
principalagent
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2019 BOA Austin
principalagent replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
I love bands going to BOA their first year! Excited to see what Hays Johnson is up to. -
BOA Waco 2019
principalagent replied to gmtb617's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Midland and McAllen -
Crockett '93
principalagent replied to longhorn2190's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
As soon as I was told, I honestly wish I had never asked. -
BOA Waco 2019
principalagent replied to gmtb617's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
And Duncanville! -
2019 BOA Austin
principalagent replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Leander was 4th in 2017, albeit barely. -
What do the top bands do to be successful?
principalagent replied to Tailgate88's topic in Band Parents
I found the point about GPAs and class ranks to be really interesting. That pressure was definitely present when I was in high school, but I fought through it because I knew band was worth it for me. Now that I do alumni interviewing for my "Very Prestigious Private School"TM, the candidates that I find most interesting and have the most success in elite admissions are quite often in athletics or band or dance or other classes that prevent them from doing an AP course instead. And at the end of the day, dropping band my junior and senior year probably would have saved me just a rank or two when I graduated--not nearly big enough a difference compared to what people consider. And people really, really do respect the work to takes it be in band--especially if they know how competitive band is in Texas suburban schools. Additionally, those time management skills came in handy in undergrad and now in grad school. Basically - STAY IN BAND. -
2019 BOA Austin
principalagent replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Yes! This is the right attitude. End of the day on the 9th. No earlier, no later. -
BOA Houston 2019
principalagent replied to MadisonBandMan1's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
The storylines are half the fun! -
BOA Houston 2019
principalagent replied to MadisonBandMan1's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Austin is kind of boring since you can count on at least eight repeats. Houston is much more exciting because the race into finals is a lot more unpredictable. -
March Madness Bracket Challenge (Basketball)
principalagent replied to DrumCorpsGeek's topic in General Off-Topic
Hungover but worth it! #GoHoos!!! -
2019 5A State
principalagent replied to PantherBone's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
A new school has the option to just multiply its size to find its four class total if it chooses to. Bridgeland likely did just that. -
semi finals at san antonio
principalagent replied to lost's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
Also travel costs would go up dramatically on all accounts. Gas, plane tickets, hotel costs. It would start getting unfeasible in terms of logistics too. -
2019 5A State
principalagent replied to PantherBone's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Bridgeland is already in 6A. -
semi finals at san antonio
principalagent replied to lost's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
Thanksgiving week would be absolutely horrendous for GN and band attendance. -
2019 5A State
principalagent replied to PantherBone's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
That wasn’t the example I thought of. I personally thought that could have gone either way, although I much preferred one of those shows to the other. -
2019 5A State
principalagent replied to PantherBone's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
On the margins I think that’s how it works, but for 5A and 6A I personally think that visual scores recently, barring one anomalous medal, have tracked pretty well with cleanliness in general, for the most part disregarding difficulty. -
2019 5A State
principalagent replied to PantherBone's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
There's no real incentive to take on more difficult drill for a UIL year. If anything, there's incentive to take on more difficult drill for BOA. -
BOA Waco 2019
principalagent replied to gmtb617's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
I’m trying to understand why the shift. Many of the bands in Region 18 regularly took advantage of the extra performance weekend. Too bad. -
2019 5A State
principalagent replied to PantherBone's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
They’re all grades now. -
BOA Waco 2019
principalagent replied to gmtb617's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
All the Austin schools have UIL on Saturday now, so barring any impressive schedule rigging, that should make the hunt for finals much, much easier here.