Popular Post BDC Posted January 19 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 19 On 1/11/2024 at 11:11 PM, TrenBS said: Im not sure how brutal it is on South Texas, but in North Texas the humidity while still higher than most of the surrounding states generally sits around 15-40%, so to my knowledge very little time is lost in the drier parts of North Texas, but I cant speak for Little Elm in that regard If anything since it affects all school activities, most districts will likely realign to a later time (8:45-9:30) to allow for over an hour of before/after school practice for sports and marching, with Marching band splitting its time if possible with 1/2 in the morning and 1/2 later in the day, naturally, Texas is simply too competitive for us to just cut football or band time without at least an attempt to maintain our growth, so mornings will be the saving grace (also considering students get a nice 65-85 degree weather to stay mentally engaged and not completely fun 118 heat index Well, the WBGT 92 degrees is the equivalent of around 108 degrees with 53% humidity. This was in place this past season. We had a few days we couldn't be outside, but there were several days that it was right at 108 and it was so brutal, but the kids powered through. On a blacktop practice field at that. The kids really amaze me constantly. TrenBS, LeanderMomma and utee94 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 I’m finding this information interesting. Here are the enrollment maxes for each BOA contest this fall. Of particular interest to me is the 24 band max for Austin. Has this always been the case (I dont think so!)? And if not, why only 24 bands? Has parking become that difficult at the KRAC?! https://marching.musicforall.org/current-enrollment/ TrenBS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrenBS Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, LeanderMomma said: I’m finding this information interesting. Here are the enrollment maxes for each BOA contest this fall. Of particular interest to me is the 24 band max for Austin. Has this always been the case (I dont think so!)? And if not, why only 24 bands? Has parking become that difficult at the KRAC?! https://marching.musicforall.org/current-enrollment/ Im surprised the Austin BOA has such a small limit this year, its such a central location for the South Texas powerhouses so Im shocked they did that considering it will strangle out the 1A-2A representation while making the spots pretty annoying to get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, TrenBS said: Im surprised the Austin BOA has such a small limit this year, its such a central location for the South Texas powerhouses so Im shocked they did that considering it will strangle out the 1A-2A representation while making the spots pretty annoying to get I definitely don’t understand it. Last season they had 28 bands competing, 25 in 2022, and they had 31 in 2016! I definitely don’t understand this new cutoff number of 24! Unless parking is just that bad, which it kinda is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdc22 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 51 minutes ago, LeanderMomma said: I definitely don’t understand it. Last season they had 28 bands competing, 25 in 2022, and they had 31 in 2916! I definitely don’t understand this new cutoff number of 24! Unless parking is just that bad, which it kinda is. I’m wondering if extreme heat has anything to do with it? It’s usually incredibly hot at BOA ATX. Makes me wonder if blacking out/blocking off the hottest part of the day on the schedule reduces the amount of performance slots? Just a thought. I don’t even understand why the date hasn’t been announced for it yet 🤷🏼♀️ LeanderMomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 57 minutes ago, LeanderMomma said: I definitely don’t understand it. Last season they had 28 bands competing, 25 in 2022, and they had 31 in 2916! I definitely don’t understand this new cutoff number of 24! Unless parking is just that bad, which it kinda is. 2916?!? LeanderMomma has time travel powers?? 😧 LeanderMomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrenBS Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 10 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said: 2916?!? LeanderMomma has time travel powers?? 😧 Itll be the year my alma mater my school makes state finals, hopefully sooner😢 But I can only see heat being the problem since its such a popular contest, and its a shame that there could honestly be no A groups and maybe 1 or 2 AAs LeanderMomma and Tubalord11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 2 hours ago, Tubalord11 said: 2916?!? LeanderMomma has time travel powers?? 😧 lol. Fixed it, thanks! Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 2 hours ago, Bdc22 said: I’m wondering if extreme heat has anything to do with it? It’s usually incredibly hot at BOA ATX. Makes me wonder if blacking out/blocking off the hottest part of the day on the schedule reduces the amount of performance slots? Just a thought. I don’t even understand why the date hasn’t been announced for it yet 🤷🏼♀️ I bet you’re absolutely dead on with this explanation. I didn’t even consider that! That would definitely explain it because last year they had a nice long extended gap between prelims and finals in order to keep everyone off the field for the hottest part of the day. And they cut the performance times down to 12 min. They definitely couldn’t do this with 30+ bands on the schedule. It was great actually!! I had a nice long time to go eat an early dinner, cool off and get back to the parking lot and in line for finals way before it got brutally long. Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 3 hours ago, LeanderMomma said: I bet you’re absolutely dead on with this explanation. I didn’t even consider that! That would definitely explain it because last year they had a nice long extended gap between prelims and finals in order to keep everyone off the field for the hottest part of the day. And they cut the performance times down to 12 min. They definitely couldn’t do this with 30+ bands on the schedule. It was great actually!! I had a nice long time to go eat an early dinner, cool off and get back to the parking lot and in line for finals way before it got brutally long. Yeah, I bet you that's the thing. Makes sense, but hopefully it doesn't affect the comp in future or this coming season in terms of enrollment/ class representation, but I'd imagine most programs will appreciate this LeanderMomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Those spots are going to be tough to grab. LeanderMomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utee94 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Parking is pretty problematic there, but yeah it would make sense if it were heat-related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Just a reminder that I am posting updated confirmed bands in the first post of each BOA contest (except San Marcos since that one was started by @BigTrombone and I’ll let them update that one as they wish). Parkwoodmom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 I think that the reason why BOA was able to put the limit on bands here so comfortably is because they had the plans for San Marcos as an alternative contest. utee94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchycookie3 Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 I suspect with Joni Perez returning to teaching at MG Johnson, they’ll be an absolute powerhouse within the next year or two. I wonder if they’ll feel like a TWHS/Bluecoats Lite or if they’ll have their own vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 1 hour ago, crunchycookie3 said: I suspect with Joni Perez returning to teaching at MG Johnson, they’ll be an absolute powerhouse within the next year or two. I wonder if they’ll feel like a TWHS/Bluecoats Lite or if they’ll have their own vibe. MG Johnson has been putting on very extravagant shows for a bit now so I think the design-energy will be similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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