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2010 BOA The Woodlands


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The Woodlands, TX - October 9, 2010

Woodforest Bank Stadium

 

SCHEDULE:

 

Hudson H.S., TX 9:15 AM

Texas City H.S., TX 9:30 AM

College Park H.S., TX 9:45 AM

Alvin H.S., TX 10:00 AM

Pasadena Memorial H.S., TX 10:15 AM

Spring H.S., TX 10:30 AM

Cy-Fair H.S., TX 10:45 AM

Clear Brook H.S., TX 11:00 AM

 

LUNCH BREAK 11:15 AM

 

Dekaney H.S., TX 12:00 PM

Winston Churchill H.S., TX 12:15 PM

Pearland H.S., TX 12:30 PM

Westfield H.S., TX 12:45 PM

Cedar Park H.S., TX 1:00 PM

McNeil H.S., TX 1:15 PM

Johnson H.S., TX 1:30 PM

North Shore H.S., TX 1:45 PM

The Woodlands H.S., TX 2:00 PM

 

BREAK 2:15 PM

 

Comeaux H.S., LA 2:30 PM

William B. Travis H.S., TX 2:45 PM

Elkins H.S., TX 3:00 PM

Vandergrift H.S., TX 3:15 PM

Cypress Falls H.S., TX 3:30 PM

Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 3:45 PM

Leander H.S., TX 4:00 PM

Friendswood H.S., TX 4:15 PM

Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX 4:30 PM

 

5:00 PM - PRELIMS AWARDS

 

6:45 PM - GATES REOPEN FOR FINALS

 

7:45 PM - FINALS

 

10:30 PM - FINALS AWARDS

 

 

 

For reviews and live scores, follow us on the Live where I'll be blogging all day:

 

http://live.txbands.com/

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Prelims Results:

 

Class A:

1. Vandegrift

2. Hudson

 

 

Music: Vandegrift

Visual: Vandegrift

GE: Vandegrift

 

Class AA:

1. Texas City

 

Music: Texas City

Visual: Texas City

GE: Texas City

 

Class AAA:

1. Stephen F. Austin

2. Cedar Park

3. Clear Brook

 

Music: Stephen F. Austin

Visual: Stephen F. Austin

GE: Stephen F. Austin

 

Class AAAA:

1. Ronald Reagan

2. The Woodlands

3. Winston Churchill

 

Music: The Woodlands

Visual: Claudia Taylor Johnson

GE: Ronald Reagan

 

Finalists:

The Woodlands

Vandegrift

Westfield

Claudia Taylor Johnson

Spring

Stephen F. Austin

McNeil

Ronald Reagan

Cedar Park

Winston Churchill

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Sorry to ask a dumb question, but does this performance order indicate which are the top 5? How does this work? Thanks

At BOA Regional competitions (not Super or GN), the first 5 to perform in Finals are prelims positions 10-6 and the last 5 to perform are prelims positions 5-1. But in random positions inside of each of those sets.

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Finals Results:

 

1. 82.60 Stephen F. Austin

2. 80.20 Cedar Park

3. 77.05 Vandegrift

4. 75.60 Ronald Reagan

5. 75.40 The Woodlands

6. 73.95 Winston Churchill

7. 71.10 McNeil

8. 71.05 Spring

9. 69.80 Claudia Taylor Johnson

10. 68.95 Westfield

 

Music: Cedar Park

Visual: Stephen F. Austin

GE: Stephen F. Austin

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Vandegrift is REALLY going to be a force to be reckoned with in a couple years.

 

 

I absolutely LOVED Claudia Taylor Johnson's show. McNeil, Claudia Taylor Johnson and Cypress Falls were probably my 3 favorite shows of the night...I also immensely enjoyed Stephen F. Austin and Cypress Fairbanks.

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My apologies for the numerous typos and word omissions in my reviews. The Mobile version of the Liveblogging software is kind of crummy. They make an iPhone app for it, which is supposed to be pretty nice, but unfortunately I use an Android phone so no dice there.

 

In addition to the technical difficulties it created, I also didn't have access to the comments system during the event, so to the 50-60 people who left comments, I'm sorry I was unable to publish or respond to most of them.

 

The BOA San Antonio LiveBlog will be better. Since multiple staff are tackling the event, we can make it a much more streamlined and in-depth experience. In addition to a better managed comment system, there will likely be photos and more concise reviews due to multiple perspectives from multiple staff.

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Prelims top 10 results:

 

1. SFA

2. Cedar Park

3. Ronald Reagan

4. Vandegrift

5. The Woodlands

6. Winston Churchill

7. Spring

8. CT Johnson

9. McNeil

10. Westfield

 

Basically the same as Finals except that McNeil jumped up 2 spots in Finals and Vandegrift pulled ahead of Reagan.

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Prelims top 10 results:

 

1. SFA

2. Cedar Park

3. Ronald Reagan

4. Vandegrift

5. The Woodlands

6. Winston Churchill

7. Spring

8. CT Johnson

9. McNeil

10. Westfield

 

Basically the same as Finals except that McNeil jumped up 2 spots in Finals and Vandegrift pulled ahead of Reagan.

 

I honestly can't believe that Vandegrift placed THIRD in finals. Either they are amazing or its bad judging...I'll see when they put it up on the fan network. It seems like its probably the first one, though.

 

Also, seems like The Woodlands isn't doing so hot this year. That's the lowest I've seen them in quite a few :/

 

They should just rename this regional "Stephen F. Austin and 9 Other Finalist Bands." They have won SO many times...

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Vandegrift is REALLY going to be a force to be reckoned with in a couple years.

 

 

I absolutely LOVED Claudia Taylor Johnson's show. McNeil, Claudia Taylor Johnson and Cypress Falls were probably my 3 favorite shows of the night...I also immensely enjoyed Stephen F. Austin and Cypress Fairbanks.

 

Brandon

Thanks. . . The Cypress Falls percussion kids appreciated your comments on the blog yesterday.

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Prelims Results:

 

1) 83.7 SF Austin

2) 80.9 Cedar Park

3) 78.6 Reagan

4) 78.45 Vandegrift

5) 77.75 The Woodlands

6) 75.95 Churchill

7) 75.1 Spring

8) 74.3 CT Johnson

9) 73.7 McNeil

10) 72.9 Westfield

11) 71.85 Clear Brook

12) 69.95 Cy-Fair

13) 69.8 Cy-Falls

14) 69.25 Friendswood

15) 69.1 Alvin

16) 68.6 Pasadena Memorial

17) 68.35 Pearland

18) 67.4 William B Travis

19) 65.2 Leander

20) 64.55 College Park

21) 64.4 Dekaney

22) 62.6 North Shore

23) 59.95 Elkins

24) 52.5 Texas City

25) 51.45 Hudson

26) 47.7 Comeaux (LA)

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These were my predictions after I saw all of the shows.:

 

1. SFA (0 places difference)

2. The Woodlands (3 places difference)

3. Churchill (3...)

4. Cedar Park (2)

5. Spring (2)

6. Claudia Taylor Johnson (2)

7. Cy-Fair (5)

8. Westfield (2)

9. Cy-Falls (4)

10. Clear Brook (1)

 

11. McNeil (2)

12. Reagan (9)

13. Vandegrift (9)

14. Friendswood (0)

15. William B. Travis (3)

16. Leander (3)

17. College Park (3)

18. Pearland (1)

19. Alvin (4)

20. Pasadena Memorial (4)

21. Dekaney (0)

22. North Shore (0)

23. Elkins (0)

24. Texas City (0)

25. Comeaux (1)

26. Hudson (1)

 

It was hard to get a good visual perspective during the shows since my face was buried in my cell phone screen typing a lot of the time, so my scores are based a lot by my musical impressions. I'm hoping that the bands that placed drastically differently from where I had them did so because of their visual scores. The judges and I were totally on a different page with Reagan and Vandegrift though....even in finals when I didn't have a phone taking most of my attention.

 

I felt like Leander did better than the judges thought, but a friend of mine (who does visual teching) was telling me when we were eating during dinner break that they had some serious guard issues that likely hurt them....I don't notice the guard's execution as much so that might explain that.

 

I'm not nearly as good at this as Xenon and mbui are I must admit, haha.

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I would hate to be those kids from (LA) coming here and finishing last. Just goes to show the best bands are from Texas

 

 

I agree, I feel really bad for the band from LA

 

Texas has some great programs but to say that we have the best programs just because a Louisiana band finished last in a Texas Regional is a little too broad. As far as I can remember, this was probably their first BOA contest in a long time. We often forget how intimidating the first experience can be.

 

I have dealt with a few programs this year that were going to their first contest in the history of their school. There was even a program or two that had been around for awhile but were giving a BOA/USSBA show a try for their first time. It is so heart-wrenching to watch some students get so nervous that they become physically ill.

 

I'm wondering when people will learn that, in the long run, the placements just aren't as important as we think they are.

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