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  1. Following Abbie's comment, I also noticed that gap. Leander wasn't the only one I noticed that with as well as Brazoswood had a similar disconnect as well but where the individual judges scored low and the ensemble judges scored high. Certainly something was happening in transition from the field to the box. I didn't look too closely to see if this happened to many more groups though. Good job to all the bands though! Looking forward to seeing Woodlands, CTJ and Spring in Indy this week.
  2. Multiple times would imply more than once which is true. And while semi state results are officially "unknown" due to some archaic ISSMA rules, but yes, Hawaii did beat Alaska Also, I too refer to Duncanville to Homestead and vice versa often. Both programs are great and don't do BOA. Plus, both seem to finally be progressing their programs to the more modern style that we are used too. I'm hoping (along with much of the rest of the state) that since the BOA Indy regional will be before the Indiana state finals that Homestead will FINALLY test the waters as it were and start to do BOA again. Their first show since 94. In any case, even though TX will only be sending three groups, they are some good groups and while I only have one locked for finals, I wouldn't be surprised to see the other two in finals either. With a great performance of course.
  3. While I know several people in Texas don't particularly care, for those interested, these are the results from last nights state finals. Bands competing at BOA Grand Nationals this year are in bold. Class A 1) Homestead 2) Avon 3) Carmel 4) Ben Davis 5) Center Grove 6) Lawrence Central 7) Penn 8) Lake Central (6 point penalty due to timing judge error. Would have placed 4th otherwise) 9) Castle 10) Franklin Central Class B 1) Concord 2) Greenwood 3) Jasper 4) Northview 5) Goshen 6) Floyd Central 7) Plainfield 8) DeKalb 9) North Side 10) Munster Class C 1) Western 2) Beech Grove 3) Norwell 4) Concordia Lutheran 5) Edgewood 6) North Harrison 7) Heritage Hills 8) Gibson Southern 9) Fairfield 10) Leo Class D 1) Lewis Cass 2) Forest Park 3) Paoli 4) Springs Valley 5) Woodlan 6) Eastern (Greentown) 7) Mater Dei 8) North Posey 9) Monrovia 10) Bluffton
  4. I don't think the question is if LD Bell is losing their edge or on the decline. If anything, I think it shows that several other programs are rising up to the level that Bell has achieved! Bell set the bar very high for several years and now we are seeing other bands match them. Even if they were "losing their edge", something to remember is that every band will have down years as well. Or if they were in a decline, bands are always more than capable of rebounding as well. Just look at Ronald Reagan. After a few dismal years (no offense of course!), they are really getting back up there. I believe that Bell has really pushed groups harder to improve so that they can achieve what they have which is one of the benefits of competition. I have to both agree and disagree with Lindsey at the same time. I agree that programs can't/shouldn't be dominating all the time but when you're the best (subjectively speaking of course), then you're going to end up on top (normally). I disagree that it is demoralizing to other groups. Do other bands get down when they don't quite match up? I'm sure members of the band will feel that way. But I think the majority of the members will feel determined to just try harder. Some may even think "Wow! We came within X points of (Bell, Marcus, Duncanville, etc). We are really improving." I know both cases of these are true in Indiana. You all know that Avon has won 3 GN Championships in a row (one I disagree with as well). They have also won 9 of the past 10 years State Championships (we have State Finals every year for every class). Does it get old? Yeah a little but other bands in the state have improved a lot because it's their goal to beat "the man" as it were. Homestead (non BOA band) has beaten every other band in Indiana over the course of 10 years EXCEPT Avon. That includes Carmel, Lawrence Central, etc. That is why they consider Avon to be their rival even after losing in every head to head matchup with them. They don't get demoralized and give up. They try harder to top their biggest rival and it has shown. Though Homestead's design still looks like it's from late 90's early 2000's, the performance and execution has improved immensely! I really believe this is the case when it comes to your continually improving bands as well such as Bowie, CTJ, etc. Could Bell be thinking this year "Oh we aren't going to GN this year so we aren't going to try as hard." Perhaps, but I highly doubt it. Bell is an extremely well run band and one that I don't believe would give anything less than their best. Sorry if I rambled a bit.
  5. I wouldn't discount Lafayette, LA from making finals either. They did make the 08 GN finals and were a semi finalist last year at GN as well. This is definitely a great regional this year though with several worthy bands on the finals bubble.
  6. I noticed that no had posted these on here so thought I would for those that haven't seen them yet. I know that many of you probably don't care but I'm posting them anyway! *Means they are going to the BOA Indy Regional **Means they are going to BOA GN Class D 1. Springs Valley 2. Forest Park 3. Lewis Cass 4. Mater Dei 5. Paoli 6. Northwestern 7. Eastern (Greentown) 8. North Posey 9. Southridge 10. Orleans* Class C 1. Western*/** 2. Edgewood*/** 3. Norwell 4. Scottsburg 5. Plymouth 6. Gibson Southern 7. Beech Grove 8. Concordia Lutheran 9. Fairfield 10. Heritage Class B 1. Greenwood 2. Goshen 3. Concord 4. Jasper 5. Northview 6. Floyd Central 7. Northridge 8. DeKalb 9. North Side 10. Bloomington North* Class A 1. Avon*/** 2. Lawrence Central*/** 3. Homestead 4. Center Grove */** 5. Lake Central */** 6. Warren Central 7. Lafayette Jefferson 8. Ben Davis */** 9. Penn * 10. Castle * And because I know none of you asked for this either but secretly wanted it anyway, here is the IM.com poll for the upcoming BOA Indy Regional. 1. Avon (IN) (P-6) - 90 2. Carmel (IN) - 80 3. Marian Catholic (IL) - 79 4. Lawrence Central (IN) - 72 5. Harrison (GA) - 65 6. Center Grove (IN) - 63 7. Centerville (OH) - 54 8. Lake Central (IN) - 46 9. Paul Laurence Dunbar (KY) - 37 10. Castle (IN) - 29 ----------------------------------------------------- 11. Lake Park (IL) - 28 12. Ben Davis (IN) - 23 13. Penn (IN) - 16 14. Hickory (VA) - 14 15. Norwin (PA) - 12 16. Lincoln Way East (IL) - 10 (Tie) 17. Western (IN) - 1 (Tie) 17. Naperville North (IL) - 1 Good luck to all the TX bands that come up this year. Look forward to seeing you all once again!
  7. IMO, I think Bowie and Bell had their best runs in Finals. Marcus I think had their best run probably in Prelims followed by Finals. And I agree that I think Woodlands Prelims run was the best one they had as well.
  8. HM went to Carmel simply because it was dirty through parts of it while the three I had listed were consistent throughout the entire show. Don't get me wrong, I agree that Carmel's brass was killer. But in terms of cleanliness, best technique, etc, had to put those three above. It is just my opinion after all too
  9. Again, these were just my top 15 from Friday. Just a disclaimer, we had left before South Brunswick and West Bloomfield came on. They were originally in my picks to make semi's but because I didn't see them, I didn't score them. In any case, some made it, others didn't, but it's all just for fun. Enjoy 1. 95.25 - Avon 2. 94.70 - The Woodlands 3. 94.00 - Bell 4. 92.70 - Marian Catholic 5. 91.50 - PCEP 6. 91.00 - Broken Arrow 7. 87.85 - American Fork 8. 87.50 - James Bowie 9. 86.30 - Owasso 10. 83.95 - Bourbon Co. 11. 82.20 - Columbus North 12. 81.45 - Clear Brook 13. 80.25 - Blue Springs 14. 80.20 - Forsyth Central 15. 79.90 - Bellbrook Now here was how I had Semi's breaking down. 1. 95.00 - Carmel 2. 94.75 - Avon 3. 94.40 - Bell 4. 94.30 - Marcus 5. 93.50 - Woodlands 6. 93.25 - Lawrence Central 7. 93.10 - Marian Catholic 8. 92.55 - PCEP 9. 92.20 - Broken Arrow 10. 91.35 - Centerville 11. 90.65 - Bowie 12. 90.05 - Center Grove 13. 90.00 - Lafayette 14. 89.40 - American Fork 15. 87.95 - Ben Davis 16. 86.10 - Owasso 17. 85.85 - West Johnston 18. 85.50 - Wando 19. 85.25 - William Mason 20. 85.00 - Bourbon Co. 21. 84.80 - Columbus North 22. 84.70 - Lake Park 23. 84.20 - Forsyth Central 24. 83.60 - South Brunswick 25. 82.00 - Lake Central 26. 81.65 - West Bloomfield 27. 81.40 - Walled Lake Central 28. 81.15 - Seminole 29. 80.85 - North Hardin 30. 80.60 - Bellbrook 31. 79.20 - Reeths-Puffer 32. 76.30 - Williamstown 33. 75.50 - Springs Valley 34. 71.75 - St. James
  10. I'll give my top 3 IMO: Drumline - 1. Avon 2. Marcus 3. Center Grove (save for that WEIRD snare drop at finals) Guard - 1. Lawrence Central 2. Avon 3. Bell Ballad - 1. Marcus 2. Avon 3. Bell (considering the whole show felt like a ballad) Opener - 1. Bourbon Co. 2. Avon 3. Carmel Closer - 1. Marcus 2. Lawrence Central 3. Carmel GE - 1. Bell 2. Carmel 3. PCEP Music - 1. Marcus 2. Avon 3. Bourbon Co. Visual - 1. Avon 2. Lawrence Central 3. Carmel Extra thoughts: Brass - 1. Bourbon Co. 2. Marcus 3. Avon Honerable Mention: Carmel WW's - 1. Marcus 2. Bell 3. Marian Catholic Solo - 1. Marcus 2. Avon 3. Bell Honorable Mention: Greendale (WI), vocal soloist was a MAJOR surprise. Sounded great and beyond her years. Props - 1. PCEP 2. Marcus 3. Carmel Choreography - 1. Center Grove 2. Bell 3. Woodlands Most Unique Show - 1. Marcus 2. Bell 3. Broken Arrow Everyone was pretty darn awesome though.
  11. Sure. I'll post it sometime later tonight. I have work and to finish a script for class tomorrow first though.
  12. In the end, you can't control what 7 BOA judges think. Could I see those results taking place? Sure. Did I expect them? Not really. Here were my personal predictions on finals: 1 - 97.10 Avon 2 - 96.50 Marcus 3 - 95.30 LD Bell 4 - 95.15 Carmel 5 - 94.80 Lawrence Central 6 - 94.55 Marian Catholic 7 - 94.20 Woodlands 8 - 91.35 Centerville 9 - 91.15 Broken Arrow 10 - 90.40 Center Grove 11 - 89.90 James Bowie 12 - 88.45 Wando Congratulations to all of the bands though. They each did a superb and fantastic job this year! I can't wait until next year and hope to see some more great TX bands to challenge again.
  13. My personal top 15 from Thursday today. WITH SCORES! 1) 93.65 - Lawrence Central 2) 93.60 - Marcus 3) 90.55 - Carmel 4) 89.90 - Center Grove 5) 88.30 - Centerville 6) 87.55 - West Johnston 7) 87.40 - Wando 8) 85.80 - Ben Davis 9) 85.15 - William Mason 10) 84.70 - Lake Central 11) 84.45 - Lafayette 12) 84.20 - Reeths-Puffer 13) 82.20 - Lake Park 14) 81.85 - Walled Lake Central 15) 79.55 - North Hardin Before you all go calling me a Indiana homer let me explain first why Lawrence is EVER so slightly above Marcus. First off, Marcus is going to win music this year. No question. If they don't, it's going to be a freaking travesty. They should break the record for highest music score in finals. No doubt in my mind. Now when it comes to Visual and GE, there is where it can get tricky. Marcus executes their show at a very high level. However, IN MY OPINION, the design and demand (Visually) of the show is not there. They perform the heck out of it and it is clean clean clean. However, Lawrence Central's show has a bit more to it. The drill design is about the same but the guard work is on a completely different level. So that helps put them over on visual. Then it goes down to GE. GE is the most subjective thing to judge and is very much left to ones own opinion. But Lawrence Central's show design is, again IN MY OPINION, deeper than Marcus's visually. Music GE is a subject to debate. But as you can see, I had them by each other in the closest possible margin possible. Certainly, things could change from day to day and these places could easily switch. It has been a very exciting first day and absolutely LOVE Marcus's show. (THANK YOU FOR COMING TO GN!) Tomorrow is going to be another great day. Some other great surprises was Walled Lake Central (Spy Games...fun fun show and the guard sells it), West Johnston (seeing your score from earlier this year didn't expect much but then you went out and played! Plus you played music from the recent Star Trek movie!!!), William Mason (expected a good show but you just improved even more from last year..keep it up), and finally Wando (while the show design lacks a tad, the music makes up for it in a rich dark sound. Beautiful).
  14. Not going to go to some prelims on Friday? Just a reminder, for semi's 200-500 level is arguably the best seating in the house. Middle sections are 39-41 as well.
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