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Also genuine question and no harm meant to the Del Río program, but is there show this year not the same show they performed in 2020? Isn’t there a rule against performing the same show twice at least for UIL?

I think the advancers will be Lake Travis, Westlake, Vandegrift and Vista Ridge but I wouldn’t mind seeing Brandeis take a spot. I can’t remember if Brandeis has ever gone to state.

I think the evidence is Summits placement over at Midland.

Check out what I just found on accident: https://marching.musicforall.org/program-austin-2021/

I was worried Area H wouldn’t take 4. It’s very good to hear that they are. You're definitely right in that Area A will probably end up taking an extra band by that rule. I believe they’re the other recent example where that rule was invoked, at least in 6A.

There wasn’t necessarily a tie, Leander finished 1 point below Westlake.

Bad judge rule. Someone would have to dig up the exact ordinals but essentially Leander was ranked 3rd by two music judges and 3rd by 1 visual judge so they qualified to state based on this fact alone. Any band that gets a 3rd or higher from two music judges and one visual judge also qualifies to state and Leander fit that criteria. Leander finished 1 point below Westlake, so they didn’t tie but Leander still advanced.

Speaking of which I think if any area is likely to invoke the bad judge rule it’s probably going to be H again. I’m pretty sure Area H is only taking 3 and that third spot sure is competitive. Wouldn’t be surprised if the ordinals are a bit mixed and it ends up in a bad judge rule scenario. Would really be a great thing. Maybe it’s my wishful thinking. Maybe Westlake will easily take those 3’s cleanly and leave the other bands with no room. I can’t be sure but I’d like to give Brandeis and Lake Travis the benefit of the doubt.

It’ll suck to lose out 2 whole finalist spots by 1 band. In 2018 I believe if 14 advanced finals would’ve also taken Oak Ridge & Round Rock if I’m not mistaken? I haven’t seen those results sheets in a looooong time.

Would you happen to have a video of them? Or Wando?

Awesome news for Allen. They missed out Area last cycle because of some timing issues at region. Great news to see them get to advance this year.

Speaking of which what’s Duncanville up to? I’ve missed them.

This is just something that happens every few years. The circumstances just come together for a very top heavy year. COVID has affected this contest less than I expected. I think the only band not coming that might be due to COVID/ COVID funding issues is L.D. Bell. The other big bands not attending all have non-covidy reasons. Like Flower Mounds admin not letting them take off days for SA or Prosper opting for a St. Louis trip instead.

This was a very good contest. Congratulations to all performing bands. I would like to repeat what everyone has already said. Don’t spread random rumors especially when they’re totally wrong and with topics as heavy as disqualification. Students do read these boards and that can have negative effects. I feel awful for those JBA kids and I hope the students responsible for those comments are held responsible. They didn’t have to travel to Austin but they did and they did great and behaved very responsibly, nobody deserves those comments and especially not the JBA students. Congratulations to all finalists and a special congratulations to the first few bands out. McNeil almost cracked finals and they’ve been improving immensely. I think we should recognize their work along with Belton who also came quite close.

Wakeland is easily a lock. Wylie East, Lebanon Trail and Lone Star have decent shots. That’s about it.

Right now this is Cedar Parks to lose but we’ll see what the next month brings.

I wish New Braunfels had a later draw. I think they could genuinely place really nicely.

If I remember correctly Taft wasn’t even in finals during the 2018 contest right?

Recaps are out, haven’t had a chance to look at them fully but something I noticed really quickly was Cedar Park above CTJ in prelims (albeit by 0.137)

And it looks like they *will* break 90? Exciting.

Here’s what I have after finals: 12 - Weiss 11 - John B. Alexander 10 - Georgetown 9 - Brandeis 8 - Hendrickson 7 - Rouse 6 - Leander 5 - Bowie 4 - Claudia Taylor Johnson 3 - Ronald Reagan 2 -Cedar Park 1 - Vandegrift Auxiliary - Vandegrift Percussion - Ronald Reagan Visual - Ronald Reagan Music - Vandegrift General Effect - Vandegrift

I saw an ambulance right before Georgetown started is everyone alright?

That’s a win for Oak Ridge. Good for them.

Going off their preliminary performance it didn’t look like Rouse went overtime? I don’t think they had any timing issues or at least it wasn’t obvious. I’m not sure what this is about.

Thanks