BandFan95

3rd - Cedar Ridge

I dislike Content and Design as much as I dislike Visual General Effect. Why? The students have no, none, zero, zilch control over this. It becomes a glory spot for the directors and design teams. Are they part of the organization? Absolutely. Should they get a judging slot with such weight? No. 

I wasn't being spiteful.  Spiteful would be me saying, "such and such band sucks and they don't deserve success." I didn't say that. In fact, you don't know what other bands I might have been referring to.

Weren't you the one who unnecessarily called out Westwood in the Area D thread? So if me saying that Cedar Ridge deserved something over others in a year where there show was so freaking amazing is bad, then maybe you should take a nice look in the mirror because you did exactly the same, if not, worse. 

If we can't disagree about opinions, which is what all of us have, and most certainly, what the judges have, what's the point of discussing? 

 

Last year?

And Leander ISD is just amazing

Good for Leander

Good for Leander

Good for Leander

Good for Leander

Good for Leander

And Leander ISD is just amazing

WESTWOOD!!! Incredibly well done!

(it took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize it was a wizard of oz show 💀)

I honestly don't care about the acoustics. I'm tired of those Indianapolis schools having the luxury every year of participating in grand nationals while sleeping in their own beds and racking up all these finishes in finals. Let's see those schools start paying for trips to DFW and having to compete with the big boys of Texas.

Maybe I am an expert? 🤪

Talk about chippy. God forbid not everyone sees eye to eye

Maybe I am an expert? 🤪

Talk about chippy. God forbid not everyone sees eye to eye

Exactly. This was really driven by those programs who are small or simply don't have the budget to put on huge productions. 

so I guess your 60 years of experience makes you part of the "old boys club" - keep us posted on the obituary 

For smaller bands 1A/2A/3A having state every year is a boon. There is no way these bands can really compete on the BOA stage, but having the state opportunity every year is a fantastic thing for those programs. Even for those 4A/5A/6A bands that don't have the money to compete with the BOA big boys this is also great news. I know I know people hate hearing the term money, but it plays a role if you like it or not.
 

I saw two. 2019. Cedar Ridge and Westwood. They got screwed over by performing early for panel 2. 

It's really the tale of area g, people are mad at results cause of how much the judges are not on the same page, a good example was last year where psja got 1st in visual and 9th in visual for finals.  the judging at area is inherently flawed(everywhere not just area g) and things need to be done to fix it, whether that be the removal of the caption switch or a review of why a judge scored the way they did, whatever needs to be done.

Is it me or is this judging stuff whacked?

All I know is that Westwood performs at 9:15. 
 
GO WOOD

All I know is that Westwood performs at 9:15. 
 
GO WOOD

Just wanted to say, real proud of our Midway kids. If you saw them earlier this year, then you didn't see this show. The last third of the show is all new as of about 10 days ago, much more complex, and the kids really nailed it today. It's hard to follow CTJ (who was "out of this world" to make the required dad joke), but we held our own. Best of luck to the rest of the bands, and excited to see who marches again tonight! #cardiac

The way they are playing now? For sure. But my daughter is looking forward to seeing her old parents and family coming from out of town for tailgaiting 😆