ChristopherRoden

I thought Carmel and Avon had nice big sounds, but maybe my expectations were just too high. I thought other bands out played them today and had harder material that showed better musicianship. I'd love to be educated on why these two bands have been on top. I'm pretty critical and thought TW and Hebron were better overall, even Bentonville had moments that put them higher in my opinion. 

Semis high cams!! 
Missing Bartlett bc Box5 crash & Carroll bc after their unfortunate issues their start caught me off guard lol
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yeah not sure what's gonna happen, would be surprised if it's a caption sweep in 4A but ive been surprised many times before. i swear if it's another Carmel sweep.... lol
now Hebron on the other hand...

You wil!! 

We have roughly 130 9th graders on this field. The sky is the limit for this group. Not the strongest run just hope we make it through 

Pearland will easily be in finals, maybe top half even, but I think they have a better run in them for tonight. 

Yeah I heard it as well but they will be fine I'd Imagine, just may place a little lower in semis 

we had to perform without podiums. don’t know what happened but they got left behind

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Far left was on podium, middle on a ladder and right on ground. 

Overall, Keller’s effect is SO GOOD. Their ballad is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. A couple of musically exposed moments seemed to not go their way this afternoon, I’m worried how that may affect them, but the strength of that closer just moved me to tears, and I hope the judges too. That closer may be my favorite Mahler 2 rendition from a high school!

A TX group winning vis may actually happen this year- good lord TWHS! A repeat win after a decade may be in order :0

Now that Avon show I WOULD consider to be technically superior lol. I LOVE how they make Pictures at an Exhibition completely their own. It feels like the most artful show of the day (so far.)

Really enjoyed that performance from Kiski Area! Will be interesting to see how Dartmouth responses, but that was a very solid run. Staging for the guard is great, a couple errors, but they performed so well in the ballad, really liked that moment a lot! Drill was very clean, and music was very good, would love to see them again in AA exhibition, great job Kiski Area! 

I’m absolutely sure I’m going to end up eating my words later, but outside of that ballad, I didn’t feel like I just watched an eagle-winning show. I’m personally much more partial to their drill in 2022 and their emotional impact in 2018. Again, it’s all personal taste for me up at the top. I feel there are other top-tier groups with cleaner shows that pack a more emotional punch. All together, still an incredible show with one of the most powerful visuals of the year in that ballad!

Carmel performed their show well. I just never connect with them. There’s also not a single caption in my personal opinion that I would give to them. They’ll do absolutely just fine here, maybe even winning, but I don’t see the Carmel appeal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Wow Carmel, I mean holy cow! It's not going to be easy for a group to top this show. Ik Avon was over them at ISSMA, but surely this isn't the same quality performance that they gave then. Execution is off the charts, love the music, not a huge fan of the design and struggle to understand/connect to the show, and honestly is why I think Hebron many slightly edge them out. And while the drill was very well executed, it felt like it was a lot of box drill/square formations, and least IMO, really will come down to the judge's thoughts/preferences, but wow that was really good, amazing job Carmel! 

Carmel performed their show well. I just never connect with them. There’s also not a single caption in my personal opinion that I would give to them. They’ll do absolutely just fine here, maybe even winning, but I don’t see the Carmel appeal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Carmel performed their show well. I just never connect with them. There’s also not a single caption in my personal opinion that I would give to them. They’ll do absolutely just fine here, maybe even winning, but I don’t see the Carmel appeal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Carmel performed their show well. I just never connect with them. There’s also not a single caption in my personal opinion that I would give to them. They’ll do absolutely just fine here, maybe even winning, but I don’t see the Carmel appeal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Carmel performed their show well. I just never connect with them. There’s also not a single caption in my personal opinion that I would give to them. They’ll do absolutely just fine here, maybe even winning, but I don’t see the Carmel appeal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

I fear Bentonville has (deservedly!) nabbed a coveted finals slot, blocking a TX school from making it in. They have quite a cute and visually popping show with music achievement that other ‘cute’ shows lack. I’d love for them to make the pilgrimage down to San Antonio soon!

It's their music that will be their detriment. 

Fisher’s show is very charming, and I quite like the design, but I just don’t think the music performance/tone quality is there compared to other bubble groups. 

I heard a lot of hoopla about Fishers on a certain other website. They’re certainly a crowd pleaser! It’s definitely a fun show. I’m thinking Bowie may be sitting closer to the finals cutoff than I thought! Musically, even the higher-tier Indiana schools seem to be no match for that classic TX sound! I’m wondering if GE judges will reward Fishers’ very cute production, though.