LeanderMomma

I was thinking Bellevue West was from Nebraska???

Looks like Gonzales and United dropped out of the competition is all. Edit: After looking again, I see the word "Laredo" in front of United. So obviously I was wrong. Hey, even I can admit that every now and then!

Oh No! I'm so sorry to hear not only that you're ill, but also that you'll miss that amazing BOA experience. Bummer all around. :/ Get better fast and make a trip to San Antonio!

None better than CTJ to give that area a taste of how amazing, yet wildly unusual, high school marching band can be. Good for them. BOA ambassadors indeed!! Have a safe trip!

Wow. At this point I can not fathom there being less than 14 finalists at a Super Regional. Imagine if only 10 bands made finals in SA! I just can't.

Well now that I think about, that stat may have been on the MFA forums. Edit: yep...MFA. It says "Most users ever online was 612 at 08:38 PM on 05-25-2015." Wonder why...

Yeah, it's good to see those 2 old men participating so much this season. I'm just a kid, myself. I lurked for several years before deciding last Spring to make an official account and start chatting. I wish I had done it sooner, when my band kid was still in HS. I'm not sure what stopped me! I'm definitely not a shy person. I guess I thought the site was more for band experts and students. But I'm glad to see so many parents contributing. It certainly makes for a more well rounded discussion. Did you ever notice the stat at the bottom of the page that shows the most posters ever on a single day? It's some random date in May! What the heck could have been happening that particular May day to cause such a stir? Any of you old coots remember that day and can shed some light on it for me? Thanks for responding Mr LHSax. Were you a Leander student or does the L stand for something else?

I'd be curious as to what your professional opinion is as to why that is. Is it because Avon is coming down? Or the bands are just more ramped up this year? A mixture of both perhaps? Or is interest in general just increasing exponentially from year to year!

Now we just gotta get Jeremiah and his crew on board.

I love a bold prediction like that! Stealing captions from CTJ....very interesting indeed.

heh, well I did both! I'm a singer and a flautist. I loved marching band, concert band, and singing in the choir. Now I work with small children and so I still pretty much get to do all of those things.

Some guy named Dan the Band Man has posted quite a few FloMarching videos of late. Perhaps you can find your band there.

You're predicting Marcus to win or just be in finals? That's BOLD man! I love it!!

My Leander kiddo chose not to do band at Texas State because she knew that it would be a bit of a let down after high school band. I think she's regretting it a bit now as many of her Leander cohorts are in the TXST band, but she is enjoying coming to the BOA competitions with me.

Ahhh, so it was SDOC that did that show. I was trying to remember just the other day who it was. Everyone definitely enjoyed that one! I always like a show with a good punch line.

Heh, well I wasn't trying to hide anything. I've been "Cindy" a heckuva lot longer than I've been "LeanderMomma." No secret there!

Nothing fishy about it at all, young man.

That's heresy I tell ya! It is not simply just marching band...it is EVERYTHING! But alas, what more can we expect from a self proclaimed bone head.

Hang in there and hurry back to Texas!

That's pretty cool. Sounds like you traded one great football/marching band area for another! Lucky you.

Really??!

The stadium looks nice! I would love to travel that direction and see a contest there sometime. I am surprised to hear that a band from Nebraska would drive so far; however, maybe it's not so very far after all. I'm also a little curious as to why CTJ is headed up there when they could easily do DFW or Conroe along with coming to Austin of course. Obviously they will do extremely well there so perhaps it's for the guaranteed win? That would certainly be a morale booster for them late in the season. But you are right, it will be a real treat for the other band students there and their parents as well. I had forgotten that Seguin had done that for the Rockport band. It definitely brought tears to my eyes when I first heard that story. Good stuff right there. I hope they do extremely well in Midland. Great job as usual, Daniel. I think you could have a career in this stuff.

okay now I'm really hoping it happens!

How crazy would it be if Hendrickson won?! I would totally love that. Of course it would only add to the conflict of trying to adequately predict San Antonio!