Power Regional - Southeast (GA) (March 23-24, 2024)

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The Southeast Power Regional will be held March 23-24, 2024, at Buford City Arena in Buford, Georgia. This event will be streamed on FloMarching.

Registration CLOSED

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Preliminary Schedule
Day 1 March 23

Schedule Generated on 03/21/2024;

Scholastic A - Round 1

10:00 AM - Tupelo HS, MS 
10:08 AM - Marietta HS, GA
10:16 AM - Whitewater HS, GA 
10:24 AM - Hoover HS (AL) Varsity, AL
10:32 AM - White Knoll HS, SC
10:40 AM - Lowndes HS A, GA 
10:48 AM - Grayson HS, GA 
10:56 AM - Walton HS, GA
11:04 AM - Franklin HS (TN) JV, TN 
11:12 AM - Byrnes HS - A, SC
11:20 AM - Lassiter HS, GA 
11:28 AM - Dorman HS, SC 
11:36 AM - Bob Jones HS, AL 
11:44 AM - Buford HS, GA 

11:52 AM - Break 

Independent A

12:05 PM - Charles Towne Independent, SC 
12:13 PM - Edge Independent A, GA
12:21 PM - Bound, AL
12:29 PM - Grace Christian Independent Fierce IA, TN
12:37 PM - Georgia State University Winterguard, GA 
12:45 PM - Revolutionary WinterGuard, VA 
12:53 PM - Beau Monde Independent, TN
1:01 PM - Opus Independent, NC 
1:09 PM - Noir Independent, GA 
1:17 PM - Visual Theater, TN
1:25 PM - University of South Florida, FL 
1:33 PM - Reverie A, GA
1:41 PM - White & Gold Winterguard, GA 

1:49 PM - Break 

Scholastic A - Round 2

2:05 PM - McEachern HS, GA 
2:13 PM - Cass HS, GA
2:21 PM - Lake Howell HS, FL
2:29 PM - Thompson HS, AL 
2:37 PM - Mill Creek HS, GA 
2:45 PM - West Johnston HS, NC 
2:53 PM - Pope HS, GA 
3:01 PM - Lexington HS, SC
3:09 PM - Creekview HS, GA 
3:17 PM - Cambridge HS, GA 
3:25 PM - Pelham HS, AL 
3:33 PM - Horizon HS, FL 
3:41 PM - East Lincoln HS A, NC 
3:49 PM - Milton HS, GA 

3:57 PM - Break 

Scholastic Open

4:10 PM - South Forsyth HS, GA 
4:19 PM - North Gwinnett HS, Georgia 
4:28 PM - Franklin HS, TN 
4:37 PM - Dobyns-Bennett HS, TN 
4:46 PM - Seymour HS, TN 
4:55 PM - Oviedo HS, FL 
5:04 PM - Byrnes HS, SC 

Independent Open

5:13 PM - Georgia, GA 
5:22 PM - Alta Marea Winterguard, AL 
5:31 PM - Edge Independent Open, GA 
5:40 PM - Tampa Independent Open, FL 

5:49 PM - Break

Scholastic World

6:15 PM - Sunlake HS, FL 
6:25 PM - Cleveland HS, NC 

Independent World

6:35 PM - Edge Independent, GA 
6:45 PM - First Flight, NC
6:55 PM - Tampa Independent, FL
7:05 PM - Paramount, GA 
7:15 PM - Eklipse, TN 
7:25 PM - University of South Florida, FL 
7:35 PM - Etude, SC
7:45 PM - Reverie, GA

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Schedule update is out.

Dropped;

Harrison HS, GA (A)
Marvin Ridge HS, NC (Open) - They've clearly ended their WGI season dropping from here & Dayton. Wonder if they're still participating in at least local circuits?

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Preliminary Scores

Scholastic A - Round 1

1. Walton HS, GA 86.47
2. Lassiter HS, GA 81.88
3. Buford HS, GA 79.44
4. Franklin HS JV, TN 79.37
5. Tupelo HS, MS 78.50
6. Dorman HS, SC 77.82
7. Byrnes HS - A, SC 77.67
8. Hoover HS Varsity, AL 77.65
9. Bob Jones HS, AL 77.59
10. Grayson HS, GA 76.66
11. Whitewater HS, GA 76.60
12. White Knoll HS, SC 75.95
13. Lowndes HS A, GA 75.19
14. Marietta HS, GA 72.86

Independent A

1. Georgia State University Winterguard, GA 89.28
2. Noir Independent, GA 86.83
3. Opus Independent, NC 86.44
4. Beau Monde Independent, TN 82.42
5. University of South Florida A, FL 82.26
6. Reverie A, GA 79.92
7. White & Gold Winterguard, GA 79.48
8. Visual Theater, TN 77.61
9. Bound, AL 74.74
10. Charles Towne Independent, SC 73.50
11. Edge Independent A, GA 73.19
12. Revolutionary WinterGuard, VA 71.92
13. Grace Christian Independent Fierce IA, TN 62.05

Scholastic A - Round 2

1. Lexington HS, SC 85.21
2. Pope HS, GA 84.70
3. Creekview HS, GA 84.39
4. Horizon HS, FL 83.66
5. Milton HS, GA 83.06
6. McEachern HS, GA 82.29
7. Thompson HS, AL 82.27
8. West Johnston HS, NC 82.22
9. Cambridge HS, GA 81.97
10. Lake Howell HS, FL 81.93
11. Cass HS, GA 78.41
12. East Lincoln HS A, NC 78.28
13. Mill Creek HS, GA 76.38
14. Pelham HS, AL 74.20

Scholastic Open

1. Oviedo HS, FL 86.10
2. Dobyns-Bennett HS, TN 84.10
3. Byrnes HS, SC 83.80
4. Seymour HS, TN 79.00
5. North Gwinnett HS, GA 78.00
6. Franklin HS, TN 76.90
7. South Forsyth HS, GA 71.50

Independent Open

1. Alta Marea Winterguard, AL 87.40
2. Georgia, GA 86.30
3. Tampa Independent Open, FL 84.30
4. Edge Independent Open, GA 83.00

Scholastic World

1. Cleveland HS, NC 81.80
2. Sunlake HS, FL 78.90

Independent World

1. Paramount, GA 94.00
2. Etude, SC 91.80
3. Tampa Independent, FL 85.50
4. Edge Independent, GA 84.10
5. First Flight, NC 78.00
6. Eklipse, TN 76.40
7. University of South Florida, FL 76.10
8. Reverie, GA 69.40

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Finals Schedule
Day 2 March 24

Scholastic A

9:00 AM - Tupelo HS, MS 
9:08 AM - Franklin HS JV, TN 
9:16 AM - Buford HS, GA 
9:24 AM - Lassiter HS, GA
9:32 AM - Lake Howell HS, FL 
9:40 AM - Cambridge HS, GA 
9:48 AM - West Johnston HS, NC 
9:56 AM - Thompson HS, AL 
10:04 AM - McEachern HS, GA 
10:12 AM - Milton HS, GA 
10:20 AM - Horizon HS, FL 
10:28 AM - Creekview HS, GA 
10:36 AM - Pope HS, GA 
10:44 AM - Lexington HS, SC
10:52 AM - Walton HS, GA 

11:00 AM - Break

Independent A

11:15 AM - White & Gold Winterguard, GA
11:23 AM - Reverie A, GA
11:31 AM - University of South Florida, FL
11:39 AM - Beau Monde Independent, TN
11:47 AM - Opus Independent, NC
11:55 AM - Noir Independent, GA
12:03 PM - Georgia State University Winterguard, GA

12:11 PM - Lunch

Scholastic Open

12:55 PM - South Forsyth HS, GA
1:04 PM - Franklin HS, TN 
1:13 PM - North Gwinnett HS, GA
1:22 PM - Seymour HS, TN 
1:31 PM - Byrnes HS, SC 
1:40 PM - Dobyns-Bennett HS, TN 
1:49 PM - Oviedo HS, FL

Independent Open

1:58 PM - Edge Independent Open, GA 
2:07 PM - Tampa Independent Open, FL 
2:16 PM - Georgia, GA 
2:25 PM - Alta Marea Winterguard, AL

2:34 PM - Break

Scholastic World

2:50 PM - Sunlake HS, FL 
3:00 PM - Cleveland HS, NC 

Independent World

3:10 PM - Reverie, GA 
3:20 PM - University of South Florida, FL 
3:30 PM - Eklipse, TN 
3:40 PM - First Flight, NC 
3:50 PM - Edge Independent, GA 
4:00 PM - Tampa Independent, FL
4:10 PM - Etude, SC 
4:20 PM - Paramount, GA 

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We're about to go into SW soon, so here's my favorites so far! 

• Creekview (SA) (but needs a much better run)
• Beau Monde (IA)
• Georgia State (IA)
• Seymour (SO)
• Dobyns-Bennett (SO)
• Oveido (SO)
• Alta Marea (IO)

Honorable mentions to Walton (SA), USF (IA), Noir (IA), Byrnes (SO), Edge (IO), and Georgia (SO). Can't wait for the IW onslaught!

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Final Scores

Scholastic A 

1. Lexington HS, SC 87.425
2. Walton HS, GA 87.12
3. Pope HS, GA 85.85
4. Creekview HS, GA 84.915
5. Milton HS, GA 83.82
6. Horizon HS, FL 83.365
7. Thompson HS, AL 82.48
8. McEachern HS, GA 82.19
9. West Johnston HS, NC 81.21
10. Cambridge HS, GA 81.115
11. Lake Howell HS, FL 80.955
12. Lassiter HS, GA 80.675
13. Buford HS, GA 77.785
14. Tupelo HS, MS 77.575
15. Franklin HS JV, TN 76.72

Independent A

1. Georgia State University Winterguard, GA 90.875
2. Noir Independent, GA 87.075
3. Opus Independent, NC 85.96
4. Beau Monde Independent, TN 83.135
5. University of South Florida A, FL 81.255
6. Reverie A, GA 79.365
7. White & Gold Winterguard, GA 78.74

Scholastic Open

1. Oviedo HS, FL 87.255
2. Dobyns-Bennett HS, TN 85.055
3. Byrnes HS, SC 83.225
4. Seymour HS, TN 80.50
5. North Gwinnett HS, GA 79.335
6. Franklin HS, TN 77.555
7. South Forsyth HS, GA 71.275

Independent Open

1. Alta Marea Winterguard, AL 88.275
2. Georgia, GA 87.385
3. Tampa Independent Open, FL 85.00
4. Edge Independent Open, GA 82.885

Scholastic World

1. Cleveland HS, NC 80.50
2. Sunlake HS, FL 78.555

Independent World

1. Paramount, GA 93.725
2. Etude, SC 92.385
3. Tampa Independent, FL 86.945
4. Edge Independent, GA 84.775
5. First Flight, NC 80.50
6. Eklipse, TN 76.615
7. University of South Florida, FL 76.555
8. Reverie, GA 68.385

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I haven't been able to get the time to sit down and mash something out, unfortunately, but Sunday finals was very fun to watch.

The story of the day was a loooot of mistakes and drops (which is probably to be expected as groups are trying to nail in all major design points before getting to the details).

SA:
I didn't get catch any SA groups before Horizon, so my view's colored by the last few. Creekview was a spectacular take as always, but the group was downed a bit by a sloppy performance. I think the show has enough to get into SA Finals at Dayton, but the performance wasn't there. I found Lexington to be a bit dry in the content department, but the maze concept is a nice breath of fresh air in the whole field. I'm wondering if Lexington will try to add a bit more going into Dayton because they were pretty clean on Sunday. The show may not need it, but it'll give them boost to be a lock for SA finals.

IA:
I absolutely loved Beau Monde. With any group, the abstract concept and all the deep, vivid colors would clash but BM paired the two that painted a unique take. The sense I get with the design team is they are very fresh still, not to mention they've figured out what tools works yet. Count me as an intrigued spectator in the following years. GSU is so absurdly good this year. The experience in the group clearly is pushing the show further up the ranks significantly. I don't see how this doesn't medal as is right in IA. If this group of performers is returning next year, I'd like to see them push for IO finals.

SO:
Seymour's adorable. So much to munch on design-wise- the integration of food props was terrific. The show's appropriately calibrated to the kids on the group, which leads to the lowered score. I actually had Byrnes and DB neck-to-neck prior to the results- Byrnes with the stronger vocabulary, DB with the (way) better show. I did hear later on this wasn't a strong performance for Byrnes so I'm not too surprised about the drop in scores. DB takes an unexplored take on Frosty and they do such an emotionally rendering display of it. Oveido has both fronts covered this year. The props being sooooo far back is quite irksome for me, but the introduction of colors to symbolize history's progress is great- but the effect is quadrupled even more being the sterile y2k colors (the disgusting ones, hah). I don't know the state of SO right now and whether this is a medal show (I don't think so), but this is at least a mid-placement finals show.

IO:
Alta Marea has something rolling this year. AM just flexes and contracts the performers that it's such a treat to see how the visual drill develops amongst that chaos. There's some space for a tooooon of cleaning, so I wouldn't be surprised if AM can make that push up the ranks at Dayton. I'm less bullish on Georgia IO, but I see the space and rigid vision they have in this year's show. Very minimalistic, but I love the dashes of color they sprinkle in from the performer outfits and silks themselves to silently imply the carnage. Is there enough to grow, though? I'm not sure if I can visualize the growth as much as AM, but they could make it happen.

IW:
Tampa Independent is my underdog darling for IW finals this year. Spectacular show that just keeps growing and growing beyond the first impression. Very light on their feet that provided a lot of incredible moments on those shaky stone podiums. I got the sense Tampa had a strong run that day, so I'm a tad worried whether ATL was or is close to the peak for Tampa. I'm hoping there's a bit more in tank for them come Dayton.

Etude is an absolute tear-jerker. The olde benches that rock back and forth provide so much metaphorical meanings at different points. I'd rather wrap this up quickly, but I love shows that give so much meaning in clever ways and Etude falls right into that definition. Etude for medal? I hope so. This show is deserving of one.

I've been consistent in my group of friends of my belief that Paramount has a GOAT show this year. No question. An incredible run at IW finals will put them squarely in that conversation. But not this past Sunday. There's so, so, so, so, so, so much demand evident (even from their debut back at SAPA Kennesaw Mountain) that I expected them to take a little while to clean up. The Sunday run showed they were 100% capable, but not dialed in yet. We'll see in Dayton whether Paramount's playing for the easy championship or gritting it for the all-time legacy.