2023 BOA Grand National Championships (Nov. 9-11)

[maxin459]

Anyone else trying to figure out who the plume belongs to? 

 

Picc!

[DallasFan]

1 minute ago, maxin459 said:

Anyone else trying to figure out who the plume belongs to? 

I'm trying to figure out what this show is

[TxTrpt]

My only thought watching Brownsburg is: how did Dripping Springs not make Finals??

[maxin459]

2 minutes ago, DallasFan said:

I'm trying to figure out what this show is

Windows 95 pipe screensaver

[Tubalord11]

1 minute ago, TxTrpt said:

My only thought watching Brownsburg is: how did Dripping Springs not make Finals??

No reason to be toxic, please don't hate on other bands like this

[Tubalord11]

Amazing performance from Brownsburg!!! While the music may not be the most challenging, they play it at such a high level! Great soloist all around, and the drill is so appealing to the eye, and helps bring out the theme a lot. Love the different variations of the pipes throughout the show, especially the big one at the very end, very cool set! Guard was fantastic throughout, just great show all around, great job Brownsburg! 

[Origin]

Brownsburg’s guard stole the show for me. Can’t wait to see how they do at WGI, maybe a new world class guard in the making. Also love the effect of the uniforms and all the different shapes they make with the props. 

[lost]

Extremely rough musically. Guard steals the show.

[Vidal28]

Just now, lost said:

Extremely rough musically. Guard steals the show.

I thought there was plenty of good in there despite maybe not the cleanest run musically. Very colorful too haha

[Iplaydadrum]

24 minutes ago, BandoRando said:

Well, not to add fuel to the fire, but Richard’s son is in Fishers band. 
 

But I guess we should “give it a rest” and ignore what is arguably the biggest conflict of interest in the marching arts. 
 

for what it’s worth, WGI has an excellent conflict of interest policy. BOA does not. Why can we do the same? 

WGI does not have a good conflict of interest policy. There are multiple educators that judge both within the SCPA and WGI circuit and many others that have taught members within those programs. People such as Scott Johnson, Mike McIntosh, and Tom Rarick to name a few are heavily affiliated with members within the programs they judge. 

[MikeKyu]

2 hours ago, nightlife said:

I cannot be the only one who is so fed up with Carmel. They were the band who I was least “generally effect”ed by in ALL of semis. I’m so over it. They performed just fine, but if that’s not the most boring show in finals… by FAR. 
Texas is pushing the activity musically and GE wise, and if they had more time to explore visual they absolutely would be pushing there too. 
rant over.. for now. See ya next season! 

mmmm...salty....better get some water.

Texas is not pushing the activity GE-wise. We, as a state are behind in visual and overall GE with most shows for current tastes of those who judge. Musically Texas is pushing the envelope but people seem to prefer loud and standing to moving and playing. 

[GeekBoy54]

Round Rock's show has grown on me the entire season, I love the progression this program has made since 2021! Best band of the night so far!

[MikeKyu]

1 hour ago, nightlife said:

Wow! You aren't even competing here and you are the sorest loser (for a semis result) that I have seen. I Have been involved in the activity since the late 80s. 

[futureboajudge]

YES Round Rock trombones!! Bass trombone was so beefy, and the alto!! Wow.

[Origin]

Round Rocks show is consistently gorgeous with its musical and dynamic choices. It really stands out among the other Texas shows in the best way. 

[packwick]

am i the only one who's reminded of Rita Repulsa from the Power Rangers when they see the half moon staff that Pearland's guard is holding??? probably.... lol.

[Nny14]

Round Rock absolutely killed it! Such an amazing thing when your last performance is your best and the Dragon Band accomplished just that. I was with the band when they first made finals 10 years ago, and I hope these guys hold this night in their heart 10 years later just like I do! Bravo!

[MarchingBandOG]

I just noticed the DM podium crew for Keller were the first ones into the endzone after Pearland took the field. 🤔

[Nny14]

Also I really love that we got Round Rock and Pearland back to back so we have Dayman vs Nightman.

[Tubalord11]

WAY TO GO ROUND ROCK!!!! Finished on what was IMO their best performance of the year!!! Drill was SUPER clean, it's crazy how big they look in that set where they are spread across the entire field, I mean wow! Soloist were on fire per the usual, those Bones are doing God's work! Guard was also extremely impressive, only one rifle drop but was flawless otherwise! They sounded amazing, looked amazing, and that show has grown on me so much, one of my favorites from them, amazing job Dragon Band!!! 

[justabandkid94]

Just got home from work and playing catch up. So refreshing to see the Top 3 in semis so so tight! Way to go Team Texas!!

Last few BOA seasons I have been craving for some 2001 Finals level drama*… it’s good for the activity 🙏🏻

*For the newcomers: Top 4 separated by less than 1 point Captions split. Champion wins without any caption wins 

[Daniel Neubecker]

1 hour ago, BOABuff said:

To add a little context,  BA beat Hebron in Prelims and was .6 away from Hebron in semis. It is perfectly reasonable that they came back and won. They had an amazing show and to continue this false narrative that somehow hebron was robbed is disingenuous and tired.  Just stop with the sour grapes already. 

The time slot of a band has an influence on the band's scores. In this case, the judges did not want to score Hebron too high, no matter how good their performance was, because they didn't want to inflate scores. So yes, Hebron was robbed of a second or first-place finish in 2015.

[maxin459]

Tonight's finals are brought to you by the color yellow. Love Pearland's bassoon trio and WW exposed moments.

[utee94]

3 minutes ago, maxin459 said:

Tonight's finals are brought to you by the color yellow

Heh, exactly what I said at UIL State 6A Finals.  It seems to be the color of choice this year.

[Josegjr]

12 minutes ago, Nny14 said:

Also I really love that we got Round Rock and Pearland back to back so we have Dayman vs Nightman.

Ahh ahhhhhhh!!!!(In Dennis’s voice)