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Happy BOA SA Eve!!!!
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it is for the locals and took off at their airport location - toasted sub roll with bacon (lots of Bacon), lettuce, tomato, with cilantro mayo - toss in some queso and taco sauce - it rocks
The Lingua Plate at Rosario's is pretty darn good too!
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has reagan's guard always been so enormous? getting major 2000's era Broken Arrow vibes from them, in a good way.
It has the past several years. A combination of their color guard and school dance team. It really works for them! Very impressive!
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Hey they should let you and me blog it!!!
Years ago, I blogged the Lonestar Preview for txBands.....it was fun!!!
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I'll brag about CTJ.....I have no problems with this. I'm extremely proud of this program. Especially since my daughters have been involved with it for the last 10 years......
- 2008 CTJ opens for business
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2008 First show was "Bloom"
- USSBA San Antonio (1st in 5A)
- USSBA Texas State Championships (3rd in 5A)
- BOA San Antonio (29th Place)
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2009 "Dichotomy::Duality"
- USSBA Texas Championships (2nd Place)
- BOA Houston (16th Place)
- BOA San Antonio (23rd Place)
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2010 "You Are..." Personally, one of my favorite CTJ shows. Also the 1st year, my oldest daughter, started participating.
- Roosevelt Rough Rider Marching Contest (Grand Champion)
- BOA Houston (9th in Finals, 8th in Prelims. Won Visual in prelims)
- UIL Area D 5A (3rd place)
- BOA San Antonio (10th in Finals, 7th in Prelims)
- UIL State Marching Contest 5A (13th Place)
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2011 "Lincolnshire Posy"
- Lone Star Preview (1st in Finals, 2nd in Prelims)
- BOA Houston (6th in Finals, 6th in Prelims)
- BOA San Antonio (5th in Finals, 6th in Prelims)
- Grand Nationals (8th in Finals, 10th in Semi-Finals, 7th in Prelims)
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2012 "Eve"
- BOA Denton (3rd overall) The weather sucked at this event. Finals was cancelled. They used scores from prelims to determine winner.
- BOA San Antonio (4th in Finals)
- UIL State Marching Contest 5A (10th in Finals, 8th in Prelims)
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2013 "Enigmatic" - This was the senior year for my oldest, and my middle daughter's freshman year. CTJ also participated in the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade.
- BOA Austin (2nd in Finals, 2nd in Prelims) - CTJ won Music in both Prelims & Finals
- BOA Houston (2nd in Finals, 2nd in Prelims) - CTJ won Music and Visual in Prelims.
- BOA San Antonio (4th in Finals) - CTJ won GE in Prelims
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2014 "Chameleon"
- US Bands New Braunfels Showcase (1st overall)
- BOA Houston (1st in Finals) - CTJ won Music, Visual, and GE in Finals
- UIL Area D 5A-6A (3rd place)
- UIL State Marching Contest 6A (3rd in Finals, 7th in Prelims)
- BOA San Antonio (1st in Finals) - CTJ tied for Visual with Bowie and won GE
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2015 "White Rabbit"
- BOA McAllen (1st in Finals) - CTJ won all 3 captions. Tied with Harlingen for Music.
- BOA Houston (2nd in Finals) - CTJ won Music. Tied Reagan for Visual.
- BOA San Antonio (3rd in Finals)
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2016 "Flashdance" - My middle daughters senior year, and my youngest freshman year! My middle daughter was Tiny Dancer in the show!!!
- BOA Austin (3rd in Finals)
- BOA Houston (2nd in Finals)
- UIL Area D 6A (5th in Prelims) - CTJ pulled out of Finals
- BOA San Antonio (4th in Finals)
- Grand Nationals (9th in Finals)
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2017 "The Forest Through The Trees"
- BOA Austin (1st in Finals) - Won all 3 captions. Tied Vandegrift in Music.
- Roosevelt Rough Rider Marching Contest (1st place)
- BOA Midland (1st in Finals) - Won all 3 captions.
- BOA San Antonio (1st in Finals) - Won Music and GE. Also the highest finals score in BOA San Antonio history...96.625.
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2018 "Tremendous Sea Of Love"
- BOA McAllen (1st in Finals) - Won all 3 captions.
- BOA Austin (1st in Finals) - Won GE
- UIL Area D 6A (3rd place)
- BOA San Antonio (5th in Finals)
- UIL State Marching Contest 6A (7th in Finals)
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the director knows who I am and keeps me in line when I get outside the boundaries - I get the occasional slap upside the head
Really?? LOL
I've heard rumors about such things!!!
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FM +1
Leander -1
VR -1
Flower Mound 3
Leander 10
The Woodlands 3
Vista Ridge 6 -
CTJ +1
Leander -1
Hebron -1
CT Johnson 9
Flower Mound 13
Hebron 7
Keller 14
Leander 13
The Woodlands 14
Vista Ridge 13 -
CTJ +1
Vandgrift -1
Leander -1
CT Johnson 13
Flower Mound 14
Hebron 14
Keller 16
Leander 14
The Woodlands 14
Vandegrift 3
Vista Ridge 14 -
CTJ +1
Reagan -1
CT Johnson 11
Flower Mound 16
Hebron 17
Hendrickson 6
Keller 18
Leander 16
Ronald Reagan 6
The Woodlands 18
Vandegrift 7
Vista Ridge 12 -
CTJ +1
Leander -1
CT Johnson 13
Flower Mound 16
Hebron 15
Hendrickson 8
Keller 18
Leander 15
Ronald Reagan 6
The Woodlands 18
Vandegrift 9
Vista Ridge 9 -
CT Johnson +1
Reagan -1
CT Johnson 13
Flower Mound 14
Hebron 17
Hendrickson 10
Keller 17
Leander 14
Ronald Reagan 7
The Woodlands 16
Vandegrift 11
Vista Ridge 7 -
CTJ has always required physicals to be submitted. They use the same form that the district requires for athletics.
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CTJ +1
VR -1
CT Johnson 11
Flower Mound 14
Hebron 15
Hendrickson 11
Keller 14
Leander 15
Marcus 3
Ronald Reagan 9
The Woodlands 15
Vandegrift 10
Vista Ridge 9
Let me fix that....
CTJ +1
VR -1
CT Johnson 12
Flower Mound 14
Hebron 15
Hendrickson 11
Keller 14
Leander 15
Marcus 3
Ronald Reagan 9
The Woodlands 15
Vandegrift 10
Vista Ridge 8
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CTJ +1
VR -1
CT Johnson 11
Flower Mound 14
Hebron 15
Hendrickson 11
Keller 14
Leander 15
Marcus 3
Ronald Reagan 9
The Woodlands 15
Vandegrift 10
Vista Ridge 9 -
Because I have nothing better to do.....
Here is a 98% accurate history of TMEA All-State Band numbers since 1989 (the year I graduated from high school). This is pulled from the following ensembles:
- 1989 - 1998 - Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, & Symphonic Band
- 1999 - 2018 - 4A Symphonic Band, 5A Concert Band, 5A Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble 1, Jazz Ensemble 2, Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra
These are the top 3 or if there were more than 10 in a group, I included them too.
1989
- 12 - Pearce (Richardson)
- 10 - Coronado (El Paso)
- 9 - Porter (Brownsville), Trinity (Euless), Westwood (Round Rock)
1990
- 9 - Marshall (San Antonio)
- 8 - Brazoswood (Clute), Coronado, Dickinson, Pearce, Porter (Brownsville), Westfield
- 7 - Clear Lake (Houston), Lee (Midland), Westwood
1991
- 11 - Westfield
- 10 - Lee
- 9 - Coronado
1992
- 10 - The Colony
- 9 - Lee
- 8 - Coronado, Dickinson, Pearce, Westfield
1993
- 14 - Haltom
- 13 - Spring
- 11 - Westfield
- 10 - Lee
1994
- 13 - Duncanville, Spring
- 12 - Coronado, Westfield
1995
- 13 - Haltom
- 11 - Leander, Nixon (Laredo), The Colony, Westfield
- 10 - Lee, Spring
1996
- 11 - Spring
- 9 - Duncanville, Kingwood, Leander
- 8 - Haltom, The Colony
1997
- 16 - Haltom
- 11 - Clear Lake, Lee
- 10 - HSPVA (Houston)
1998
- 12 - Westfield
- 10 - Lee
- 9 - Coppell, Permian (Odessa)
1999
- 18 - Coppell
- 11 - Berkner
- 10 - Lee, Spring, Westfield
2000
- 14 - Coppell
- 13 - Berkner
- 12 - Westfield
- 11 - Langham Creek, Lee, Permian
2001
- 15 - Westfield
- 14 - Langham Creek
- 10 - Coppell, Duncanville, Lee
2002
- 14 - Langham Creek
- 13 - Duncanville
- 12 - Roma
2003
- 17 - Roma
- 12 - Coppell, Duncanville
- 10 - Stephen F. Austin (Sugarland), Hanna (Brownsville)
2004
- 15 - Coppell
- 9 - Friendswood, Richland, Roma
- 8 - Kingwood, Midland, Plano East, Westwood
2005
- 18 - Roma
- 17 - Friendswood
- 11 - Fort Bend Elkins
- 10 - Midland
2006
- 22 - Roma
- 15 - Friendswood
- 12 - Coppell
- 11 - Clear Creek, Westwood
- 10 - Cypress Falls, Frenship (Wolfforth)
2007
- 21 - Roma
- 12 - Friendswood, Marcus, Plano East
- 10 - Coppell
2008
- 18 - Roma
- 11 - Coppell
- 10 - HSPVA, Westwood
2009
- 15 - Friendswood
- 11 - Coppell
- 9 - Clear Lake, Harlingen, Marcus, Southwest (Fort Worth)
2010
- 13 - Friendswood
- 12 - Coppell, Southwest
- 11 - Marcus, Plano East
- 10 - Roma
2011
- 16 - Marcus
- 15 - Roma
- 13 - Coppell, Friendswood
- 11 - Clear Lake, Plano East
- 10 - Liberty (Frisco)
2012
- 16 - Coppell, Marcus
- 14 - Roma
- 11 - Pearce
- 10 - Dawson (Pearland), Friendswood
2013
- 19 - Coppell
- 16 - Friendswood
- 10 - Marcus
2014
- 17 - Coppell, Friendswood
- 14 - Flower Mound
- 10 - Roma
2015
- 19 - Coppell
- 14 - Flower Mound
- 11 - Waxahachie
- 10 - Friendswood, Plano West
2016
- 13 - Coppell
- 12 - Flower Mound, Roma
- 11 - Hanna
- 10 - Reagan, Rio Grande City
2017
- 19 - Flower Mound, Roma
- 12 - Centennial (Frisco), Hebron
- 11 - Coppell
- 10 - McKinney North
2018
- 14 - Hebron
- 10 - Hendrickson
- 10 - Westlake
I say 98% accurate because there may be a String Bass player, or a Piano player, or a Harp player included. I didn't look that closely!
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I think this is correct:
- 16 - CTJ
- 15 - Hebron
- 13 - Flower Mound
- 11 - Westlake
- 8 - Summit
- 7 - Woodlands, Lake Ridge, Hendrickson, Cypress Woods, Coppell, Allen, Roma
- 6 - Westwood, Reagan, Clements, Oak Ridge
- 5 - Clear Lake, College Park, Dawson, Frenship, Hanna, Richland, Vista Ridge
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I don't brag too often about the school I support. Heck, I don't post much at all. But....I have to brag about CTJ.
This weekend, kids across the state have been auditioning for the opportunity to participate in the TMEA All-State Band in February. CTJ had 16 kids make the All-State Band!!!
- 1 Eb Clarinet (1st in room)
- 1 Bb Clarinet
- 1 Alto Clarinet
- 1 Contrabass Clarinet (1st in room)
- 1 English Horn
- 1 Tenor Saxophone (1st in room)
- 1 Bari Saxophone (1st in room)
- 1 Trumpet
- 1 French Horn
- 2 Tenor Trombone
- 1 Bass Trombone (1st in room)
- 2 Tuba (1 of them was 1st in room)
We also had 2 additional band members make the All-State Jazz Band. One in Alto Saxophone (1st chair) and one in Drumset (1st chair).
The CTJ record WAS 8 All-State Band Members. The NEISD record WAS 11 All-State Band Members.
Pretty amazing achievement! Very proud of these kiddos and this program.
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Just my 2 cents....
Look at the top 20 bands, both panels combined. 10 came from panel 1, 10 from panel 2. I think that is pretty even.
Into finals, 8 from panel 1, 6 from panel 2. Pretty darn close to even.
I think it worked alright. Just some really great programs.
We just have to give this a chance. It was the first time, let BOA work out any issues. This will be fine, we don't have to blow it up!
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Anyone else hear something play over the stadium speakers during CTJ?
It was the start of one of the commercials. Weird.
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The director explained the whole show on a different thread under “music marching and more”
Posted 21 September 2018 - 09:18 PM
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It’s been cool to see some discussion - and some interesting perspectives on the show. Not sure if it’s based on video or actual performances. Either way … normally I don’t post much, but since there’s a bit of chatter I want to offer this perspective.
Tremendous Sea of Love … a show about hope. It is not connected to DJT. It connects to a Passion Pit album Darryl and I like.
A show that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Bobby Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of their death, while also paying homage to the strength and beauty of our nation, and the bright hope that students inspire for the future.
Those who know us … a show about a rabbit … a show about dancing … a show about a lizard .. a show about a forrest … while there are some deep meanings … sometimes it’s face value.
The beginning of the show starts on calm waters …
The three ships encounter terrible storms. The storms are a metaphor for the shooting of Dr. Martin Luther King - you’ll hear riot sound effects that parallel the anger the country felt, like thunder and storms on the sea. Bobby Kennedy’s words the night of MLK’s death remind us that “we have faced difficult times as a country … we will face difficult times again” The ships come through the storms and out into open waters.
The ballad .. the water is wide .. represents the division the country faced and has faced … and how through MLK’s vision for love … we could unite America. You’ll see the two sides of the field come together and unite.
The closer … celebrating love as American’s. Reagan reminds through his words about the strength and resolve of the American People, who can achieve anything. This parallels King and Kennedy. In an effort to NOT be political and appeal to all sides, President Reagan’s quotations focus mainly on all americans having the ability to love one another, love their country … and achieve anything we set our minds to do.
The three ships - at the end - discover America.
We can make it through any storms. Including this message thread :-)
Enjoy sailing the Tremendous Sea of Love with us …
Thanks,
Jarrett
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This past weekend at Area A, the Hardin-Simmons University "World Famous" Cowboy Band was the exhibition band. I was in the Cowboy Band back in the day. An awesome experience and something I am still involved with 25 years later.
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Strange question, but do y’all know if you can enter and/or purchase tickets for BOA on both ends of the Alamodome or only on the North side?
99% sure the only entrance is on the north side. Same for tickets.
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As it stands today, the following schools are moving on to Area next weekend:
Region 8:
Belton
Bryan
Copperas Cove
Ellison
Harker Heights
Killeen
Midway
Temple
Region 12:
Churchill
CTJ
Canyon
LEE
MacArthur
Madison
New Braunfels
Reagan
Roosevelt
San Marcos
Smithson Valley
Region 26:
Cedar Ridge
Hendrickson
McNeil
Round Rock
Stony Point
Westwood
Waiting on Region 18!!!
UIL 6A 2023 State Finals
in UIL: Upcoming Contests
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Bob Floyd....my band director in high school, back in the day!!!