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We will be Live Blogging from BOTH the DFW and McAllen BOA Regionals this week! http://live.txbands.com/ or if you are having trouble: https://www.24liveblog.com/live/2053439aa53e11e78ecaf23c919295de It's all about Texas this week in BOA-Land! Both BOA Regionals this week are in Texas and we are going to be covering both of them here in the blog today. The two Regionals are 525 miles apart from eachother, that's about the same distance as from Dallas to St. Louis. There are tons of storylines and subplots going on at these two Regionals and Daniel Valdez covered a lot of them on the two most recent episodes of The DanPodcast, so check them out. DanPodcasts: - DFW - https://youtu.be/8ARZhnt_eFc - McAllen - Live Video Streaming is available for all BOA events via a FloMarching subscription for $29.99/month or $149.99/year. - DFW - http://bit.ly/2xMF5Zv - McAllen - http://bit.ly/2xPDrXf

I will check into that. Thanks for pointing it out.

More contests have been added. If you have contests you want added, be sure to submit them on the predictions page!

I already did last night!

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Predictions are up for the first 2 weeks of the season!

Yes. We will get the predictions page going this weekend.

Just as an FYI, San Antonio MacArthur did win UIL State several times in the 1980s.

BOA Midland Prelims Schedule: 9:15 - Bellevue West (Nebraska) 9:30 - Monterey 9:45 - San Angelo Central 10:00 - Estacado 10:15 - Pecos 10:30 - Del Rio 10:45 - Coronado Break 11:45 - Sherman 12:00 - Lake View 12:15 - Frenship 12:30 - Midland Lee 12:45 - LV Berkner 1:00 - Seguin 1:15 - Lubbock 1:30 - Permian Break 2:15 - Lubbock-Cooper 2:30 - Lewisville 2:45 - Clovis 3:00 - Claudia Taylor Johnson 3:15 - McNeil 3:30 - Timber Creek 3:45 - Plainview 4:00 - Keller Fossil Ridge

That has me very intrigued. The music in FF4 (FF2 in the US) was very emotional. Into The Darkness would fit with the theme, but others would work well too like Fight1 and Fight2 or even Dancing Calcobrena.

Conroe Prelims Schedule: 7:00 - Cy-Springs 7:15 - William B Travis 7:30 - Bridgeland 7:45 - Ridge Point 8:00 - The Woodlands College Park 8:15 - Seven Lakes 8:30 - Winston Churchill 8:45 - Friendswood 9:00 - James E Taylor Break 9:45 - Klein Oak 10:00 - Cy-Creek 10:15 - Stony Point 10:30 - Cinco Ranch 10:45 - Pearland 11:00 - James Bowie 11:15 - Brazoswood 11:30 - Weiss Break 12:30 - The Woodlands 12:45 - Waller 1:00 - Clear Brook 1:15 - Klein Collins 1:30 - Round Rock 1:45 - Alvin 2:00 - Leander 2:15 - Coppell Break 3:00 - Cy-Fair 3:15 - Oak Ridge 3:30 - Hendrickson 3:45 - Langham Creek 4:00 - Obra D Tompkins 4:15 - Morton Ranch 4:30 - Vandegrift 4:45 - Ronald Reagan

That's a lot better than a face made for radio!

You hit the nail right on the head! I am definitely super introverted, but I try really hard to act extroverted; that was an awesome way that you phrased that. That's one of the things that I love about this activity; it's a different world that is in many ways separated from the "real" world and we all get to be whatever we want to build ourselves into regardless of who we are elsewhere. And the stretching of self this has given me has even manifested itself and helped me grow in everything that I do. I can give presentations to large groups at work with confidence instead of curling up into my introverted ball of fear in the corner. The fear still twinges, but the forced extroversion I have put myself through here has given me the tools with which to push that aside and know that no wording is perfect, everyone understands that, and that is ok.

Just got word from BOA that there will be TWO exhibition bands at this Regional. Missouri State after Prelims and The Commandant's Own United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps after Finals!

Also much of The Valley, Corpus, and Victoria areas. Please be safe and evacuate if suggested.

I know a whole lot of graduated parents from lots of different bands that still go to all the competitions (at least the local ones) and many of the football game half-times.

Yup, South of I-20 and East of I-45 has a high likelihood of being Military. I still love the legendary Kingwood 1998 show that won both 1st place Marching votes in 5A State Prelims and only barely missed 5A State Finals (largest classification at the time). I saw that show live from the stands of Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco my senior year and I was amazed.

As of July 7th, KC is no longer on the Atlanta list on Music For All's website.

I know it's more than a bit late, but I was reading through this thread again and wanted to check off just how many of these things actually happened. (1) Coppell placed 4th in Finals (3) Keller placed 4th in Prelims (1st in Finals, though) (4) Duncanville was 1st in Prelims and only behind Keller in Finals (3) Duncanville was 1st in Prelims and only behind Keller in Finals (4) Keller was 1st in Finals (1) Close but not quite. LD Bell tied Coppell for 2nd (Bell won tie breaker). (2) LD Bell was 3rd in Finals. (3) Timber Creek placed 7th and 6th ahead of Keller Central which was 10th in both. (3) Plano East was 9th in Prelims and 5th in Finals to advance to State.

I have 6A D 2nd behind 6A B mostly because of the realignment pushing a few finalists into the new Area H.

Don't forget Trinity in the predictions. They have been growing pretty steadily and ended up just one spot out of 6A Area B Finals last year which was by far the hardest Area to make Finals in. They could be pushing for a bubble spot here.

There is a James Madison HS in Dallas. As far as other bands "in the city of Dallas", that really depends on what we are talking about. Dallas ISD? Dallas city borders but can be other ISD's? Dallas County? Dallas Metroplex? DFW Metroplex? Exurbs like Frisco, Denton, and McKinney? If we are just talking Dallas ISD, then Skyline is probably the best. The city of Highland Park is wholly surrounded by the city of Dallas as is pretty close to Downtown, so if we include them, then Highland Park is the best. If we want to talk ISDs where the HS campus happens to be within city of Dallas' borders, then Lake Highlands from Richardson ISD is also up there.

You can't validly compare scores at two different contests (even if the same circuit) on two different weeks. The amount that the raw score is influenced by what how you compare to the other bands at the competition is very significant.

Pulling up the old threads! I have a LOT more gray in my hair now.

Not only is this venue bad for acoustics, it is a logistical nightmare for getting bands in/out.