2025 BOA Prosper (Oct. 11)

[JFNDOWBFAN]

SLC about to melt their chocolate 😂 🥵 

[OGFISD99]

Well  hello  LONE STAR!!!!!..... THAT'S HOW TO BEGIN AFTER A BREAK.....Amazing tsunami of sound... I'm going to knit pick ... they are my school.... our lines need to be hit consistently..... still a little behind half a count.... the Ge/visual as improved.... we just need tighten it up... our sound is amazing.... loud and clear.... we need to make the Tuba feature a little  louder.... it would really  set us apart... all in all amazing job Lone Star.... 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Hmmm I really wanted to like show….and it was solid….but last year was so amazing…didn’t get same feel as submarine. But think they will still do well but not likely to push top 5 imo. 🤔 

or it could be following LoneStar

[Tubalord11]

SLC-accordingly yours: yeah that was awesome! This is the best they’ve sounded at this point in the season, and holy percussion, we hear you!! It’s hot but you couldn’t hear it.Soloists/duets were wonderful, tons of visual GE, and the Jax section, so cool! They will probably be a fan favorite at grand nats and will be back at state, amazing job SLC!! 

[Dave609]

Lebanon Trail....WOW they look and sound amazing. Definitely back with a vengeance this year

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Let me preface with LT has an amazing show. They will likely he top 5 in prelims

after seeing 2x last week, this felt like taking it easy and playing it safe
 

i bet they come out strong tonight!!!!

[OGFISD99]

Great job Lebanon Trail....great sound... just a little more work  to clean  up your sound intonation.... these are easy fixes..... the drill looks 100 times  better  then when I saw them at the showcase... I think y'all  will be making it to state.... 

[Tubalord11]

Lebanon Trail-Rite of Spring: LT brought it down!! It’s only getting hotter, but they did fantastic!!! Soloists are top tier, and that ensemble sound is so clean. Percussion threw down for their feature. Loved the drill, so engaging, clean and story telling. They might be having their first boa finals performance tonight, amazing job LT!! 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Ok Rock Hill. Nice bounce back from Mckinney. Felt more energy and life. Some of these rifles and swords, bless them. Still struggling a bit 

much stronger sound this week

RH!!!!

[Tubalord11]

Rockhill: Definitely a much stronger run that last week! They have some great moments both musically and visually, you really get that sense of two conflicting sides. I just don’t think the show lets them show their max potential, but they are doing great with what they have, amazing job RH!

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Wakeland….So fresh and so clean clean

[Tubalord11]

Wakeland- Fractured: probably the best performance of the day. Could LS or Prosper be ahead, possibly but not likely imo. Probably my favorite show of theirs since Covid, and I loved 21&23 sooooo much. Just such a big and controlled sound. The music and drill displays the theme so well. Soloists were amazing, they did a fantastic arrangement of creep for the ballad, and Perc was 🔥

Would be shocked if they don’t medal here, amazing job Wakeland 

[OGFISD99]

4 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

Wakeland- Fractured: probably the best performance of the day. Could LS or Prosper be ahead, possibly but not likely imo. Probably my favorite show of theirs since Covid, and I loved 21&23 sooooo much. Just such a big and controlled sound. The music and drill displays the theme so well. Soloists were amazing, they did a fantastic arrangement of creep for the ballad, and Perc was 🔥

Would be shocked if they don’t medal here, amazing job Wakeland 

The arrangement of creep is from 2013 i believe  from dci... blue coats... 

[Tubalord11]

Braswell- blueprint of the mind: Wow, what a sound! The flute solo into caves was wonderful! Could have had a little more volume for their size imo. Ballad was just beautiful, those euphoniums were nails, loved the bodywork for the full ensemble. Percussion was fantastic, and visually so strong. Loved how they used the prop crew at the end, should be seeing them tonight, fantastic job Braswell! 

[Tubalord11]

Rockwall-retroSONIC: Holy improvement!! That run felt 5 times more locked in than last weekend!! I love the ending, really brings it all together. I think volume again is my biggest complaint for the big hits. Also, high brass needs to work on still maintaining good sound when marching bc they sound so much better standing still. Visually one of the best here, it’s hard stuff they are killing. Put up a strong fight for tonight, amazing job Rockwall!!!

[JFNDOWBFAN]

1 minute ago, Tubalord11 said:

Rockwall-resonate: Holy improvement!! That run felt 5 times more locked in than last weekend!! I love the ending, really brings it all together. I think volume again is my biggest complaint for the big hits. Also, high brass needs to work on still maintaining good sound when marching bc they sound so much better standing still. Visually one of the best here, it’s hard stuff they are killing. Put up a strong fight for tonight, amazing job Rockwall!!!

Agreed. Felt stronger than last week’s finals. They will be just in or just out but hope kids remember their goal is state and today wont impact that either way!

now for air conditioning 

[Tubalord11]

Block 1&2 rankings: 

Wakeland 

Prosper 

Lone Star

SLC 

Wylie 

Braswell 

Lebanon Trail 

McKinney North 

Reedy

Rockwall 

Rock Hill 

Liberty 

Little Elm 

Rockwall-Heath 

Commerce 

Whitesboro 

 

a lot of these are interchange, a really hard one to predict 

[SharksAreCool]

8 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

Rockwall-resonate: Holy improvement!! That run felt 5 times more locked in than last weekend!! I love the ending, really brings it all together. I think volume again is my biggest complaint for the big hits. Also, high brass needs to work on still maintaining good sound when marching bc they sound so much better standing still. Visually one of the best here, it’s hard stuff they are killing. Put up a strong fight for tonight, amazing job Rockwall!!!

Their shows called retrosonic 😂

[Tubalord11]

Just now, SharksAreCool said:

Their shows called retrosonic 😂

Omg u right 😂

[Dave609]

Im excited for the final block! Block 2 was soooo good!

[SharksAreCool]

11 minutes ago, Dave609 said:

Im excited for the final block! Block 2 was soooo good!

Agreed. There was sooooooo much finalist potential in that block. Can’t wait to hear the third block! 

[Tubalord11]

Walnut Grove-Water Music: so ummmm, WG might have just made finals bc that was so good!! A completely different band from these past two seasons! Soloist going into the opening hit were amazing and the dynamics in that opener were great. Low brass feature after the ballad was incredible. Visually very clean, plenty of bodywork and visuals to add GE. A little bit of tuning issues at time but in this heat it’s to be expected. Loved that show, could definitely see them make it tonight, amazing job WG!!! 

[Tubalord11]

McKinney-Metamorphosis: yeah so if McKinney doesn’t make finals idk what to say bc holy cow. That brass is pushing out some serious sound, and they sound amazing doing so! A couple times 1 or 2 players pushing too much. Soloists were fantastic, that trombone blended so well with the WWs in the ballad. Visually tons of GE, and very clean as well. Guard was also wow, we should be seeing that a second time, amazing job McKinney! 

[jetliner]

Very impressed with Walnut Grove's woodwinds.

[Dave609]

Melissa HS definitely looks and sounds a lot better since I last watched them, but still noticed some out of place people when they did straight lines. It also seemed that some spacing wasn't right