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Post by hewhowaits on Jun 16, 2024 12:30:17 GMT -6
This would work really well. Plenty of downtime after prelims, still plenty of time for finals to not go super late assuming they advance everyone to finals. maybe they’ll pay attention to this advice like they did Balash’s advice on the BOA website. I think we've reached our quota for the year.
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Post by bigtrombone on Aug 7, 2024 14:52:55 GMT -6
Prelims Schedule as of 8/7/24
10:36 AM - Hutto H.S., TX 10:48 AM - Vista Ridge H.S., TX 11:00 AM - Cedar Park H.S., TX 11:12 AM - Round Rock H.S., TX 11:24 AM - Cedar Ridge H.S., TX 11:36 AM - Liberty Hill H.S., TX 11:48 AM - Vandegrift H.S., TX
BREAK
12:36 PM - Rouse H.S., TX 12:48 PM - McCallum H.S., TX 1:00 PM - Lake Travis H.S., TX 1:12 PM - Leander H.S., TX 1:24 PM - Gatesville H.S., TX 1:36 PM - Westlake H.S., TX 1:48 PM - Klein Cain H.S., TX 2:00 PM - Westwood H.S., TX
2:30 PM - Prelims Awards Ceremony
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 11, 2024 12:41:03 GMT -6
I’m still bummed this competition is so slim in numbers this season. 😔
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Post by Samuel Culper on Aug 11, 2024 17:24:12 GMT -6
I’m still bummed this competition is so slim in numbers this season. 😔 The San Marcos contest crippled this one.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 11, 2024 18:22:18 GMT -6
I’m still bummed this competition is so slim in numbers this season. 😔 The San Marcos contest crippled this one. it seemed to for sure. Hopefully this won’t be a long term issue.
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Post by hewhowaits on Aug 11, 2024 19:22:48 GMT -6
The San Marcos contest crippled this one. it seemed to for sure. Hopefully this won’t be a long term issue. Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for.
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Post by youraveragebandkid on Aug 11, 2024 19:45:40 GMT -6
it seemed to for sure. Hopefully this won’t be a long term issue. Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for. I’m sorry, but I wish that there were more regionals around Houston (mostly because there aren’t nearly as many Houston ones, or at least they aren’t as talked about, as the Austin/San Antonio area ones) and more on the wayyyy western side of Texas (like El Paso type west, because I’m sure there are some bands that want to do BOA over there) but idk those are just my thoughts I might sound insane typing this lol
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Post by Allohak on Aug 11, 2024 19:51:39 GMT -6
Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for. I’m sorry, but I wish that there were more regionals around Houston (mostly because there aren’t nearly as many Houston ones, or at least they aren’t as talked about, as the Austin/San Antonio area ones) and more on the wayyyy western side of Texas (like El Paso type west, because I’m sure there are some bands that want to do BOA over there) but idk those are just my thoughts I might sound insane typing this lol There's literally now 2 in the Houston area and 2 catering to the western portion of Texas in Odessa and Las Cruces.
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Post by LeanderMomma Fan on Aug 11, 2024 20:06:11 GMT -6
I’m still bummed this competition is so slim in numbers this season. 😔 Thankful that the Top 10 from last year is returning so the strength of competition will still be one of the fiercest out of all of the BOA regionals.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 11, 2024 21:32:42 GMT -6
it seemed to for sure. Hopefully this won’t be a long term issue. Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for. Texas wanted them or MFA wanted them? I don’t remember hearing people clamoring for more Texas regionals personally. An Oklahoma or Arkansas regional would be nice though.
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Post by hawknate14 on Aug 11, 2024 21:42:19 GMT -6
Yknow what regional I want, a New England/New York area regional that isnt the same weekend as everybody and their brothers state championships
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Post by yayband914 on Aug 11, 2024 21:54:46 GMT -6
Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for. Texas wanted them or MFA wanted them? I don’t remember hearing people clamoring for more Texas regionals personally. An Oklahoma or Arkansas regional would be nice though. Was literally looking at Google Maps at Tulsa and thinking how good the pull for a regional could be. All of Oklahoma, the DFW and NWA areas, the Kansas contingency, Missouri and Nebraska bands, possibly even Mississippi and west Tennessee.
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Post by hewhowaits on Aug 12, 2024 5:12:12 GMT -6
Texas wanted them or MFA wanted them? I don’t remember hearing people clamoring for more Texas regionals personally. An Oklahoma or Arkansas regional would be nice though. Was literally looking at Google Maps at Tulsa and thinking how good the pull for a regional could be. All of Oklahoma, the DFW and NWA areas, the Kansas contingency, Missouri and Nebraska bands, possibly even Mississippi and west Tennessee. The biggest problem with trying to do a Tulsa event is that there are no weekends available without long-standing, locally-hosted big invitationals or OBA competition - Renegade Review, Owasso, Broken Arrow, etc. Throw in Golden Regiment Invitational at Blue Springs and the options are even smaller.
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Post by hewhowaits on Aug 12, 2024 5:15:38 GMT -6
Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for. Texas wanted them or MFA wanted them? I don’t remember hearing people clamoring for more Texas regionals personally. An Oklahoma or Arkansas regional would be nice though. There is a long history of comments on the boards (both Hornrank and the old BOA Forums) that there need to be more Texas Regionals. Things like "Look how big the shows are compared to (pick a couple small Midwest events). They should combine some of those little shows and do more in Texas."
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 12, 2024 12:24:25 GMT -6
Texas wanted them or MFA wanted them? I don’t remember hearing people clamoring for more Texas regionals personally. An Oklahoma or Arkansas regional would be nice though. There is a long history of comments on the boards (both Hornrank and the old BOA Forums) that there need to be more Texas Regionals. Things like "Look how big the shows are compared to (pick a couple small Midwest events). They should combine some of those little shows and do more in Texas." Enh I don’t think that many people are really clamoring for it. Probably just a few really vocal outliers. We’ve got all we need in that area. Let’s get rid of San Marcos and add OK City or Little Rock!
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 12, 2024 12:26:03 GMT -6
Texas wanted them or MFA wanted them? I don’t remember hearing people clamoring for more Texas regionals personally. An Oklahoma or Arkansas regional would be nice though. Was literally looking at Google Maps at Tulsa and thinking how good the pull for a regional could be. All of Oklahoma, the DFW and NWA areas, the Kansas contingency, Missouri and Nebraska bands, possibly even Mississippi and west Tennessee. Totally agree! I know there are date issues so maybe move it to OK City or NW Arkansas. Even Little Rock!
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Post by Samuel Culper on Aug 12, 2024 13:08:05 GMT -6
it seemed to for sure. Hopefully this won’t be a long term issue. Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for. Not me. I think we've hit the saturation point.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 12, 2024 15:15:39 GMT -6
Y'all wanted more Texas Regionals. Careful what you wish for. Not me. I think we've hit the saturation point. Agreed.
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Post by yayband914 on Aug 12, 2024 15:50:26 GMT -6
End of Summer Band predictions Top Half (1-6): Cedar Park H.S., TX Leander H.S., TX Round Rock H.S., TX Rouse H.S., TX Vandegrift H.S., TX Vista Ridge H.S., TX Finalist Locks (7-10): Cedar Ridge H.S., TX Lake Travis H.S., TX Westlake H.S., TX Westwood H.S., TX Bubble (11-14): Hutto H.S., TX Klein Cain H.S., TX Liberty Hill H.S., TX McCallum H.S., TX Reverse Champion (15th): Gatesville H.S., TX ”Reverse Champion” hahaha. I like that!
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Post by josephbandfan on Aug 12, 2024 22:00:47 GMT -6
Yeah, it's certainly not something that people are asking for down in Texas. I already feel like there's usually at least 2-3 competitions happening within in hour of me on any given weekend so the idea of more has never crossed my mind.
Not that I'm attending this competition but I personally like the look of it. Not having to spend the entire day in the stands, so many heavy hitters within a small time frame, more time to rest before finals lol.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 13, 2024 8:05:30 GMT -6
Yeah, it's certainly not something that people are asking for down in Texas. I already feel like there's usually at least 2-3 competitions happening within in hour of me on any given weekend so the idea of more has never crossed my mind. Not that I'm attending this competition but I personally like the look of it. Not having to spend the entire day in the stands, so many heavy hitters within a small time frame, more time to rest before finals lol. yeah there is definitely a lot to be happy about here! Can sleep in just a little bit. Huge break in the hottest part of the day to go and actually eat a decent meal. Smaller crowd in general. My favorite bands all in one place. You’re right, it’s not a bad thing at all!
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Post by nategriffin on Aug 13, 2024 11:04:25 GMT -6
I feel like the only place and time where another regional would make sense would be a south DFW regional pre UIL 6A/5A area, which even then is just Waco… Otherwise maybe like a McKinney or Arlington regional pre-October?
We’ve definitely hit a saturation point and adding more regionals at this point would feel like just merely to fill competition days, which would take away from local competitions that generally work better for bands who cant reliably do SA or Indy trips every cycle since the BOA sheets dont completely translate to UIL area or SMBC (Cedar Ridge being an example of that), Id say maybe just rearranging the dates of these competitions so we dont have a San Marcos/Round Rock situation happen again would suffice, and at most MAYBE an early season DFW regional for the bands that cant make a 5 hour drive for a standard regional, otherwise I think we have as many regionals as we should
(A Texoma regional would be pretty neat too…)
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Post by horntrumpetdad on Aug 18, 2024 12:10:41 GMT -6
Yeah, it's certainly not something that people are asking for down in Texas. I already feel like there's usually at least 2-3 competitions happening within in hour of me on any given weekend so the idea of more has never crossed my mind. Not that I'm attending this competition but I personally like the look of it. Not having to spend the entire day in the stands, so many heavy hitters within a small time frame, more time to rest before finals lol. yeah there is definitely a lot to be happy about here! Can sleep in just a little bit. Huge break in the hottest part of the day to go and actually eat a decent meal. Smaller crowd in general. My favorite bands all in one place. You’re right, it’s not a bad thing at all! Not to mention, the easing of the parking burden! All of the top bands are still coming so it's still one of the fiercest competitions in the county, plus I like that the San Marcos regional is giving some of the less lauded bands a shot at placing higher. Overall I think it's a good thing.
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 18, 2024 14:34:39 GMT -6
yeah there is definitely a lot to be happy about here! Can sleep in just a little bit. Huge break in the hottest part of the day to go and actually eat a decent meal. Smaller crowd in general. My favorite bands all in one place. You’re right, it’s not a bad thing at all! Not to mention, the easing of the parking burden! All of the top bands are still coming so it's still one of the fiercest competitions in the county, plus I like that the San Marcos regional is giving some of the less lauded bands a shot at placing higher. Overall I think it's a good thing. You’re right about San Marcos giving other bands a shot who normally might miss finals at Round Rock. I’m just being a little selfish because I will REALLY miss seeing some of our RR regulars this year.
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Post by youraveragebandkid on Aug 18, 2024 14:40:40 GMT -6
Not to mention, the easing of the parking burden! All of the top bands are still coming so it's still one of the fiercest competitions in the county, plus I like that the San Marcos regional is giving some of the less lauded bands a shot at placing higher. Overall I think it's a good thing. You’re right about San Marcos giving other bands a shot who normally might miss finals at Round Rock. I’m just being a little selfish because I will REALLY miss seeing some of our RR regulars this year. Round Rock regulars…try saying that 3 times fast 😂
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 18, 2024 14:45:15 GMT -6
You’re right about San Marcos giving other bands a shot who normally might miss finals at Round Rock. I’m just being a little selfish because I will REALLY miss seeing some of our RR regulars this year. Round Rock regulars…try saying that 3 times fast 😂 🤣🤪
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Post by hewhowaits on Aug 19, 2024 5:42:51 GMT -6
You’re right about San Marcos giving other bands a shot who normally might miss finals at Round Rock. I’m just being a little selfish because I will REALLY miss seeing some of our RR regulars this year. Round Rock regulars…try saying that 3 times fast 😂 LeanderMomma might do so if it will get some of the bands back on the docket!
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Post by LeanderMomma on Aug 19, 2024 8:18:19 GMT -6
Round Rock regulars…try saying that 3 times fast 😂 LeanderMomma might do so if it will get some of the bands back on the docket! That AND I would treat my out of town friends to some famous RR donuts! 😍😍
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Post by idleclasher on Aug 19, 2024 10:37:41 GMT -6
Not to mention, the easing of the parking burden!
All of the top bands are still coming so it's still one of the fiercest competitions in the county, plus I like that the San Marcos regional is giving some of the less lauded bands a shot at placing higher. Overall I think it's a good thing. Oh definitely! Anyone who's ever gone to the KRAC knows how insane the parking can get, especially during finals. I personally think this is a great change for the bubble/lower 6 bands. From personal experience, it's amazing to compete alongside all those Austin area SA finalists, but it's incredibly stressful when you're just hoping you eek by into finals for the first competition of the season.
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Post by hewhowaits on Aug 26, 2024 13:52:43 GMT -6
8/26 schedule update
Move Rouse to 10:24 start. All other band times remain unchanged. The break is now an hour between Vandegrift and McCallum.
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