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Man, what a contest. Keller in finals after a rough season Leander, Rouse, and Westlake not making finals Argyle becoming a class champion in their first year of BOA Flower Mound, Marcus, and Coppell placing very low Vista Ridge and Round Rock making a huge comeback TWHS takes a caption from Hebron after losing directors Pecos becoming a class champion after getting a 2 at region What a contest.

*relieved sigh*

FLOMO??? YALL OK???

Now that FloMo and Hebron drumlines have played for BOA contests, we wait for Marcus...

https://www.uiltexas.org/files/policy/October-2022-Legislative-Council-Packet.pdf Take a look at page 10. If you don't feel like reading: the new policy is pending approval by the Commissioner of Education. May start in 2023-2024 or 2024-2025, depends on logistics

It's pretty cool to see how different the culture is between military and corps style contests. Aside from the obvious differences from the performers, there are also more subtle differences in the directors and contest staff. The announcer in the military stream has a very obvious Texan accent and there are people wearing cowboy hats and polo shirts rather than full suits. Kind of hard to believe that this contest is taking place on the same field I was marching on three days ago.

This is a very specific example, but schools winning the Lone Star Cup receive $1,000. https://www.uiltexas.org/lone-star-cup It does account for academic and athletic competitions in addition to music, so you see some schools that aren't known for their bands (5A Corpus Christi Flour Bluff, for example, is one that I believe is very strong in academics.) I'm sure there are more reasons, but the Lone Star Cup is probably one of the reasons why districts and schools are keen on UIL.

On a related note, Prosper ISD's stadium wasn't the best choice for hosting a band contest. You could hear bands warming up from the stands while watching bands perform, especially during quieter moments. Parking for buses and trucks were also very limited. (Prosper HS is next door but it's useless because there are no direct roads between PHS and PISD Stadium.)

So, uh... It turns out that James Bowie is going to BOA Orlando this weekend. Are there plans to make one for that contest or is one Texas group not enough to justify it? I've never seen the predictions page in the years past so I don't know the precedent.

Somehow I saw Timbercreek. Thanks for catching it!

9:45 - Joshua HS 10:00 - Timberview HS 10:15 - Creekview HS 10:30 - Granbury HS 10:45 - Southwest HS 11:00 - Aledo HS 11:30 - Arlington Heights HS 11:45 - Summit HS 12:00 - South Hills HS 12:15 - Azle HS 12:30 - Newman Smith HS 1:30 - Cleburne HS 1:45 - Brewer HS 2:00 - Midlothian HS 2:15 - Richland HS 2:30 - Colleyville Heritage HS 2:45 - Midlothian Heritage HS 3:15 - R.L. Turner HS 3:30 - Grapevine HS 3:45 - Birdville HS 4:00 - Saginaw HS 4:15 - Burleson HS 5:00 - Awards

Oh dear god next year's GN is a bloodbath with Broken Arrow vs Hebron vs The Woodlands vs (maybe Keller) vs Avon vs Carmel and maybe add Round Rock to that mix if they're continuing their trajectory for this year It's only week 2 of October and we're already talking about 2023

Hebron's finals run There's probably nothing cooler in HS marching band than experiencing Hebron live. the show was still unfinished and they ended at a musically weird spot, but it was amazing to watch what other band kids can do.

1. 82.15 Marcus HS 2. 81.35 Wakeland HS 3. 80.3 Coppell HS 4. 79.55 Keller HS 5. 78.75 Timber Creek HS 6. 78.4 Prosper HS 7. 73.8 Haltom HS 8. 70.75 Forney HS 9. 69.1 The Colony HS 10. 69.0 Grapevine HS (lmaooo (im sorry for my immaturity)) 11. 68.15 Burleson HS 12. 67.75 Byron Nelson HS Music: Marcus HS & Wakeland HS (tie) Visual: Marcus HS GE: Marcus HS Percussion: Marcus HS Guard: Prosper HS

I feel like Trinity is a pretty underrated program. Despite some ensemble tuning issues, I'm really loving the sounds they're making. Their scarlet capes look nice too! That being said, what's up with all the bands doing capes this year? First I saw Summit at the Mansfield POC, now FloMo and Trinity??

It's only been about a minute in and Keller is already my second favorite show of the season (I like Vandy too much lol) edit: the bicycle set might easily become the most iconic drill move of 2022

The Mckinney Marching Invitational will be held on Saturday, October 8. 11:30 AM: Wylie East 11:45 AM: Heritage (Frisco) 12:00 PM: Granbury 12:15 PM: Birdville BREAK 1:30 PM: Plano West 1:45 PM: Plano East 2:00 PM: Burleson Centennial 2:15 PM: Melissa 2:30 PM: Colleyville Heritage BREAK 3:00 PM: Plano Senior 3:15 PM: Lewisville 3:30 PM: Wylie 3:45 PM: Rockwall 4:00 PM: Mckinney Boyd (exhibition) Preliminary Results: 4:30 PM 6:00 PM: Mckinney (exhibition) 6:15~7:15 PM: Finalists BREAK 7:45~8:45 PM: more finalists 9:00 PM: Mckinney North (exhibition) 9:15 PM: Texas A&M University-Commerce 9:30 PM: Finals awards

Mckinney Marching Invitational needs to be updated. Highland Park will not be attending (BOA Bedford) Wylie East, Frisco(?) Heritage, and Granbury will be attending (source) This ruins most of our predictions, so it would be cool if we can redo them.

Final Results 1. 76.25 - Clovis HS, NM 2. 75.85 - Grapevine HS, TX 3. 72.55 - Eastlake HS, TX 4. 71.725 - Las Cruces HS, NM 5. 70.725 - Bel Air HS, TX 6. 70.60 - Volcano Vista HS, NM 7. 67.25 - Eastwood HS, TX 8. 66.95 - Organ Mountain, NM 9. 66.00 - Del Valle HS, TX 10. 65.70 - La Cueva HS, NM 11. 64.95 - Eldorado HS, NM 12. 63.95 - Alamogordo HS, NM Outstanding Music Performance: Grapevine HS Outstanding Visual Performance: Clovis HS Outstanding General Effect: Clovis HS Congrats to all bands that participated! Shoutout to the Grapevine gang, with love from your cross-town neighbors!

Source: BOA Twitter

Prelims Results AAAA 1. Eastlake (El Paso) All captions - Eastlake AAA 1. Clovis (NM) 2. Volcano Vista (NM) 3. Organ Mountain (NM) All captions - Clovis AA 1. Grapevine (Grapevine) 2. Las Cruces (NM) 3. Bel Air (El Paso) All captions - Grapevine A 1. Valencia (NM) All captions - Valencia

Part 2 as contest season begins! Highland Park H.S.: "New Frontier" Mansfield Legacy H.S.: "Clouds" Midlothian H.S.: "Fire & Ice" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, something about The Woodlands... Their show seems to be titled "Mad Mod And Go" rather than just "Mad Mod Go" but I can't really verify it. Would like some help... Another cool thing: BOA is showing show titles AND music selections in their program books! Program books for today's contest have already been released, so I suggest checking them out! https://marching.musicforall.org/programbook-mcallen22/ https://marching.musicforall.org/programbook-newmexico22/

McKinney somehow beat Highland Park. There seemed to also be errors in scoring as well. I’d recommend checking the 2021 thread if you’re interested.

Dripping Springs H.S.: "The Mandala Project" Grapevine H.S.: "The Elements of Design: Line. Shape. Color." Lebanon Trail H.S.: "Tapestries" Featuring the music of Paul Dukas, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Giacomo Puccini, and Craig Armstrong McCallum H.S.: "Seeing Stars" Poteet H.S.: "Tall Tales" Summit H.S.: "The Circle's Edge" Weiss H.S.: "Shockwave"