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Ok, I have to weigh in on this.  Since when did parity become the goal?  This is a volunteer extracurricular activity with much more to do with the broader education of a student than a great band show.  What you do with what you have is the real objective here.  The fact is, certain programs, communities, districts etc. have more money and/or are willing to spend more money fine arts.  I've seen some incredible band shows with very little money investment and I've seen huge schools who put vast amounts of resources for a very mediocre result.
 
This is the arts...if they want go karts then they should have go karts.  This is supposed to be about continual evolution (which is why so many people have issues with the UIL system).  I can say with certainty that I see no program that does it the way I did it many years ago.....and you know what??  GOOD!  It was great for the time and it keeps on evolving.  I find it particularly enjoyable just to see what kind of things people can come up with artistically when there AREN'T limitations.
 
UIL and BOA both have a huge responsibility and do a fantastic job at setting a level playing field.  Now, what can you do with that - that's where the fun starts.

Ok, I have to weigh in on this.  Since when did parity become the goal?  This is a volunteer extracurricular activity with much more to do with the broader education of a student than a great band show.  What you do with what you have is the real objective here.  The fact is, certain programs, communities, districts etc. have more money and/or are willing to spend more money fine arts.  I've seen some incredible band shows with very little money investment and I've seen huge schools who put vast amounts of resources for a very mediocre result.
 
This is the arts...if they want go karts then they should have go karts.  This is supposed to be about continual evolution (which is why so many people have issues with the UIL system).  I can say with certainty that I see no program that does it the way I did it many years ago.....and you know what??  GOOD!  It was great for the time and it keeps on evolving.  I find it particularly enjoyable just to see what kind of things people can come up with artistically when there AREN'T limitations.
 
UIL and BOA both have a huge responsibility and do a fantastic job at setting a level playing field.  Now, what can you do with that - that's where the fun starts.

Ok, I have to weigh in on this.  Since when did parity become the goal?  This is a volunteer extracurricular activity with much more to do with the broader education of a student than a great band show.  What you do with what you have is the real objective here.  The fact is, certain programs, communities, districts etc. have more money and/or are willing to spend more money fine arts.  I've seen some incredible band shows with very little money investment and I've seen huge schools who put vast amounts of resources for a very mediocre result.
 
This is the arts...if they want go karts then they should have go karts.  This is supposed to be about continual evolution (which is why so many people have issues with the UIL system).  I can say with certainty that I see no program that does it the way I did it many years ago.....and you know what??  GOOD!  It was great for the time and it keeps on evolving.  I find it particularly enjoyable just to see what kind of things people can come up with artistically when there AREN'T limitations.
 
UIL and BOA both have a huge responsibility and do a fantastic job at setting a level playing field.  Now, what can you do with that - that's where the fun starts.

Thanks for the clarification JeremiahW...BUT this still is hard to follow or understand.
I could argue that Leander should be ahead of Vandegrift but the facts you state are true.  Though Leander tied Vandy at UIL and Vandy won the tie break -.even though Leander's show is much more of a BOA show than a UIL (which Vandy's is)
 
But hey, I like it in the fact that it gets us all talking.  It's just a prediction haha...and that's the fun of it all!
 
It's just hard to believe that Hornrank has Leander ranked ahead of the prediction which is odd.  Seems like they would follow each other.  Kind of like in football, if the number 3 team is playing the number 7 team, it's almost unheard of that the number 7 team would be favored to win.
 
At end of day - March the show and let's all have some fun and enjoy these incredible programs.  I'll be cheering for Leander (obviously) haha.

Ok, I have to weigh in on this.  Since when did parity become the goal?  This is a volunteer extracurricular activity with much more to do with the broader education of a student than a great band show.  What you do with what you have is the real objective here.  The fact is, certain programs, communities, districts etc. have more money and/or are willing to spend more money fine arts.  I've seen some incredible band shows with very little money investment and I've seen huge schools who put vast amounts of resources for a very mediocre result.
 
This is the arts...if they want go karts then they should have go karts.  This is supposed to be about continual evolution (which is why so many people have issues with the UIL system).  I can say with certainty that I see no program that does it the way I did it many years ago.....and you know what??  GOOD!  It was great for the time and it keeps on evolving.  I find it particularly enjoyable just to see what kind of things people can come up with artistically when there AREN'T limitations.
 
UIL and BOA both have a huge responsibility and do a fantastic job at setting a level playing field.  Now, what can you do with that - that's where the fun starts.