clarinets74

i understand that these results weren't what you expected and therefore you may think something else was at play, but you weren't in the judging room and dont know that the swapping of judges would've made or broke a band making in into finals. a backup judge still just as qualified as the initial chosen judge.

the results sheet (not the score sheet) show ridiculously varied rankings for all bands, not just emerson. in fact, emerson had pretty consistent rankings throughout. you wouldn't think walnut grove would beat wakeland in music, but music is incredibly subjective so I would try not to think about the results too hard. we don't know exactly what was going on through the judges heads, but we all know all of the kids in every band worked super hard and gave it their all today.

hopefully kempner is able to sneak into state again! that state spot is not always guranteed, but I hope those kids over there get that opportunity to like they did last year

BOA is still a great opportunity to see where bands in comparison. many great bands also don't attend boa, so don't let a prediction where u feel your band is under placed upset you. after all, its just a prediction, and its all in good fun.

would be awesome if memorial made an appearance at finals despite their change in directors shaking things up a little

toyota has interesting sound physics. its not the star, but independence's sound tonight was most likely not entirely their fault.

the sheer difficulty of WG's show combined with the ridiculous amount of work and effort the WG kids put into that show will propel them way higher than people predict

with liberty being the first band to go so early on a cold morning, i dont know how well they will be able to compete against these other ensembles who have such a favorable time... their visual is a strong suit of theirs, hopefully it can carry them into finals

CP and rouse so low??

lets go leander!!

??? uhm

anyone have a video of wakeland?

I don't think there is a single band who won't earned their spot, every one of these kids in each program have worked insanely hard this season.

melissa has a huge sound that takes up the whole stadium.

I agree, I'd love to see what marcus is cooking up this year.

anyone have a video of the woodlands??

considering the insane amount of cleaning and growing area B bands are known to do, I wouldn't count Wakeland out of the number 2 spot above rouse!

Really hard to place Lone Star... honestly see them placing in the 5-7 range or even up to 4th, their drill is great and the musicianship is incredible.. They've beat a lot of the 5a schools in their area already this year by a wide margin. I haven't seen the 2 non-tx bands but I've heard they're also very good