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yaassss. slaaaaay. the return of the sport of the ga... errr, ARTS, i mean ARTS! the 2023 wgi drinking game 4 those of us of age watching at home and not at risk of being expelled from a live event drinking to guard tropes, drink whenever: there's a full ensemble flag feature the one boy in the guard does the difficult solo rifle toss(es) you hear a saccharine pop ballad you see a show with a theme that has anything to do with empowerment u hear a voiceover the one girl who actually knows how to dance does 5 turns in a row and the audience screams wildly bc they can barely do a single turn the guard lightly jazz runs to the edge of the floor to pick up other equipment usually while raising arms into 5th position and lowering them the guard spells something on the floor the guard makes a recognizable shape on the floor besides the basic geometric ones, say like a heart there is a clear display of sassiness ohhhh these r just a few. even so they'll be wheeling u out on a stretcher by the end of the A class. not 4 kids, obviously

be careful what u wish for. hahaha.

well i saw this Carmel win coming from a mile away. hahaha. no need to be modest. but it is a suuuuper boring result. Carmel is the only band at Nats that would have challenged for the top 3 at San Antonio imo

mason's show was lovely. def warmer to the touch than carmel's. i think i would have liked it even more if it didn't look so familiar.

lol well at this point it seems like i won't be seeing Mason at all this season. at least i've seen the other ones in the past.

Box5 has been truly horrible tonight. worst stream of the season and it's national finals.

wah. finals stream quality on phone sucks. not sure it's even 720p, they removed option to change res. fuzziness keeps popping in and out. wtf Box5.

haven't seen Mason. goin' into the contest my top 3 would've been Carmel, Avon, then Broken Arrow. not really digging BA's show this year. last year was a masterpiece, pure poetry, this yr is generic epicness and intensity w/ clunky set pieces. if u ain't entirely Cartwrighted out after this finals lineup u never will be. hahaha. 3 outta 4 tx bands make it into finals, 2 new ones. amaaazing. sad for M&G but they had a great season. SA is officially more competitive than Nats this yr at least. no big surprise there i'm sure.

all 4 tx bands rocked it. i hope we see at least a couple in finals. tx is like an endless pez dispenser of new nats finalists.

M&G, Hendrickson, Carroll, and Prosper not forgotten. tomorrow's the start. it'll be a blast, lotsa fun.

ohhh god that takes me back. hahahaha. ~*nostalgiaaa~* how long has that site been dead. isn't it an acronym for like John something "Is A Dumb A**" something like that. Mister Valdeeeez should know. i also miss Hydrogen D. Violence's "poemz" or whatever they were called. hahahaha. i think it was one of our drum majors actually lmao.

mmmmaybe, couldn't have helped. kinda the risk of electronics. Mr. Joel Denton is typically a music judge tho. Mr. Lee Carlson who did prelims is a visual guy. same sheet, but maybe diff perspectives, like DCI GE. Reagan's been suuuper dominant in visual this season. changing gears, sooo thrilled for twhs. they finally beat the 5th place record we set in 2002. took em long enough. after seeing twhs at area my early season fears melted away and i knew we all had been sleeping on them. eeeeasily in finals and strong possibility for top half at BOA i thought, then they went even further than that. unreal. sooo happy for them and the new guys. a miracle season.

imma gonna guess that judge will change 'cause i don't see Lauren Teal yet. or Oak Ridge's former director.

hmmmm i believe he also judges design analysis for WGI which is like the ens vis for guards. fellow ivy league type. Harvard law grad i think. dances too. lol. dancing lawyer.

they all judge or have judged for BOA, DCI, and/or WGI. more info can be found on those sites.

half of the sheet is achievement. so, no. this is incorrect.

for those w/ access to the drive i'll upload the multicam vids eventually. i need to like transfer and trim all of them. also might need a better Cedar Ridge, got a text partway through. i'll do Nats also. YT will have to suffice for now.

imma be recording tonight. good luck to everyone in advance.

eh, except GE requires performance excellence. you don't seem familiar w/ the judging system, frankly.

veeeesta da beaaasta. just overcame a couple bands that beat em at Austin, kinda what i expected.

big 'ol stupid smile on my face. twhs making me look like an idiot for ever doubting them. and Pearland also. total director change right? sad for all the incredibly deserving groups who didn't make the finals cut. you can hold your heads high. u were awesome!

i'm so proud of twhs. to do what they just did after that major director change is remarkable. and yeah, guard is unreal this year. raising the standard again. to have that many kids doing that many advanced skills that cleanly, just wow.

great job by Klein Oak. region 9, represent!

if there's a more musically virtuosic high school marching band in the world, ever, than Hebron, i've never heard it. brass was frankly better than several DCI world class finalists from this year.

yah, def snatch up some of those prelims YT vids. a lot of incredible bands won't be making finals here unfortunately.