2023 BOA Grand National Championships (Nov. 9-11)

[packwick]

stunned by twhs. visual masterpiece. great energy in the stadium too. top 3 will be haaaard to crack but they made a great argument.

[crunchycookie3]

  On 11/11/2023 at 6:57 PM, Dallas Hobbs said:

Visually my stream is in shambles! Maybe when I leave this restaurant me and my dad are eating at it’ll get better. Lol

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TWHS broke it. Too good. Current cameras cannot handle so many flags moving in sync

[BlastFromThePast]

Go TWHS! (my hometown). Love the tight design and focused energy of this show, been really fun to watch it develop over the season. Wondering if the relative sparseness of the music will be an issue in scoring.

[bk_bobb]

  On 11/11/2023 at 6:56 PM, Tubalord11 said:

THE WOODLANDS, THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT!!!! I'm gonna go ahead and say them and Avon tie for visual, but they may take it simply because OF THAT OUT OF THIS WORLD GUARD!!! I think they could knock Carmel out of the top 3, but if they don't, they will be VERY close to getting 3rd, at least I'd hope. Musically, some stick outs, mainly in the low brass, but visually, perfect, and another band I see possibly taking the Eagle home, just need to clean up some musically tonight. But my goodness Woodlands, that was incredible! 

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This run was a slight bit blemished compared to their prelims run - but still - top 2 or 3 IMO…   A visual tie would be accurate    👍🏼 

 

 

[Tubalord11]

Am I crazy or do they not have the Keller DM's on podiums? Wonder what's up with that 

[Hack]

Good job Keller! 

[crunchycookie3]

Overall, Keller’s effect is SO GOOD. Their ballad is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. A couple of musically exposed moments seemed to not go their way this afternoon, I’m worried how that may affect them, but the strength of that closer just moved me to tears, and I hope the judges too. That closer may be my favorite Mahler 2 rendition from a high school!

[luke_anderson]

keller’s ballad was awesome

[Hack]

  On 11/11/2023 at 7:03 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Am I crazy or do they not have the Keller DM's on podiums? Wonder what's up with that 

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Far left was on podium, middle on a ladder and right on ground. 

[GeekBoy54]

Keller's one of those groups that I think a lot of people underrank in their predicitons, but then they almost always show up when it matters and blow everyone away.

Fantastic moments in Keller's show, their sound is by far their best asset!

[MarchingBandOG]

  On 11/11/2023 at 7:03 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Am I crazy or do they not have the Keller DM's on podiums? Wonder what's up with that 

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Something happened and they couldn't get them setup. The middle one improvised and grabbed a ladder, lol.

[beffjezos]

  On 11/11/2023 at 7:03 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Am I crazy or do they not have the Keller DM's on podiums? Wonder what's up with that 

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They didn’t have/forgot their podiums. I think william mason helped them with that

[Origin]

A better visual run for Keller (yay fabric at the end working). Some small music issues that weren’t there yesterday, but still a great run. Didn’t even notice the drum major issues. 

[Tubalord11]

WAY TO GO BIG BLUE!!! Music is SO powerful, such rich and they play with such mature sounds! A couple uncharacteristic stickouts, but I think we will be seeing them again tonight, and if they don't make it, I'd be very shocked if they weren't the 1st out. GE has improved a ton over the season, that ending is just so so good, and visually they have cleaned up very nicely, amazing job Keller! 

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/11/2023 at 7:12 PM, Origin said:

A better visual run for Keller (yay fabric at the end working). Some small music issues that weren’t there yesterday, but still a great run. Didn’t even notice the drum major issues. 

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Yeah I saw the podium on the far left with nobody on it and not the other two and was like what's going on down there lol, but year sounds like they forgot them, but didn't seem to be an issue 

[TheBombDotDiggityCom]

The Keller clarinet soloists were insane 

[Hack]

William Mason might have the most visually stunning Uniforms - up there with Pearland imo.

[ChristopherRoden]

And if I said Mason over Carmel…..

[crunchycookie3]

I have a lot to say about this Mason show, which sure is pretty! I’m unsure that it will be vying for a top half spot in finals (in fact, I think a certain other Cartwright show maybe could edge them out.) I know there has been discussion at length about this on here, it just feels like a standard Cartwright show to me  Sure is pretty, but doesn’t say a lot! To me, it feels like looking at a Thomas Kinkade painting. Wherever they land, it will make sense to me. If they’re up at the top, it’s because the judges rewarded the clearly amazing performance quality. If they’re a bit lower, it may be that judges want to see something new design-wise. Very beautifully executed!

[Tubalord11]

  On 11/11/2023 at 7:22 PM, ChristopherRoden said:

And if I said Mason over Carmel…..

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🤭

 

[luke_anderson]

  On 11/11/2023 at 7:16 PM, Hack said:

William Mason might have the most visually stunning Uniforms - up there with Pearland imo.

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i agree

[Tubalord11]

HELLO WILLIAM MASON!!! Top 4 potential, for sure!!! Don't know over who, but I think design wise, best show here by a good amount! Pre/post-shows add so much! Guard was SO GOOD, those capes add some much color to the show, great ensemble sounds, staging was really good, I think they may surprise us tonight, can't wait to watch that again, amazing job William Mason! 

[packwick]

lovely show from mason, very gentle. actually the guy next to me fell asleep during it LOL. i enjoyed it quite a bit, suuuuper elegant, but the capes seem like an overused vis effect for me, less effective as the show goes on. had trouble reading the drill at times too. but could crash the party.

[Hack]

What a unique show start by Lake Hamilton!

[TheBombDotDiggityCom]

I really want to say I liked Lake Hamilton but in all honesty I think the creative approach took too much away from what a show is supposed to be like. Not to mention the drumline was definitely the weak link for the band and ensemble timing, really made the show hard to enjoy. Hope they do well regardless.