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Post by southcarolina on Nov 11, 2023 15:02:09 GMT -6
This. Someone on BOA staff asked about scores last night and was give a fast and firm no. They have not been seen outside tabulation. I’m also event staff and I have no idea. it’s okay to be mad but that what I heard buddy we will see who is wrong and right!
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Post by dbalash on Nov 11, 2023 15:06:02 GMT -6
it’s okay to be mad but that what I heard buddy we will see who is wrong and right! Probably you.
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Post by dbalash on Nov 12, 2023 0:27:42 GMT -6
we will see who is wrong and right! Probably you. Well crap.
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Post by ohbandfan on Nov 12, 2023 0:31:34 GMT -6
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Post by hawknate14 on Nov 12, 2023 1:33:07 GMT -6
Um, he was technically wrong, he claimed they placed 37th, they got 36th
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Post by kdivine on Nov 15, 2023 6:05:10 GMT -6
Now I wish Desoto Central would’ve come; could’ve possibly gotten some Mississippi representation into semis. I think you're right. They. Beat Lake Hamilton by 4 points in Memphis. They would have had a real shot at semis LH at Memphis is going to wind up being a "We don't talk about Bruno" thing. There were issues with the wind, gremlins in the mics, and a field judge who yanked a bunch of cords with his feet during finals and then didn't tell anyone [You could see it happen on Box 5, I'm told] which caused a bunch of reverb and some of the electric stuff to have no power. Comparing a band to a one week snapshot of another band isn't the greatest of arguments-- LH had a much better comp the week before and the week after.
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Post by principalagent on Nov 15, 2023 13:29:46 GMT -6
Um, he was technically wrong, he claimed they placed 37th, they got 36th Well if you broke the tie, they did end up 37th.
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Post by marimba11 on Nov 15, 2023 15:25:18 GMT -6
Um, he was technically wrong, he claimed they placed 37th, they got 36th Well if you broke the tie, they did end up 37th. AJ Pac finding out this information early comes to no surprise, he is very competitive.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Nov 15, 2023 17:44:40 GMT -6
TL Hanna got 37th in prelims they definitely should've made semis Results are not out yet. Do not bait. Has anybody pointed out that T.L. Hanna was 37th on the pre-draw board for semifinals? If "37th" was circulating among the band staff and students, that may have been the source. (And if this conversation was all some elaborate tongue-in-cheek practical joke, I've totally fallen for it.)
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Post by hawknate14 on Nov 16, 2023 8:35:30 GMT -6
Um, he was technically wrong, he claimed they placed 37th, they got 36th Well if you broke the tie, they did end up 37th. isnt the tie breaker still GE, becuase they beat Christian County in GE for 36th
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Post by OldSchoolTrumpet on Nov 16, 2023 8:44:02 GMT -6
Results are not out yet. Do not bait. Has anybody pointed out that T.L. Hanna was 37th on the pre-draw board for semifinals? If "37th" was circulating among the band staff and students, that may have been the source. (And if this conversation was all some elaborate tongue-in-cheek practical joke, I've totally fallen for it.) I see three possibilites 1. The director or a staff member was actually privvy to the scores in advance 2. Someone was confused by the pre-draw sheet, and their placement was an incredible coincidence 3. User southcarolina is from the future. You pick.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Nov 16, 2023 12:26:49 GMT -6
Well if you broke the tie, they did end up 37th. isnt the tie breaker still GE, becuase they beat Christian County in GE for 36th I'm glad someone else noticed this. The current Adjudication Handbook says: My emphasis. I read that to mean that despite the total G.E. scores being 47.30 for T.L. Hanna vs. 46.60 for Christian County, they still tie at 36th place and no band is in 37th place.
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Post by tarheel36 on Nov 16, 2023 12:57:07 GMT -6
Scores leaking early is a major issue because it suggests a lack of integrity in the tabulation room. BOA isn't like other circuits where the prelims results leak essentially immediately (looking at you, UIL). This is a massive breach of protocol.
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Post by 18Saxes on Nov 16, 2023 13:47:46 GMT -6
I'm more inclined to believe that someone had misunderstood a draw number as a placement for prelims. No matter how you put it, T.L. Hanna did not place 37th, they placed 36th, with or without a tie breaker.
Regardless, it's a pretty insane coincidence.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Nov 16, 2023 14:16:25 GMT -6
So, that was a salute... wasn't it? Fooled me and Dan both. It's kind of old school, but some bands have a tradition of saluting after each movement of their show, or after select movements. I could tell Chattahoochee wasn't done, but I could see how the announcer might make that mistake (and I've seen that mistake made before), but his apparently went straight down to his script for the next ten seconds as he talked over the band before realizing they were still going.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Nov 16, 2023 14:33:03 GMT -6
Sorry Blurred Lines is not at all high school appropriate. What? What about...
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Nov 16, 2023 18:27:13 GMT -6
Sorry Blurred Lines is not at all high school appropriate. What? Is Kehlani's " Gangsta" high school appropriate? That was Carlisle's closer, complete with quoted lines from the song (not the explicit ones, to be sure).
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Post by ilikeguard on Nov 16, 2023 18:36:53 GMT -6
Sorry Blurred Lines is not at all high school appropriate. What? Is Kehlani's " Gangsta" high school appropriate? That was Carlisle's closer, complete with quoted lines from the song (not the explicit ones, to be sure). I have been corrected that it isn’t actually the Robin Thicke song lol but the issue I have with that song isn’t the sexual content, it’s the implication of dubious consent. I personally wouldn’t go with Gangsta either but at least the relationship described in that song is mutual 😭
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Post by srv1084 on Nov 16, 2023 19:40:23 GMT -6
Has anybody pointed out that T.L. Hanna was 37th on the pre-draw board for semifinals? If "37th" was circulating among the band staff and students, that may have been the source. (And if this conversation was all some elaborate tongue-in-cheek practical joke, I've totally fallen for it.) I see three possibilites 1. The director or a staff member was actually privvy to the scores in advance 2. Someone was confused by the pre-draw sheet, and their placement was an incredible coincidence 3. User southcarolina is from the future. You pick. While I'm sure it's very rare, I know of one occasion ages ago where a staff member was aware of their exact position after prelims. A few of us forums members were aware of it at the time and initially brushed it off as 1) we didn't think it was possible they could have known, and 2) based on regional results that year, the placement didn't really make sense. It was confirmed after recaps came out following finals. To be fair, it's the only time I ever heard of that happening. I presume results are pretty secure nowadays.
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Post by philodemus on Nov 20, 2023 10:33:28 GMT -6
So, that was a salute... wasn't it? Fooled me and Dan both. It's kind of old school, but some bands have a tradition of saluting after each movement of their show, or after select movements. I could tell Chattahoochee wasn't done, but I could see how the announcer might make that mistake (and I've seen that mistake made before), but his apparently went straight down to his script for the next ten seconds as he talked over the band before realizing they were still going. I can recall SCV saluting after every movement well into the early Aughts... Something Dan would have certainly seen before. But, in his defense, all I will say is that BOA as an organization is pretty tightly wound up about the rules. I could absolutely imagine a thought process that went something like, "Well, obviously they're still performing, but BOA says I am to announce this right after I see a salute and is not shy about handing out penalties so I guess I better read this now..."
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Mar 18, 2024 0:11:49 GMT -6
What are these fascinating Nordonia props? Like, a fan crossed with a television ? They’re special fans with lights on the blades. When they spin fast enough you can change the lights to make whole pictures. They’ve used these props for the last few years now. I’ve seen them in person several times and I don’t feel they’re as jarring looking there versus on a lower fps livestream. They fool the eyes and the video cameras, but in still photographs, the images (e.g., of the Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame) just look like crossed lines, i.e., like spokes of a wheel.
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Post by N.E. Brigand on Apr 18, 2024 18:17:42 GMT -6
Archbishop Alter is giving me Velvet Knights vibes now. Courtesy of Matthew Yglesias, I just read an unexpectedly prescient metaphor from 1944 in the New York Times, in what may have been that newspaper's first ever reference to pizza: *The article has "flowered," but I think that's a mistake.
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