thebashful15 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 As of: September 6, 2016 6:30 a.m. - Box Office Opens7:00 a..m. - Stadium Gates Open7:30 a.m. - Cypress Creek H.S., TX7:45 a.m. - Langham Creek H.S., TX8:00 a.m. - Cinco Ranch H.S., TX8:15 a.m. - The Woodlands H.S., TX8:30 a.m. - Waller H.S., TX8:45 a.m. - McNeil H.S., TX9:00 a.m. - Brazoswood H.S., TXBREAK9:45 a.m. - Winston Churchill H.S., TX10:00 a.m. - Cy-Fair H.S., TX10:15 a.m. - Dawson H.S., TX10:30 a.m. - Seven Lakes H.S., TX10:45 a.m. - Hendrickson H.S., TX11:00 a.m. - Katy H.S., TX11:15 a.m. - Obra D. Tompkins H.S., TXLUNCH12:30 p.m. - Friendswood H.S., TX12:45 p.m. - Colleyville Heritage H.S., TX1:00 p.m. - Morton Ranch H.S., TX1:15 p.m. - Veterans Memorial Early College H.S., TX1:30 p.m. - Cypress Falls H.S., TX1:45 p.m. - Klein Oak H.S., TX2:00 p.m. - Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX2:15 p.m. - Westfield H.S., TXBREAK3:00 p.m. - Pearland H.S., TX3:15 p.m. - Clements H.S., TX3:30 p.m. - Timber Creek H.S., TX3:45 p.m. - Oak Ridge H.S., TX4:00 p.m. - The Woodlands College Park H.S., TX4:15 p.m. - James E. Taylor H.S., TX4:30 p.m. - Ronald Reagan H.S., TX5:00 p.m. - Presentation of Awards Thoughts on the finalist bands? In no order, I think: Claudia Taylor Johnson Hendrickson Winston Churchill The Woodlands Ronald Reagen Cypress Falls Friendswood Cy-Fair Clements Pearland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firetail Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 1 - 6: Claudia Taylor Johnson Friendswood Hendrickson Ronald Reagan Winston Churchill The Woodlands Bubble: Brazoswood Clements Cy-Fair Cypress Falls Dawson James E. Taylor Morton Ranch Oak Ridge Obra D. Tompkins Pearland Seven Lakes The Woodlands College Park This competition is stacked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTJBandPops Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 the top 3 in my opinion are the past 3 years winners in no particular order CTJ Reagan The Woodlands miss the old days when we had some of the Dallas big -hitters at this event like Marcus, FM, LD Bell and now Hebron - not to mention the Austin players like Bowie, RR, and now Leander would like to see the big players compete in all the BOA competitions in Austin, Houston, Dallas and then duke it our in San Antonio for the Super Regionals Just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandgeek900 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Here is what I think from the 6A bands coming from the Houston Area. In CFISD, Cy Creek, Cy Falls, Langham Creek, and Cy Fair. I pit Cypress Creek for having to perform that early. That is insane. But this is a program that has really grown over the past couple of years. This will be one of their biggest events in a while, so it will be interesting to see how they get their feet wet. Langham Creek is coming off a spectacular year where they advanced to the finals of 6A Honor Band. Their program always seems to have a very mature sound, though I am not sure how it translates to BOA. Cy Falls went from barely advancing last year to a 5th place finals performance at conroe, followed by another finalist performance at BOA Atlanta. This program is always a contender to make finals at conroe and this year is no different. Cy Fair, I believe, has the ability to make finals this year. They have new uniforms, which look brilliant, but they also have a more refined purpose. They went from placing in the middle-bottom pack last year at Conroe to making 17th at BOA San Antonio, only 3 spots from finals. This program is slowly becoming the standard in the Houston area. In Katy ISD, Taylor, Tompkins, Cinco Ranch, Morton Ranch, Katy, and Seven Lakes. Taylor is coming off a year where they won best music and best percussion over some very high caliber programs. They placed 13th in this competition last year. So I think finals is a very good possibility for them with their great drumline and musicianship. Tompkins is coming off a year where they placed 13th at the UIL State Marching Contest. They have really been coming along the past couple of years. They, too, won best color guard over some very high caliber programs as well. They are on the bubble to make finals as well. Morton Ranch and Seven Lakes are always contenders with Cinco and Katy right behind them. Seven Lakes will be dealing with a director change, so that will be interesting to see. Morton Ranch always seems to surprise at events like these. Katy competed in their first super regional last year and placed pretty well in comparison to MRHS and SLHS. Cinco has never really stepped into the BOA world, so it will be interesting what type of impression they will make. And in Fort Bend ISD, Clements HS. I wish SFA would be here too. Although one of the smaller 6A bands, SFA is a definitely a force to be reckoned with. However, they had a director change, so maybe things will be changing for the better? Their Clements counterpart is here though. Clements is always one of the premier marching groups in Houston. They finaled at BOA Atlanta, and their guard is always spectacular. I love their show concepts, especially this year. I think having been to BOA Atlanta finals has matured their band a lot. This year is going to be another great year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjkyob Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Excited to see the battle between the top bands as always (CTJ, Reagen, TWHS), but also gotta love the other bands giving just as much effort. They rarely get as much credit. akinez and thebashful15 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacon3` Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Oak Ridge, Langham Creek, Friendswood, Brazoswood, Reagan, and Clements were all in the top 11 in the 6A Honor Band competition last year (in that order). Of these, Reagan and Brazoswood made finals at Conroe the last two years, and Oak Ridge making finals last year. Lots of great bands this year. Glad to see Friendswood competing this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LKendrick Posted September 25, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Well we have Friendswood and BOA Austin to go off of now. Thoughts? For some reason I feel like Ronald Reagan is gonna take this one. Claudia Taylor Johnson is a fantastically fun, entertaining, and hard work in progress. That show has tons of longevity in it and is not peaking for a long time. Know nothing about The Woodlands though so they could walk in and take it too. I will not be shy about it, was utterly shocked at the fact that Hendrickson was 8th in finals and 10th in prelims in Austin. Judges must have seen some things I didn't yesterday. Scores aside, that's one of the better put together, accessible, and entertaining shows I have seen this year in all regards. I had them 4th in an early prediction before Austin and I'm keeping them in 4th for Conroe. Their closer was obviously new and where it was the last thing judges saw maybe that explains it a little bit, but wow they are fantastic. In the battle for 4th Winston Churchill will obviously be in there after a great finish in Austin. Friendswood was the 1st band out in San Antonio's loaded contest last year and has really blossomed after their move to 6A. They haven't attended this event in a few years so I'm very interested to see how they do. Potential for a great finish here. The Woodlands College Park.....shocking finish in prelims last year, and then redemption with a finish in the teens in San Antonio. They were 3rd two years ago so anything is possible with them. They've really come into their own in recent years so I'm very excited to see them! Cypress Falls always does very well at this event, after a fantastic finish in Atlanta last year I'm looking forward to seeing them. Definitely an upper middle pack band. So I listed 8.....no idea who my last two are right now. Tons of great bands to fight for that last spot. edgarallanburr, CherylRichardson and jmatthews 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firetail Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Definitely sticking with my original general predictions. Though the results from the Friendswood contest has me rearranging some of the orders of who could make finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebashful15 Posted September 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Based on the results of BOA Austin and Friendswood, here are the bands I think will make finals/have a shot at finals. Keep in mind I am only listing bands that competed to Austin or Friendswood. locks Hendrickson Reagan TWHS Winston Churchill CTJ finalist contenders oak ridge seven lakes pearland clements (if they can clean their drill, they will be locks. their music is incredible.) dawson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatthews Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Based on the results of BOA Austin and Friendswood, here are the bands I think will make finals/have a shot at finals. Keep in mind I am only listing bands that competed to Austin or Friendswood. locks Hendrickson Reagan TWHS Winston Churchill CTJ finalist contenders oak ridge seven lakes pearland clements (if they can clean their drill, they will be locks. their music is incredible.) dawson Didn't get a chance to see them but I imagine Friendswood will be a contender to at least make finals as usual. If anyone has a video of any of these bands, please post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 I go to Seven Lakes and would really be watching out for James E Taylor and ourselves. Both our programs have been in the process of an overhaul for the past few years. I'm really hopeful one or both of us will place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tminter10 Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Clements just pulled out tminter10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Clements just pulled out what's your source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan123 Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 any videos of the bands competing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 any videos of the bands competing? Found one of Cinco Ranch in my district of Katy ISD . I don't think they're much of a competitor for finals though. The most recent (and only) BOA even they have gone to is BOA Austin 2014 where they got 23rd out of 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebashful15 Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Cypress Falls has dropped out due to a football game. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandgeek900 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 My finalist bands: Reagan CTJ TWHS Winston Churchill Hendrickson Friendswood Pearland Oak Ridge Brazoswood James E. Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacon3` Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Predictions from hornrank.com 1. Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 2. Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX3. The Woodlands H.S., TX4. Hendrickson H.S., TX5. Winston Churchill H.S., TX6. Brazoswood H.S., TX7. Oak Ridge H.S., TX8. Pearland H.S., TX9. The Woodlands College Park H.S., TX10. James E. Taylor H.S., TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebashful15 Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Predictions from hornrank.com 1. Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 2. Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX 3. The Woodlands H.S., TX 4. Hendrickson H.S., TX 5. Winston Churchill H.S., TX 6. Brazoswood H.S., TX 7. Oak Ridge H.S., TX 8. Pearland H.S., TX 9. The Woodlands College Park H.S., TX 10. James E. Taylor H.S., TX Very interesting predictions. I do believe Friendswood has a very good chance to final. Cy-Fair is another band that definitely has the potential to final. These are two schools that beat out Oak Ridge, College Park, and Brazoswood at San Antonio a year ago. However it is still early in the season, and some bands have shows made for the long run. My prediction is that at least one school that did not make finals at BOA Conroe a year ago will show up and surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKendrick Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Currently watching Dawson from last year and WOW, great stuff. I'd love for them to be in finals. This is a surprisingly hard one to predict, lots of bands on similar levels so there is potential for a band or two to shoot up and shake things up. Most interesting for me is Hendrickson vs. Churchill. I'm interested to see how Hendrickson does with another panel, I REALLY think they have something special there design wise. Interested in what a week of cleaning can do. edgarallanburr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatthews Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Predictions from hornrank.com 1. Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 2. Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX 3. The Woodlands H.S., TX 4. Hendrickson H.S., TX 5. Winston Churchill H.S., TX 6. Brazoswood H.S., TX 7. Oak Ridge H.S., TX 8. Pearland H.S., TX 9. The Woodlands College Park H.S., TX 10. James E. Taylor H.S., TX Respectfully, I don't think some of the bands listed there have the execution yet (or the show difficulty) to make finals at such a tight competition. Friendswood's 15th place finish at BOA San Antonio last year makes it impossible for me to leave them out, especially early in the year when their shows have had a tendency to be pretty clean. Hendrickson has improved a ton the past few years, so I will be following them closely. And Reagan is "back," which is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan123 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 will there be a txbands live stream of this contest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrk503zm Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 I really think my school James E. Taylor has a shot at finals this year. Just like the Horn Rank website said, we have always been right outside of finals. This year, not a lot of finalists are returning from previous years. Along with that, programs like Clements and Cypress Falls are dropped out. Also, we have been working really hard and have had our entire show learned since two weeks ago. We have rehearsed diligently and our musicality as an ensemble has really blossomed this year. That, coupled with our fantastic drumline, leads me to believe that the James E. Taylor band will make finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandgeek900 Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Everyone seems to agree that the top five bands will be Reagan, CTJ, TWHS, Hendrickson, and Winston Churchill. In your opinion, which five bands will fill in the latter part of finals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacon3` Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Everyone seems to agree that the top five bands will be Reagan, CTJ, TWHS, Hendrickson, and Winston Churchill. In your opinion, which five bands will fill in the latter part of finals? Brazoswood, Pearland, TWCP, Friendswood, and Cy-Fair are my picks for bottom 5 of finals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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