friday to avoid the late night ride, early morning performance.

 

  On 8/21/2018 at 12:51 AM, bancl said:

From what I hear, FloMo isn't the only DFW power program that will be performing Friday night.

I heard their Friday football opponent, Coppell, will be there Friday as well, for the same reasons.

[PSHSMom]

Well that will be a quiet game without either band there!

[LeanderMomma]

  On 8/23/2018 at 4:13 AM, PESHMom said:

Well that will be a quiet game without either band there!

Sure will!!

[MadisonBandMan1]

Any new predictions as the football games and performances begin? Things are beginning to get very exciting and I’m hearing some very good things from programs across the satiate and I’m ready for an intense competition season!

[CTJBandPops]

  On 8/31/2018 at 5:13 PM, MadisonBandMan1 said:

Any new predictions as the football games and performances begin? Things are beginning to get very exciting and I’m hearing some very good things from programs across the satiate and I’m ready for an intense competition season!

still too soon - but shortly

[CTJBandPops]

just bought my BOA SA VIP tickets - let the games begin - as we appear to say every year - it will be a blood bath in the dome - and I wanted good seats to see it all first hand

[LeanderMomma]

  On 9/7/2018 at 4:36 PM, banddad84 said:

just bought my BOA SA VIP tickets - let the games begin - as we appear to say every year - it will be a blood bath in the dome - and I wanted good seats to see it all first hand

 

I've thought about buying those, but at least one of my daughters goes with me and I hate to pay for more than one of those VIP tickets.  Plus, I like to sit in front of the press box on the top row.  I do miss goofing off with the TX Bands guys, but they will occasionally come join us peons down in the GA section.  

[Danpod]

  On 9/7/2018 at 5:27 PM, LeanderMomma said:

I've thought about buying those, but at least one of my daughters goes with me and I hate to pay for more than one of those VIP tickets.  Plus, I like to sit in front of the press box on the top row.  I do miss goofing off with the TX Bands guys, but they will occasionally come join us peons down in the GA section.  

 

Hey!  Only three more weeks!

[PSHSMom]

  On 9/7/2018 at 4:36 PM, banddad84 said:

just bought my BOA SA VIP tickets - let the games begin - as we appear to say every year - it will be a blood bath in the dome - and I wanted good seats to see it all first hand

 

Are those the ones on TicketMaster (reserved in the 300 sections?)

[Danpod]

  On 9/7/2018 at 7:20 PM, PESHMom said:

Are those the ones on TicketMaster (reserved in the 300 sections?)

 

For the Super Regional, MFA sells VIP tickets that gain you suite access for Prelims and Finals plus meals for both days.

[TWHSParent]

  On 9/7/2018 at 7:20 PM, PESHMom said:

Are those the ones on TicketMaster (reserved in the 300 sections?)

 

You order them through http://www.musicforall.org/what-we-do/boa-marching-championships/vip-experience

 

I decided to slum in section 313, row 1.

[PSHSMom]

  On 9/7/2018 at 8:39 PM, TWHSParent said:

You order them through http://www.musicforall.org/what-we-do/boa-marching-championships/vip-experience

 

I decided to slum in section 313, row 1.

 

Wow, I didn't even realize you could even get those!    I was just looking at the $52 ones for the 2 prelim days and the finals. 

 

Don't think I could talk the hubby into the VIP ones, LOL.     I have to wait though as I am not sure who all is attending with me, other than me     Pretty sure my youngest son will be there, but still trying to convince others to go with us!  

[MadisonBandMan1]

  On 9/7/2018 at 5:27 PM, LeanderMomma said:

I've thought about buying those, but at least one of my daughters goes with me and I hate to pay for more than one of those VIP tickets. Plus, I like to sit in front of the press box on the top row. I do miss goofing off with the TX Bands guys, but they will occasionally come join us peons down in the GA section.

Hey sorry to interject into this conversation and in the wrong place (I just saw they you were online today so I figured you would come back to this topic) but I would like to offer you and anyone else who lives in Austin to come to the Bowie v. Madison game tonight at “burger” stadium. I personally can’t wait to see the Bowie band given how amazing they are. Hope to see you there!

[TWHSParent]

  On 9/7/2018 at 8:56 PM, PESHMom said:

Wow, I didn't even realize you could even get those!    I was just looking at the $52 ones for the 2 prelim days and the finals. 

 

Don't think I could talk the hubby into the VIP ones, LOL.     I have to wait though as I am not sure who all is attending with me, other than me     Pretty sure my youngest son will be there, but still trying to convince others to go with us!  

 

My wife would also object, as she has to stay with the band. I would get the evil eye if I did that without her...  

[CTJBandPops]

  On 9/7/2018 at 9:10 PM, TWHSParent said:

My wife would also object, as she has to stay with the band. I would get the evil eye if I did that without her...

i got that a few years ago when my wife was a chaperone  - the joy of not having kids in any program is that we both get to hang out and watch all the bands and i take my computer so I can comment on this site during the shows