2021 5A UIL SMBC (Nov. 1 & 2)

[ViewFromTheBox]

Yes Summit! Even if that was the last competitive run of the season, you've done a tremendous job pushing this program to it's highest heights! Congrats on a great season. I know all of us alums are super happy for you!

[zoomer]

Good lord Wakeland

[JoeSchmoe]

Omg wakeland was amazing

[tubaboom44]

Friendly reminder: If you somehow get a picture of the prelim score sheets by the end of today, don’t post them on here until after finals are done tomorrow. 

[Quadmom68]

37 minutes ago, ViewFromTheBox said:

Yes Summit! Even if that was the last competitive run of the season, you've done a tremendous job pushing this program to it's highest heights! Congrats on a great season. I know all of us alums are super happy for you!

I'm just so proud, of course I had to shed a few tears. Summit was awesome and I got to see my son on their way out and give him a little kiss. 😭❤️

[Samuel Culper]

10 minutes ago, tubaboom44 said:

Friendly reminder: If you somehow get a picture of the prelim score sheets by the end of today, don’t post them on here until after finals are done tomorrow. 

Why?  We haven't had such a restriction around here in the past.

[tubaboom44]

3 minutes ago, Samuel Culper said:

Why?  We haven't had such a restriction around here in the past.

Yes we have. This exact scenario happened in 2019 and the admin intervened a deleted it. Unfortunately it was up long enough for all the high schoolers to take a ss and send it out.

[JoeSchmoe]

Why is there a restriction though??

[Time Warp]

22 minutes ago, tubaboom44 said:

Yes we have. This exact scenario happened in 2019 and the admin intervened a deleted it. Unfortunately it was up long enough for all the high schoolers to take a ss and send it out.

Lighten up

[Samuel Culper]

23 minutes ago, tubaboom44 said:

Yes we have. This exact scenario happened in 2019 and the admin intervened a deleted it. Unfortunately it was up long enough for all the high schoolers to take a ss and send it out.

We had photos of the sheet from Prelims of the 6A State contest at the end of the day in 2018 on here.  Nobody died, nobody was harmed.  It wasn't taken down.  I don't see a problem.

[JoeSchmoe]

I honestly don’t see a problem either, we just wanna see the scores

[tubaboom44]

6 minutes ago, Samuel Culper said:

We had photos of the sheet from Prelims of the 6A State contest at the end of the day in 2018 on here.  Nobody died, nobody was harmed.  It wasn't taken down.  I don't see a problem.

Go to the 2019 5a thread and look for yourself. Not my rule. Admin’s aim is to keep the advancing students from seeing their prelims placements and being demoralized. This is why UIL keeps them under wraps until after the competition. I think we can put aside our vanity as spectators and just wait 24 hours so the students have their best shot at a great performance.

[ViewFromTheBox]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the UIL doesn't like that info getting out until after the contest is done. I mean, there's a reason that they (and also BOA for that matter) don't post the full recaps until after finals is finished.

Also, I think another reason is that they don't want to chance the finals judges from seeing those results and possibly allowing them to form an opinion before the first band of finals even takes the field. Whether that would actually happen, I don't know. But why even take that risk with so much on the line.

I think we can just chill and wait an extra day before pouring over the results. And also, it just adds to the suspense of finals retreat.

[ppianissimo]

We still have a long way until prelims are over, let's talk about it then. 

For now, let's talk about the bands that have performed so far. Who were your favorites?  

[ViewFromTheBox]

2 minutes ago, ppianissimo said:

We still have a long way until prelims are over, let's talk about it then. 

For now, let's talk about the bands that have performed so far. Who were your favorites?  

Agreed.

Wakeland was definitely the top group of that block. I'm not entirely sure where Summit fits into that block (really hard to set my bias aside). El Paso Hanks and Rio Grande City were absolutely wonderful too. Loved seeing McCallum, Fulshear and A&M Consolidated for the first time.

On another note, it's really making it hard to focus on work with so many great programs (WFH for the win).

[JoeSchmoe]

Wakeland was definitely the winner of the block, outstanding performance by them!

[VinoGirl]

6 minutes ago, JoJoWithTheBowBow said:

Wakeland was definitely the winner of the block, outstanding performance by them!

Excited for Block 2!

[RandomZX]

43 minutes ago, ppianissimo said:

We still have a long way until prelims are over, let's talk about it then. 

For now, let's talk about the bands that have performed so far. Who were your favorites?  

Wakeland and Mccollum were amazing, and I really enjoyed roma as well personally, they all had cool shows

[Band Dad 2021]

Agree on Wakeland and McCallum! There were a lot of special moments and some really strong competitors still to go!

[Samuel Culper]

Fyi - It's McCallum from Austin.  McCollum is a different 5A school in San Antonio.

[WoodlandsMom4ever]

Hey how’s the parking situation around the dome?  We heard about park of the parking lot being used for a Covid vaccine site, and didn’t know how much that affected parking availability.  

[CTJBandPops]

38 minutes ago, Bandmomx4 said:

Hey how’s the parking situation around the dome?  We heard about park of the parking lot being used for a Covid vaccine site, and didn’t know how much that affected parking availability.  

just forwarded an email from your booster/crew to our person that is overseeing the BOA-SA event and the parking situation - I will post more on the parking on our #teamtexas page later this afternoon on best way to get in and out of dome this weekend for BOA-SA as soon as I have it.

[VinoGirl]

41 minutes ago, Bandmomx4 said:

Hey how’s the parking situation around the dome?  We heard about park of the parking lot being used for a Covid vaccine site, and didn’t know how much that affected parking availability.  

Earlier today some of our folks said it was fun and parked nearby...but it's an easy walk.

[Tubalord11]

Rouse, Wylie East and HP we’re definitely the top 3, all with spectacular preformences!!! BC and friendswood were also amazing and could see all 5 in finals 

 

[TubaMan31]

Did anyone see HP’s show?