2019 BOA Grand National Championships

[LHSax]

  On 11/16/2019 at 5:46 PM, natertater21000 said:

I doubt Mason will beat leander in music,and I highly doubt either of them will beat them in visual. That's just my opinion though.

Trust me, I won’t be betting against them

[SATXBandDad]

  On 11/16/2019 at 6:09 PM, LHSax said:

I’ll preface this by saying this is still my favorite CTJ show to date. But it’s almost too much of a good thing. There’s just so much happening at the end of this show and it’s a bit overwhelming. I would really like to see what CTJ would do if they took a more linear show learning approach like most bands, because I feel like they learn the entire show fast and then find the need to pump way too much stuff into it over the next couple months.

 

Criticism aside, darn those kids can play, and the soloists are just unreal. Still an amazingly fun show that I think will do really well tonight!!!

I think CTJ’s track record speaks for itself as far as their approach to learning. I wouldn’t change a thing!!

[A Testing Trumpet]

CTJ looked like they had so much fun. They've always been a favorite of mine with pushing innovation, and this run was another solid case of that. 

[jmartin1056]

Vandegrift was good, but I think some of their Texas friends may have caught up to them. Stellar performance.

[A Testing Trumpet]

Vandegrift is simply incredible. They're just so, so good. 

[Nny14]

Well that was the cleanest thing I've ever seen. Vandegrift was literally flawless.

[LHSax]

Vandy might do it y’all....

[LHSax]

I’m sure the non-Texas forum will riot if vandy wins without a guard, and I will be sure to bring the popcorn to watch that debate unfold....

[A Testing Trumpet]

That Avon chant the audience did was downright legendary 

[BlueCircle]

I don’t think Avon Is leaving without a spot in the top 2 and at least one caption. And that’s a safe prediction

[Nny14]

Avon is probably the most talented overall group at this contest, but there's a good number of shows I prefer over theirs.

[principalagent]

Gonna double down that one school district is taking home two medals tonight at the rate we’re going. Which two...

[BenedictCucumberpatch]

TWHS pog

[Nny14]

I guess the Harrison band stormed Area 51 after all.

[natertater21000]

My ranking for the top 8 this round would be:

 

1. Vandy

2. Leander

3. Avon

4. Carmel/Hebron

5. Carmel/Hebron

6. Ctj

7. Mason

8. Woodlands

 

I think 1-3 could go in any order tonight.

[DeepEllum]

I’m thinking...

 

Vandy

Avon

Hebron

Leander

Carmel

CTJ

TWHS

Mason

 

...

[slowbrass]

Will the scores from semis be available before finals? Or do we have to wait for the whole contest to finish up

[principalagent]

  On 11/16/2019 at 9:04 PM, slowbrass said:

Will the scores from semis be available before finals? Or do we have to wait for the whole contest to finish up

Have to wait for the entire contest, unfortunately.

[slowbrass]

That's a bummer. In that case I'll try my hand at a few predictions; it's crazy how much more competitive the activity is than when I was doing it.

Leander sweeps 3a (duh)

Class 4a goes Vandy, Avon, Hebron

Avon takes visual, vandy takes GE, Hebron takes music (could go to them or Vandy but imo hebron has closed the cleanliness gap enough for their repertoire to make it a tough decision for the judges)

CTJ makes the top 6, Woodlands is the top group in the bottom half

And finally, these finals are going to be the most epic thing in marching band history 

 

EDIT: rewatching carmel, I think they might actually take visual, which could be enough to bump hebron out of 3rd in 4a. But who knows?

[Fwguard17]

  On 11/16/2019 at 9:11 PM, slowbrass said:

And finally, these finals are going to be the most epic thing in marching band history

I would take 2017 SA finals if only because there were 14 groups

[dylan123]

Now that semis is over,,

 

1. Vandegrift

2. Avon

3. Leander

4. Carmel

5. Hebron

6. CTJ

7. The Woodlands

8. Mason

9. Round Rock

10. Harrison

11. Ayala

12. Homestead

 

4A

Music - Vandegrift

Visual - Avon

GE - Vandegrift

 

3A - Leander Sweep

[A Testing Trumpet]

TAMUC represented so well! 

[dylan123]

Post your predictions!!!

[A Testing Trumpet]

My I-don't-know-anymore predictions for Semi Finals

 

1. Vandegrift 

2. Avon 

3. Hebron

4. Leander

5. Carmel 

6. William Mason

7. The Woodlands 

8. Claudia Taylor Johnson 

9. Round Rock 

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10. Ayala

11. Homestead 

12. Union 

 

13. Harrison

14. Park Vista

15. Lawrence Township

[Hard Core Band Fan]

  On 11/16/2019 at 9:57 PM, A Testing Trumpet said:

TAMUC represented so well! 

 

I went there way back when it was East Texas State University. Long ago...