BigTrombone Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Surprise! A new Texas Regional for 2024! The 2024 San Marcos Regional will be held on Sept. 28 at Bobcat Stadium on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. Bdc22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark_DM_2009 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Babe wake up, BOA Austin 2 just dropped😳 Bdc22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchycookie3 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 This is one of the most exciting locations for a new regional. San Antonio and Austin will get another early season mash-up, and hopefully a Houston band or two will make the short trip over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utee94 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, crunchycookie3 said: This is one of the most exciting locations for a new regional. San Antonio and Austin will get another early season mash-up, and hopefully a Houston band or two will make the short trip over. Yeah I'm really curious as to who will end up going to San Marcos. I could see some of the San Antonio schools that have been going to Houston regionals, switching to SM instead. And perhaps some of the slightly lower-tier Austin ISD marching bands looking to get away from Leander and Round Rock ISD and secure a higher finish. But I'd be surprised if any of the major central Texas bands did both on back to back weekends, and I'd also be surprised to see any of them skip Austin and go to San Marcos instead. Just as an example, Kelly Reeves is 6 miles and 10 minutes from Cedar Park High School, while Bobcat Stadium is 50 miles and over an hour away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Confirmed (1): James Bowie H.S., TX Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 While the date might not be super optimal, I think this regional has great potential, as mentioned in other forums, to be one for groups that are trying to “get away” from top groups in the area such as the LISD, RR-ISD and the big SA schools in the are, which makes me really happy. I hate when bands aren’t able to make finals at boa regionals simply because the really aren’t a ton of changes as to who ends up making finals each year at the other regionals (not hating on any programs Tx is just so stacked), and will be a great opportunity for those programs that are always so close to finals get that much deserved second performance, and I’m supper excited to see how this comp turns out tubapop and utee94 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 I’m not sure that the big SA schools are choosing to skip this one. It’s right in their backyard and a wonderful opportunity to compete somewhere close to home before the SASR. I guess we will know more as it begins to fill up! Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utee94 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 19 minutes ago, LeanderMomma said: I’m not sure that the big SA schools are choosing to skip this one. It’s right in their backyard and a wonderful opportunity to compete somewhere close to home before the SASR. I guess we will know more as it begins to fill up! True but I suspect most of the major Austin/LISD/RRISD schools will still go to the Austin (Round Rock?) regional rather than go to San Marcos. So my friends at, say... Austin Anderson, who struggle to make finals at BOA-Austin when they're competing against a stacked slate like Vandy, VR, CP, Leander, Rouse, CR, Round Rock, etc. might try to move away from the Austin regional and see if they've got a better shot in San Marcos. Of course if every heavy hitter from SA decides to do the same thing, they might not fare any better, but it might be worth a shot. LeanderMomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 4 hours ago, LeanderMomma said: I’m not sure that the big SA schools are choosing to skip this one. It’s right in their backyard and a wonderful opportunity to compete somewhere close to home before the SASR. I guess we will know more as it begins to fill up! I’m just hoping we get to see some first-timers in finals this year between here and Austin or really any tx regional that might open up a little for the bubble programs bc of this new regional LeanderMomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utee94 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Looks like Dripping dropped the West Texas regional and picked this one up instead. Which would seem to support the theory that some of the Austin-area bands would like to get away from the extremely high level of competition at the Austin/RR regional and try to move up the placement stack at other regionals. Dave609 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jplaysclarinet Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 On 2/27/2024 at 2:31 PM, LeanderMomma said: Confirmed (1): James Bowie H.S., TX My directors told me that chaparral isn’t going to Boa Austin but instead we’re going to Boa San Marcos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 Confirmed (5): Dripping Springs H.S., TX James Bowie H.S., TX Lockhart H.S., TX Robert E. Hendrickson H.S., TX Sandra Day O’Connor H.S., TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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