LeanderMomma

Here are the results from the TCGC contest at DSHS. Cadet Novice: Round Rock Cadet Guard 71.480 (1) Westlake Cadets 53.500 (2) Henry Middle School Gold 41.360 (3) Cadet Regional A: Henry Middle School Black 41.080 (1) Novice: Southside High School Colorguard 74.700 (1) Austin HS 65.720 (2) Waco HS 55.640 (3) Nixon-Smiley High School 45.360 (4) Scholastic JV Regional A: Westlake JV 69.080 (1) Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders JV 67.040 (2) Hutto HS JV 64.040 (3) Hays High School JV 62.840 (4) Dripping Springs HS JV 62.540 (5) Hendrickson HS JV 60.160 (6) Smithson Valley JV 57.340 (7) Stony Point HS JV 56.080 (8) Cedar Park HS JV 53.600 (9) San Angelo Central JV Winterguard 51.040 (10) Scholastic Regional A (2 rounds): Red Round: Hutto HS 74.320 (1) Pflugerville HS 73.720 (2) Liberal Arts and Science Academy 64.120 (3) Akins HS 59.420 (4) Manor HS Winterguard 55.180 (5) Axtell Winter Guard 54.940 (6) Shoemaker HS 54.820 (7) Tivy HS Winterguard 49.900 (8) Blue Round: Robert Vela High School 79.860 (1) Manor New Tech Winterguard 72.740 (2) San Angelo Central Varsity Winterguard 65.500 (3) Palmview HS Performance Ensemble 62.860 (4) Lampasas High School 62.780 (5) East View HS 62.180 (6) Navarro Winterguard 58.060 (7) McCallum HS 55.840 (8) Scholastic AA: Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Varsity 65.600 (1) Copperas Cove HS 65.520 (2) Belton HS 62.150 (3) Elgin HS 60.120 (4) Stony Point High School Color Guard 59.510 (5) Jarrell HS 56.520 (6) Harker Heights HS 56.500 (7) Scholastic A: John B. Connally HS 66.620 (1) Cedar Ridge HS A 59.620 (2) James Earl Rudder High School 53.030 (3) Scholastic National A: Dripping Springs HS 69.760 (1) Hays HS Varsity 69.580 (2) Cedar Park HS Varsity 69.360 (3) Rouse HS 67.450 (4) Hendrickson HS 65.670 (5) Louis D. Brandeis HS 62.890 (6) Leander HS 62.250 (7) McNeil HS 62.170 (8) Vista Ridge HS 59.220 (9) Westwood High School 59.200 (10) Veterans Memorial Winter Guard (San Antonio) 58.260 (11) Independent A: Origins A 72.770 (1) Scholastic Open: James Bowie HS 67.200 (1) Cedar Ridge HS 56.900 (2) Independent Open: Origins Open 66.800 (1) Independent World: Origins 72.400 (1) Invictus 69.600 (2)

I saw that this morning. 🥹

Brilliant analysis as always @Rubisco Thank you for that! I’m also anxious to see how Clearbrook does again this year after taking second place in Scholastic A at Dayton last year. (Speaking of which, I watched and featured on my Instagram yesterday the show from last year’s Scholastic A winners, Dobyns-Bennett HS, and I was blown away all over again by it! The design and execution of “The Bride” was absolutely off the charts!). I’m ready for another amazing season! I just can’t overstate enough though how disappointing it is that TCGC isn’t streamed live. Surely Flo and TCGC could work together on this! But I digress…

I remember in 2016 those poor Leander kids rode the bus straight from UIL state on Wednesday afternoon back to the Austin airport and literally flew overnight to Indy. It was definitely a whirlwind and a lot of the kids were dealing with injuries by that point, but they had a blast! I’m hopeful they will be a little more rested this time. 🥴😊

Prelims begin on Thursday morning and go through Friday evening. Texas bands usually get Friday performance times since they’re coming from so far away unless they sign up really late or request a Thursday slot.

I bet you’re absolutely dead on with this explanation. I didn’t even consider that! That would definitely explain it because last year they had a nice long extended gap between prelims and finals in order to keep everyone off the field for the hottest part of the day. And they cut the performance times down to 12 min. They definitely couldn’t do this with 30+ bands on the schedule. It was great actually!! I had a nice long time to go eat an early dinner, cool off and get back to the parking lot and in line for finals way before it got brutally long.

lol. Fixed it, thanks!

I definitely don’t understand it. Last season they had 28 bands competing, 25 in 2022, and they had 31 in 2016! I definitely don’t understand this new cutoff number of 24! Unless parking is just that bad, which it kinda is.

I’m finding this information interesting. Here are the enrollment maxes for each BOA contest this fall. Of particular interest to me is the 24 band max for Austin. Has this always been the case (I dont think so!)? And if not, why only 24 bands? Has parking become that difficult at the KRAC?! https://marching.musicforall.org/current-enrollment/

Thanks!!

What even is ATSSB?

Anyone have any thoughts after seeing some of the show premieres yesterday? I wish we could get some streaming service going for all of the Texas circuits!

Me too!!

Name change and location change verified!

WOW!!!!!

No worries!

Actually I think it would be fantastic if they did! Oklahoma has some heavy hitters and we already saw how good Bentonville (AR) was last season. And the Oklahoma and Arkansas kids I’ve spoken to would be absolutely thrilled to compete with some Texas bands somewhere besides Texas and Indiana!

You’re killin me smalls. Arkansas is abbreviated AR. (AK is Alaska 😉).

We’ve been pushing for this for years on HornRank! Heck, just a freakin Regional would be amazing! Between Oklahoma and Arkansas bands alone, it would make for an outstanding Regional!

Kelly Reeves has been confirmed as the venue. Now we’re waiting for the date to be confirmed. For now they’re tentatively saying it will be 9/21.

I love the hotels that are connected to the convention center for sure. They are definitely pricey though. Check out Springhill Suites behind the JW Marriott for a little better price but still mostly an indoor walk to Lucas Oil. Wonderful hotel!

Yes, since their inception, both BOA Austin and the Texas Marching Classic have been held at Kelly Reeves. I’m guessing that they are doing their best to continue this trend but have not yet nailed down the dates.

I remember that so well! I had left the Alamodome as soon as prelims ended so I could jump back in line for finals and grab a good seat. I’ll never forget seeing the Round Rock band kids running out of the stadium in the doors beside where I was standing, and they were absolutely and literally jumping in the air for joy! It was powerful to see how ecstatic they were and everyone around me was as touched and moved as I was by the pure emotion of it all. I definitely cried a little bit watching that! So happy for those kids. ♥️♥️

I’m ready for an Arkansas/Oklahoma invasion! 🥰🥳🤗

Same!!