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  1. 2017 BOA DFW & McAllen Live Blog

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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.

    - McAllen - http://bit.ly/2xPDrXf

  9. BOA Midland

    in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive

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    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

  11. BOA Conroe

    in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive

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    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

  13. Need a Pick-me-up or a Laugh? Try the Podcast 3000!*

    in Events on TxBands.com

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    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.

  17. Best Bands in east Texas

    in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more

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    isn't military style very prominent there as well?

    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.

  19. 2016 6A Area B

    in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive

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    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.

    Plausible and not altogether unlikely scenarios:

    (1) Coppell places fifth or higher in finals.

    (2) Haltom places third or higher in finals.

    (3) Either Keller or Duncanville does not place in the top three in either finals or prelims.

    (4) Duncanville places over either Keller or L.D. Bell in either prelims or finals.

    (5) Either Trinity or Fossil Ridge makes finals.

    (6) Keller Central places fifth or higher in finals.

    (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

     

    Plausible but less likely scenarios:

    (1) Haltom does not place in the top five in finals but two of Martin, Coppell, and Keller Central do.

    (2) James Martin, Haltom, and Keller Central place in the top six in finals while Coppell does not.

    (3) Duncanville places over both L.D. Bell and Keller in either prelims or finals.

    (4) Keller places over both Duncanville and L.D. Bell in either prelims or finals.

    (3) Duncanville was 1st in Prelims and only behind Keller in Finals

    (4) Keller was 1st in Finals

     

    Possible, but very unlikely scenarios:

    (1) Two of L.D. Bell, Keller, or Duncanville tie either in prelims or in finals.

    (2) L.D. Bell places third or lower in finals.

    (3) Timber Creek places higher than either Coppell or Keller Central in either prelims or finals.

    (4) Both James Martin and Haltom place in the top three in finals while neither Duncanville nor Keller places below fifth.

    (5) None of Haltom, Martin, or Coppell takes third or fourth in finals, but two of L.D. Bell, Keller, Duncanville, and Keller Central do.

    (6) Haltom places first or second or ties for first or second in either prelims or finals. 

    (7) Finals is rained out.

    (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.

     

    Very improbable scenarios:

    (1) Only one of L.D. Bell, Duncanville, Keller, or Haltom places in the top three while both Coppell and James Martin do, in finals.

    (2) Either L.D. Bell or Duncanville does not advance.

    (3) A band placing lower than seventh in prelims advances to state in finals.

    (4) Coppell places fifth or lower in prelims, but then places third or higher in finals.

    (3) Plano East was 9th in Prelims and 5th in Finals to advance to State.

  22. Best bands in Dallas (The city, not the competition)

    in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more

    Posted

    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.

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