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I would say the biggest surprise is Vandegrift getting 26th @ BOA:SA

BOA website, yes. http://cdn.musicforall.org/images/stories/...XSA.Prelims.pdf

After a looking into this I found that Hebron, Rouse, Leander and Vandegrift were the only bands that had the opposite be true, their individual scores being higher than their ensemble. How is that even possible? Shouldn't good individual music scores (such as Leander being 5th place) imply a good Ensemble music score? (Leander ended up in 30th) How could they be that far apart?

Interesting. Leander ISD Line up for last night's pre-lims 1. Cedar Park - 90.25 - 5th 2. Leander - 81.60 - 20th 3. Vandegrift - 78.80 - 26th 4. Vista Ridge - 78.45 - 28th 5. Rouse - 66.55 - 52nd Lewisville ISD 1. Marcus - 93.75 - 2nd 2. Flower Mound - 87.40 - 8th 3. Hebron - 81.60 - 19th

Vista Ridge did this at Area D yesterday.

Oh no... not GE... the most controversial topic of them all.

Exactly.. for some reason every single Leander ISD school is on saturday this year. odd.

I was always under the impression that everyone had a random pick.

Give your Piccolo trumpet soloist a high five for me.

5A/4A UIL region 26 from yesterday. Cedar Park: McNeil: Leander: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGacR6wjfGE...eature=youtu.be Round Rock: Other: Vista Ridge: Rouse:

Because the week after BOA Conroe, Vandegrift beat Cedar Park at Vista Ridge, and took 1st in finals.

Why isnt this band going to BOA:SA? That is a fantastic show.

I'm just gonna throw it in there that I wouldn't consider Reagan a lock. IMHO the only true locks are: Cedar Park Bowie LD Bell Marcus Stephen F Austin Vandegrift

That last block after lunch on Saturday is going to be INTENSE. Marcus, Cedar Park, L.D. Bell, Vandegrift, Leander, Haltom HOLY.

Yes, it is based on the original post. I was at vista ridge. Westlake and Lake Travis were amazing, definitely getting to that level of prestige that people associate with Vandegrift and CP. Out of the bottom 5 bands, Leander definitely shone through. They sounded great. (the recap proves it) and their show (I think it's called "Russia") this year is very well put together... very BOA-esque. I would not be surprised at all to see them in San Antonio finals. Reagan's show was awesome as usual. They have a little visual cleaning to do in the next three weeks, but they're definitely in good shape to end up in finals once again. Overall very impressed with the Area D bands this year. Seems like everyone is stepping it up.

Based on what *I* have seen, the "Bubble" bands that I think have the best chances are: (in no particular order) (Only using reagan as a comparison because they are pretty consistent and this thread assumes them as a lock) -The Woodlands H.S., TX (always good) -Leander H.S., TX (Placed 3 points behind Reagan @ vista ridge) -Westlake H.S., TX (Placed higher than reagan @ vista ridge) -Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX (always good) -Anderson H.S., TX (2nd @ cap city? I dont remember) -Round Rock H.S., TX (Placed higher than reagan @ vista ridge, although lower music scores than expected) Pflugerville had to pull out of grand nats, which I think is really unfortunate :| Here are the finals recap from Vista. http://schools.roundrockisd.org/rrhs/band/...alsRecap079.pdf Thoughts?

Everyone knows there has always been a friendly rivalry between Cedar Park and Leander.