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Post by marchingmaniac on Nov 14, 2021 13:56:38 GMT -6
Now that this season is over I thought we could do something fun to reflect on all the incredible shows over the season. Use this thread to reflect on some of your own season superlatives for shows that you enjoyed and any parts within them. I have several to share for a start, feel free to use it as a template of sorts:
Favorite show: Claudia Taylor Johnson
Favorite opener: Flower Mound
Favorite ballad: Vandegrift
Favorite closer: Avon/Hebron
Favorite opening hit: Hebron
Favorite ending: Claudia Taylor Johnson
Favorite soloist: Marcus mellophones
Favorite feature: Hebron high brass articulation feature in closer
Favorite percussion: Vandegrift
Favorite color guard: Carmel/The Woodlands
Favorite woodwinds: Marcus
Favorite brass: Hebron
Most fun/enjoyable: The Woodlands
Favorite show concept: Flower Mound
Best musical selection: Avon's Fire of Eternal Glory
Best overall show: Broken Arrow
Feel free to add any of your own superlatives, these are just some the ones I thought of off the top of my head that I wanted to share! Remember these are all just opinions to be shared
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Post by cp823 on Nov 14, 2021 14:20:22 GMT -6
Favorite opening statement: The Woodlands
Favorite opener: Hebron
Favorite ballad: Carmel
Favorite closer: Avon
Favorite drumline: Avon
Favorite brass section: Hebron (HM Vandegrift, Avon, Broken Arrow)
Favorite woodwind section: Hebron (HM Carmel, Flower Mound)
Favorite guard: Carmel (HM Avon, Broken Arrow, The Woodlands)
Favorite soloist(s): Marcus’ horns (HM Hebron saxes)
Favorite props: Flower Mound (HM Dobyns-Bennett)
Favorite musical design: Carmel
Favorite visual design: Avon
Some notable “moments” that I’m going to remember for a while
-Hebron’s big block pull in the opener
-Woodlands brass feature into W set
-the sensory explosion of seeing FloMo’s opener from the stands
-Every single second of Carmel’s ballad
-Avon’s opener, particularly the drill. It was extremely impressive.
-the backfield playing section of BA’s ballad
And so many more. I’m definitely gonna have to post more as you guys jog my memory!
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Post by trombonium on Nov 14, 2021 14:50:46 GMT -6
Favorite show: Hebron
Favorite show design: The Woodlands
Best Brass: Hebron
Best Woodwinds: Hebron
Best Percussion: Coppell (idk I suck at judging this)
Favorite Moment: The Woodlands' W Thingy, Hebron's "Hebron" set, or Flower Mound's percussion feature
Favorite Solo/Soli: Flower Mound's Euphonium/Tuba jam
Most Underrated: Leander
Favorite Concept: Carmel
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Post by charredbrown on Nov 15, 2021 10:50:26 GMT -6
Favorite Show: Broken Arrow
Favorite Opening Impact: Flower Mound
Favorite Opener: Avon
Favorite Ballad: Carmel
Favorite Closer: The Woodlands
Best Music Design: Broken Arrow
Best Visual Design: Avon
Best Overall GE: Broken Arrow
Most Consistent: Avon
Most Surprising: Mustang
Liked the Concept, Didn't Like the Execution: Carmel
Didn't Like the Concept, but LOVED the Execution: Vista Ridge
Most Fun Show: The Woodlands
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Post by hewhowaits on Nov 15, 2021 11:31:41 GMT -6
As wonderful as many of the soloists at Grand Nationals were, my top soloist for the season was the Kennesaw Mountain concert euphonium (which I was blessed to enjoy twice at Johnson City).
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Post by abtwitch on Nov 15, 2021 15:57:42 GMT -6
BOA San Antonio edition!
Favorite show: Cedar Ridge
Favorite opener: Leander
Favorite ballad: Marcus/Rouse
Favorite closer: Vandegrift
Favorite opening hit: Hebron
Favorite ending: Vista Ridge
Favorite soloist: The Woodlands Trombone
Favorite feature: Ronald Reagan layered woodwind feature
Favorite percussion: Cedar Ridge
Favorite color guard: The Woodlands
Favorite woodwinds: Hebron
Favorite brass: Hebron
Most fun/enjoyable: Claudia Taylor Johnson
Favorite show concept: Coppell
Best musical selection: Keller's And So it Goes
Best overall show: Hebron (duh)
Favorite props: MG Johnson's tombstones
Liked the concept, not execution: Pearland
Liked the execution, not concept: Round Rock
Biggest surprise: Seven Lakes
Favorite teeny-tiny band: Azle
Most underrated: Dawson
I'll probably go back and do this with Grand Nats later after I have time to watch the bands I missed.
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Post by abtwitch on Nov 15, 2021 16:05:33 GMT -6
OH and can't forget this one
Best baritones: Azle
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Post by verysaxy on Nov 15, 2021 22:24:39 GMT -6
Favorite show: Flower Mound/Castle
Favorite opener: Flower Mound
Favorite ballad: Hebron
Favorite closer: Castle
Favorite opening hit: Flower Mound
Favorite ending: CTJ
Favorite soloist: Castle Trumpet/Hebron Saxes
Favorite feature: Castle Trumpet/Mello feature in opener
Favorite percussion: William Mason (pit in particular!)
Favorite color guard: Carmel
Favorite woodwinds: Broken Arrow
Favorite brass: Hebron
Most fun/enjoyable: The Woodlands
Favorite show concept: Flower Mound
Best musical selection: Literally all of The Woodlands show
Best overall show: Broken Arrow
Favorite prop(s): Flower Mound ramp
Favorite uniforms: 🦈
Favorite musical design: The Woodlands
Favorite visual design: Carmel
Biggest surprise: Dobyns-Bennett
Loudest band: C A R M E L
Some of the many unforgettable moments of the 2021 season:
- Flower Mound. Literally the whole thing. But more specifically, the guard at the very end of the show. I truly believe the colors and the music combined made it the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen; not exaggerating.
- Sitting in the Flower Mound Parent section at Finals. Those people are so nice! I was cheering for FloMo just as loud as the parents, with my TX flag and all! (which is ironic because I’m not from TX lol)
- Carmel’s flag feature!
- Hebron actually winning
- “How wonderful life is, when you’re in the world” becoming the official BOA 2021™️ slogan
- Marcus mellos
- The Woodlands W
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Post by ilikeguard on Nov 15, 2021 23:12:34 GMT -6
Some of the many unforgettable moments of the 2021 season: - “How wonderful life is, when you’re in the world” becoming the official BOA 2021™️ slogan Absolutely this |
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Post by principalagent on Nov 16, 2021 10:18:35 GMT -6
Favorite show: Broken Arrow
Favorite opener: Vandegrift
Favorite ballad: Marcus/Rouse
Favorite closer: Avon
Favorite opening hit: Broken Arrow
Favorite ending: Dobyns-Bennett, Hebron
Favorite soloist: Flower Mound flute duet
Favorite feature: Basically any feature Hebron did, Dobyns-Bennett's choir
Favorite percussion: Cedar Ridge
Favorite color guard: The Woodlands
Favorite woodwinds: Hebron
Favorite brass: Hebron
Most fun/enjoyable: Mustang
Favorite show concept: Flower Mound
Best musical selection: Air Waltz by Rouse and Brownsburg
Best overall show: Broken Arrow
Favorite props: Flower Mound's Sousas and Carmel's Universe props
Liked the concept, not execution: Dobyns-Bennett, Fishers
Liked the execution, not concept: Cypress Woods
Biggest surprise: Rouse
Favorite teeny-tiny band: Rouse
Most underrated: Lakota East
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Post by bassoooon on Nov 21, 2021 12:34:17 GMT -6
Favorite headwear: Flower Mound
Favorite soloist: Grain Valley flugelhorn
Most fun show: TWHS (duh), Lincoln
Best bassoon feature: Nordonia
Best overall: Hebron
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Post by mk72 on Nov 21, 2021 20:52:31 GMT -6
Favorite show: The Woodlands/Franklin Favorite opener: Franklin Favorite ballad: FloMo (they kinda had a ballad? Idk but that theme the flutes introduced in the beginning that the band continues in the "ballad" is breathtaking) Favorite closer: Hebron Favorite opening hit: Hebron/Vista Ridge Favorite ending: The Woodlands Favorite soloist: FloMo flute duet/The Woodlands trumpet trio before the "We Both Reached for the Gun" part Favorite feature: Hebron brass feature in their closer Favorite percussion: Coppell/Vandegrift Favorite color guard: The Woodlands Favorite woodwinds: Marcus/Hebron Favorite brass: Hebron Most fun/enjoyable: The Woodlands/Franklin/Mustang Favorite show concept: Flower Mound/The Woodlands/Fishers Best musical selection: The Woodlands (my love for Chicago is endless)/Centerville (one simply can't ignore Bjork AND Billie Eilish) Best overall show: Broken Arrow Favorite visual design: BA/Fishers/Jenison/Brownsburg Favorite uniform: BA/Fishers/Jenison Most "in character band": The Woodlands Favorite prop(s): Jenison mountain props + big dresses (??)/Fishers recycled waves Favorite semi-finalist band: Wando (rip)/Fishers/Franklin/Brownsburg Most underrated show: Rockford (they got severely robbed) ------ Notable Moments: - Woodlands pre-show into the announcement hit/the trumpet trio at the end - Carmel's "slient" flag feature - DB choir - Franklin's "I Love Lucy" conveyor belt recreation - Mustang's post show  ) - FloMo flute duet (pre show and technical one) - Hebron flute/clarinet duet - Marcus mello soloists - Marcus woodwind quintet (I refuse to believe those were actual high schoolers) I'm too indecisive, so I picked plenty of different ones for some of these (my b, hahaha)! |
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Post by Shroom on Nov 22, 2021 8:49:09 GMT -6
Favorite Show: Avon/Flowermound
Favorite Opener: Carmel
Favorite Ballad: Lincoln-Way, nobody seems to be talking about it but it was a godly ballad
Favorite Closer: Flowermound, Coppell
Favorite Opening hit: Vista Ridge/O'Fallon Township
Favorite Soloist: Woodlands Trombone
Favorite Feature: Avon woodwinds feature
Favorite Percussion: Marcus
Favorite Brass: Carmel/Avon, and Hebron obviously
Best Woodwinds: Tarpon Springs, Marcus
Most fun/enjoyable: Franklin, Lincoln-Way
Favorite Show Concept: Carmel, Avon, Flowermound
Best Overal Show: Broken Arrow and Hebron
Favorite Musical selection: Flowermound, I've always thought the McAllister song would be great in a show and I was really happy to hear it on the field
Best Visual Design/Aesthetic: Broken Arrow
Favorite Props: Lincoln-Way chrysalis thingies, that massive Avon torch, and whatever that rock thingy Sachse (Still don't know how you say their name) had
Favorite Uniforms: BA, Avon, Marian Catholic, Jenison, Mustang
Favorite Semi-Finalists: Franklin, O'Fallon Township, Centerville
Most underrated show: Bentonville, Rockford
Most unexpected bands: Morton, Coppell, Prosper
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Post by abtwitch on Nov 22, 2021 13:01:08 GMT -6
Favorite Props: Lincoln-Way chrysalis thingies, that massive Avon torch, and whatever that rock thingy Sachse (Still don't know how you say their name) had The Texas Pronunciation™ of that town is "Sack-sea" |
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