natertater21000

I really expected the top three last night to be within 1.5-2 points of eachother. The order I agree with, but the 4 and 2 point gaps over leander and vandegrift I just don't see. The Reagan show is Super clean both musicaly and visually and has a lot of great GE moments, but am I the only one who feels as though the show is really Disjointed? It felt to me like less of a show that takes you on a journey, and more like big moments that just kept happening until they didn't. A friend of mine thought the show was over 4 seperate times when they first saw it, and I think that explains what I was feeling pretty well. TL;DR the show is fantastic just not my cup of tea. Overall a very well deserved win for RR. That trombone glissandi feature was some of the most matched playing I've heard from a high school marching band.

I always think this show should have won right up until I watch the one that did. That Westfield show in 2003 was so ahead of it's time. Really impossible for me to pick a favorite.

I think despite the massive numbers out of Houston this contest is going to be very close at the top. Firstly the clear top 3 Vandy,Reagan, and Leander are going to be slugging it out for the win and I have a feeling caption sharing is going to rampant. Music: I feel like this one is less obvious than some may think. Leander was only 25 hundredths (. 025) away from vandy in music at Austin. Reagan can very much play with best of them as well. If I had to pick right now I'd say vandy, but only by the skin of their teeth. Visual: Here things get really interesting. All three programs have incredibly different but very high level visual programs. My gut says leander with how modern their body work is, but it'll depend on judge preference. GE: I feel pretty much the same about this as visual. I don't think vandy retains the massive GE gap they had at Austin, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them still take it. In fact, any of the three taking GE wouldn't surprise me. They're all so different from one another. My gut says leander but hey I'm a Homer, and I love the kind of music they play. I'd listen to Dr. Atomic symphony while studying before Mozart but I understand that's not everyone. TMC actually has seperate captions for guard and percussion (each worth 10) that make GE worth 40 instead of the BOA 60. I'd give guard to leander and percussion to vandy right now, but the effect of reagan's sea of flags cannot be counted out. My one week out top three guess is 1.Vandy music, GE (tie), percussion 2.Leander visual, GE (tie), guard 3.Reagan (close second in every caption) I expect the top 3 to be within half a point of each other.

Looking at the scores it was visual GE that really opened the gap between flomo and Hebron. I watched the high cam stream and if I'm being honest I completely understand that score choice. I love Hebron's musical selections but I'd be lying if I said their visual program hasn't left something to be desired for me most years. Still over a month out from nats though, and I'm sure Hebron got some great feedback on the tapes to help shape the show going forward.

!!!!! HALF OF FINALS IS LISD

I mean yes it's possible, just not likely.

This is just the difficulty of the contest... That's 11 bands

How's weather looking at the stadium?

Or 100% lol. Gotta love Texas.

That'd be something, but it'd leave out either our pfisd or AISD rep. Not sure I can count out Hendrickson or Bowie.

I can't count out Westwood and Pflugerville just yet, but seeing lisd make up half of finals at boa Austin is a dream of mine.

Not to mention reagan's everyone

My apologies, I just read the thread when I woke up and didn't see the next page of comments.

How about we all not get defensive when incorrect information is corrected on the thread. The fact was wrong, he corrected it. End of a very simple story.

I don't really think Texas schools could pull off what Avon or Carmel do visually simply due to time constraints. We get close(ish) in Texas at times thanks to some smoke and mirrors staging and drill writing. Take Avon's 2015 show "black gold", no one in Texas has the time to clean something like that.

Yeah I was only stating the fact that they are using the piece again. No more, no less.

I wasn't saying all the music was the same. Just that they are using that piece again.

Same music is being used in this year's show.

I really miss the good old days of the music for all archives

That's why I'm glad I have screen captures of leander, Cedar park, flomo, Hebron, reagan and ctj from 2015 on my lap top. Whish I would have known it'd be this hard to find them later. I would have saved them all.

Well in the early season being the only one showing a complete idea for the judges has a huge GE advantage. That's what makes the extra rehearsal time worth it.

Correct but it's all tied together, good performance quality is required for the GE to have its full effect.

Even more from GE since Vista took the visual caption.

The LISD south trio is going to have to be pretty clean to beat ctj. It's really hard to compete against a full show in the GE caption simply because they're going to be the only ones presenting a completed idea to the judges. Still not sure how I feel about the amount of musical callbacks in the opener. They do sound great though.

Found a video of leander from last night. Gotta say, if they keep up this level of week to week improvement the sky is the limit. I'm honestly blown away.