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With Rosemount right in between them. That will be a very interesting comparison to make.

I actually have a company iPhone that I use grudgingly. I just updated it so I haven't had the pleasure? of finding out much about this update yet.

Apple? What's that?

Early season it is usually based on history and general comments and bootleg videos, no real data. By now, there should be enough to start making reasonable estimates, however people are still using history and personal expectations for predictions, which is also normal. My list would not match the one that came up, nor would yours. I also am convinced that many people here are discounting the Houston regional vs the others, and I think that is a mistake. But hey, I could be wrong too.

Saw a video of North Shore from the Galena Park contest, and I also think they will be strong here.

So I'll be in the press box for this one again this year. Looking forward to watching all the bands!

Since it isn't a 100% indicator, it is possible for another program to win. All the programs will be significantly better by SA, and the goals of each program will differ. However, a strong showing at SA is really necessary for those attending GN. Could they win? Sure. Watching the shows from the GN attendees shows they have significant room to grow. They are taking on more challenges as they have the extra 2 weeks to perfect the shows. What will the state be at SA? Don't know, but they must be strong shows by then in order to have a chance at the Eagle.

Good luck and have a happy career.

Don't mix visual performance with visual ingenuity. You can perform not so well written drill very well and get a good performance score. Where the suffering in the BOA world comes in is visual GE. Reagan won VGE in 2018, but not in 15, 16, or 17. Also, check your numbers for 2017 - I see 6th place visual performance and 4th place VGE. So VGE placements: 2015 5th, 2016 9th, 2017 4th, 2018 1st. Throw in the 12th place finish at GN's in 2016, and I think that starts to support Rubisco's point very well. Take it as a compliment as it was intended, not a slight.

Wonder how long until he gets shut down this time?

Purely my opinion, and there is a post I made earlier before the scores were announced where I predicted they may break 90. I wasn't far off. That show was a late season show (not end of season show). It was a full show, polished, and clean. So far, as of October 5, no show we have seen at a BOA contest is particularly close. By San Antonio that won't be true of course. I am strongly of the opinion their score was NOT inflated, it really was that good musically and visually. I think they were shooting for beating CTJ's earliest season 90+ score, as there is a bit of a rivalry there, but I am absolutely speculating on that point, and not trying to open a can of worms.

Don't know. This contest uses the BOA scoring system (not modified in any way). So music GE is 40%, visual GE is 20%, music performance is 20% (mpi and mpe averaged), and visual performance is 20% (vpi and vpe averaged). They do have captions for guard and percussion, but those scores are not part of the placement.

Before it gets yanked, there is a "not reagan band" video from Saturday night floating around. Highly recommended viewing if you haven't seen it, or even if you have. Vista Ridge also has a video up of their exhibition at the VR Marching Festival. Probably not going to be yanked as it is their official channel I believe.

It is a little eye opening to watch the replays on Flo without sound. Focus on the visual program. I am forming some contrary opinions based on what I am seeing, at least visually. Just a note, going to keep opinions to myself, as there are many unfinished shows.

Added the period at the end for youtube videos.

Gutsy - I like it!

I'll put the positive spin on this - TWHS already started the slog of overtaking Reagan by cutting 0.75 points off their lead between prelims and finals. And this was with Reagan increasing their score by 1.5 points. Still 2.9 points to make up, and a month to do it.

Forgot to link to official info: https://www.twhsband.org/event-schedule1.html

Judging Panel: Dena Anderson Levi Chavis Ivan De La Cruz Wayne Downey Dave Glyde Matt Hartwell Brian Mason KC Michel Kyle Miller Michael Raiford

So Brazoswood is confirmed as a late add. Schedule is: 10:45 AM BRAZOSWOOD HS 11:00 AM KLEIN HS 11:15 AM CHURCHILL FULSHEAR HS 11:30 AM MONTGOMERY HS 11:45 AM KLEIN CAIN HS 12:00 PM NEW CANEY HS 12:15 PM PASADENA MEMORIAL HS 1:15 PM PORTER HS 1:30 PM CANEY CREEK HS 1:45 PM SPLENDORA HS 2:00 PM GRAND OAKS HS 2:15 PM MAGNOLIA WEST HS 2:30 PM KLEIN OAK HS 2:45 PM OAK RIDGE HS 3:15 PM DICKINSON HS 3:30 PM SPRING HS 3:45 PM WILLIS HS 4:00 PM COLLEGE PARK HS 4:15 PM NORTH SHORE HS 4:30 PM KLEIN COLLINS HS

Take a look through the scores, you'll see several variations just like that. Prosper for example was 9th with one and 16th with the other, so the same ordinal difference. At our contest, TWHS was 3rd with one and 9th with the other. It happens and is totally legit. GE is a little tricky, and most of us don't really know what the judges are looking for to get a high GE score, and since they are different people looking for/at different things, then there will often be ordinal/score variations like that, especially when there are 30+ bands (let alone 90 or 100+ at San Antonio or Grand Nationals (ok, 80+ at GN this year)). Keller Central made finals, which probably means that overall the judges got it right. That is really what is most important - get the right bands in finals so they can be judged directly against each other.

Or they had a better run in finals? As we know, the prelims results don't lock in the finals results, and bands that maybe didn't give their best performance in prelims knock it out in finals (and vice versa). It is also possible that TWHS used some of the practice time they lost due to rain this week to have a rehearsal after their prelims run.

I also think there have been more completed shows, which will cause scores to go up.

No. Check what happened last year - Winston Churchill went from a 73.60 to a 80.30, Vandegrift went from a 82.30 to 88.00, Bowie went from 80.05 to 85.45. So sizable jumps in 1 week can and do happen.

Then we will just have to disagree. Clear Brook and Pearland had enough oomph in my view to break 80 - Clear Brook with good GE due to the story they told with solid music, and Pearland a more balanced presentation. I didn't see SFA in finals so can't comment.