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Official Region 8 Results: Belton - 1 Bryan - 1 Copperas Cove - 1 Ellison - 1 Harker Heights - 1 Killeen - 1 Midway - 1 Shoemaker - 2 Temple - 1 Waco - 2

If all of Region 18 make 1's, and the info from Region 8 is correct, then there will be 31 at Area D. I believe that makes 6 moving on to State.

CTJ started colorguard and percussion....leadership later in the week.

Heading there in a bit for CTJ!!!

A picture of CTJ parents and students cheering on the Churchill Band during their send-off performance this evening!

I sent a note out to our parents on Friday night reminding them how they should behave. It has ALWAYS driven me crazy seeing a mass exodus of band parents leaving the stands as soon as their band performs. I know you can't stop it, but at least I planted the seed!

Awesome! Thanks for the support! We'll get that shirt out in a couple of weeks! Thanks Brian

Guys, I hope this is the appropriate place for this. The CT Johnson Band has developed a t-shirt to sell as a fundraiser for the victims from Hurricane Harvey. 100% of the proceeds go to help. Please click on the link below. We would love the support. http://www.johnsonjaguarband.org If you've got any questions, let me know! Brian Kickhoefer CTJBPA

From Austin-American Statesmen.... Attendance numbers as of October 30th: CLASS 6A Del Valle: 3,236 Round Rock: 3,185 Hendrickson: 3,077 Bowie: 2,909 Cedar Ridge: 2,852 Westwood: 2,765 Stony Point: 2,736 Akins: 2,720.5 McNeil: 2,717 Lake Travis: 2,697 Hays: 2,613 Westlake: 2,583 Anderson: 2,274 Vandegrift: 2,255 Vista Ridge: 2,250 Pflugerville: 2,229 Leander: 2,187 CLASS 5A Austin High: 2,081 Rouse: 2,006 Connally: 1,977 Cedar Park: 1,949 LBJ: 1,896 Georgetown: 1,876.5 Hutto: 1,775 McCallum: 1,733 Lanier: 1,751 Crockett: 1,472 East View: 1,527.5 Lockhart: 1,520 Travis: 1,435.5 Cedar Creek: 1,434 Bastrop: 1,348 Reagan: 1,314.

If you are interested in the scoring by individual judge/caption, broken down in order, largest to smallest for Finals at BOA San Antonio.

Totally agree!!!

Typical wackiness of UIL judging! He put Harlingen 4th and Dawson 2nd. Appears that he was getting to the end and had to use those placements.

Prelims Ordinals---Page #2

Prelims Ordinals.....

Finals Ordinals.....

If you had seen Judson yesterday, you would have understood why they made Finals. Their Prelims performance was VERY good. Great musicianship and great marching. Not a lot of flash, just well executed. Congrats to Judson!

Area D Finals Results.... Bowie - 1, 2, 1, 1, 1 CTJ - 4, 4, 2, 7, 2 Reagan - 2, 3, 3, 3, 9 Westlake - 3, 1, 8, 5, 3 Lake Travis - 5, 5, 7, 2, 6 Hendrickson - 7, 6, 4, 8, 4 Westwood - 6, 7, 6, 4, 7 Cedar Ridge - 9, 8, 5, 6, 8 Churchill - 8, 10, 9, 9, 5 Judson - 10, 9, 10, 10, 10 The first 3 numbers are Music, the last 2 are Marching

Finals results..... Outstanding Percussion - CTJ Outstanding Auxillary - CTJ Outstanding Music - CTJ Outstanding Visual - CTJ Outstanding General Effect - CTJ 11th - 55.9 - Hutto 10th - 61.2 - Manor 9th - 65.15 - East View 8th - 72.55 - Akins 7th - 77.00 - McNeil 6th - 78.35 - Georgetown 5th - 81.15 - Westwood 4th - 81.75 - Pflugerville 3rd - 84.95 - Vandegrift 2nd - 86.35 - Cedar Park 1st - 87.5 - CTJ

3A Outstanding Visual - Liberty Hill 3A Outstanding Music - Liberty Hill 3A Outstanding General Effect - Liberty Hill 3A Outstanding Color Guard - Liberty Hill 3A Outstanding Percussion - Liberty Hill 3A 1st Liberty Hill 4A Outstanding Visual - Cedar Park 4A Outstanding Music - Cedar Park 4A Outstanding General Effect - Vandegrift 4A Outstanding Color Guard - Cedar Park 4A Outstanding Percussion - Cedar Park 4A 3rd Georgetown 2nd Vandegrift 1st Cedar Park 5A Outstanding Visual - CTJ 5A Outstanding Music - CTJ 5A Outstanding General Effect - CTJ 5A Outstanding Color Guard - CTJ 5A Outstanding Percussion - Pflugerville 5A 3rd Westwood 2nd Pflugerville 1st CTJ Finals Georgetown Liberty Hill CTJ Akins Cedar Park Westwood East View Vandegrift Pflugerville Hutto Manor McNeil

Schedule for today..... At Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, Round Rock, TX 12:00 McNeil 12:15 Manor 12:30 Liberty Hill 12:45 Hutto 1:00 Akins 1:15 Westwood BREAK 1:45 Pflugerville 2:00 Eastview 2:15 Vandegrift 2:30 Georgetown 2:45 Claudia Taylor Johnson 3:00 Cedar Park 3:30 Awards Finals begins at 7:00

You are exactly right! There are going to be some really good bands looking from the outside in. I am looking forward to all of this in a couple of weeks

I'm not trying to disparage any one of these kids. They all work very hard! I see it every day with my daughter. Regarding Dawson, they had a sizable advantage over the rest of the field after prelims. I know that none of that counts in Finals, but you do not typically see a large change in placement compared to prelims. Oh sure, you'll see a spot or two, but having College Park drop from 3rd to 8th was significant. Same for Friendswood. As for Dawson, they are a great band, never said that they did not deserve to be there. They had the advantage and momentum going into finals. They had a sizable advantage over CTJ based off of the prelim scoring. How is it bold saying it was theirs to lose? If they played and performed like they did in prelims, how could they lose? I thought that they played well, I thought that they marched well, I just thought that they may have messed up by changing their ending. I personally thought that after everyone performed, it was going to be a toss up between Dawson and CTJ. As it turned out, CTJ prevailed, but it was darn close. Again, I was not trying to downplay or be negative about another schools program. Like I said before, everyone of these kids should be proud of their hardwork. But in the end, it still is a competiton. I offered up my opinion based off of what I saw that day. If I offended anyone, I apologize. That was never my intent!

Here is my take on the contest yesterday..... - CTJohnson - totally biased, since my daughter is in the band!! I'm glad they won, but to me honest, I really thought it could go either way between them and Dawson. Their performance was much better in the finals than in the prelims. Musically, they were significantly better than any of the other bands. Extremely proud of them!! - Dawson - this was theirs to lose. They did a great prelims performance. Dawson was a good 3 points better than CTJ after the prelims!! I think where they messed up was in their choice to change the ending from the prelims performance. Musically, they were in the bottom 3rd, and the change in there show ending did not work. While I think it is going to be real good, it was not executed very well lastnight. - Cypress Fairbanks - this band totally surprised me. I think they were easily forgotten because they were one of the first bands to perform on the day. They let it all hang out in Finals and made a nice move in the finals. - Friendswood - I was surprised by their finish after the prelims. 9th!! They made a big move in the finals. They played with a whole lot more energy and it showed in their final placement. - Brazoswood - I like this band. They do very creative and fun shows. For whatever reason, it never plays well with the judges. In Finals, they were a bit amped up and it showed in the quality of their playing. - Westfield - I agree with mellopwn1, did not totally understand the show. Played very well. There just wasn't that story or emotion behind the show. Great color guard! - Oak Ridge - this was another surprise school for me. From talking to some other parents, they have a great color guard/winter guard. - TW College Park - disappointed in their drop. This was the most surprising result from Finals, I think. It is big going from 3rd to 8th. Musically they did well, 2nd best in Finals. They were really hurt by their Visual and GE. I really feel bad for those kids. - Clear Brook & Cypress Falls - I think they were where they were going to be after Finals. Cy Falls benefited from Seven Lakes having to go to a football game. I think it is tough on those Seven Lakes kids missing this opportunity. All in all a great day!! It was darn hot, and I've got the sunburn to prove it!! Looking forward to BOA San Antonio for the CT Johnson band. They keep on moving up and I am very proud of them!!! Thanks, Brian