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They're talking about O'Connor, not Brazoswood

All Live: Cedar Park '02 - "Claustrophobia" (My first time seeing a marching show with a synth) Westfield '02 - "Metamorphosis" ("Aww Westfield!, Conroe UIL! 2k2! Those Trix are for kids!" ?) Cypress Falls '07 - "The Shining" (First time hearing a marching show that used a bass amp to fuel their power chords [pretty much everyone in a BOA Finals does this now]) TWHS '09 - "Amen" (Favorite show from my First year live-blogging for TxB. Subaraman drum chant!) Cedar Ridge '10 - "The Game Within" (Final Fantasy show; their inaugural year) CTJ '10 - "You Are" (I consider myself "CTJ Fan Zero". Their '08 & '09 shows didn't really net much attention but I loved the design and they were some of my favorites from those years. But this show, despite only getting 13th at State, was my favorite from 2010 and made me a CTJ fan for life!) ***TWHS '11*** - "Uninvited" (Favorite ballad in a live show. This show is just so well written!) CTJ '11 - "Lincolnshire Posy" LD Bell '11 - "The Circle's Edge" (First time seeing LD Bell live.) Cedar Ridge '12 - "Flock" (I wonder if the insane band parent at BOA Houston might be a major source of this ?) Friendswood '12 - "All the World's a Stage" (Mad World, New World Symphony and a GORGEOUS rendition of "On Top of the World" from Last of the Mohicans which is probably one of my most favorite ballads I've heard live) Clear Falls '12 - (Probably my favorite Montoya show with Lux Aurumque & Kingfishers Catch Fire which are both among my favorite band pieces.) Cedar Ridge '13 - "Goodnight Moon" (I've rediscovered this one recently, and I realized it was a show from that year that I just flat out forgot to go back and re-experience. It's glorious!) Hebron '14 - "When Midnight Comes" Leander '14 - "Color Study" ***CTJ '14*** - "Chameleon" (Absolutely, mind-blowingly good! Watching the encore from field level is one of my more memorable experiences as well.) Reagan '15 - "Every(One)" (Just....Soooo pretty!) ***Leander '15*** - "Choral Works" (Favorite opener of any marching band show, live or otherwise, though some of the LD Bell and old Reagan shows come close) Cedar Park '15 - "What's Opera Doc?" Reagan '16 - "One Love" CTJ '16 - "Flash Dance" Hendrickson '16 - "3D" (Still got my glasses ?)

Appreciate the effort to change the subject of this board back to marching band! I have many shows that I return to over the last 15 years, but this thread seems to be geared towards shows we experienced in person, so I'll use it as an opportunity to jump back in time and pull up some oldies. Links included for newer fans to pass the time as we wade through a DCI-less summer (apologies for some in poor quality - marching band recording has come a long way in 15 years). Hebron - 2006 - Music in Every Direction - Before Hebron was the perennial top 5 contender they are these days, there was this show. While this show only got 9th that year, I see it as the beginning of Hebron's rise to to power. I'm not exactly sure when the "dance break" became a thing in marching band, but this will forever be THE dance break for me. DDR was all the rage back then, and the dance section of this show, with the syncopated/offset DDR directions, was unreal to a bunch of high school kids who were obsessed with this trend. This was the first time I ever saw a standing ovation for a show before the end. This moment literally ripped people from their seats in excitement. I've searched for years for a better recording of this to no avail. LD Bell - 2007 - Transcendents - I don't think I have to say much about this show, because I (hope?) think everyone is aware of it, no matter how new you are to the activity. But I'm gonna say a lot anyway - I don't even know if I can call this a marching band show. This show was an experience. The crowd reaction to this show is still my favorite to this day because you could feel the moment of "what just happened" as they wrapped up their show. The fact that the ending changed at each performance put people even more on the edge of the seat. I also love that this show broke all the rules of typical marching show music organization. Rather than the typical opener-ballad-closer, this show was 5 minutes of opener (with some mixed in slow moments), and then 6+ minutes of ballad/art, and they milked every second BOA allowed them. Bringing back Lux from the first part of the trilogy was the cherry on top, I'm pretty sure I may have teared up a bit. I don't even know of a show from the modern era (last 5-8 years) that I could put in the same category as this one, it's just that unique. LD Bell - 2008 - The Quest - I was already hooked on Bell fever after the trilogy, so I had high hopes before seeing this show. It didn't disappoint. If 2007 felt like a theater production, this show felt like a movie. The closer is still one of my favorite's to this day. Still feel like Bell should've become the first back to back TX GN champion that year. Might've honestly been our only chance for that to ever happen. Cedar Park - 2008 - On Edge - When I pre-preemptively hope that Cedar Park gets back to it's glory days (it's "Roots"?) before every season, it's because of this show. I probably saw this show 3 or 4 times throughout the season, and I have never experienced anything quite like this opening statement from a high school marching band. This show is pure adrenaline. No props, no real theme, just marching band at it's purest form. Cedar Park was far from the largest band at BOA SA that year, and yet no one even came close to the volume CP was putting out. And this show was HARD. I'm not one of those old people who wish we would go back to the "good old days," but no one marches and plays simultaneously like CP did in this show (most bands didn't even do it back then). And the tempos they were reaching at the end of this show were UNREAL. If they hadn't run into Marcus/LD Bell duo at their peak, CP would have a BOA SA title. Bowie - 2011 - The Promise of Winter - I'm still bummed Bowie didn't get a title during their glory days. Of those "days", 2011 was my favorite. The linked video doesn't do it justice, but this opening statement SLAPPED you in the face. And before the rise of the Hebron mellos, there were the Bowie mellos. I'm pretty sure I first saw this show at a football game, and while football crowds usually half pay attention to marching shows - this show grabbed EVERYONE's attention and didn't let go.