Bonelife Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Bowie with 4th? Wow! Great job for everyone but I'm particularly impressed with the top three. Glad Westlake isn't the only one feeling a little early season slump, not gonna lie. It happens, I guess. guardgirl17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted September 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Both Round Rock and Cedar Park were dangerously close to their first regional wins tonight. Tight competitIon all around with what I'm sure is tons of flipping and interesting scoring mechanics. The race to BOA San Antonio, UIL State and Grand Nationals will be intense for all. Can't wait for full recaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossblue82 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Actually, it was 1996. I'd know because I was a part of it. principalagent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Culper Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Somebody on Music for All os saying Round Rock got a half point penalty in Finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 I'm hearing that Round Rock received a time penalty of 0,5 points. Can anyone confirm this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 I'm hearing that Round Rock received a time penalty of 0,5 points. Can anyone confirm this? That's what I'm reading on MFA. Which would explain why Round Rock placed above James Bowie even though James Bowie won GE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted September 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 They definitely did. The big tip was how Mr. Potter announced the tiebreaker procedure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Regardless though, top 4 within .5 of each other. That's tight. Nice appearance for Vista Ridge in the early season. Huge jump from last year for Hendrickson as well, good for them. Sure that was an awesome night of competition to watch unfold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nny14 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Congratulations Leander! We're fine here at Round Rock, we are just honored to perform at such an amazing contest with such amazing groups. This season is gonna be killer for Texas! Bandnerd03 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Great contest. A lot of great bands in CenTex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted September 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Prelims went: Cedar Park Round Rock Leander Vandegrift James Bowie for the top 5. Every band changed places. Anderson Westlake Westwood were the first three out: http://www.musicforall.org/images/PDFs/2015/Fall/RECAPS/2015_Print_Recap.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighSchoolBandNerd212 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Finals Recap: http://www.musicforall.org/images/PDFs/2015/Fall/RECAPS/2015.09.26_Austin_TX_Finals.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubisco Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 A few interesting things I'm noticing from the finals recap: 1.) Leander did well across the board, but none of the judges had them in first place, which is fairly odd, though Round Rock's penalty definitely threw things for a loop. 2.) James Bowie's ensemble music score seems surprisingly low, based on how both Daniel and Brandon described the performance (and prelims results). They weren't even in the top 5. 3.) Based on what I've seen, I'm surprised that 2 of the 3 GE judges didn't seem to think that Vandegrift was at the same level as the others in the top 5, at least in finals. Different strokes for different folks. All in all, I don't think these results have done much to separate the top 5 groups or make future predictions any easier. Everything was so close. HighSchoolBandNerd212 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighSchoolBandNerd212 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 3.) Based on what I've seen, I'm surprised that 2 of the 3 GE judges didn't seem to think that Vandegrift was at the same level as the others in the top 5, at least in finals. Different strokes for different folks. The same judge that put Vandegrift in 6th for Visual Ensemble (14.60) in prelims put them in 8th for Visual General Effect (14.90) in finals. I'm not disagreeing with Mr. Giese, but this helps explain the scoring gap between James Bowie and Vandegrift in finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 2.) James Bowie's ensemble music score seems surprisingly low, based on how both Daniel and Brandon described the performance (and prelims results)I definitely thought that Bowie performed a lot better in Prelims than they did in Finals. Everything just clicked a lot more; the articulation features in Short Ride were a lot cleaner on the first run. It didn't really bare out in the scores, but that's what I felt. It's also a swapped judging panel, so you can't exactly compare Prelims/Finals scores with eachother. At the same time, I thought that Round Rock's Finals performance was hands down much better than their Prelims run. This does show up in that Cedar Park won Prelims even with no RR penalty. Personally, for Prelims I had: 1) Cedar Park 2) Bowie 3) Leander 4) Round Rock 5) Vandegrift But for Finals I had: 1) Cedar Park 2) Round Rock 3) Leander 4) Bowie 5) Vandegrift And looking at that list again, having 3 of the top 5 being 5A bands from LISD is incredible, and all 4 of the ones in attendance in Finals! 5A State is going to be insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoxisawesome348 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 It looks like Leander got a 0.25 penalty in prelims. I've never seen a penalty given in anything but tenths. Is this a new change possibly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Core Band Fan Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Maybe they were originally given a .5 penalty and it was halved due to being an early season contest. I have seen this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nny14 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Yes. Round Rocks penalty was actually supposed to be a full point, but was halfed as it was the first contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 2.) James Bowie's ensemble music score seems surprisingly low, based on how both Daniel and Brandon described the performance (and prelims results). They weren't even in the top 5. I felt like Bowie was champion material during prelims (at least from the perspective of music....I know good music, and although I know good visual when I see it, I can't really pin it down to a ranking like a visual tech/designer/judge can....I don't have that background and I'm not looking at the visual so much as I take notes as I watch/listen anyway). Regardless, I did not feel that way during finals (Bowie being champion material I mean), especially with the other top tier bands performing around them. I don't have the long term presence of mind like Daniel does to say something like "Their prelims performance was better than finals etc", which is why I rarely comment on that fact like he does. Sometimes I can tell, but not usually. In the heat of the competition where bands are going one after another and I'm typing stuff up I can keep track of relativistic nuances like that, but once the stadium's cleared out and I've had something to eat, I've already forgotten the nitty gritty of each band's performance and all that really remains is the general impression of how they compared with each other as a ranking in my head. In any case, whether it was because the other bands turned it up more in Finals, or Bowie didn't turn it up as much or did worse, I don't really know since that's not how I look at it. Figuring out who I felt was the best band out of the top 5 in finals was extremely tough....tougher than it usually is. My money was on Cedar Park because their music was so ridiculously spot on for this early. Though after seeing the point spread between the top 5 in Finals I don't feel so bad--the judges couldn't decide either .... Round Rock's placing surprised me entirely (and there's usually that one band at every contest that does this).....After looking at the recap, I realized that Round Rock won Visual with a .5 lead (pretty considerable for this early of a regional with a 2.2 point spread in Total Visual across the entire Top 10). They musically did better than I expected (4th in music--I had them 6th) and their performance actually didn't strike me as a performance that could win it all in the same way I felt about Cedar Park, Leander or Vandegrift. Still a very fun contest. And I loved the venue. I need to attend BOA Austin more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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