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Hebron killed me. The fact that high school kids are able to perform like that is absolutely unreal. It's jaw-dropping.

Love love loved Keller this morning.

No no no, this was just a list of five shows that I enjoyed the most. Not thinking a ton about placements to be honest. Just enjoying the shows and experience. Round Rocks show is a lot to digest, and I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way. It’s so non stop and constant that everything flies by so fast and before you know it moments have passed and you just missed them. I look forward to watching this one a few more times over the next week through GN to be able to process it all. I think they’ve made some great changes and LOVE the new visual aesthetic, just comes down to my personal taste. If I did a top five ranking who knows what would happen, I’ll leave that to the guys in green. It’s hard enough trying to predict it!

Missed the first block, and thinking in terms of shows I just loved: - CTJ - Leander - Vista Ridge - Hendrickson - Cedar Ridge The energy and effect of CTJs show was overwhelming. Never ever ever experienced anything like that opening hit from a high school band in person. That was nuclear. Leander has really transformed and changed that show into something incredibly interesting and super exciting. They’ve done a ton to really enhance the thematic side of things and it really shows. Vista Ridge was the surprise of the day, knew they were good but WOW they sold that show for everything it’s got. The amount of raw power they can push was met by only a few today. Great stuff. The energy from Hendrickson’s fans was pretty infectious, and that show is just so so so entertaining and well designed. The ending was easily one of my favorite things I saw today. Just incredibly enthralling. Cedar Ridge has had one of my favorite shows all season and they didn’t disappoint. Such an accessible and friendly show that’s impossible not to love. And that Rodriguez percussion is off the charts. Need to see Ronald Reagan again, LOVE the beginning and end and things they do with the dance team and guard, middle part of the show is just a lot to take in and I look forward to getting that chance again.

Day one of my first BOA San Antonio was great, absolutely incredible performances across the board today, there are definitely a few standouts but congrats to everyone on some great showings! Had a blast helping out with the live blog again, feel so fortunate to be able to do that. Really looking forward to day two.

I’m not so easily deferred. :z

Tis true.

Going up on a Tuesday. I hate myself.

Park Vista! LOVED how they used it too!

It was really quite good last year, excited to see they’re doing it again.

To me there are 8 pretty likely locks and 2 spots that are open for a lot of bands to take. I feel pretty strongly about Roma being one of the 8, this is the best they’ve sounded and especially looked in awhile to me. This show is just delicious to listen to.

Did they try turning it off and on again?

Area A Finalists: Amarillo Bel Air Canyon Cooper (Abilene) Coronado (Lubbock) Del Valle Eastlake Hanks Horizon Lubbock No pereformance order yet.

I am a native. Will fill in when I get home.

These results are a lot.

Cedar Ridge has the kind of show that keeps my love for the activity fresh and makes me excited to keep following. So fun, so easy to get, so WELL performed, and just exploding with energy. Can’t wait to see that one again.

Closer is a Christopher Tin selection I believe. Need to see which one.

That said I think our Texas representatives will do very well this weekend and I wish them the best of luck!

The very nature of our existence in this vast universe which is a little bit more incomprehensibly much to process than this thread given I haven't read it in a week.

This is a lot.

I got home late last night, might throw together a review of the show and my first BOA experience later tonight. Short version is it was life changing awesome. I’m so so so glad I got to go and am super hyped about San Antonio.

Identity compromised. o.o

It was all the time by Saturday night tbh.

Can confirm in stadium. It was a freakin party.

Sioux Falls Lincoln!!! WOW! That was a BLAST here in the dome, and the crowd just ate it up! I would be shocked to not see that again tonight. Fantastic and fun show.