Xenon Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 We have two TX bands making the trip all the way up to BOA Grand Nationals this year; Flower Mound and Wakeland. Both perform in Prelims on Friday: http://www.musicforall.org/what-we-do/boa-marching-championships/grand-national-championships/grand-national-championships (All times Eastern) 8:00am - Wakeland 11:15am - Flower Mound 9:00pm - Prelims Awards Ceremony I am making the trip up to Indianapolis to help out with the BOA GN Live Blog(s), but I won't be able to make it to the stadium before either TX band performs in Prelims (good luck to both, I want to see you in Semis!); the other bloggers will already be there, though, so be sure to check out what they have to say. Prelims Blog: http://bit.ly/1qEHM2i Semis Blog: http://bit.ly/1EwhpSm Finals Blog: http://bit.ly/1v53Qu9 Parkwoodmom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Live Video Streaming is also available for $19 for each event (Prelims/Semis/Finals are all separate events) or $59 for all of them and access to on-demand videos from all past events. http://www.musicforall.org/video/live-webcast-schedule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Flower Mound REALLY sparkled just now, that show on the field in Indy is peaking right when it needs to, I'd be surprised if they aren't a finalist. Not two weeks ago at SA, not last week at State, but right now. Wakeland was awesome! Such a creepy dark show. Sensemeya was awesome, and that closer is intense! Fantastic job as well! I think we'll definetely be seeing them in Semi Finals, maybe finals? We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Flower Mound was absolutely spectacular. They should definitely be in finals, and I'm thinking they'll land towards the middle of the pack (6-9). Wakeland was great as well, but it's a really competitive year on the bubble. I think they'll end around 18-26, which is more than great for a first showing. They'll probably advance on next 8, seeing that Friday is extremely loaded - to the point where all the medalists and more than half of the finalists (9 even?) could come from today alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Flower Mound was absolutely spectacular. They should definitely be in finals, and I'm thinking they'll land towards the middle of the pack (6-9). Wakeland was great as well, but it's a really competitive year on the bubble. I think they'll end around 18-26, which is more than great for a first showing. They'll probably advance on next 8, seeing that Friday is extremely loaded - to the point where all the medalists and more than half of the finalists (9 even?) could come from today alone. That's about where I have Wakeland, definitely not bad for Nationals! I could see them anywhere from 14th - 20th, which is a great place to be. Who knows with those on field captions, stuff can get crazy! We'll see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Congrats to Wakeland and Flower Mound on advancing to semifinals tomorrow! principalagent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Congrats to Wakeland and Flower Mound on advancing to semifinals tomorrow! And both in the top 22 overall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 And both in the top 22 overall! How do you know? I believe you, just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 So basically, the advancers are: Top 11 from both days of prelims The next eight highest scores regardless of day Any class representation necessary to make sure at least two bands from each class from each day performs Then the performance schedule is The class advancers (5 this year) 4 of the bands ranked 23-30 of the advancers (I'm not sure how common it is, but it's very possible that a band could be in the top 30 overall, yet not make semi-finals because of severely imbalanced days - 11 bands have to make it from both days. So say 11 made it from Friday, and all of the next 8 made it from Friday too and they were all the top 19 overall. Say the 20th place band was also from Friday, and 21-31 were all from Thursday. Unless 20th place needed to make it in on class representation, they would not make semi-finals, while 31st did.) the top 22 of the advancers, regardless of day, regardless of who was top 11 on whatever day (for example, this year there are 8 from Thursday and 14 on Friday) The other 4 bands ranked 23-30 of the advancers Kinda confusing, but that's how it is. And you can backtrack and figure out where all the bands placed in prelims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJesus Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Did Wakeland clean up their individual marching from the faster part of their drill? Saw them about 3 weeks ago but haven't seen them since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Yup, per the schedule, Wakeland and Flower Mound were both in the Top-22 scores across both days of Prelims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkwoodmom Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Blog on the main page is not working for me today.....?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkwoodmom Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Blog on the main page is not working for me today.....?? That's OK....the blog is working at Bands.org..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Blog on the main page is not working for me today.....?? Oops, sorry, fixed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Congrats to Wakeland on the AAA on outstanding visual performance an 3rd in class and congrats to Flowermound on making Grand National finals! knoxisawesome348 and principalagent 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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knoxisawesome348 Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Results went pretty close to expected except for class 3A. Congrats to Flower Mound and Wakeland! Can't wait to see FloMo's finals run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoxisawesome348 Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 And here are performance times: (All times Eastern) 8:00 PM - Flower Mound (TX)8:15 PM - Wando (SC)8:30 PM - Kennesaw Mountain (GA)8:45 PM - Homestead (IN)9:00 PM - Tarpon Springs (FL)9:15 PM - Avon (IN)9:30 PM - Carmel (IN)9:45 PM - Union (OK)10:00 PM - Marian Catholic (IL)10:15 PM - Broken Arrow (OK)10:30 PM - Lawrence Township (IN)10:45 PM - William Mason (OH) Flower Mound is yet again cursed with a super early performance time. (They went 3rd at San Antonio and 1st in UIL State finals). Hopefully it doesn't make too big of a difference tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Amazing showing by our Texas bands, and a great night ahead! I'm thinking the eagle is going to fly back south to a state it hasn't been to in a long while based on the semi-finals results and from what I saw on the live stream. Xenon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Amazing showing by our Texas bands, and a great night ahead! I'm thinking the eagle is going to fly back south to a state it hasn't been to in a long while based on the semi-finals results and from what I saw on the live stream. I think I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Amazing showing by our Texas bands, and a great night ahead! I'm thinking the eagle is going to fly back south to a state it hasn't been to in a long while based on the semi-finals results and from what I saw on the live stream. Very happy to be right on this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moler512 Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 congrats to FloMo on 6th place!!! and tarpon springs on there first championship!!! Parkwoodmom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Wakeland came in 15th! What an amazing finish for them! Glad to have been wrong about their placement as well! Parkwoodmom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoxisawesome348 Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Looking at recaps, Wakeland came in 15th in semi's. Only about 1.5 points out of finals! That's the first visual award a Texas band has taken home from GN since Stephen F. Austin tied in semi's for visual in 2004. Great job Wakeland! And of course, great job Flower Mound. I'm willing to bet they would have scored closer to William Mason had they performed in the second half of finals. Regardless, 6th place on a first showing? Amazing. Glad they showed everyone San Antonio was a fluke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Congratulations to Flower Mound! Wow, 6th in their first nationals! They should be VERY proud! And has there ever been two bands over 97 before? Both were INCREDIBLE! Was pulling for Broken Arrow myself, but congrats to Tarpon Springs! Well deserved! Hope the Eagle flies back to Texas next year.....I hear there's some major firepower headed up there in 2015. Man, Broken Arrow has lost their last two nationals by .15. Next year........I bet they're going to absolutely bring the heat. Thought their show was absolutely stunning, I think I understand it now, which brings it to a whole other level. Parkwoodmom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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