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This is John B. Alexander’s highest placing show in their BOA SA history! Huge congratulations to them for making a SOLID statement after that State result!

PSJA definitely surprised tonight! Amazing job to them. I think considering all of Alexander’s staff changes within the past 2 years they haven’t changed too much. They have been pretty consistent in terms of how they’re placing this year as well and their music is much harder than previous years. Hopefully next year they’ll surprise us again. As for United, jeez. United hasn’t been at state for a couple of years now and I am so excited that they are returning! It’ll be a great performance from all Area G bands but we all know how state goes and unfortunately they’ll all place in a surprisingly low spot. Your username says it all!!!

3rd- John B. Alexander HS (Visual) 2nd- Pieper HS 1st- Roma HS (GE & Music)

Anybody catch Roma?

That situation also seems to arise in many North Texas competitions where all the big dogs are competing and the judges really get down to the nitty gritty. It’s actually a really good thing if this is happening down here.

It’s definitely happened in other Bands of America competitions, I can’t quite remember an accurate competition but it’s definitely possible.

This! It’s amazing to see the growth and influence of south texas bands over the years. Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bit of friendly competition, all in all, every single one of these bands have a uniqueness to them and I am extremely excited to see how they grow throughout the season & the coming years!

JBA’s music this year is wild. I’m also extremely obsessed with their diversity in terms of music over the years.

Does anybody have a video of JBA or United, maybe even Edinburg?? Also very surprised to not see Del Rio in the last half of the block. Great job to all bands! Congratulations United HS!

Raised some eyebrows…Placement does not matter. At the end of the day, those kids and those directors are making it known that they are there. Congratulations to every single band that poured their hearts out these past couple of days. ❤️

Good luck to all bands competing!

I think it’s more of how much progress Alexander has made from last year to this year. The sound, the visuals, the general effect, the attitude, there’s a lot of factors that have drastically changed from just last year alone. Alexander has obviously been taking notes from the stacked competitions they’ve been going to. Placing just under a point beneath Leander at Texas Marching Classic also speaks a lot about how they are doing this year. Now that’s not to say that Hanna hasn’t been doing great, I think they’ve also been having phenomenal season. To add, Alexander has a very visually and musically demanding show, as all their previous shows have been and they’re doing a great job meeting those expectations. I don’t think it’s right of you to say they aren’t doing so. P.S., TikTok algorithm is very Russian roulette-esque and anybody can post a video and get more than 500k likes/views. Good luck to all bands! This is gonna be a great contest!

You should’ve heard the audience gasp when they announced Vandegrifts score after Reagan’s 😂

Brandeis placing above Leander is a HUGE shock but they did perform EXTREMELY well!! Leander also had missing performers:( This however, does not undermine the performance quality of Brandeis. They had an amazing series of performances today!!!! Congratulations to all!!!