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Class AA Awards Music: Arlington Visual: Arlington General Effect: Arlington 1: Arlington 2: Jenison 3: Morton

Class A Awards Music: South Jones Visual: South Jones General Effect: Marian Catholic 1: South Jones 2: Marian Catholic 3: Murray

The announcement “FROM BROKEN ARROW OKLAHOMA” when it was just the ending of Broken Arrows ballad💀

Reagan, another amazing show wow! Incredible power, top to bottom. Great run! Texas bands making a statement, right before Avon takes the field.

Great run by Marcus!! Legendary percussion as always, and I think especially the back half of the show was incredible today.

Dripping Springs just absolutely dropped the hammer in Lucas Oil!!! I’m astonished by how this group continually makes this show better and better, and the sound they produced today was phenomenal! For me, this isn’t even considered a bubble band anymore, this is in. Fingers crossed for one more run here!

Great semi’s run from Flower Mound! That ballad is absolutely heart wrenching, and you can’t squeeze a more visually stunning end zone to end zone canvas out of a marching show if you tried. My opinion remains unchanged, this wins.

Back to back great runs from Texas. Outside of some visual things at the end, really strong. WWs projection is incredibly impressive with how thinly orchestrated things are at times, definitely the highlight of this run. Don't wanna jinx anything, but this is firmly in finals. ALSO GUARD?!?! Outstanding!

Yeah, unsure, but seems most people on Horn Rank are pretty unanimously putting SLC at the top of the “Next 8 Block”.

Really good run from Round Rock! Besides some soloist mic issues, that was about as solid of a run that they could get out of that show. Great job band!

Looks like all of our Texas bands made finals unless I am missing something! Congratulations bands, way to represent the state! Excited to see everyone tomorrow!!!

BOA Grand Nationals Semi-Finalist Bands (Random Order) The Woodlands H.S., TX Wando H.S., SC Rockford H.S., MI William Mason H.S., OH Morton H.S., IL Lake Hamilton H.S., AR Avon H.S., IN Ronald Reagan H.S., TX O'Fallon Township H.S., IL Brownsburg H.S., IN Marcus H.S., TX Round Rock H.S., TX Fishers H.S., IN Dripping Springs H.S., TX Castle H.S., IN Southlake Carroll H.S., TX Center Grove H.S., IN Carmel H.S., IN Bentonville H.S., AR Homestead H.S., IN Jenison H.S., MI Flower Mound H.S., TX Broken Arrow H.S., OK Jenks H.S., OK Blue Springs H.S., MO Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN Marian Catholic H.S., IL Nation Ford H.S., SC Estill County H.S., KY Bartlett H.S., TN Southmoore H.S., OK Arlington H.S., TN South Jones H.S., MS Lafayette H.S., KY Carroll H.S., IN Murray H.S., KY

Thats a wrap on prelims! Didn't get to catch everyone for prelims but should be able to see all of the shows tomorrow! Awards ceremony soon to commence!

I know right! I don’t know how they do 70+ bands at BOA San Antonio either …I definitely get extremely lost on who I think should be in finals across days.

Yeah I think top 3 at 5A state moving up will cause a big shift and disrupt the 6A finals landscape. Just seeing where these bands place alongside them at local contests and BOA, they should be performing well right off the bat.

The more I watch these shows, the more I am thankful that there is a semis at this contest…That finals bubble is going to be crazy competitive. I think these Texas bands win in the balance and sound category 9 times out of 10. But there have been some great visual and effect performances from these non Texas bands.

I missed that! I’ll have to watch in semis. Few shows this year having Crown 2013 references it seems.

1. What is the hardest piece(s) of band music you've ever played? What instrument(s) did you play it on? 100% Dionysiaques on Clarinet 2. Did you play the piece(s) in high school? College? High School Baylor Summer Camp & again in College 3. What made the piece(s) hard for YOU? What made it hard for the whole ensemble? How was your part significantly harder (or easier) than other parts in the ensemble? One of the most unnatural jumble of notes on a page I have ever seen. No fundamentals, scales, etc could have prepared me for how absolutely random the runs in this piece were. I attached a picture of a random 2 bar segment for reference. Pretty sure the whole ensemble was on the same page, but it came together for the concert. Combined with how ridiculously fast this piece was, its hard to find places to blink. 4. Was the piece(s) musically difficult? Technically difficult? Or both? What made it that way? Technically, some tuning stuff with weird instrumentation in sections, but overall just straight technical.

Is it acceptable for the bands to wear costumes for area😂

SLC: And theres the Texas sound! This show has improved a lot from my last viewing of it! Great run! Lots of good things going on here, from sound, to some cool visual effects and beyond. Great low brass sounds and high brass technical features across the show. Percussion was exposed and showing off, some good chops throughout. I think visual performance was incredibly strong today, especially from BOA standards. Love the small ensemble on the stages once the "Southlake Carroll" tarps drop, super fun part of the show. More to say, but I see no way this doesn't advance to semis, great job!

Just their luck, eh? 🤣

Okay, thats actually pretty funny😂

Good morning! Excited to kick off the final competition of the year. Here is a Texas prelims viewing schedule for those interested: Thursday, Nov 13 (CT) 1:30 PM – Southlake Carroll High School (TX) 9:15 PM – Marcus High School (TX) 9:45 PM – Round Rock High School (TX) Friday, Nov 14 (CT) 7:00 AM – The Woodlands High School (TX) 8:00 AM – Flower Mound High School (TX) 10:00 AM – Ronald Reagan High School (TX) 11:15 AM – Dripping Springs High School (

That sounds like my Friday night and Saturday 😂 Unfortunately been away from work for too long due to SMBC, but it will be open on my laptop on my desk!!!

Final predictions of the year! Excited to watch one final contest. 1: Flower Mound H.S., TX 2: Avon H.S., IN 3: Broken Arrow H.S., OK 4: Marcus H.S., TX 5: Carmel H.S., IN 6: The Woodlands H.S., TX 7: Bentonville H.S., AR 8: Blue Springs H.S., MO 9: Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 10: Dripping Springs H.S., TX 11: William Mason H.S., OH 12: Fishers H.S., IN These TX bands will represent the state of Texas well, hoping we can bring home the Eagle!