2022 BOA San Antonio (Nov. 4 & 5)

[J-Mike16]

7 hours ago, fantastic marcher said:

I think HP has a serious shot at Finals. 

I personally don't think they will make finals. However, I can see them placing 18th - 30th.

[LostChoirGuy]

Do general admission tickets for prelims typically sell out?  I'm considering waiting to purchase these tickets at the gate when I enter, but I don't want to run the risk of not being able to get one.

[LeanderMomma]

1 hour ago, LostChoirGuy said:

Do general admission tickets for prelims typically sell out?  I'm considering waiting to purchase these tickets at the gate when I enter, but I don't want to run the risk of not being able to get one.

No, they never sell out. I always wait until I arrive at the Alamodome Friday morning to buy my GA tickets in order to save those ridiculous Ticket Master fees. 

[WoodlandsMom4ever]

8 hours ago, LeanderMomma said:

No, they never sell out. I always wait until I arrive at the Alamodome Friday morning to buy my GA tickets in order to save those ridiculous Ticket Master fees. 

And the best thing to do through prelims is seat hop as people move from the prime center seats… just move on over from the 10-30 yard lines that are available if you don’t make it at door opening- towards to the center ones you want for the final block.  Lol.   

[LostChoirGuy]

Y'all are great!  You are making the idea of planning a solo trip across the country seem less daunting.

[crunchycookie3]

I think we are on track to see the most competitive BOA event to date here this year!

I see 10 locks where it would be VERY strange to see any one of these groups outside of finals this year:

Cedar Park

Cedar Ridge

CTJ

Flomo

Hebron

Marcus

Reagan

TWHS

Vandegrift

Vista Ridge

That leaves 4 final spots for grabs between Coppell, Cy-Fair, Foster, Friendswood, Bowie, Keller, LD Bell, Leander, Lake Travis, Pearland, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Rouse, Seven Lakes, Timber Creek, Waxahachie, Westlake, Westwood, and Wylie East. Good lord! I think we’ll see groups placing around 30th that would be top- half super regional finalists in STL and Indy.

[BaritoneBallah]

32 minutes ago, crunchycookie3 said:

I think we are on track to see the most competitive BOA event to date here this year!

I see 10 locks where it would be VERY strange to see any one of these groups outside of finals this year:

Cedar Park

Cedar Ridge

CTJ

Flomo

Hebron

Marcus

Reagan

TWHS

Vandegrift

Vista Ridge

That leaves 4 final spots for grabs between Coppell, Cy-Fair, Foster, Friendswood, Bowie, Keller, LD Bell, Leander, Lake Travis, Pearland, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Rouse, Seven Lakes, Timber Creek, Waxahachie, Westlake, Westwood, and Wylie East. Good lord! I think we’ll see groups placing around 30th that would be top- half super regional finalists in STL and Indy.

Wow its gonna be craaaaazy!!! If I had to guess I'd say Rouse, Coppell, Round Rock, and Cy fair are looking best to get those last 4 spots but I would keep a eye out for Leander and Keller!!!

[josephbandfan]

On 10/3/2022 at 1:03 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

I think we are on track to see the most competitive BOA event to date here this year!

I see 10 locks where it would be VERY strange to see any one of these groups outside of finals this year:

Cedar Park

Cedar Ridge

CTJ

Flomo

Hebron

Marcus

Reagan

TWHS

Vandegrift

Vista Ridge

That leaves 4 final spots for grabs between Coppell, Cy-Fair, Foster, Friendswood, Bowie, Keller, LD Bell, Leander, Lake Travis, Pearland, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Rouse, Seven Lakes, Timber Creek, Waxahachie, Westlake, Westwood, and Wylie East. Good lord! I think we’ll see groups placing around 30th that would be top- half super regional finalists in STL and Indy.

Idk if I could really decide on “locks” this early in the season. Especially since many bands haven’t even competed at a BOA event yet.

[bxOxAxUIL]

On 10/3/2022 at 1:03 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

I think we are on track to see the most competitive BOA event to date here this year!

I see 10 locks where it would be VERY strange to see any one of these groups outside of finals this year:

Cedar Park

Cedar Ridge

CTJ

Flomo

Hebron

Marcus

Reagan

TWHS

Vandegrift

Vista Ridge

That leaves 4 final spots for grabs between Coppell, Cy-Fair, Foster, Friendswood, Bowie, Keller, LD Bell, Leander, Lake Travis, Pearland, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Rouse, Seven Lakes, Timber Creek, Waxahachie, Westlake, Westwood, and Wylie East. Good lord! I think we’ll see groups placing around 30th that would be top- half super regional finalists in STL and Indy.

Go ahead and throw Wakeland into the discussion.

[LeanderMomma]

42 minutes ago, bxOxAxUIL said:

Go ahead and throw Wakeland into the discussion.

They don’t go to BOA San Antonio. 😢

[Samuel Culper]

1 hour ago, LeanderMomma said:

They don’t go to BOA San Antonio. 😢

They did in '19

[bxOxAxUIL]

20 hours ago, LeanderMomma said:

They don’t go to BOA San Antonio. 😢

You're right! I didn't even notice. (D'oh!) 

[Band Dad 2021]

On 10/4/2022 at 2:40 PM, LeanderMomma said:

They don’t go to BOA San Antonio. 😢

They are 5A and usually do BOA San Antonio when it’s a State UIL year. If the event dates line up… which they did not last year.

[peshbandkid]

On 10/3/2022 at 1:03 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

I think we are on track to see the most competitive BOA event to date here this year!

I see 10 locks where it would be VERY strange to see any one of these groups outside of finals this year:

Cedar Park

Cedar Ridge

CTJ

Flomo

Hebron

Marcus

Reagan

TWHS

Vandegrift

Vista Ridge

That leaves 4 final spots for grabs between Coppell, Cy-Fair, Foster, Friendswood, Bowie, Keller, LD Bell, Leander, Lake Travis, Pearland, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Rouse, Seven Lakes, Timber Creek, Waxahachie, Westlake, Westwood, and Wylie East. Good lord! I think we’ll see groups placing around 30th that would be top- half super regional finalists in STL and Indy.

Evidence once again that BOA San Antonio is still the deepest contest in the country. I think it was 2017 when Avon came and placed 4th, which was their lowest ever finish at any contest in the 2010s. 

[packwick]

50 minutes ago, peshbandkid said:

Evidence once again that BOA San Antonio is still the deepest contest in the country. I think it was 2017 when Avon came and placed 4th, which was their lowest ever finish at any contest in the 2010s. 

if you build it, they will come.

of course i'm talking about the armadillo trophy. what else?

[crunchycookie3]

On 10/3/2022 at 1:03 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

I think we are on track to see the most competitive BOA event to date here this year!

I see 10 locks where it would be VERY strange to see any one of these groups outside of finals this year:

Cedar Park

Cedar Ridge

CTJ

Flomo

Hebron

Marcus

Reagan

TWHS

Vandegrift

Vista Ridge

That leaves 4 final spots for grabs between Coppell, Cy-Fair, Foster, Friendswood, Bowie, Keller, LD Bell, Leander, Lake Travis, Pearland, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Rouse, Seven Lakes, Timber Creek, Waxahachie, Westlake, Westwood, and Wylie East. Good lord! I think we’ll see groups placing around 30th that would be top- half super regional finalists in STL and Indy.

After tonight, I’m going with Coppell, Bell, Cy-Fair, and Round Rock. We’ll have to see!

[sogeg]

On 10/3/2022 at 1:03 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

I think we are on track to see the most competitive BOA event to date here this year!

I see 10 locks where it would be VERY strange to see any one of these groups outside of finals this year:

Cedar Park

Cedar Ridge

CTJ

Flomo

Hebron

Marcus

Reagan

TWHS

Vandegrift

Vista Ridge

That leaves 4 final spots for grabs between Coppell, Cy-Fair, Foster, Friendswood, Bowie, Keller, LD Bell, Leander, Lake Travis, Pearland, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Rouse, Seven Lakes, Timber Creek, Waxahachie, Westlake, Westwood, and Wylie East. Good lord! I think we’ll see groups placing around 30th that would be top- half super regional finalists in STL and Indy.

Given what I have heard from Houston and Austin, as well as what I saw last night in DFW, my picks are Coppell, Rouse, Round Rock, and Keller (if they can clean up the drill and the design, they won't have much trouble topping Bell imo)

[bingogooberman]

I’m pulling for Cy-Fair here. They’ve got the goods this year!!!

[Rubisco]

I would have Cy-Fair in as well, and I don't think it's just my Houston bias. The design is there relative to the rest of the bubble. 2.55 points down from the top at the very competitive West Houston regional and 2.9 points down at the North Houston regional. That's impressive, along with snagging two top 3 GE placements at West Houston finals.

I feel like Coppell and Round Rock will be in here as well. Some nice numbers for Round Rock this past weekend. 2nd in visual GE, I think. Lee Carlson was judging.

[Rubisco]

Ah, I was wrong. Round Rock was 3rd in visual GE. But they had to beat Vista Ridge and Cedar Park to get there.

[BandFan59]

Still a ways to go before this one but if I had to predict the finalist bands I'd probably go with (in no particular order):

1. Hebron
2. Vandegrift
3. Flower Mound
4. Ronald Reagan
5. Claudia Taylor Johnson
6. Cedar Ridge
7. Marcus
8. The Woodlands
9. Cedar Park
10. Vista Ridge
11. Coppell
12. Cy-Fair
13. Round Rock
14. Rouse

Still over three weeks to go, so we could still see a lot of movement in the bubble which is massive right now.

[BandFan95]

I just saw Cedar Ridge tonight at region. I think they overtake Vandy

[peshbandkid]

29 minutes ago, BandFan59 said:

Still a ways to go before this one but if I had to predict the finalist bands I'd probably go with (in no particular order):

1. Hebron
2. Vandegrift
3. Flower Mound
4. Ronald Reagan
5. Claudia Taylor Johnson
6. Cedar Ridge
7. Marcus
8. The Woodlands
9. Cedar Park
10. Vista Ridge
11. Coppell
12. Cy-Fair
13. Round Rock
14. Rouse

Still over three weeks to go, so we could still see a lot of movement in the bubble which is massive right now.

It might be because of how much I like CR, but I think they stay ahead of CTJ at San Antonio. Something about them this year is just so phenomenal!

[cjm715]

21 minutes ago, BandFan95 said:

I just saw Cedar Ridge tonight at region. I think they overtake Vandy

no kidding? i cannot wait to see this show again, seriously one of my favorites of the year

[LeanderMomma]

I added the schedule to the original post for ease of access but here you go!

FRIDAY

Panel 1
9:00a - Medina Valley
9:15a - Georgetown
9:30a - W. Charles Akins
9:45a - Mission Veterans Memorial
10:00a - Glenn
10:15a - Pflugerville
10:30a - James Bowie

Panel 2
11:00a - United
11:15a - Troy
11:30a - Smithson Valley
11:45a - New Braunfels
12:00p - Cedar Ridge
12:15p - Dripping Springs
12:30p - James E. Taylor
12:45p - John B. Alexander
1:00p - Byron P. Steele II
1:15p - Rio Grande City
1:30p - Vista Ridge
1:45p - Westlake

Panel 1
2:15p - Waller
2:30p - Anderson
2:45p - Jack C. Hays
3:00p - Round Rock
3:15p - Lake Travis
3:30p - Foster
3:45p - Douglas MacArthur
4:00p - LASA
4:15p - LEE
4:30p - Sandra Day O'Connor
4:45p - Churchill Fulshear
5:00p - Robert E. Hendrickson

Panel 2
5:30p - Veterans Memorial
5:45p - Cedar Park
6:00p - Westwood
6:15p - Louis D. Brandeis
6:30p - Rouse
6:45p - Jourdanton
7:00p - McNeil
7:15p - Winston Churchill
7:30p - Vandegrift
7:45p - Hidalgo Early College

Panel 1
8:15p - Leander
8:30p - Keller Central
8:45p - Ronald Reagan
9:00p - Odem
9:15p - Timber Creek
9:30p - Magnolia
9:45p - Claudia Taylor Johnson
10:00p - A&M Consolidated
10:15p - Keller
10:30p - Flower Mound


SATURDAY

Panel 2
7:00a - Pecos
7:15a - Oak Ridge
7:30a - McCallum
7:45a - L.D. Bell
8:00a - Clear Creek
8:15a - Seven Lakes
8:30a - College Station
8:45a - Lubbock-Cooper
9:00a - Dawson
9:15a - Whitesboro
9:30a - Coppell

Panel 1
10:00a - Clear Springs
10:15a - Del Rio
10:30a - Pearland
10:45a - Cypress Woods
11:00a - Argyle
11:15a - Cy-Fair
11:30a - Friendswood
11:45a - Forney
12:00p - Sachse
12:15p - Burleson
12:30p - Marcus
12:45p - College Park

Panel 2
1:15p - Hebron
1:30p - Rock Hill
1:45p - Klein Oak
2:00p - Wylie
2:15p - Azle
2:30p - The Woodlands
2:45p - Highland Park
3:00p - Wylie East
3:15p - Waxahachie

3:30p - Exhibition - UT Austin