2022 BOA San Antonio (Nov. 4 & 5)

[BandMom75]

TWHS!! Wow just wow. My favorite show of the night so far!!! Their guard is top notch! Loved the low brass ensemble at the end. Great show!

[Tubalord11]

Woodlands, WOW!!! That's it, just wow

[Vidal28]

1 minute ago, FaultLineBlues said:

Woodlands showing BD what a Tank! arrangement should sound like! 

Boom roasted…haha

[LKendrick]

Woodlands guard ate.  👏🏼 

[Origin]

Maybe it was just me, but I noticed a new level of energy and confidence from TWHS after prelims. I love their musical selections. I’m still kinda meh on some of the drill, but it doesn’t really matter if I’m just watching the guard the whole time.

How cool would it be to see them win a WGI championship. I know it’s a big ask, but after the low scoring SW finals last year, it could be wide open. 

[BandFan59]

The Woodlands are just an absolute treat. So much energy across the field, from the incredibly talented color guard to the super powerful brass. That ballad is just sensational. Love this style of production from them and can't wait to see what else they have in store!

[Nny14]

The Woodlands are just incredible from start to finish. There wasn't a moment of the show I didn't absolutely love. Hard to believe they might be even better than last year.

[Rubisco]

Oh, that was a sensational performance from The Woodlands. Wow! The music is just so energetic and has so much character and nuance. The visual program is very much where the activity is right now, for better or for worse. It's very stagey. The band sounded great. The guard was unbelievable, and made for some awesome visual moments. If there's a deeper equipment book this year, I haven't seen it.

[Origin]

I’m always so impressed with how clean Vandegrift gets all that high velocity music and drill. 

[BandFan59]

Vandegrift with another stellar performance! That opener is super demanding and I could see some individuals struggling on the multi-cam, but overall they were quite clean and sounded great. The flute soloist in the ballad was a nice refresher after the brass dominant opener and added a layer of subtlety to the show. That ending might be my favorite of the season; it just sounds so hopeful and joyous that combined with the dance team and the flags waving in the background makes for a beautiful effect. Fantastic show!

[snares]

Preparing for Hebron by prematurely taking my socks off. Can't blow them off if they're already off! Haha! Check-mate Hebron!

[lost]

Ok:

[Tubalord11]

Time for the Gods of marching band 

[Dallas Hobbs]

15 minutes ago, BandMom75 said:

TWHS!! Wow just wow. My favorite show of the night so far!!! Their guard is top notch! Loved the low brass ensemble at the end. Great show!

I’ve used the term a few times but Their low brass got STANK. Ok that may be the last time I use that term lol

[Rubisco]

There's just so much going on at once in that Vandy show, but they never lose control. How do they clean this?! It's so impressive. They sound fantastic, look fantastic -- really, it's an all-around outstanding show. I also appreciate the risk they're taking by changing up their music book a little bit. It's much more contemporary than usual.

[Samuel Culper]

1 minute ago, Tubalord11 said:

Time for the God's of marching band 

*Gods

[Tubalord11]

1 minute ago, Samuel Culper said:

*Gods

Literally just fixed it lol 

[snares]

good lord

[BandFan59]

No one is beating that performance from Hebron. That is a performance worthy of the gods.

[Origin]

Congrats Hebron! I can’t comprehend that those soprano sax notes are coming from a human, let alone a high school student. The first hit reminds me of the Bluecoats or something. Much better run for the soloists. The ending is very reminiscent of last year with the rainbow colors being pulled out, I wonder if that’s going to be a signature for them.

[Tubalord11]

Hebron: HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW!!!!!!! It's not fair, how are they this good, literally marching Gods, this will set a record, ggwp 

[Nny14]

Hebron got that dawg in them

[snares]

Just now, Origin said:

The first hit reminds me of the Bluecoats or something. 

One of Hebron's directors (Travis Pruitt) has been on staff with the Bluecoats for quite a while, so that would make sense!

[lost]

I don’t have to say anything about that, right?

[Rubisco]

It's hard to totally eclipse the other bands at the San Antonio Super Regional musically, given how talented all these bands are, but Hebron just did. The amount acrobatics in that music, the syncopated rhythms combined with the quickly shifting intervals, just wow! They execute at a completely unmatched level musically. To top it off, it's incredibly entertaining from start to finish. This is the most fun Hebron show I've ever seen. I love the shift to the easy-going ballad. It's like we've changed the channel on the radio. It's also not a style of music bands usually pick for their ballads. Everybody is busy chasing really epic sounds, and Hebron does something totally different.