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The 2024 season might be interesting
lost replied to BandNerd07's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
MG Johnson has been putting on very extravagant shows for a bit now so I think the design-energy will be similar. -
The 2024 season might be interesting
lost replied to BandNerd07's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
I think that the reason why BOA was able to put the limit on bands here so comfortably is because they had the plans for San Marcos as an alternative contest. -
2024 WGI Discussion Thread
lost replied to Rubisco's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
Do we really need to be assigning penalties these harsh at what is literally the first contest? -
The 2024 season might be interesting
lost replied to BandNerd07's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
Those spots are going to be tough to grab. -
The 2024 season might be interesting
lost replied to BandNerd07's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
Good concept but the acoustics in AT&T are famously horrible. USBands does host a show out there and it’s relatively popular. Not sure about NRG actually, I’ve never heard of it be discussed that they could host a BOA. Probably cost or acoustics issues? -
The 2024 season might be interesting
lost replied to BandNerd07's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
It saves money but is it worth the well-being of the students? Lots of variables at play -
The 2024 season might be interesting
lost replied to BandNerd07's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
Very few bands and districts in Texas have the resources to double up, even the wealthier ones. It’s a huge financial undertaking. -
The 2024 season might be interesting
lost replied to BandNerd07's topic in Non-UIL: Upcoming Contests, Events, and Festivals
I think the idea of having bands attending nats being given Saturday performance times is really interesting and nobody’s brought it up. I can’t say I see a downside. If the band is willingly making an investment to attend both contests, seems like the minimum they could do is provide preference for them to go on Saturday at SA even if they have to go first in the day. I agree that sometimes bands need to know when to cut their losses and skip out on SA especially now that UIL is every year and their sheets and feedback are much more compatible to BOA scoring. -
Round Rock surprised a few when they came back and made both San Antonio and national finals in 2019 after missing early season in Austin. An incredible recovery given many people counted them out early after that. To this day I think they were always capable, just a dirty run and an undeveloped show in prelims on the morning of Austin. They would have been in finals in Austin today given the expansion to 12 bands.
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UIL Realignment 2024-2025
lost replied to BandFan95's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
Glad to hear it! Definitely payback for when they were barely 6A in 2018 (although they handled being 6A incredibly well) -
UIL Realignment 2024-2025
lost replied to BandFan95's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
I was going off old #’s and trends from a few years ago looks like these plans are shifting immensely, very similarly to the situation up in Prosper and the Dallas suburbs. The growth up here in Dallas is no joke it’s really exponential. I still can’t imagine they’ll move up, at least not in the long term. Conference #’s are always shifting, and while CP is growing insanely I think they’ll keep pace with the increments in UIL, keeping in pace to at least consistently be one of the largest schools in 5A. Give or take a few students though they may end up in 6A for a cycle or three a little bit longer than Leander did from 2017-2020. Eventually I do believe CP will fall back into 5A if not veering into 6A territory for a few years, especially with the relief of the new high school. -
UIL Realignment 2024-2025
lost replied to BandFan95's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
Leander 5A by 5 students! Depending on who you are this must be an exciting turn of events. -
UIL Realignment 2024-2025
lost replied to BandFan95's topic in Everything Music: Marching, Concert, Auditions and more
They’ll be comfortably 5A for a very long time, no signs pointed to them moving up this realignment or even the next. -
Money in the program /=/ nats trip. A lot of bands prefer to commonly take non-competition trips to Disney or Universal (occasionally New York) or really anywhere to fill in for a band trip. Sometimes they perform in parades there or other similar exhibitions. I would be very happy to see the talents of Ana or Celina at nationals, but I'm just being realistic with existing trends. Also, money in the school and district /=/ money in the program.
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UIL 4A State Marching Contest 2023 (November 1)
lost replied to Dave609's topic in UIL: Upcoming Contests
Leander was 6A by around 3 kids during the 2018 cycle. -
2023 BOA Grand National Championships (Nov. 9-11)
lost replied to josephbandfan's topic in UIL: Upcoming Contests
Do not appreciate the ad hominem attack, also do not appreciate the insinuation children in other states aren’t high achievers. I’m sorry for your plight and I hope you will do what is individually best for your family. -
2023 BOA Grand National Championships (Nov. 9-11)
lost replied to josephbandfan's topic in UIL: Upcoming Contests
Other states have been doing this for years, to take away the educational experience of an increase in having to be taught to manage responsibilities it is puzzling to advocate for that. -
2023 BOA Grand National Championships (Nov. 9-11)
lost replied to josephbandfan's topic in UIL: Upcoming Contests
I think these takes are fundamentally dangerous for students, but I digress.