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Confirmed: Coppell H.S., TX (calendar)

Confirmed: Coppell H.S., TX (calendar)

i only really said that because all we have from uil is really state prelims and finals. like sure area is great, but the majority of people agree that area scoring can be weird (even if it not always is). boa seems to be more consistent, especially taking into account how scores (mainly score gaps between bands) grow throughout the season. like i love being able to compare the early Austin, Houston and Dallas regionals to what we get in sa and nats, and you can’t really do that with uil. i actually do like the uil scoring too, but i also feel like uil and boa are both too far on opposite ends of the spectrum. like i love seeing the brass, perc, ww rankings in uil, but then it raises the question if a coherent show is even needed if only 1 of the 7 judges is regarding design. the opposite is for boa, like percussion and guard is basically ignored in boa which sucks cause those are pretty major parts of the band. sure some captions are said to cover these but in reality, they are not really given the light of day, imo at least. honestly, i like the dci rubric the most cause its like a middle ground between the two.

ehh i kinda just took head to head competition more into account. like coppell beat pearland, ld bell, and bridgeland in state prelims and finals (tied with pearland but close enough) so i put them above them. obviously boa weighs heavier than uil, but that was all we had for the majority of dfw bands so i just took that and ran. same kinda thing for flo mo and twhs, flomo placed behind Marcus at uil, but then twhs placed above them at boa sa, so i decided to shove them all in the same region. it’s hard with all the different comps, but mainly just thinking about would have most likely happened alongside the results that we do have.

im gonna make my own Vandegrift (BOA San Antonio) Marcus (BOA San Antonio) Hebron (BOA Grand Nationals) The Woodlands (BOA Grand Nationals) Vista Ridge (BOA San Antonio) Flower Mound (UIL State) Ronald Reagan (BOA San Antonio) Coppell (UIL State) Pearland (BOA Grand Nationals) L.D. Bell (BOA San Antonio) Bridgeland (BOA San Antonio) Round Rock (BOA Grand Nationals) Cy-Fair (UIL State) Keller (BOA Grand Nationals) Waxahachie (UIL State) James Bowie (BOA Grand Nationals) Westlake (BOA San Antonio) Claudia Taylor Johnson (BOA Grand Nationals) Dripping Springs (BOA Grand Nationals) Cedar Ridge (BOA San Antonio)

i feel like the biggest school in texas that has never gone to nats is coppell. like they have had rumors of going for almost like 5 years now but have not made the trip. they are long overdue and i really feel like they need to make the trip up to indy.

does anyone have any recipes of high cams from finals

coppell will likely place first and sweep most, if not all captions, especially after their success at thunder in the hills in september

ryan george arranges for coppell and vista ridge

first block rankings 1. coppell 2. pearland 3. keller 4. round rock 5. cy-fair 6. waxa 7. bridgeland

what about Allen, they have the the largest band program in the nation but does not usually face competitive success. sure, having more kids would be very helpful, but it’s hard to make the assumption that bowie and gp would automatically place higher with more kids. i love bands like rouse and argyle as they are so amazing and manage to be amazing with a small number of kids, especially when competing with giant bands like round rock, vandegrift, and vista.

Coppell?

1. vandegrift 2. hebron 3. woodlands 4. reagan 5. vista 6. marcus 7. flo mo 8. coppell 9. pearland 10. ctj 11. round rock 12. keller 13. waxa 14. ld bell

i feel like pearland is more of a lock than round rock, both and CTJ are pretty safe for finals imo