YBW Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 What have the bands been doing for warm up with the rain/thunderstorms?Has anyone used the indoor warm up rooms.... how big were they??? Any info would be GREAT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Del Valle warmed up outside, but MacArthur warmed up inside. I don't know what the rest of the bands are doing. There are some big cavernous warmup rooms underneath the stands. They aren't a great option, but they are much better than standing in the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBW Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I heard the rooms were tiny..... can anyone confirm?Can 200 wind players warm up..... plus 20 battery??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Many bands in the North Austin suburbs are being held at their schools due to the weather conditions by their school districts. Hopefully they can be rescheduled or fit in tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Many bands in the North Austin suburbs are being held at their schools due to the weather conditions by their school districts. Hopefully they can be rescheduled or fit in tomorrow. Yeah I our band is stuck at school and last we heard I-35 is closed due to flooding. They opened up an evening preliminary block for schools that are having trouble making it but it doesn't look good for them to make it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoops_moynihan Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Dripping Springs here, currently sitting in our band hall. Us along with Leander, Vista, Hendrickson, Round Rock, and a few others will not be going tonight. Instead, the stuck bands are drawing for only five spots tomorrow. Bands that don't get drawn are pretty much just out of luck :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natertater21000 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 what?!?!?! so whether or not a band gets to go tomorrow is just based on luck??? and I bet they will still be having an hour long lunch break instead of shortening it to 30 minutes to squeeze 2 more bands in. that's ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natertater21000 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 where exactly did you get this info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Culper Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 This sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlyman Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Dripping Springs here, currently sitting in our band hall. Us along with Leander, Vista, Hendrickson, Round Rock, and a few others will not be going tonight. Instead, the stuck bands are drawing for only five spots tomorrow. Bands that don't get drawn are pretty much just out of luck :/ Seriously? So it's possible some bands will be getting left out? Source? Got anything more you can give? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Culper Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I can confirm we heard the same story from the Vista Ridge staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
principalagent Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Dripping Springs here, currently sitting in our band hall. Us along with Leander, Vista, Hendrickson, Round Rock, and a few others will not be going tonight. Instead, the stuck bands are drawing for only five spots tomorrow. Bands that don't get drawn are pretty much just out of luck :/ That's incredibly wild. And is extraordinarily counter to Music For All's mission of "positively life changing experiences." If this is what's going to happen, that's incredibly unfair. There are two medal contenders that could be left out due to a draw and every other band in this situation is a possible finalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlyman Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I can confirm we heard the same story from the Vista Ridge staff. Holy Cow. So from the BOA website, this is the "last block". Is this the group of bands not going tonight? Anyone know? Is this the group that only 5 are getting chosen from? 7:30 PM Dripping Springs H.S., TX 7:45 PM Leander H.S., TX 8:00 PM Westlake H.S., TX 8:15 PM Hendrickson H.S., TX 8:30 PM Pflugerville H.S., TX 8:45 PM Vista Ridge H.S. TX * [Round Rock H.S. TX, which was scheduled to perform at 9:00 PM tonight, is unable to perform due to travel issue.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Word from BOA staff is that they are finding Saturday spots for each of the bands that are still trying to come down. Those bands are drawing, for which spot they get. No bands that want to and are able to come will be left out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHSax Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Geez...what a mess. No one to blame but the weather though. I'm sure BOA and the school districts are doing all they can to make this work. I do feel that the school districts are being a bit overprecautionary though...but then again I'm in Dallas and not Austin. Better safe than sorry I suppose. To add to the misfortune, a lot of these bands that may not get to play are premier programs that will likely compete for finals spots. Drumlins battle for the final spots??? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlyman Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Word from BOA staff is that they are finding Saturday spots for each of the bands that are still trying to come down. Those bands are drawing, for which spot they get. No bands that want to and are able to come will be left out. Certainly hope this is the case. Would be a huge shame if 2 bands got left out. What is that, an extra 30 - 45 minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Word from BOA staff is that they are finding Saturday spots for each of the bands that are still trying to come down. Those bands are drawing, for which spot they get. No bands that want to and are able to come will be left out. This is a lot more believable than the 7 bands drawing for only 5 spots thing floating around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitra Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 How about ALL bands perform and no finals... go by the prelim scores... they did this for BOA Austin one year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan123 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 How about ALL bands perform and no finals... go by the prelim scores... they did this for BOA Austin one year... I don't like this.. just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandamonium Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 How about ALL bands perform and no finals... go by the prelim scores... they did this for BOA Austin one year... With over 60 bands in this super regional it would be very hard for judges to place bands the most accurately. I really would hate for there to be no finals for this competition. Trying to place 26 bands versus double that is quite different especially when it's over the course of two days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandamonium Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 An update on the weather looks like much of the wet weather will push through before 8am which will give way to mostly sunny skies and a high of 83. Great conditions for competition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 An update on the weather looks like much of the wet weather will push through before 8am which will give way to mostly sunny skies and a high of 83. Great conditions for competition! Hopefully the roads will be clear so the buses with our babies can make it there safely. bandamonium 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Band. D.M. Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Leander is accepting BOA's offer of being an exhibition with a 1:15 performance. BOA has agreed that if any band drops out of the competition then Leander will be judged and have a chance at finals only if another band backs out. If all bands perform as scheduled Leander will remain I judged without competing this year. I have heard dripping springs' district has declined the same 6:45 offer as Leander since both programs would have to leave Austin around 2:00am, does anyone know if D.S. worked something out with BOA similar to Leander's situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandlover Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 DS will be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenzineo Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Leander is accepting BOA's offer of being an exhibition with a 1:15 performance. BOA has agreed that if any band drops out of the competition then Leander will be judged and have a chance at finals only if another band backs out. If all bands perform as scheduled Leander will remain I judged without competing this year. I have heard dripping springs' district has declined the same 6:45 offer as Leander since both programs would have to leave Austin around 2:00am, does anyone know if D.S. worked something out with BOA similar to Leander's situation? I'm pretty sure Dripping Springs is doing the same thing as Leander as of now. I feel truly sorry for these three bands that have had to drop out, and my utmost respect goes to their programs for working around these difficult circumstances. It's situations like this that really show the class in some of these ASTOUNDING programs, which all were potential finalists, and in Leander's case a potential medalist. I'm really feeling for the Anderson kids out there, as I believe this was their last major competition/performance they were attending. As for Leander and Dripping Springs, I hope they come out of this with strong State performances. Overall I don't think MFA is to blame for this happening, I'm sure they have tried to do all that they possibly could to deal with these unprecedented circumstances. It seems like no matter what they do, unless another, closer band performs earlier/drops out, a few of the Austin bands would've been left out. It's just too unsafe for the school districts to allow travel at an early time, and with the I-35 closed down, I can imagine it's heck getting there. Overall, I hope MFA can use this year to learn, and be ready the next time a storm like this comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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