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I think we will see less of the Covid mandates. the current wave has flattened and now on a decline in most of the Texas Metro areas. by the time BOA Austin rolls around we should be seeing people with a booster shots. At some point we are going to have to accept that Covid is here and likely to be around a while longer but may never go away. at some point we have to get on with our lives. whatever their reason, I look forward to seeing them at State and at Grand Nats
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that is my concern as well - burnout, if you look at the programs that are going to Grand Nats, they are looking at 7 performances in a 9 day span. 4 in the Alamo dome and then 3 in Indy. Reagan and CTJ have the advantage of sleeping in their own beds with no long bus rides after their shows in the dome. but even then, those are some very long days and then the immediately head out to Indy - hopefully all are flying and not doing that long bus ride to Indy. Good Luck to all of them as they prepare to run their gauntlet of band competitions. the directors are going to have their work cut out for them in keeping them motivated through that stretch.
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2021 BOA Austin (Sept. 25)
CTJBandPops replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
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2021 BOA Austin (Sept. 25)
CTJBandPops replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
I have bolded the programs that I think are the likely finalist for BOA Austin - this is based on history and does not take into account the 2020 Covid pause. we still do not know what that impact will have, as all programs will have both a freshman and sophomore class that will be seeing their first real BOA marching season, and many will have 2 classes that have never marched competitively. Just my thoughts, but I think that the medal race at this event will be between (in Alpha Order) - the great thing will be seeing them again a few weeks later in the same stadium - plus Reagan - for the TMC Event - THAT will be the event to see Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX Leander H.S., TX Vandegrift H.S., TX Vista Ridge H.S., TX Anderson H.S., TXAnn Richards School, TXBastrop H.S., TXBurleson Centennial H.S., TXBurnet H.S., TXCedar Park H.S., TXCedar Ridge H.S., TXClaudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TXEastview H.S., TXHendrickson H.S., TXJames Bowie H.S., TXLake Travis H.S., TXLeander H.S., TXLubbock-Cooper H.S., TXPflugerville H.S., TXPrinceton H.S., TXRound Rock H.S., TXRouse H.S., TXStony Point H.S., TXVandegrift H.S., TXVista Ridge H.S., TXWeiss H.S., TXWestlake H.S., TXWestwood H.S., TX -
for those of you that are planning on attending BOA Grand Nationals but do not have access to a program that is attending to join their group purchase for a block of seats. The BOA Grand Nationals tickets will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday Sept 1st - if you need to purchase tickets, please keep a close eye on it as we do not know at this point what the Covid-19 social distancing will look like in December. Most attending schools that are attending will do block orders so they can sit together but there are reserved options for Semi's and reserved and club level options for Finals. I have attached the options and pricing for semis and finals for your review - again - opening 9/1 SemiFinals.TICKETMAP.pdf TICKET.MAPFINAL.pdf
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These are the bands that I have confirmed are attending - I would be surprised to get an announcement that late, that is a big amount of money to throw together that late. but if it happens, I would work with the vendor to see if we could adjust for the second opening of the webstore in late August. if there is another band out there that is planning to go they have done a great job keeping it a secret.
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2021 BOA McAllen (Sept. 18)
CTJBandPops replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
nice - can't wait to see them join the BOA ranks representing NISD and San Antonio -
Sorry, this past week I reached out to the directors/boosters from all the programs and some asked that we hold off on launching the store until Monday July 15th with so many of their families out of town for summer trips/vacation. the first round of the store will run from 7/15 through 8/15 and will ship the week of Sept 6th. the second order window will be 8/30 to 10/3 and will ship the week of 10/25 All proceeds with be shared with the schools attending so be sure to pick the school you are supporting when you place your order. Have a safe and happy 4th of July. I will share the link here when we open the store. I tried to attach the PDF of the products here, but it is too big. I will post today on the "#teamtexas 2021 Grand Nats Facebook page"
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just a reminder to join our Facebook page "#teamtexas 2021 Grand Nats" #teamtexas will open the first round of the team store with shirts, hoodies, hats, etc on July 2nd - be sure to get your #teamtexas swag and support the (7) 2021 team texas programs making the trek to Indy in November. all are welcome to join in the fun and follow the season to see if Kevin will remain in the Lone Star State.
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2021 BOA McAllen (Sept. 18)
CTJBandPops replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
I am a fan of Brandeis and could see a medal for them - I think the early favorite to win would be John B Alexander for this one. -
2021 BOA Austin (Sept. 25)
CTJBandPops replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Texas UIL counts school enrollment of 9th - 12th graders. BOA only counts 10-12th grade students as they are a national circuit and while Texas middle schools are 6-8 and High School is 9-12, the west coast is 7/8th for middle school and in the east and others do middle school 7-9 and 10-12th for High School. When Texas schools open and explode with transfers and the new freshman class does not count for BOA you get some big programs that compete in the lower classes of BOA - it is usually an advantage as it is a smaller pool of schools that compete in those classes -
2021 BOA DFW (Oct. 9)
CTJBandPops replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
I like your thought process here - it may change in the coming months but I like where you started here -
if you want to say that the CTJ program is privileged, it is only because we have hundreds of parents that put in thousands of hours to fundraise and support the program like every other program in the state. make no mistake, the program struggles with funding like every other program in the state and work tirelessly to ensure that no student is turned away from performing due to funding and that is no easy task. to clarify, CTJ does not have a "cash cow" in whataburger as it is not that kind of sponsorship, CTJ does not attend 6 BOA regionals a year - they are going to Austin (90 miles away) and BOASA (in our back yard, that our program serves as the host school) CTJ does not attend GNats every 2 years - while they were there in 2019, that was the 3rd trip in their 13 year history. to imply that CTJ is just about placements tells me that you know nothing about the program and what it teaches our kids. at the end of the day it is about putting the best performance on the field and being proud of that accomplishment and knowing that you gave it everything you had. the program has been known to stick to their style of entertaining the crowd, even at the expense of the norms of UIL and such. at no time did I state or imply that Wills Point, Whitesboro, or any other program should not attend grand nats - just that I do not understand why a program would make that investment to attend without first competing at a local BOA regional. that was all, and had nothing to do with "cancelling" them or exercising my privilege as you have stated. if you took something from my earlier posts that implied that I was somehow putting down Wills Point or any other program, I apologize, as that was never my intent, and would appreciate you not making your privilege comments about the CTJ program based on something you took from my post, our kids deserve better than that.
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without a doubt - I am sure that there are many schools such as the ones in the West that do not have much BOA to speak due to where they are located that make the trek - but for a Texas band that has 6 regionals and a super regional within the state would not take advantage of those shows before making that kind of financial investment of Indy. again, just my thoughts
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Whitesboro attended BOA Austin in 2016 (finished 30th of 31 Bands) BOA Dallas (finished 29th of 31 Bands) before competing at Grand Nationals (79th of 100 Bands) that year I do not see that they competed in BOA prior to that or that they have done BOA since that time. it appears that they do non-BOA events like teh HEB marching contest, so I would assume that it was 1 year "dip your toes in" kinda thing.
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not sure if there has been but most directors that are going to Grand Nats want to get in front of the judges a few times in the season to get the judges comments on the show. many times the judges that are at the larger BOA events are also the judges that are at Grand Nats and that input is valuable as BOA does not judge/score the same as the non-BOA or UIL events