2023 BOA Austin (Sept. 23)

[packwick]

also these top scores are GIGANTOR for Sep 23rd!!!

[BandFan50]

Need to see the rankings

 

[Ranxh1938292]

2 minutes ago, BandFan50 said:

Need to see the rankings

 

1. Rouse H.S., TX 85.15
2. Vandegrift H.S., TX 85.00
3. Vista Ridge H.S., TX 83.50
4. Cedar Park H.S., TX 83.15
5. Cedar Ridge H.S., TX 82.00
6. Lake Travis H.S., TX 80.25
7. Round Rock H.S., TX 79.20
8. Westwood H.S., TX 78.50
9. Leander H.S., TX 78.10
10. Westlake H.S., TX 78.05
11. Dripping Springs H.S., TX 76.05
12. James Bowie H.S., TX 75.55

Outstanding Music Performance: Vista Ridge H.S., TX
Outstanding Visual Performance: (tie) Vandegrift H.S., TX & Rouse H.S., TX
Outstanding General Effect: Rouse H.S., TX

[BandFan50]

3 minutes ago, Ranxh1938292 said:

1. Rouse H.S., TX 85.15
2. Vandegrift H.S., TX 85.00
3. Vista Ridge H.S., TX 83.50
4. Cedar Park H.S., TX 83.15
5. Cedar Ridge H.S., TX 82.00
6. Lake Travis H.S., TX 80.25
7. Round Rock H.S., TX 79.20
8. Westwood H.S., TX 78.50
9. Leander H.S., TX 78.10
10. Westlake H.S., TX 78.05
11. Dripping Springs H.S., TX 76.05
12. James Bowie H.S., TX 75.55

Outstanding Music Performance: Vista Ridge H.S., TX
Outstanding Visual Performance: (tie) Vandegrift H.S., TX & Rouse H.S., TX
Outstanding General Effect: Rouse H.S., TX

No like the rankings for everything, prelims finals, ty though

 

 

[Ranxh1938292]

1 minute ago, BandFan50 said:

No like the rankings for everything, prelims finals

 

It doesn’t look like prelims are out quite yet, I’ll post them as soon as I can.

[peshbandkid]

ROUSE!!! What a showing!

 

[Miyazuu]

A bit unrelated but- 

It's a bit disappointing to experience band parents/volunteers make negative comments in the stands on other programs who they're competing against. I just wish they were a lil more mindful of their surroundings 🙃. Although, it's a bit ironic that the band they were shaming for "not actually being loud" ended up winning the whole competition. 

On a better note, absolutely crazy turn of events with Rouse, it's quite the come-up. Top 1-5 is definitely gonna be a toss up as the season progresses. It's aboutta be a whirlwind of a month as we start our journey to state/nats.

[ReveriesOp24]

This has me ducked up😭

[BandFan95]

Wow! I have always had a special place in my heart for Rouse. I’ve always loved their shows. If anyone has a link to it…you know where to find me. 
 

Congratulations to all of the bands!

[Hard Core Band Fan]

4 minutes ago, Miyazuu said:

A bit unrelated but- 

It's a bit disappointing to experience band parents/volunteers make negative comments in the stands on other programs who they're competing against. I just wish they were a lil more mindful of their surroundings 🙃. Although, it's a bit ironic that the band they were shaming for "not actually being loud" ended up winning the whole competition. 

 

On a better note, absolutely crazy turn of events with Rouse, it's quite the come-up. Top 1-5 is definitely gonna be a toss up as the season progresses. It's aboutta be a whirlwind of a month as we start our journey to state/nats.

Yep, this is why I just don't attend live anymore. People are so rude and inconsiderate. 

[Ranxh1938292]

8 minutes ago, Miyazuu said:

A bit unrelated but- 

It's a bit disappointing to experience band parents/volunteers make negative comments in the stands on other programs who they're competing against. I just wish they were a lil more mindful of their surroundings 🙃. Although, it's a bit ironic that the band they were shaming for "not actually being loud" ended up winning the whole competition. 

 

On a better note, absolutely crazy turn of events with Rouse, it's quite the come-up. Top 1-5 is definitely gonna be a toss up as the season progresses. It's aboutta be a whirlwind of a month as we start our journey to state/nats.

They should talk to those judges, I’d love to see how that would end lol. 
On the side note, Every band parent/volunteer, is doing the same thing for their band program as any other band parent/volunteer is, they put in sooooo much work that it is not even measurable. Making negative comments against other bands is very immature, and disrespectful. My directors would make people run 5 laps around the marching field if they ever heard about anyone disrespecting other programs.

[BandFan50]

I find it a little funny how sometimes the most immature ones are the parents rather than the kids who are putting in those hundreds of hours of work

[Ranxh1938292]

3 minutes ago, BandFan50 said:

I find it a little funny how sometimes the most immature ones are the parents rather than the kids who are putting in those hundreds of hours of work

THISSS!!!

[MikeKyu]

Seeing that Rouse show in person, it's a special show. It is a GGE monster but nothing feels forced or overdone. It is delicate and powerful. It was performed beautifully. 

 Some kid (just out of high school) behind me said "No way Rouse takes GE" to the girl he was with. I turned and asked him if he actually watched the Rouse show. The Vandy parent next to him agreed with me....then the GE caption was announced. 

They are going to hurt lots of feeling this season. Another LISD power showing tonight taking all captions and the top 4 places. 

 

What a great contest today has been. Congrats to all of the bands. Scores were crazy high for this early. We are in for a ride I think. 

[Tubalord11]

Just saw what happened for finals results..... OMG ROUSE!!!!!!! I'm not surprised one bit they won, was by far the strongest performance in the morning that I was able to see, and I'm just so happy for them. New 5A state champion, only time well tell. Congrats to all the bands who competed today and to our finalist! 

[ohwell]

https://marching.musicforall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/Austin-Prelims-1.pdf

[Vidal28]

54 minutes ago, Hard Core Band Fan said:

Yep, this is why I just don't attend live anymore. People are so rude and inconsiderate. 

Haven’t really had any overheard interactions of that kind when I’ve gone to contests every year for a decent bit now, at least ones I can remember, maybe I’ve just been lucky. I’m sure they do happen though, no doubt.

[Origin]

Round Rock 11th in prelims 🤔

[J-Mike16]

13th - Hendrickson

14th - Brandeis

15th - Moe & Gene Johnson 

16th - Hutto

17th - McCallum

[packwick]

16 minutes ago, Origin said:

Round Rock 11th in prelims 🤔

torched by Turner and Torchia. Torchia's score for them doesn't make aaany sense based on my watching finals high cam. Howell nailed it for ens vis for them imo, he usually does. one of the cleaner upstairs vis programs. ill be surprised if they miss Nats finals.

overall prelims scores look moooostly reasonable based on what i saw in finals lol, but still need those finals scores!!! why the delay!!!

 

[Nny14]

15 minutes ago, Origin said:

Round Rock 11th in prelims 🤔

I didn't catch their prelims performance but it is the same group of judges so they must have been much better in finals. Vandegrift was also over a point ahead of Rouse so prelim scores can always be a bit wonky. It does make me wonder if Austin took 12 back in 2019 where Round Rock just missed finals would they have done better with a second performance as they had strong results the rest of the season. I'm excited to see how everyone does moving forward!

[clarinote]

does anyone have any recipes from finals that they would like to share?

[packwick]

is Box5 gonna replay anything bc their stream was crap?? guessing probably not...

[Josegjr]

8 minutes ago, packwick said:

is Box5 gonna replay anything bc their stream was crap?? guessing probably not...

Box 5 sucks! I wish it would go back to flomarching!

[Hard Core Band Fan]

26 minutes ago, Vidal28 said:

Haven’t really had any overheard interactions of that kind when I’ve gone to contests every year for a decent bit now, at least ones I can remember, maybe I’ve just been lucky. I’m sure they do happen though, no doubt.

Well, my experiences are a culmination of over 50 years of attending marching competitions. In the last 10 years there has been stark increase of people talking during performances, making rude comments about bands with no concern about who may hear them, and just all around inconsiderate behavior. Nothing beats the live performances, but the trade-off of not having to endure the unpleasant things is worth it for me. I do, however, miss the excitement of live performance.