peshbandkid

89.6! That has to be a record for BOA Dallas

I had a feeling that a 2 point win was too much, but I would not have guessed such a tight score!

Wow! No Aledo or SLC, in comes James Martin and Rock Hill. Also, Keller in the bottom half! DFW continues to be a gauntlet

Will this also be Finals performance order?

WOW!!! Flower Mound KILLED it!

Timber Creek had an excellent program! Very solid and well done!

Rock Hill! That was extremely cute and enjoyable! Definitely in finals conversation!

SLC has stepped up the theming 100%! At first I worried if it was too much, but I think they made all the props and tarps work well visually!

What a beautiful showing from Waxahachie! Very luscious sound and a good amount of drill for them. They look well ahead of the curve from last season!

Lone Star left me speechless. That was HOT

Wow Trinity! That sound was just great! If I had the ability to, this show would be on the verge of finals!

Evidence once again that BOA San Antonio is still the deepest contest in the country. I think it was 2017 when Avon came and placed 4th, which was their lowest ever finish at any contest in the 2010s.

Exact same ordering as me, but a 2 point gap between Vandegrift and Reagan seems a little big. Then again, Cedar Ridge has more or less shown us early what the tiers could be

I recently saw footage from Carmel and I’m distraught. I don’t think I’ve seen such involved drill with strong musical performance. By the time they get to Grand Nationals, I’m not sure if there will be a challenger

I personally don't think HP will advance to state this year. They have proven themselves very well in the last few seasons, but the depth and difficulty of 6A Area B is practically unmatched. I definitely expect to see them in finals, but they would then have to beat out one of Coppell, Keller, Waxahachie, Southlake Carroll, and Timber Creek (last years area advancers,) not to mention the rise of Lake Ridge and the (hopeful) return of L.D. Bell. Highland Park will get there, but I think it's still a round out.

I'll be at Red River in the morning (hook em!!,) but will likely go to finals and see how the competiton goes!

I agree with most of this, although I think Brandeis should be added to the bubble

I didn't even notice that I missed them 🤦‍♂️. Back to editing!

To me, this competiton is WAY more difficult to predict than BOA Dallas because so many of the bands here are on the same level! If I had to make predictions, here's what I'm thinking... 1-3: Wakeland, Prosper, Westlake 4-5: Southlake Carroll, Waxahchie 6-10: Westwood, Keller Central, Wylie East, Colleyville Heritage, Owasso Finals Bubble: Forney, Burleson Centennial, Rock Hill, Berkner, Rockwall, Sachse Looking at the contests this past weekend (Wylie, HEB, Mesquite, etc.,) I think Wakeland could win this one. The most difficult part of placing these schools is how little footage there's been this year in my opinion. Obviously after BOA Dallas, these tiers will change since some of these groups will compete at both. EDIT: I completely left out Wylie East, so they move into the 6-10 range and push Burleson Centennial into the Finals Bubble. This contest is incredibly stacked... EDIT 2: I ALSO completely left out Forney. They will join the finals bubble and unfortunately push The Colony out. I love The Colony, but just looking at how INCREDIBLY STACKED this competition is, it's hard to see them push through such a tough grouping.

Based on the past weekend results, I could see tiers 1-2: Hebron, Flower Mound Both schools sound fantastic early on and visually they are both doing extremely well! I do give a slight nod to Hebron based on the visual demand I've seen from them, but Flower Mound has won this contest the last three years it was held. 3: Marcus Although Wakeland did beat them in prelims at HEB, I think that Marcus will push ahead and retain 3rd place in this contest. 4-6: Wakeland, Coppell, Keller Wakeland!!! HUGE showing at HEB! I personally would put them slightly ahead of Coppell and Keller, but I think both bands will imporve a lot this week and will challenge for a top 4 finish 7-10: Timber Creek, L.D. Bell, Waxahachie, Southlake Carroll I haven't seen any of these bands but based off of recent history and momentum I feel comfortable making this tier. I would place Timber Creek and L.D. Bell towards the top of the group, but this season has been unexpected as far as predictions go! 11-15: Lone Star, Aledo, Rock Hill, James Martin, Highland Park Another group where I have not seen a lot of footage from these groups, but this is where I think the finals bubble is. Lone Star and Aledo were finalists last year and will likely take it, but I think it will be interesting to see how Rock Hill and Highland Park compete in a BOA contest Predictions are hard

I watched a clip of them the friday before. Obviously they were superb musically, but what caught my attention was some of the visual demand. It did have dirt in it, but it will clean up and be a hard beat imo

The JV contest for the Plano schools is held on the same day, just earlier in the morning. No error is here!

I believe it is in reverse prelims order

1-Wylie 2-Wylie East 3-Rockwall 4-Colleyville Heritage 5-Burleson Centennial 6-Plano East 7-Frisco Heritage 8-Lewisville 9-Birdville 10-Plano Senior

As a note for those unfamiliar to the contest, the 6A NV bands don't make it to finals. The only bands competing are the ones from Panther Creek on.