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CP had a great show.

Fanfare and a country evening, toccata, daydreaming, concerto for orchestra.

Excellent show by JET The Houston area bands are so much better this year with no hurricane.

I thought this was better than last week too.

Ok. I thought we were pretty good. Little biased of course.

That was very good by Tompkins. Enjoyed that one.

Great show br Seven Lakes.

Outstanding performance by Pearland.

I would say SFA absolutely has a finals shot.

Lunchtime. A few clouds are popping up, but no thunderheads in sight now.

Great performance by Cy-Fair.

Brazoswood wow. Great show!

Friendswood had a nice show. Some good moments.

Wow. That was terrific by Bridgeland. I think they have a finals shot.

Good show by Alvin. Had some nice moments.

Outstanding show by Reagan. Loved it!

SFA had a really good show. They are in the running for finals.

Good run by Bowie. The kids kept tripping on the tarp in front, and one girl fell.

Cinco had a nice show. Enjoyed it.

Del Rio was great!

I missed Oak Ridge. Grrr. There was a line at the ticket counter. I let a few Oak Ridge people ahead of me. So I made it for Clear Brook. Very nice show. Certainly in the discussion for finals. Klein Oak is really pushing themselves. I think their show can be really good with more work, but isn't quite there yet. Enjoyed it though. Weather wise I haven't seen this much blue sky for weeks. Already hot...

Agreed. In the four years our band member has been part of this program they've not had a show this far along this early in the season. Still things to add and clean of course, but to my eyes and ears they are in mid to late October form (from recent history) at the end of September. I think this will become the new normal or you fall too far behind to catch up.

That is a good question, and I don't know the answer. I would guess that Joni Perez (or Kyle Witty, or both) has a really good ear for them, and she works with Wayne Downey to make it so. I think I remember reading you were at the exhibition last Friday, so you've heard this year's ballad too, which is also pretty awesome.

I burned up my knees sitting in the stands last year (I didn't think about them as much as face/arms - oops), so I've already checked to be sure the sunscreen is available and ready...

And now it is 40% chance during the day, and still 20% at night. High is now 89F, with that good 'ole "real feel" of about 98F. I'll take the bright side: at least it isn't a real feel of 110F or higher as it was during the summer. It will be a sunscreen day!