Origin Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Hopefully they stream this contest on YouTube like they usually do. I saw both Marcus and Keller’s latest halftime performances (with audio, yay!). Maybe it’s bit of recency bias, but these are the two that have excited me the most out of the bands competing here. Marcus’ show is suuuuper edgy. After the pre show they literally start with the most dissonant, crunchy chord before jumping into a very fast and technical section. Lots of notes constantly flying. I also love how dramatic and unique their choreo is. The second part is pretty much entirely a percussion feature…it’s just so so cool and intense. Keller’s show is very beautiful but also powerful. Lots of Mahler 2 goodness, which I think they are definitely doing justice. I really like how they’re showcasing quieter dynamics and more lyrical moments on top of the loud stuff you would usually expect. The brass feature that they play on the move after the ballad kindof knocked my socks off. Haven’t seen Wakeland in a month. From what I remember they had a lot of their show out there and it was very very clean. I wouldn’t be surprised if they show up with a full, clean, production. I think they’ll do really really well here, even though I wasn’t as excited by the concept. I also saw Keller Central’s most recent performance. They didn’t perform a ton of their show, and it felt a bit underproduced for this point in the season, but I was really quite impressed. It’s a similar vibe to last year. Very intense, edgy, and lots of notes…maybe a liiiittle overly blasty. Hopefully the rest of the show showcases a full range of musicality. Forney is looking like a solid top half of finals contender. I’m also interested to see how much Timber Creek has cleaned, because as of September 1st, it looked like they had a lot of work to do. Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tamago1 Posted September 26, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 wakeland marcus keller tc forney aledo kc azle haltom martin fridge boswell celesta, krustyjoe and TubaBoi123 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinTuba Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 I’m a Martin Grad and saw a vid of their show. I haven’t seen anyone else so I’m in no place to rank anyone but I do know that Martin looks and sounds a LOT better than in the past few years. josephbandfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWork Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Can’t wait to see all these talented bands perform on Saturday! These are my personal predictions for this competition, would love to hear what y’all think Marcus Wakeland Keller Timber Creek Forney Keller Central Aledo Haltom James Martin Azle Fossil Ridge Boswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantum Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 1. Marcus 2. Wakeland 3. Keller 4. Timber Creek 5. Aledo 6. Forney 7. Keller Central 8. Haltom 9. James Martin 10. Azle 11. Fossil Ridge 12. Boswell Tubalord11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 here’s the link for the live stream Asaiah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 I’ll be able to watch the first few bands and will do commentary until I leave for Wylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Keller Central- The Edge All I can say is wow! It’s hard to judge visually bc of the quality of the live stream so most of my comments will be music based, but KC sound SO GOOD for this time of the season! I’m a really big fan of the music, especially after that opening hit! Their soloist did great, especially that Clarinet, bro was killing it! Very excited to see the at prosper, great job KC! Musicguy23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 James Martin: forgot the title but they sounded really good! Definitely not as strong as last year, but they should still make finals here. Really great soloist and some very effective drill, great job Martin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Azle: MY GOODNESS! They got such a big sound…once again! Love the music all the way through, and they looked great as well! Good job Azle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostChoirGuy Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 I've been busy today, but I hopped on the Livestream on my phone for ten minutes earlier to watch Keller's performance. They sounded really good from what I could hear. I love the regal sounding fanfare opening in their show. JulietPapa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band Dad 2021 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Wakeland sounded really good and was tight. The soloist was phenomenal. After all of their changes in the off season it was an amazing show. Very Wakeland! Tubalord11 and krustyjoe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dallas Hobbs Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Class 6A Caption Awards Soloist/Ensemble: Keller HS Clarinet Duet Visual Solo/Ensemble: Marcus solo dancer Color Guard: Marcus Percussion: Marcus Music: Marcus Visual: Marcus General Effect: Marcus SaxA41, Dave609, Asaiah and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dallas Hobbs Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Class 5A Caption Awards Soloist/ Small Ensemble: forney Drumset soloist Visual Solo/ Small Ensemble: forney battery percussion choreography Color Guard: Aledo Percussion: Wakeland Music: Wakeland Visual: Wakeland General Effect: Wakeland Tubalord11, SaxA41, Band Dad 2021 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dallas Hobbs Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Class 4A Caption Awards Soloist/ Small Ensemble: Krum Piano Soloist Visual Solo/Ensemble: Krum Candleabra(sp?) soloist Color Guard: Krum Percussion: Krum Music: Krum Visual: Krum General Effect: Krum Dave609, Asaiah, SaxA41 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Hobbs Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Class 4A champ: Krum SaxA41 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dallas Hobbs Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Class 5A Placements 1st: Wakeland 2nd: Forney 3rd: Aledo SaxA41, Novelty79, Tubalord11 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dallas Hobbs Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Class 6A Placements 1st: Marcus 2nd: Timber Creek 3rd: Keller Asaiah, Dave609, SaxA41 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origin Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Shocked with Timber Creek in 2nd in 6A. Thought they had some quite rough moments musically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dallas Hobbs Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Finalists announced in random order: Wakeland forney Marcus keller central byron Nelson aledo timber creek Haltom Keller boswell james Martin fossil ridge JWork, Dave609, Tubalord11 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niceone Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 really feel like wakelands soprano soloist got robbed krustyjoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crunchycookie3 Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Origin said: Shocked with Timber Creek in 2nd in 6A. Thought they had some quite rough moments musically. I’m not very surprised- Timber Creek has been on the rise! Keller seems to me to be a bit of a lull from the previous years, but we’ll see! They tend to be a late-season peaking band. cwtx, ChristopherRoden, Dallas Hobbs and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejaw Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, crunchycookie3 said: I’m not very surprised- Timber Creek has been on the rise! Keller seems to me to be a bit of a lull from the previous years, but we’ll see! They tend to be a late-season peaking band. No you’re right, I’ll be first to admit that Keller’s show relies too much on showing off the impressive musicians. It doesn’t have enough arrival moments and the effect is not there yet. Not just the Keller slow start, I think they are on the outside looking in right now at Grand Nats. crunchycookie3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejaw Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Congrats to all of the KISD bands making finals! cwtx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyjoe Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, Niceone said: really feel like wakelands soprano soloist got robbed Hey, we shouldn't be disrespectful to the other bands, but Wakeland has to give them some hope. SaxA41 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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