2023 BOA Austin (Sept. 23)

[Guest]

8 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

I personally felt the opposite except with Vandy. Everyone sounded great, snd we had a lot of programs do better here than ever before. 

their show seems more boring than previous years

[Tubalord11]

17 minutes ago, BandKidR23 said:

their show seems more boring than previous years

Yeah it’s not my favorite of theirs, but it’s almost impossible to have a show that entertains everyone year after year 

[Samuel Culper]

On 9/24/2023 at 9:38 PM, yayband914 said:

Personally, I think the buck stops at the directors and the kind of culture that they cultivate within their programs. 

I think this is absolutely the case where the kids are concerned. 

The parents are another story.

In my experience, the more involved the parents are, the more likely they are to be very supportive of ALL bands and all band kids. They root hardest for their school, of course, but also root hard for sister schools and genuinely are excited for everyone's success.

The less involved parents seem more likely to engage in the bad-mouthing of other bands.

I think being involved and seeing just how much it takes to bring a competitive show to life makes you appreciate the hard work ALL of these kids put in.

[lost]

Great show! These bands have two months to clean, clean and clean! 

[natertater21000]

19 hours ago, BaritoneBallah said:

THANK YOU!! where did you find it though?

Just an FYI for those who don't know. You can find these recaps on the music for all website the night of the competition or early morning after. The horn rank ones that are nicely ordered and organized are the ones that tend to take longer. Back when I was in High School these less organized recaps were the only ones available.  

[littlejaw]

18 hours ago, packwick said:

Vista solidly first in upstairs music perf and mus effect!!! just need to cleeeeean that vis.

Rock "torched" again in finals lol. i just like pretending imma disgruntled Cavaliers DCPer.

I remember Torchia scoring us really well one show in Visual GE and staff actually played the tape. Unfortunate that high school bands tend to have judges they can’t crack as well.

[Samuel Culper]

I'm excited about Vista Ridge's result here.  3rd is their highest finish at this contest and they have a nice track record in recent years of improving relative to the bands in front of them when they get to San Antonio.

	2022
	Austin	San Antonio
Vandegrift	1	4
Cedar Ridge	2	9
Cedar Park	3	10
Vista Ridge	4	5
	2021
	Austin	San Antonio
Vandegrift	1	2
CTJ	2	3
Rouse	3	13
Cedar Park	4	11
Vista Ridge	5	12
	2019
	Austin	San Antonio
Vandegrift	1	2
Leander	2	4
CTJ	3	7
Vista Ridge	4	3
	2018
	Austin	San Antonio
CTJ	1	5
Leander	2	6
Vandegrift	3	7
Vista Ridge	4	4

[lost]

Vista Ridge always starts a little slower. They always catch up by the time San Antonio rolls around (barring the off-year of 2021). They really come into their own in the later season.

This isn’t new either, they’re one of the handful of bands to miss Austin finals then make San Antonio finals (2014).

[Bandmanio]

15 hours ago, Samuel Culper said:

I think this is absolutely the case where the kids are concerned. 

The parents are another story.

In my experience, the more involved the parents are, the more likely they are to be very supportive of ALL bands and all band kids. They root hardest for their school, of course, but also root hard for sister schools and genuinely are excited for everyone's success.

The less involved parents seem more likely to engage in the bad-mouthing of other bands.

I think being involved and seeing just how much it takes to bring a competitive show to life makes you appreciate the hard work ALL of these kids put in.

THIS!!

[SirFilkander]

ROUSE HOUSEEEE