2021 BOA Grand Nationals (Nov. 11-13)

[Minimaster]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:41 AM, MikeKyu said:

I'm just laughing. I'm one of the extremely few people who has competed against Wester Pennsylvania's best and marched with them as well. I have competed against and marched with both Kiski and Norwin as well as competed against them both. Yeah, my parents moved around a lot. 

It's very hard to compare small bands when they aren't competing on "the big stages." Is Argyle excellent? Yep. But I also like to keep fantasy out of current contests. 

 

Would I have loved to see BOA Sam Antonio's finalists all attent nationals? Yeah!! But I'm also not invalidating the results with a "But if Vandergrift went they would place xxx"

 

 Enjoy the moment for what it is. Each victory is well worth it and comparing those to non-attending bands is, in my opinion, irrelevant. 

 

Have fun with semi and finals runs. It's a magical time. 

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Oh come on.

People with eyes and ears can make an easy judgement call.

If Norwin could play in tune with good fundamental tone quality it would be a contest, but alas.

 

 

 

[choose_life]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:10 AM, FloMoParent said:

IF Argyle HS would have gone to Nats, that would have been THREE High Schools from the Town of Flower Mound!  (Argyle HS is actually in Flower Mound).  But different school district.

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Argyle would compete well with similar sized schools. Their percussion alone would fit in with the big dogs already. They are very UIL-minded and would have to make some changes to adapt to BOA. It's just not cost effective for small schools in Texas to do both. But congrats to Argyle for becoming the leader in UIL championships all-time this week. 

[Guest]

  On 11/13/2021 at 4:50 AM, MikeKyu said:

But they didn't so that comment is irrelevant. 

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I think that the first four and last four bands in semis are the "next 8" scoring bands from prelims. If that is the case, Norwin was one of the top 11 bands from their prelims day.

[TWHSParent]

Also not a Texas band, but props to Murray, KY for being the first class A band to advance on score since 2015. Huge accomplishment for them!

[Tailgate88]

Shout out to #TeamTexas today! Hope everyone has their best runs of the year so far!

[WILKINSON]

Here we go! #TeamTexas

[slowbrass]

Might just be the stream, but what happened to Avon’s brass section?

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/13/2021 at 2:38 PM, TWHSParent said:

Also not a Texas band, but props to Murray, KY for being the first class A band to advance on score since 2015. Huge accomplishment for them!

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I’m actually not surprised at all! I saw tune live yesterday and both me and my friend were in shock at how amazing they were! We were so nervous when they called them last, and I can’t wait to see them later today(hopefully twice). 

[vistaridgefan42069]

castle is a texas band at heart, that was incredible 

[MikeKyu]

  On 11/13/2021 at 4:26 PM, vistaridgefan42069 said:

castle is a texas band at heart, that was incredible 

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I dig that Castle show. First time I had seen it all season. 

[BandMom75]

Great run from CTJ!

[vistaridgefan42069]

LETS GO VISTA

[slowbrass]

They’ve still got a better run. I’m gonna be pissed if Blue Springs finishes ahead of them though.

[Nny14]

Aside from some electronic blips Vista Ridge and Round Rock improved a lot since San Antonio, way to throw it down for semis.

[Rubisco]

Unfortunately, I won't be catching any of this stacked semis.

I heard from a friend who's there that Round Rock had a great run. I've got my fingers crossed!

[Minimaster]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:13 PM, Nny14 said:

Aside from some electronic blips Vista Ridge and Round Rock improved a lot since San Antonio, way to throw it down for semis.

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BA is having electronic issues too and their tuning issues outside have in fact travelled inside.

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:19 PM, Rubisco said:

Unfortunately, I won't be catching any of this stacked semis.

I heard from a friend who's there that Round Rock had a great run. I've got my fingers crossed!

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Same only gonna be there for the last block, but finals will still be amazing! Had a college visit at Purdue. 

[PLC137]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:24 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Same only gonna be there for the last block, but finals will still be amazing! Had a college visit at Purdue. 

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Hail Purdue!  Class of 2000.

[Tubalord11]

Also how was the Woodlands? Amazing I presume  

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:25 PM, PLC137 said:

Hail Purdue!  Class of 2000.

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Loved it a lot! Just have to get accepted now👀

[Minimaster]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:25 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Also how was the Woodlands? Amazing I presume  

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Very good.

[slowbrass]

I just don’t like BA this season, almost feels like a parody of the typical Cartwright show. And it sucks that Texas bands have a rep for being bad at visual when the only difference between BA and a group like CTJ/Vandy etc is that they don’t have 50 props and 200 color guard members filling the field. Argh!

[Rubisco]

  On 11/13/2021 at 5:28 PM, slowbrass said:

I just don’t like BA this season, almost feels like a parody of the typical Cartwright show. And it sucks that Texas bands have a rep for being bad at visual when the only difference between BA and a group like CTJ/Vandy etc is that they don’t have 50 props and 200 color guard members filling the field. Argh!

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Yeah, Cartwright does have a pretty formulaic approach to design, at least the core visual program, although he changes up the themes in interesting, sometimes weird ways.

Despite my own preference for new things, I still find the shows very effective.

[Drumlinedan]

Out of most of the bands I have seen in this middle block it's a close one for sure, i really hope Every Texas bands makes it into finals 

[BandMom75]

Reagan was on fire!!! 🖤💚🖤