
packwick
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some of those bigger shifts b/w BOA and UIL might honestly just have been judges disagreeing w/ each other too. happens a lot. looots more overlap in the language of the sheets than in past. biggest diff now is UIL giving each choir its own judge and putting most of those judges upstairs. BOA's indiv music judge is at field level and does all three for 10% of the score. also, points of consideration like "frequency/demand of movement while playing", "content with respect to challenge", and "simultaneous responsibilities" literally appear on every single sheet in UIL, for example in content/design all 3 of them appear making up about a 3rd of the "what" half of the sheet, whereas in BOA POCs like that are only explicitly mentioned in the performance captions and are absent in effect.
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BRIDGELAND!!! this is true. different weightings for sure, but more similar than in past. actually i think the influx of dci/boa ppl is contributing to tw's somewhat increased success in UIL the past couple years relative to pre-system change when they always got 8th or whatever. that said BOA has some crucial differences even w/ the overlap. for example i think tw will be happy that BOA's individual music judge is on the field and can sample woodwinds during tutti moments, unlike the UIL judge lol.
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UIL 6A 2023 State Finals
packwick replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
trolls gonna troll. easy music? LOL. gtfo. -
UIL 6A 2023 State Finals
packwick replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
imma say the fact that they prob had the cleanest show visually based on watching area vids?? cleanest intervals/spacing, good control of timing, cleanest transitions, clear logical and musical transitions, best control of the form in motion, most balanced forms, dynamic, varied, cleanest and most advanced guard, plenty of difficulty in the drill, layered, rich vertical and horizontal orchestration, great projection of style, feet looking clean from upstairs. as to your guuuard question you need to look at the variety, range, and depth of the vocabulary. depth of talent too. does your guard have over 30 members literally running and spinning rifles at the same time before cleanly punctuating that phrase with a clean 30+ member rifle toss? are they blending the movement with the equipment or do they just park and do a basic short phrase? how long and dense are the spinning phrases? how much ambidexterity? are they working from all parts of the equipment? are they varying the height of the tosses, the release and catch points as well? are they doing body work under the toss? it's super easy to do the same basic toss over and over and ooover again. not impressive. how developed are the dynamic efforts of space, time, weight, and flow? is the guard's movement uniform and clean? is the equipment going up and down at the same time when you're looking at it from upstairs? is it pure chaos lol? those kinds of things. def you're not alone on these forums on the vis side of things!! im constantly baffled by ppl's takes on vis performance here LOL. many directors don't understand it either!! -
UIL 6A 2023 State Finals
packwick replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
well deserved 10th place for B-land!! musically and esp visually they're hangin w/ the best of em this year. puuuure elegance, beautiful and clean vis program. 8th place ens vis, yep yep that checks out. can't wait to see their guard in WGI. large and in charge. gonna slay, can feel it. twhs' 12th woodwind rank is yet another one of my early season predictions coming true, go figure. was raisin the alarms on that back in August. gotta have your ens woodwinds audible upstairs for more than 20 secs or whatever when you've got a ww judge up there! it's a band, not a drum corps! u could see they were nailed in ww content in prelims, guessin' same is true for finals. cost 'em 4th place. other than that their ranks were fine. 5th ens music, 1st ens vis, 6th design, well that one's lower than id have it but im guessing it was a music person, either that or the UIL content caption is more focused on simultaneous demand and difficulty than variety/artistry/flow/creativity. -
so it looks like we'll likely be seeing Hoskins in brass tomorrow, Brooks in perc. Davis and Fugett id guess in either ens music or design, Wessels in woodwinds?? not sure about that one. one of the vis judges from today should return but Miller will join him as a new judge in either ens or ind vis. sooo mostly a new panel.
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oh how cool would that be. since twhs' administrators seem obsessed w/ crap like the Lone Star Cup, maybe the band could parlay their UIL success into getting their 4th band director position back LOL. kinda wonderin' what their woodwind content rank is gonna be like, not featured as much as Vandy's or Hebron's or many other bands', not full ensemble anyway. other rankings should be fine.
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i mostly agree about the staging but they're def burying some of their most impressive tosses backfield this yr!! was just watching area from a diff angle, there's a front walkover that's quickly and cleanly performed backfield side 1 that i've NEVER noticed after multiple viewings of this performance lol. why is that not done at the end of the opener as part of a trick toss ripple front and center??? that's the perfect time to highlight the really impressive tosses i saw back in May!!! still haven't really seen most of em!!
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def possibility. i should prob move Cedar Ridge to bubble, tho their show may translate better in BOA. they were the one i was thinking of earlier when i said one of my locks might just barely make finals, so them missing state wasn't like super duper surprising for me, just regular surprising lol. but again could see em do better here. kinda hoping they do, to end their season strong.
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i think that's tw's area finals performance, looks dusky, they performed early for finals, like at 6:15. also the title says finals lol. can see Tiffany and Joseph sitting off to the right going nuts for the guard stuff lol. there's also a higher up one on YT, kinda more distant but can make out the drill. surprised they all haven't been taken down, usually they're pretty vigilant about taking down vids. them and vandy have like 20 on YT rn lol. hebron's the one that keeps taking theirs down quickly. goin for the element of surprise. had to catch em last night while i could. knew they'd be gone today.
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my feelings prob aren't different from most besides maybe who ends up on top. i think pearland is also a lock and it wouldn't surprise me at all if they end up being the highest placing Cartwright band at Nats this yr. agreed that Round Rock, Keller, and CTJ should be safe, im at a loss as to who would replace them, my glance at the schedule just now only produced 14 strong finalist possibilities. biggest shift for me from my pre-season predictions = being hotter on dripping springs than bowie. would love to see em both in, but that would prob mean neither Brownsburg nor Fishers. musically i think DS is strong enough for finals. Bowie's show is beautiful but needs a lot of cleaning. thinkin Brownsburg prob boots one of em out, tho id rather see Fishers in finals. but fishers also needs a lot of cleaning...
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despite the closeness of avon and carmel in prelims at the Indy Super, overall id be feeling preeetty good if i were carmel right now. 6 of the 7 judges had them in 1st in finals albeit some just barely. dominant performance in the ordinals. not the most viscerally exciting show in the world but mucho sophisticated. reeeally liking how cinematic Hebron's music is, like right after the opening trumpet chorus w/ the woodwind runs starting up, it's like Hebron in Space!! or something lol. great sounds. musically it's just so virtuosic, so many notes, Carolina Crownish, which is def good from a perf perspective, tho maybe a little Xtina-ish at times lol, like when she overdoes the melisma. new ending is def eye popping and provides muuuuch more satisfying resolution than old one, more like a complete hero's ending.
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oooo Carmel over Avon as expected at Indy Super Regional prelims, but it seems like it's a helllluva lot closer than i woulda had it lol. Carmel only wins music perf, shares visual w/ Avon (downstairs 1st place for Avon i would guess? maybe??), and Avon w/ effect. quickly looks at panel... hmmm... not quite as sold on the braaain tickler are we? lol in other news here's a vid of CTJ from area today lol. some pretty major updates, love the extended impact moments. def looking and sounding better too!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8m6alA9MkpY
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ok Fisher's had me clapping at my computer screen like the complete weirdo i am. ugh, somebody get me some eggnog, i don't even like eggnog!!! amazing Christmas aesthetic, the costuming, all that shimmery red, the set pieces, so nicely balanced across the field w/ the staging. the jazziness, the personality, the general positive feelings, it's so darn mirthful. amaaazing singing by the soloist, what a lovely way to end the show too w/ the full band carol. BY FAR my favorite Nats bubble band. so much creative wit on display here, subversion of expectations. best holiday show yet. way to go guys!!