2021 BOA San Antonio Super Regional (Nov. 5 & 6)

[Yjo]

5 minutes ago, Bladezz said:

dm'd you

Can you send me too plssss

[Nny14]

Just now, Rubisco said:

Some of the scores in the recaps are very... interesting... But that's the San Antonio Super Regional for you!

Reagan 2nd in music over Vandy and CTJ definitely had me do a double take

[Bladezz]

3 minutes ago, SoundOff said:

At this point, somebody just drop the Hebron link bc we’re all dying to see it. 

alright fine, I GUESS I have to

 

[SoundOff]

Just now, Bladezz said:

alright fine, I GUESS I have to

 

Literal Goat. 

[Band2021]

The Music of the top 7 is next level! What a love is each bands style. When they perform you know it's them. 

[Band2021]

1 minute ago, Bladezz said:

alright fine, I GUESS I have to

 

God sent! Thanks:) 

[Vidal28]

Someone with performances DM pls🙏

[Origin]

Hebron, Keller, and Pearland stayed in the same placements, but everyone else shifted around. Leander and Vista Ridge had the biggest movements from prelims to finals. 

That 1st place ensemble visual for Cedar Ridge may have put them in the top half over Vista Ridge. 

It’s also interesting that a majority of the judges had Keller in the top half in prelims. If they had a more effective visual program they would be such a threat!

[Nny14]

Musically Round Rock is a finalist caliber band. Those visual scores are just brutal though. Can't say I disagree with them either. I hope they get that sorted out in the future soon, these kids can freaking play.

[Minimaster]

3 minutes ago, Nny14 said:

Reagan 2nd in music over Vandy and CTJ definitely had me do a double take

Yeah, Reagan was definitely around 5th to 7th in music to me. Just not the same quality of sound of the other top groups. Odd score. To have them higher in Ensemble Music and close in Ind. Music to Hebron? Not even close.

[snares]

Turned results from prelims and finals into a sortable excel sheet, if anyone prefers viewing them that way.

BOA SA 2021 Prelims.xlsx BOA SA 2021 Finals.xlsx

[Band2021]

Totally agree!!! Round Rocks music has always made them shine! My one critique is the visual and concept of their show. They lack the effect of the other finalists.

[BandFan59]

Reagan’s strength is in their visual program so those music results definitely have me scratching my head. They had a much better run than prelims to be fair.

[NEPats]

2 minutes ago, Nny14 said:

Musically Round Rock is a finalist caliber band. Those visual scores are just brutal though. Can't say I disagree with them either. I hope they get that sorted out in the future soon, these kids can freaking play.

I believe Round Rock's first time of getting their full show on the field was last week at area. 

[Scansion]

I guess we can stop worrying about Hebron’s visuals

[itsjaredh97]

i have all the finals recordings uploaded to google drive. dm me for the link

 

[slowbrass]

1 minute ago, Scansion said:

I guess we can stop worrying about Hebron’s visuals

It’s been a long battle lol

[Nny14]

1 minute ago, NEPats said:

I believe Round Rock's first time of getting their full show on the field was last week at area. 

That doesn't suprise me. I'm sure they'll march a lot better at Nationals than they did yesterday, I'm just not sure what they can do now to make it more effective.

[Minimaster]

1 minute ago, Scansion said:

I guess we can stop worrying about Hebron’s visuals

No one should be worried about the program that had the highest Ind. Vis. score at GN's in 2019.

[itsjaredh97]

23 minutes ago, itsjaredh97 said:

i have all the finals recordings uploaded to google drive. dm me for the link

 

having issues with storage so might have to wait until later to send it out. sorry about that

[Rubisco]

39 minutes ago, Nny14 said:

Reagan 2nd in music over Vandy and CTJ definitely had me do a double take

Yeaaaaah, that was kind of the first thing I noticed. Hahaha.

[Origin]

My biggest surprise of the whole competition was Johnson! The visual design stands out against the other top Texas groups in such a good way. If they continue their trajectory I don’t see why they can’t make finals here within a few years (or maybe next year 👀). My other big surprise was honestly Leander. That finals performance was one of the most impactful performances I’ve seen, ever. They maxed out at the perfect time. 
 

Since seeing Westlake at Austin, I had this feeling all season that they would make finals here. How unfortunate is it that they had that big electronics delay and fell .1 short of finals. 
 

Also props to the Area B bands for giving the Austin LISD bands a run for their money to finish in the top ten! There was a lot of hype (which was deserved) for Cedar Park, Vista Ridge, and Rouse to the point I was convinced they were locks for top 10 or even top half. DFW is still holding things down even without Flo Mo.

[BandMom75]

40 minutes ago, Rubisco said:

Yeaaaaah, that was kind of the first thing I noticed. Hahaha.

I actually preferred Reagan's music to CTJ and Vandy. Their woodwinds feature is amazing. 

[CTJBandPops]

WOW – what an amazing couple of days at the dome.

Congrats to Hebron on their sweep of captions and first place finish. Their show was amazing and it was well deserved. I do not envy the task of the judging panels for this event and I know that it is said every year, but this year was by far the most talented pool of programs I have ever seen in one place. – I only wish that Flower Mound was there as well. Loved seeing our CTJ program back in the medals in San Antonio.

It would appear that the Texas programs are back stronger than ever, and has put Covid behind them (can we bring back the full retreats now?)

It is still a bit of a strange year with UIL State for all classes, but even that shows the strength of the Texas program to overcome and surge back.

Now we turn our focus to UIL state particularly for 6A. It will be interesting to see how placements play out on Tuesday and if there big the variation from the BOA placings. Of the top 5 in the dome, we will lose TWHS this week, but will gain Flower Mound. We won’t have to wait long to find out.

As for Grand Nats – I think that our #teamtexas participants will again have a strong presence at Lucas Oil Stadium. In 2019 we sent 3 bands from the top 5 and a total of 6 from the top 12 in San Antonio to Indy. This year we will again send 3 from the top 5 and 5 from the top 12 (would have been 6 if Flower Mound was in San Antonio.

I think that we have an amazing team of 6A programs heading to Indy this next week and I wish them all luck.

[AlphaOmega]

8 hours ago, Nny14 said:

Musically Round Rock is a finalist caliber band. Those visual scores are just brutal though. Can't say I disagree with them either. I hope they get that sorted out in the future soon, these kids can freaking play.

I've always noticed that Round Rock peaks right at the end of the season. Because they're doing State and Grand Nats they probably don't have much rehearsal time left, but I've seen schools get a lot done during those Nats ICC rehearsals. You're right, though. Those kids really can play!