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Strong showing from Burnet!! Love the musical selections, Wine Dark Sea is one of my favorites, and they played it so well. Great job Sprano soloists in the ballad, and a strong push into the final moments. Great visually as well, loved the guard pre-show, amazing job!!

Great stuff from Gatesville! Sax soloist was killer, and they've got a strong ensemble sound, great job!!

What a showing from West Plains with the Rouse 19 show(one of my favs)!! Some great sounds all around, that percussion was on fire and drill was really clean, could definitely see them in finals, great job y’all!

Good morning everyone! Will be watching on NFHS almost all day, do have some work to do but will do my best to comment throughout the day. Good luck to everyone today!!

Great performance from North Lamar to get things going!! Some super talented soloists and great musical moments, drill was also fairly clean, great job NL!

Yeah you right, 5/7 judges had Hebron 1st so they win, 4/7 aka the majority is all that’s needed here for a tie to be broken

HEBRON!!!! LETS GOOO🥳🥳🥳🥳 Gosh so close, don’t understand their percussion scores At all?? 7/14 on preds (I’m sorry Coppell 😭😭), but wow what a night, congratulations to everyone, and thank you all for your hard work and dedication to this activity, it’s been amazing watching y’all’s shows come to life!!!

Yeah..idk why they either hate them or think they're super dirty, they literally were 2nd yesterday and not far from Hebron and were just as if not cleaner today lol

Alright here’s my sure to be wrong preds, gaps for interchangeable spots: 1. Hebron 2. Flower Mound 3. Vandegrift 4. Vista Ridge 5. Marcus 6. The Woodlands 7. Pearland 8. Ronald Reagan 9. Coppell 10. Cedar Ridge 11. Bridgeland 12. Keller 13. Round Rock 14 Seven Lakes

Wow Flower Mound, what a way to close out finals!! Just such a smart design, and their execution is off the charts. Amazing job WW ensemble, y’all’s tone is insane and has been all season long. That ballad is so gorgeous, just mind blowing. Super exciting closer, love the brass writing a lot. Visually, just in their own world, those uniforms are so sick, love the change, but yeah, it’s gonna be close tonight, fantastic job Flomo!!

HEBRON!!! We’re living in their world at this point, HOLY CRAP!!! So so clean both musically and visually!! Great job with that opener, those dynamical pushes are so clean. Like 2 second of loosens in the trumpet feature and then they locked in. That ballad, Straight Chills, amazing work Flute and Trumept soloists, and they killed the release and re-entrance. I don’t think that Pic solo could ever get boring, I mean holy crap, and great job WW’s to follow. Tuba feature was great, and the ending was just wonderful. We’ll see what the judges thought, but could definitely bring home the gold tonight, wow wow wow, amazing job Hawk Band!!

WOW The Woodlands!!! Far and away the most fun show of the season!!! Fantastic job soloists going into that super jazzy opening hit. Gosh what a ballad, I could listen to that Soprano for hours, what a sound!!! Amazing job low brass, that feature is one of my favorites this season by far!!! Visually just so so clean, and that guard is just out of this world, fantastic performance TW’s!!!

Marcus...Holy Heck!!! Still recovering from the amount of notes I just heard, it's insane what they are playing out there. Just such ridiculous musical talent in this group. It's literally just a marching concert band, I don't get how they do it, but it's the same every year for them. Super effective opening, my goodness high brass, double tonging those technical passages like it's normal (it is for them lol), and HOLY CRAP percussion, that feature is so crisp and clean, them and Vista will be real close tonight in that caption me thinks. Amazing work Oboe and Euph in the ballad, such pretty sounds, and what a grand finale, WW's shredding those notes. Just an insane performance, MY GOODNESS, fantastic performance Marcus!!

Oh, oh my beautiful Pearland, thank you so much for bringing that show to the field this season, and WHAT a final performance!!! Just executed oh so spectacularly!! Some of my favorite source music and boy do they play it well. Amazing sounds from this group, those WW's have just been nailing that start all season long, high brass just so gorgeous. Lovely work soloists in the ballad, some lovely sounds from the C-nets, and that ending is to die for, such great effect with the big whatever you'd call them lol. air ballons?? Some super cool visual moments, guard does such a fantastic job at elevating the level of the story and percussion has some super sick moments, love what they do with the symbol line. Truley, Pearland, thank you for brining that magical show to life, and congrats on that fantastic performance!!

Wow Vandy, simply outstanding. Wouldn’t be shocked at all if they win, because to me that looked and sounded like a gold medal, as flawless as it could have been, don’t really have any words, their best run at SA imo, amazing all around, fantastic job Vipers, my goodness!!!

VISTA FREAKING RIDGE!!!! Unreal musical performance from this group. Amazing job Euphs and horn in that opener, beautiful entrance from the ensemble. Love the fast transition, great dynamic control from the brass. Ballad is just beyond beautiful, and that closer just makes me so so emotional. An amazing story being told by some of the best, musically and visually. And my goodness drum line, so freaking clean, outstanding performance ranger band!!!

My GOODNESS Keller!!! By far one of the hardest musical books out there this season, holy smokes! Great Job Flute Duet in the pre show, great opening hit. Woodwinds, WOODWINDS, so many notes, but they’re so so clean!!! Amazing sounds from that Trombone Choir in that gorgeous ballad. Godspeed was so much tighter today, brass going crazy! Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if they move up today, my favorite of theirs post-Covid as well, Insane music book and incredible execution, amazing job Big Blue🔵!!

Holy Smokes Reagan!!! Yeah, this is definitely my favorite of theirs since Secret World, What A Show!!! Great work with that opening statement, my goodness high brass, that feature is insane but So clean, wow!!! Great work in the ballad WW’s with the brass backfield doing so very effective body work, and that resolution gives me chills. Sick Sax feature, absolutely nails, and boy what a magical closer, love the Angel Wings!!! Visually a crazy package that’s excellently executed, and gosh what the guard does to bring so much emotion to the story is just wow, amazing performance Rattler band!!!

YES BRIDGELAND!!! Wow, such a stronger performance today. Great work soloists going into the big opener. WW’s going through those licks with ease, my goodness. Such a beautiful ballad, just such rich, emotional sounds. Wow percussion, boy can they play and what a glorious ending to bring that emotional show together. Visually stunning, some really big sets they are nailing, crazy to think this school is 8 years old and they’re already doing some really big things, can’t wait to see them at Nats (hopefully 3 times), fantastic performance Bridgeland!!!

Seven Lakes brining the heat!!! Amazing work trumpet and WW's going into that massive opening hit, my GOODNESS what a powerful sound!!! Lovely work tuba solo, really mature sound going into the very up-tempo second movement, some very challenging musical moments the nailed. Never thought I'd hear Metallica on the field, but that flute solo just makes it their own thing, such great effect as well with the rising bell. Amazing job WW"s going into Angles, such a pretty ensemble sound and wow what a strong ending. Congratulations on ya'lls historic season, I see 7L only going upward from here, but boy what a season they've had, fantastic job Spartans!!!

Way to go Round Rock Dragons!!! My goodness, it's so impressive seeing how these kids really clean up over the season. Going from 9th to Boa Austin to SA and state finalist, is something that you only see the best being able to do, but for Round Rock, it's just natural. Lovely sounds from the Sax soloist going into the grand opening hit. Good work from the percussion going into the brass trio, which by the way, ya'll are awesome and soo good, love the little fist bump at the end. Great mature sounds from the brass in the ballad, and what a powerful closer, my goodness Trombones. Some great visual moments, that last set really just shows you how massive they are, yet their sound never gets the best of them. Amazing job Rock band!! Also, love the new uniforms, and while I understand others wishing they had their other ones, remember...Change is Everything 😉

Coppell brining it this afternoon with that killer run!! Such a strong brass line they have, and from start to finish it shows. Great control and mature sounds in the opening with the WW's doing some super cool bodywork to get the show started, and then immediately go into ripping through some very challenging licks, but they nailed it!! One of my favorite ballads of the season, again the big curve set with the bodywork popping in and out with the brass playing back field is so smart. AMAZING Trombone feature, was such a treat to hear at Bedford, great job WW quartet going into the crazy closer. Really strong performance, and it's great to see this program really solidify themselves post-covid as one of the best the state has to offer, awesome job Coppell!!

Fantastic performance from Cedar Ridge to get finals going!!! Have really enjoyed watching this show over the season, SOO much visual Ge in this show, such smart writing, and it was very clean today. The big moving pendulum is so cool, and how the trombone soloist is able to move inside the circle while doing so bodywork and play that well is super impressive!! Love the Wrecking ball ballad, fits so well with this show (and the actual wrecking ball), great job flute duet and that closer is so cool, love the moment with the brass going in circles. Just such a super well design, and these kids have been executing so well all season long, super entertaining show, oh and that guard and percussion, CLEAN, amazing job Raider Band!!

Hello everyone! Getting ready for this contest, will hopefully be here all day, I do have a class from 3:30-4:45 that I was going to skip but of course were doing an assignment in class today of all days, but I'll still be at least listening to those bands, commenting will depend on if I can or not. Good luck to everyone, can't wait for another day of amazing band!!

Congratulations to all of our finalist!!!