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2023 HEB Marching Contest (Sept. 30)
BandNerd07 replied to celesta's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
It looks like Boswell is going here instead of USBands Dallas according to their calendar. -
Every Texas Marching Contest 2023
BandNerd07 replied to BandNerd07's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Thank you! I was for a while, having trouble finding contests outside of the DFW area. But I think for this time, I'm just going to keep it Texas specific with the exceptions being St. Louis and GNats. -
Every Texas Marching Contest 2023
BandNerd07 replied to BandNerd07's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Yes, I am going to need some help. I don't really know about a lot of non BOA/USBands contests outside of the DFW area. So if y'all know any other contests, please post them here. -
So here is the schedule for every Competition in Texas in 2023. I've decided to make all in one place. I've seen people do something like this before, and I wanted to give it a try. Of course, this is a WIP and is not complete, but will be updated frequently. Here is the link to the google sheets template I made: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l6t-pDPDb4suysYNMYQErTJ5fBW2zOyquFA9EXD2n3E/edit#gid=0
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2023 BOA McAllen (Sept. 30)
BandNerd07 replied to LeanderMomma's topic in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Is there anymore confirmed bands for this contest? I figured there would be more by now. -
I absolutely agree that North Forney is better than North Crowley and Cleburne, but you shouldn't vote them out just yet because both bands have made great improvements at area this year. Cleburne managed to beat bands like Southwest, Burleson, Joshua, and Timberview. As for North Crowley, they made a pretty decent placement at area this past year, being a band that didn't qualify for area last year. They beat bands they normally never beat like Arlington, Irving, Desoto, and Weatherford. This really is getting hard to predict, I tell you.
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I think Boswell might've changed their mind about both this comp and USBands Saginaw, because they are no longer listed. They might've decided to go with the Melissa Marching Showcase instead for the 23rd, but have no idea what they plan for the 30th (the same day as this comp). Maybe HEB because they went there several times in the past. But only time will tell as their calendar has not been made for this season.
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But I just feel like none of the state finals tier bands go to Birdville anymore with BOA Prosper starting last year. Several bands like Aledo, Azle, Colleyville Heritage, Burleson Centennial, etc. skipped this comp for BOA Prosper. But a few of them have come back. It just seems like this contest is mostly gonna be mid-low tier bands now with it NOT being the only show in town like years before.
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But I will say, one thing I don't like about USBands is that the class champion will advance to finals regardless of placement. This means that some bands that are finals worthy will be forced to miss out because of this. It happened at USBands Burleson last year when Parkway and Lamar didn't make finals, but Everman and Westwood did. It should really be like other local and BOA contests which the class champions that doesn't qualify for finals perform in exhibition instead of just steal a finalist spot.