2025 BOA Prosper (Oct. 11)

[Tubalord11]

Coppell was amazing! Did seem a little lack of energy towards the end but still pushed through….though I think Wakeland took them tonight. That drum feature with the two basses on the tenors, so clean and cool. Opening hit was so big, and while it’s not my favorite show for them they are still so so good. Amazing job Coppell! 

[TrenBS]

Im just hoping in since I havent been able to watch anything today band related, but I am shocked at the prelims results in regards who made finals, was not expecting McKinney, Ben10 (thanks Tubalord for that sick abbreviation), and to a lesser scale LT over schools like Reedy and SLC. Regardless Im impressed with McKinney High for getting one over McKinney North at a BOA competition, although I don't have to watch to know what was probably the biggest flaws in the show, being visual general effect and music ind/ensemble due to earlyish dirt.

Im also surprised to see Wylie over Prosper in prelims, I could only think Wylies Visual was over Prosper since they stay in the same box for a lot of the intro and staging isnt really as effective as Wylie.

[packwick]

i haven't seen Coppell, but "lots of choreography" makes you think lots of movement, no? as a former marcher, i would argue that the dance stuff is much more challenging than marching. marching is just modified walking, after all. these days judges are absolutely looking at the variety and range of the individual movement skills. tbh wouldn't surprise me if some guard-leaning IndVis judges comment on dynamic efforts from the musicians. and i would agree w/ that, give credit where it's due.

[MarchingMafia]

Holy cow Marcus! Watched prelims on TV and it did not prepare me for THAT! They never stopped moving and that percussion feature has me jumping out of my seat. 

[MarchingMafia]

35 minutes ago, BassBone_2024 said:

Going to go on record, not a fan of Prosper or Coppell. Both seem to be mostly features with interspersed band accompaniment which is mostly park and bark.

Coppell in particular is a flute concerto with minimal movement while playing. Lots of choreography. 

I thought the same. I like big sound in a marching show so the more lyrical pieces aren't my jam. I also tend to look at how much they're playing while on the move and whether they can maintain sound quality while doing it. When they're not moving it's not really a marching show.

[Hello123454321]

Here are the results!! I’m shocked Wylie got 4th in Prelims!!! Not sure what happened in their opener, but they had a really good recovery. Obviously Marcus sweeps, and Lone Star did amazing!!!

[BassBone_2024]

1 hour ago, packwick said:

i haven't seen Coppell, but "lots of choreography" makes you think lots of movement, no? as a former marcher, i would argue that the dance stuff is much more challenging than marching. marching is just modified walking, after all. these days judges are absolutely looking at the variety and range of the individual movement skills. tbh wouldn't surprise me if some guard-leaning IndVis judges comment on dynamic efforts from the musicians. and i would agree w/ that, give credit where it's due.

Choreo without playing. 

[WanderingTraveler]

Currently exhausted, I will do a recap of my thoughts tomorrow. But overall, very interesting.

[hebronglazerisnotright23]

wow rockhill at 14th??!!

[Tubalord11]

Just got home and cleaned up. Congratulations to Marcus, no surprise there. Will post thoughts of everything tomorrow, congratulations to everyone who competed today!

[FullRetreat]

These results really showcase how much weight is given to GE. You’re telling me SLC would’ve been 5th and Walnut Grove would been 10th without GE? That’s a MASSIVE difference from the 13th and 16th placements they each received. Whether or not GE is something you agree with or not is up to personal opinion, but it sure does make a huge difference.

[Marchingbandlover]

Next for most of these bands is region and then area for UIL, with that here is just the musical and visual scores combined and ranked of each band from prelims to give a bit of perspective on how areas could turn out, still a lot of possible movement 

Marcus H.S. – 35.225
Coppell H.S. – 34.200
Wakeland H.S. – 33.850
Forney H.S. – 33.050
Southlake Carroll H.S. – 32.775
Lone Star H.S. – 32.450
McKinney H.S. – 32.300
Wylie H.S. – 32.275
Prosper H.S. – 31.950
Walnut Grove H.S. – 31.725
Lebanon Trail H.S. – 31.525
Burleson Centennial H.S. – 31.500
Braswell H.S. – 31.475
Rockwall H.S. – 31.275
McKinney North H.S. – 31.000
Rock Hill H.S. – 30.600
Rick Reedy H.S. – 30.450
Little Elm H.S. – 30.025
Liberty H.S. – 29.850
Rockwall-Heath H.S. – 29.750
Melissa H.S. – 28.600
Commerce H.S. – 25.500
Whitesboro H.S. – 25.400

 

Also just my thoughts on today, very happy for Lone Star reeling back from 11th last year and showing what 5a finalists can do!!! Wylie great job in prelims and great recovery in finals. Great job to everyone who performed!!

[JFNDOWBFAN]

31 minutes ago, hebronglazerisnotright23 said:

wow rockhill at 14th??!!

Lucky to be honestly 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Area C interesting fact…

1) Forney 7th in prelim but 11 incredible bands Finals surprised me. 
 

Take out General Effect in Finals and Rockwall and Forney flip. 
 

Area C Finals could be wild

[DFWHornLord]

1 hour ago, Hello123454321 said:

Here are the results!! I’m shocked Wylie got 4th in Prelims!!! Not sure what happened in their opener, but they had a really good recovery. Obviously Marcus sweeps, and Lone Star did amazing!!!

wylie had a false start in finals. sad but great recovery from performers!!

[MelloMaster67]

3 hours ago, TrenBS said:

Im just hoping in since I havent been able to watch anything today band related, but I am shocked at the prelims results in regards who made finals, was not expecting McKinney, Ben10 (thanks Tubalord for that sick abbreviation), and to a lesser scale LT over schools like Reedy and SLC. Regardless Im impressed with McKinney High for getting one over McKinney North at a BOA competition, although I don't have to watch to know what was probably the biggest flaws in the show, being visual general effect and music ind/ensemble due to earlyish dirt.

Im also surprised to see Wylie over Prosper in prelims, I could only think Wylies Visual was over Prosper since they stay in the same box for a lot of the intro and staging isnt really as effective as Wylie.

Why is that surprising? Wasn't McKinney HS the highest scoring McKinney ISD band at this contest last year?

[dfwhorn]

Wow what a great turnout and results for this contest! I know that a lot of people talk about that finals zone, but there was a giant bubble in prelims. 7 bands (RH, WG, RW Heath, Reedy, LE, Liberty, and North) all scored between 72 and 73 points. That's how you know TX is a bloodbath!

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Anyone got finals recordings?

[TexasStrangers]

I really don't understand why small bands even go to BOA anymore. 

[BandDad11]

Prelims Results in order:

1. Marcus - 86.675
2. Wakeland - 84.250
3. Coppell - 84.100
4. Wylie - 81.925
5. Prosper - 81.850
6. Lone Star - 81.400
7. Forney - 79.700
8. McKinney - 78.000
9. Lebanon Trail - 77.825
10. Braswell - 77.675
11. Burleson Centennial - 76.350
12. Rockwall - 76.175
13. Southlake Carroll - 75.975
14. Rock Hill - 73.750
15. Rockwall-Heath - 73.200
16. Walnut Grove - 73.175
17. Rick Reedy - 72.950
18. Little Elm - 72.825
19. Liberty - 72.500
20. McKinney North - 72.250
21. Melissa - 68.900
22. Commerce - 62.500
23. Whitesboro - 61.450

[BandDad11]

Not bad for Heath considering their performance time and quality of run 🤷‍♂️

[JFNDOWBFAN]

13 hours ago, BassBone_2024 said:

Also, Prosper stood in place for the last 20+ seconds of their show.

Felt forever

[E1.]

55 minutes ago, BandDad11 said:

Not bad for Heath considering their performance time and quality of run 🤷‍♂️

If they use the next two weeks effectively maybe we'll see them in San antonio with rockwall 👀

[Tubalord11]

Good morning, everyone! Yesterday was great, every band gave it their all and it showed. As far as finals scores/placements, I had most of what happened except I had BC way to low lol, not surprised they got 8th go, top half was what I had.
I think my biggest shock from prelims recap was North in 20th. I personally think that while they absolutely kill the jazz-styled show, I feel like they need to change from it and try something new. The students are absolutely executing the heck of the shows, but I just don't think, maybe just for BOA but could be for UIL, that style of show is going to keep them at the top. Ofc I could be completely wrong, but that's just my two cents. This happened last year at this comp where they missed finals, and they made it to state finals. But when you have that many visuals to clean and make sure everyone is perfect, not a ton of variety in style and dynamics and a good chunk of the show being solos/small ensembles features...idk, I just feel something needs to change. Again, this is nothing on the kids as everyone was jamming out and very entertained, which may just be what they are going for. 
As far as SLC, it happens, especially in this competitive environment. I don't necessarily agree as I thought the GE was there, but I still think they're in a great shot to make state and semis and grand nats. Everything else seems about right, not super far off from what I had. Everyone brought the heat, and I think bands like Heath, WG and Reedy should be happy with how yesterday turned out, all should do very well at their respective areas. 

Again, congrats to everyone who competed yesterday, it was a great day of band, and I can't wait to do it again next year! 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

4 minutes ago, E1. said:

If they use the next two weeks effectively maybe we'll see them in San antonio with rockwall 👀

That would be amazing