clarinetistkai05 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 4 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said: Ladies and gentlemen, the 8 time state champion, Argyle high school, is heading to grand nationals!!! A very high chance of being AA champions, and being now the 6th band so for confirmed going to GN’s! They also released their show for this season: A Pictures worth. Seems very cool, and it’s gonna be great watching these kids in Indy, can’t wait Argyle! I AM HAPPY! Is Argyle the first AA for Texas or am I mistaken? I am just so used to seeing AAAs and AAAAs 😭. Bdc22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 26 minutes ago, clarinetistkai05 said: I AM HAPPY! Is Argyle the first AA for Texas or am I mistaken? I am just so used to seeing AAAs and AAAAs 😭. I do believe so yes. Ik Whitesboro went once but they were class A so I do believe they will be the first AA band from tx, super exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarinetistkai05 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 15 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said: I do believe so yes. Ik Whitesboro went once but they were class A so I do believe they will be the first AA band from tx, super exciting happy for them! I genuinely cannot wait to see them on box5! also, how do boa classifications work? I’ve seen some 6As end up as 3As in boa and 5As as 2A (Argyle & Grapevine), is there a way they calculate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 41 minutes ago, clarinetistkai05 said: happy for them! I genuinely cannot wait to see them on box5! also, how do boa classifications work? I’ve seen some 6As end up as 3As in boa and 5As as 2A (Argyle & Grapevine), is there a way they calculate? Its based off size of grades 10-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Do note that we don’t know about Tarpon Springs yet. They normally come on even years so if they come, Argyle would be fighting for 2nd/3rd, bc no AA band is close to TS at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarinetistkai05 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 10 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said: Do note that we don’t know about Tarpon Springs yet. They normally come on even years so if they come, Argyle would be fighting for 2nd/3rd, bc no AA band is close to TS at the moment OH YEAH! I am hoping Argyle pulls through if TS doesn’t show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTrombone Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 Well, if their calendar holds true, Vista Ridge will be returning to Grand Nationals this fall. EDIT: Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave609 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 On 3/1/2024 at 10:00 AM, Tubalord11 said: Do note that we don’t know about Tarpon Springs yet. They normally come on even years so if they come, Argyle would be fighting for 2nd/3rd, bc no AA band is close to TS at the moment I really hope Tarpon Springs does go because I would really love to see 2 of the best AA schools in BOA to go up against each other. Would really be something no one would want to miss Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tubapop Posted March 8 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 8 17 minutes ago, Dave609 said: I really hope Tarpon Springs does go because I would really love to see 2 of the best AA schools in BOA to go up against each other. Would really be something no one would want to miss I hope to go to GN with Bridgeland and would love to see Tarpon Springs live... They're probably my favorite all around group. So incredibly creative Dave609, Sideswiperr and Tubalord11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideswiperr Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 Just curious, how exactly do BOA judges calculate scores, and get a score of for example 16.50? I know they have a sheet that is out of 100 points for each box, and adds up to a total of 200 points, but I really just would like to know how it gets down to that 16.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 2 hours ago, Sideswiperr said: Just curious, how exactly do BOA judges calculate scores, and get a score of for example 16.50? I know they have a sheet that is out of 100 points for each box, and adds up to a total of 200 points, but I really just would like to know how it gets down to that 16.50. I’ll do my best to describe the process. So, there are 7 judges total, individual music/marching, ensemble music/marching, 2 music GE and 1 visual GE. Each judge gives each band a score out of 20, an example being that the visual GE judge gave band A a 17.25. Then, for music as a whole, they take the music individual/ensemble judges, and average the score out of 20, that’s the groups overall music score. The same process happens for visual, take the two same judges, and averages the score out of 20. For GE, the average is out of 60. They take the 2 music GE judges, both giving scores out of 20, add the two together, that’s a bands total music GE score, then they add this visual score, and it will be some number between 0-60, as each GE judge can give a max of 20 points, so a total ge score could be 55.8. Getting a 16.5 like you mentioned is just either a score given me a judge in their specific category they are judging, or can be a total music/visual caption average score. And the final score is of course your average music score+average visual score+GE score, which will be any number between 0-100, such as an 88.75. Hope this helps! im also adding a breakdown of one of last years Boa comps from Hornrank so you can physically see how the scores work: https://www.hornrank.com/2023/09/austin-prelims-sept-23-2023.html?m=1 Sideswiperr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideswiperr Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 6 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said: I’ll do my best to describe the process. So, there are 7 judges total, individual music/marching, ensemble music/marching, 2 music GE and 1 visual GE. Each judge gives each band a score out of 20, an example being that the visual GE judge gave band A a 17.25. Then, for music as a whole, they take the music individual/ensemble judges, and average the score out of 20, that’s the groups overall music score. The same process happens for visual, take the two same judges, and averages the score out of 20. For GE, the average is out of 60. They take the 2 music GE judges, both giving scores out of 20, add the two together, that’s a bands total music GE score, then they add this visual score, and it will be some number between 0-60, as each GE judge can give a max of 20 points, so a total ge score could be 55.8. Getting a 16.5 like you mentioned is just either a score given me a judge in their specific category they are judging, or can be a total music/visual caption average score. And the final score is of course your average music score+average visual score+GE score, which will be any number between 0-100, such as an 88.75. Hope this helps! im also adding a breakdown of one of last years Boa comps from Hornrank so you can physically see how the scores work: https://www.hornrank.com/2023/09/austin-prelims-sept-23-2023.html?m=1 That sounds much simpler than I previously thought, I appreciate the explanation. Perhaps that’s why I’m not in the press box. Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crunchycookie3 Posted April 17 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 17 It looks like Prosper has removed this from their calendar, but I’m not convinced that they won’t be going. We’ll see! Side note: It’s crazy cool to see groups like Friendswood, Argyle, and Bridgeland try their hand at Grand Nats. In the last 10 seasons, we’ve seen a slew of 12 first-time TX nats finalists: Round Rock (‘13), Cedar Ridge (‘13), Flower Mound (‘14), Hebron (‘15), Keller (‘15), Cedar Park (‘16), Prosper (‘18), Vandegrift (‘19), Vista Ridge (‘21), Southlake Carroll (‘22), Hendrickson (‘22), Pearland (‘23) The culture here in TX is crazy good, especially considering that many of these groups are relatively fresh on the scene. Looking ahead, I anticipate this list to grow by a name or two this season. I wonder who will follow after that! ChristopherRoden, tubapop and Dave609 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightlife Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 21 hours ago, crunchycookie3 said: It looks like Prosper has removed this from their calendar, but I’m not convinced that they won’t be going. We’ll see! Side note: It’s crazy cool to see groups like Friendswood, Argyle, and Bridgeland try their hand at Grand Nats. In the last 10 seasons, we’ve seen a slew of 12 first-time TX nats finalists: Round Rock (‘13), Cedar Ridge (‘13), Flower Mound (‘14), Hebron (‘15), Keller (‘15), Cedar Park (‘16), Prosper (‘18), Vandegrift (‘19), Vista Ridge (‘21), Southlake Carroll (‘22), Hendrickson (‘22), Pearland (‘23) The culture here in TX is crazy good, especially considering that many of these groups are relatively fresh on the scene. Looking ahead, I anticipate this list to grow by a name or two this season. I wonder who will follow after that! I agree, I’m leaning more towards >1 new Texas finalist this year. Directly comparing Friendswood to some of last year’s finalists has me pretty confident in them, furthermore Argyle did beat fwood soooo crunchycookie3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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