kold Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Gonna be a lot of strong bands, but it’s gonna be a day filled with awesome bands! I was gonna try and say hi to you at HEB, but you all looked pretty serious and I didn't know if you were allowed to or not. You guys sat right below us during the finals results. Great job, by the way (I go to Forney) KinDallas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airmedic372 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 I was gonna try and say hi to you at HEB, but you all looked pretty serious and I didn't know if you were allowed to or not. You guys sat right below us during the finals results. Great job, by the way Thanks a lot! Always means a lot when people like our show, which is why we do what we do! We’re allowed to say thank you when people say good job or congrats during band competition. But after wards, we can go socialize for a bit. I was sitting on the top row of our band. Came up with a group of 5 of us to join the rest of the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex9809 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 This is Owasso’s band website: The PRIDE of Owasso marching band has received First Divisions in the OSSAA marching competition for the past 47 consecutive years. The band has performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and most recently has accepted an invitation to perform, for the 6th time, in the Tournament of Roses Parade. The band will perform on international TV on January 1, 2020 in Pasadena, California. The PRIDE of Owasso also accepted invitations in 1985, 1989, 1995, 2004 and 2011. In March of 2014, the PRIDE of Owasso was named “Best Overall Band” in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland. Most recently, the concert bands performed at the historic Majestic Theater in downtown Dallas, Texas. The marching band performed a patriotic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. in the Spring of 2016. At the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association Championships, The PRIDE has finished in the top four every year they have competed, and were named Grand Champions in 1996. They have been a finalist at Bands of America Regionals in Arlington, San Antonio, Atlanta and Las Vegas and were the 2012 Champions of the St. Louis Super-Regional. At the Bands of America Grand Nationals in Indianapolis, the PRIDE of Owasso was a Semi-finalist in 2001, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2016 and 2017; the band reached the finals in 2005 (12th) and 2011 (7th). And the last time they competed in the BOA DFW (Arlington Regional) was in 2007 and they made 8th place. So tbh I still don’t know where to place them in a prediction. But Ik I will say that I am pretty confident that they will make a finals showing in this contest if not then it will be close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetDad Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Better to have the mind set that they are than to over look them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex9809 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Could be a really rough Competition for Bell. They have a football game in Abilene Friday night. And wont get back home till about maybe 2 am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostChoirGuy Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 One of my coworkers a few years ago was in the Owasso band in high school. Great guy! They will definitely be competitive here. Hard to say where exactly though. Might be as high as 6th or 7th or as low as 12th or 13th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloMoParent Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Going to be HOT! Hope everyone is well prepared. Pennington Field does not have good ventilation. Bring sunscreen and pre-hydrate KinDallas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex9809 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 One of my coworkers a few years ago was in the Owasso band in high school. Great guy! They will definitely be competitive here. Hard to say where exactly though. Might be as high as 6th or 7th or as low as 12th or 13th. that was what I was thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingogooberman Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 I’d say until very recently owasso would have been a guaranteed finalist here. They’ve been a major presence in the national marching band scene for decades and have numerous grand national finalist appearances under their belt, and were 8th at San Antonio as recently as 2015. However, last year seemed to mark a pretty major regression from them. Hard to say at this point of that was an anomaly or indicative of a larger downward trend for them, but at the moment, I’d guess they’ll finish anywhere between 8th and 13th. If they do miss finals, it might be their first time ever in the history of the program (I’d have to double check that but it sounds plausible to me) point is, they’re very much in the mix for finals here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Going to be HOT! Hope everyone is well prepared. Pennington Field does not have good ventilation. Bring sunscreen and pre-hydrate That’s what I’m afraid of. Plus the fact that the sun will be shining in full the entire day due to the position Pennington Field sits. Kelly Reeves was brutal on Saturday, but at least we did get some relief around 2:00 when the sun finally went behind the press box since we were facing East. I was planning to attend but I’m just not sure I can stand that heat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daldhowe Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 That’s what I’m afraid of. Plus the fact that the sun will be shining in full the entire day due to the position Pennington Field sits. Kelly Reeves was brutal on Saturday, but at least we did get some relief around 2:00 when the sun finally went behind the press box since we were facing East. I was planning to attend but I’m just not sure I can stand that heat! We were at Pennington last week for the HEB contest. Had to limit our attendance in prelims due to the severe heat, but come finals time, it was very comfortable. Hope you can still attend. Would love to hear your perspective of the Austin v. DFW competitions. LeanderMomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbandfan Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 I was only able to come to HEB finals due to work so I had no idea the heat was that bad. But it's better than the competition getting rained out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisandray1 Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 Have you seen Wylie East? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonetuba Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 Thoughts on Wakeland making a significant move this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinDallas Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 Thoughts on Wakeland making a significant move this year? If we're talking making finals...I don't know enough about the out of state bands to be too accurate, but they did well at HEB, so I think there's a chance they'll march at night this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostChoirGuy Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 Wakeland is from Frisco! They have a history of success at local competitions including the DFW BOA contest and 5A UIL State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinDallas Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 Wakeland is from Frisco! They have a history of success at local competitions including the DFW BOA contest and 5A UIL State. Yes...I more meant, I don't know what Owasso looks like this year, so I can't prognosticate too far...but Wakeland did well at HEB, and there was some good competition there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxydad503 Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 Burleson Centennial got two captions at their last competition. I’m excited to see how they perform at their BOA debut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex9809 Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 I personally think that BOA DFW may hold many surprises this year... like it’s kinda hard to have a good prediction of the outcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 I’m going to stay home and catch it (and Houston) on FloMarching. My plans with my friend who lives in Hurst fell through, and I really was nervous about the heat anyway, so I’m just going to relax and stay home! WoodlandsMom4ever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCircle Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 There’s a pretty good video of Owasso out there (very high quality but the angle is not great). It’s from this past Saturday. Less than 5 minutes of the show on the field (or only performed less than 5 minutes) but still concerning. The show is pretty good and the guard really stood out to me. I could maybe see them in finals but that super short show length is a huge problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex9809 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Maybe they only performed the first half of the show? Is it during a contest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCircle Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Maybe they only performed the first half of the show? Is it during a contest? I believe they were exhibition for a competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex9809 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I believe they were exhibition for a competition. then maybe hopefully it’s just half their show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCircle Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 then maybe hopefully it’s just half their show? Hopefully, because <5 minutes at the end of September is really strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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