LostChoirGuy

Wow! Some of the texas bands moved up even higher than I expected! Jeremiah, you should have said you were looking for Utah results! I live in Utah right now and could easily find out how the bands are doing.

I agree that Highland Park is a good candidate for the last spot in finals. I was choosing between Rouse, Highland Park, Bel Air, and Tomball Memorial. I went with the last just on a whim.

I love how you butter him up first before you beg! Haha

Oh I'm glad that they enforced the legal issues, but I was hoping to see a video of many of the performances this weekend. oh well.

I totally forgot American Fork, UT. They should be at least in the next 10 if not in a top 30 ranking.

Part of it is the fact that results change from prelims to finals, too. While finals results should have more clout, I think its possible that certain bands are comparable such that one would beat the other 8/10 times but based on different judges opinions might lose out on the one time that matters.

1. CTJ 2. Hebron 3. Carmel 4. Vandegrift 5. Avon 6. Broken Arrow 7. Flower Mound 8. Tarpon Springs 9. Ronald Reagan 10. Marcus 11. Blue Springs 12. Cedar Park 13. Wando 14. Castle 15. Homestead 16. The Woodlands 17. Keller 18. Hendrickson 19. Union 20. Leander 21. Cedar Ridge 22. O'Fallon 23. James Bowie 24. L.D. Bell 25. Ayala 26. Vista Ridge 27. Marian Catholic 28. Haltom 29. Owasso 30. Vista Murrieta 31. Round Rock 32. William Mason 33. Bellevue West 34. Park Vista 35. Fort Mill 36. Dobyns- Bennett 37. Pearland 38. Kennesaw Mountain 39. Dripping Springs 40. Center Grove

I dont think the rankings will exactly mirror the standings at this competition. For instance, I don't think Leander will be as far as a 14th place finish would make them seem because their other results are consistent with more along a 10th place. Bands that are going to GNats probably wony fall quite as hard as it woulf seem either, so while the woodlands and round rock for instance will definitely fall, I dont think RR will fall out. Haltom probably wont move up with Cedar Ridge since their show finished last week. Cedar Ridge improving and having a great perfomance this week doesnt translate to haltom necessarily being better last week. I think they are safe in the 25-30 range. Pearland will likely join the next 10 which is cool and maybe dripping springs might make it to the next 10? I suppose I could just make up my predictions for what will happen and post them.

Oh of course, I didnt mean to leave dripping springs out when I mentioned regional winners. They are sure to do fantastic this week at state.

Keller has never made the top half of finals at SA have they?

I'm sure Leander will still be top 25

Interesting to note that none of the regional or super regional winners in Texas are going to nats... Also, the three unique regional winners ended up as the three medalists.

I know that there are a few people from Avon who have been following this thread. I just want to reach out to you and vicariously to the Avon Black and Gold and say what an honor it is that you came and joined us this weekend. Looking at your past BOA results I realized that it has been many years since you have missed out on a medal at any event, and I hope that this doesn't discourage you. Your show is fantastic and I am certain will be right at the top at grand nationals. I hope you enjoyed your time in Texas. I would also like to say thank you for what you have done to improve the nature of marching band in our state. Simply by coming this year, you fostered an environment of competitiveness that has pushed our "bubble bands" to improve in vast measures to keep up. In addition, you have given some of our good bands that aren't quite ready to make the trip or that don't have the funding to go to grand nationals the chance to see a truly phenomenal visual program which is rare to witness here. I hope that the band and all associated parties have safe travels home and I can't wait to see what you accomplish next week!

My guesses for top 30 and the actual results using finals for top 14 and prelims for everyone else: 1. Flower Mound (6) 2. Claudia Taylor Johnson (1) 3. Hebron (2) 4. Avon (4) 5. The Woodlands (11) 6. Marcus (7) 7. Vandegrift (3) 8. Ronald Reagan (5) 9. Leander (14) 10. L.D. Bell (15) 11. James Bowie (13) 12. Round Rock (18) 13. Keller (9) 14. Hendrickson (10) ------------- 15. Cedar Park (8) 16. Winston Churchill (21) 17. Cedar Ridge (12) 18. Vista Ridge (16) 19. Wakeland (29) 20. Cy- Fair (20) 21. Coppell (25) 22. Keller Central (33) 23. Pearland (17) 24. Clear Brook (27) 25. Timber Creek (24) 26. James Martin (39) 27. Westwood (19) 28. Wylie (22) 29. Friendswood (28) 30. Seven Lakes (23) I had the top 30 guessed correctly except for putting Keller Central and James Martin in over Oak Ridge and Plano East.

I cant wait until these shows get posted on YouTube! I'm so excited to watch them! In also curious how accurate my top 30 guesses were... I should go back through and look at what I guessed.

Keller barely made it into finals and then ended up 9th. I'm super proud of their performance. But WOW!!! What a showing by CTJ! They totally rocked it and I'm so happy for them. Same goes to Hebron and Vandegrift for medaling! I must say, I was surprised to see FloMo get 6th and Leander 14th.

Just got out of a movie and saw the prelims results. I must say that I was shocked to see Vandegrift 2nd, flomo and Avon out of top 3, Hebron not getting the music caption, and cedar park in top 7.

I didn't get to watch your show, but also remember that even if your placement isnt higher doesnt mean that your band doesnt have great improvements. From what I have heard, you guys did very well!

I just watched coppell's show, too. Boy did they improve since Southlake! I actually really liked their visual and musical performance. Not quite finals material in this stacked field, but probably would do really well anywhere else.

I decided to check youtube and found videos of a few of the performances on there. I watched Timber Creek and Bowie so far. I am so proud of TC, I think they have made a really great show this year and I hope they continue to improve like they have been. I dont know a lot about the technical side of marching band, as I never was in it myself, but I thought that james Bowie's show was so refreshing and one of the rare pieces of art that we sometimes get the priviledge of seeing. Ive seen some comments that their sound and look is different from most of the other top texas bands, but maybe that is what I like about them this year? I dont know. I think it has more to do with the way they present their show. So many bands take dramatic topics and turn them into intense dramatic performances and it works really well, but it is so cool to see a group take such a simple topic and use drama to make it resonate equally as much. It reminded me (as I think it was supposed to) of surrealist paintings that are so simple and mysterious and somewhat abrasive but make you just want to stop and stare at them for minutes and minutes and reflect on life. I will stop my little spiel now, but lets just say that I liked them and I hope they get to perform again tonight.

Ive never used flomarching, but I have heard from others on here that the ads sometimes interrupt the performances. Its very unfortunate.

Wakeland performs tomorrow. You must be meaning a different group Good luck in your performance and to anyone else on here who is competing!

It is possible that after this block we may already be able to determine who will make finals. There is room for IMO at most 2 bands from this group. Will it be round rock, cedar ridge, cedar park, or vista ridge? Of course I could be completely wrong, too.

Fast food is junk, no matter how its branded. Yuck! On a related note, I would love for those in attendance or watchimg the live stream to share their opinions on standout groups/ impressive surprises/ disappointments/ etc. The live blog is nice, but its hard to actually get a good feel for how good each band does because they make an effort to be positive and encouraging for all of the bands. Since I can neither afford a Flo marching subscription, nor would I have time to watch if I could, I would love your feedback and the ability to feel included.

I watched a recent video of Churchill and they looked a lot better. I still dont know if I can see them in finals just because I dont know who to kick out (I already dont have room for Cedar Park). I would love to see them surprise at Grand Nats and make finals.