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Post by yayband914 on May 19, 2023 0:05:22 GMT -6
Confirmed (Tonight at orientation) | Klein Cain (Klein/Spring, TX) | Our first BOA year!! Nice to compete with our main rivals Oak with BOA now. David McGrath makes his return On the contrary, his departure. He just announced he accepted the position as Director of Bands at Klein Oak.
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Post by madisonscoutslover on May 19, 2023 8:44:55 GMT -6
David McGrath makes his return On the contrary, his departure. He just announced he accepted the position as Director of Bands at Klein Oak. Sadly, you are correct 😣😞
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Post by yayband914 on May 24, 2023 23:02:44 GMT -6
Confirmed:
College Park H.S., TX (band calendar)
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Post by yayband914 on May 30, 2023 20:30:35 GMT -6
Not Attending:
James Earl Rudder H.S., TX (attending Austin, Bedford and San Antonio)
Going from zero or one BOA shows a year to three... this group might be one to keep an eye on.
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Post by hewhowaits on May 31, 2023 5:08:46 GMT -6
Not Attending: James Earl Rudder H.S., TX (attending Austin, Bedford and San Antonio) Going from zero or one BOA shows a year to three... this group might be one to keep an eye on. Conroe 2022 was the first ever BOA competition for James Earl Rudder.
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Post by LeanderMomma on May 31, 2023 7:31:47 GMT -6
Not Attending: James Earl Rudder H.S., TX (attending Austin, Bedford and San Antonio) Going from zero or one BOA shows a year to three... this group might be one to keep an eye on. oh wow! Guess I will get my first chance to see them in Austin then!
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Post by yayband914 on May 31, 2023 8:37:03 GMT -6
Not Attending: James Earl Rudder H.S., TX (attending Austin, Bedford and San Antonio) Going from zero or one BOA shows a year to three... this group might be one to keep an eye on. Conroe 2022 was the first ever BOA competition for James Earl Rudder. Really? I feel like that name has been familiar to me for a while now. I must be thinking of a group with a similar name. Too many dang schools in Texas with similar (or the same) names!
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Post by yayband914 on Jun 10, 2023 22:20:49 GMT -6
Confirmed:
College Station H.S., TX (band calendar)
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Post by dbalash on Jul 13, 2023 12:02:22 GMT -6
Participating Bands
A&M Consolidated H.S., TX
Churchill Fulshear H.S., TX
Clear Brook H.S., TX
Clear Creek H.S., TX
Clear Falls H.S., TX
College Park H.S., TX
College Station H.S., TX
Cy-Fair H.S., TX
Cypress Falls H.S., TX
Cypress Ranch H.S., TX
Cypress Woods H.S., TX
Dawson H.S., TX
Foster H.S., TX
Friendswood H.S., TX
Iowa Colony H.S., TX
James E. Taylor H.S., TX
Jordan H.S., TX
Klein Cain Band
Klein Oak H.S., TX
Magnolia H.S., TX
Oak Ridge H.S., TX
Obra D. Tompkins H.S., TX
Porter H.S., TX
Sandra Day O’Connor H.S., TX
Seven Lakes H.S., TX
Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX
Tomball Memorial H.S., TX
Willis H.S., TX
Wylie East H.S., TX
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Post by yayband914 on Jul 13, 2023 12:04:32 GMT -6
No The Woodlands? Interesting. Leaves things wide open for Seven Lakes, Wylie East and Cy-Fair.
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Post by jmike16 on Jul 13, 2023 12:28:01 GMT -6
Excited to see Iowa Colony on the list! Opened up last year and this will be their first year with I believe all 4 grades, possibly 9th - 11th. First BOA Event Appearance!
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Post by TWHSPercDad on Jul 13, 2023 14:22:39 GMT -6
No The Woodlands? Interesting. Leaves things wide open for Seven Lakes, Wylie East and Cy-Fair. You are correct. It going to be an exciting day in Shenandoah! TWHS Homecoming Dance 2023 has added another participant to an already competitive Katy Regional!
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Post by yayband914 on Jul 14, 2023 17:59:28 GMT -6
No The Woodlands? Interesting. Leaves things wide open for Seven Lakes, Wylie East and Cy-Fair. Oh, and Cypress Woods!
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Post by principalagent on Jul 15, 2023 16:01:18 GMT -6
No The Woodlands? Interesting. Leaves things wide open for Seven Lakes, Wylie East and Cy-Fair. Oh, and Cypress Woods! Unless SFA is bringing something we’re not aware of we’ll have a first time regional champion. And even SFA would be a comeback over a decade in the making.
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Post by salvation on Jul 19, 2023 20:09:35 GMT -6
Unless SFA is bringing something we’re not aware of we’ll have a first time regional champion. And even SFA would be a comeback over a decade in the making. I have some insider info... So you might be onto something
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Post by yayband914 on Jul 29, 2023 23:14:13 GMT -6
Exactly two months until this contest! It's time for very early predictions. Rather than going through the headache of trying to guess placements, I'm making the predictions tier-based and in alphabetical order.
As always, the Houston regionals are pretty deep contests, and this one is no exception. In recent history, many of the stronger, well-known Houston groups underperform in the early season regionals, which makes predicting who will advance to finals pretty challenging. I think the bubble extends into the deep teens, and we'll be in for some surprises here this year as per usual.
With The Woodlands not in attendance this year, this regional is anyone's game and I am excited to see who will be coined the champion. In my opinion, I think Cy-Fair, Seven Lakes and Wylie East have the best shot at the title. Looking at 2021 and 2022 prelims placements, Cy-Fair was 9th and 4th, Seven Lakes was 3rd and 12th, and Wylie East was consistent at 5th and 5th. Take that for what you will as it doesn't really matter; just factoids! Considering averages, things are pretty close between all three.
Cypress Woods and Stephen F. Austin are not to be ignored, either, and are potential dark horses. Cypress Woods attended in 2021 and placed 2nd, but did not attend in 2022, instead placing 10th at Katy last season, and then they went on to just narrowly outscore all three aforementioned groups in the previous paragraph at San Antonio. Again, early vs. late season (and the fact that panels play a factor at SA) can make all the difference. Stephen F. Austin placed 13th here both times in 2021 and 2022, and I am sure they will be out for blood this year and someone else had mentioned that they had some surprises for us this season. Time will tell!
Clear Brook is usually solid at the early Houston regionals, I expect we will see them in finals. Foster had a very strong season last year, so I am curious to see if that carries through this season. I imagine Klein Oak will perform twice again here with McGrath now at the helm.
After this, it all becomes very difficult to predict and will come down to the show design and the performance that day. I could go on and on, but I've said more than enough!
Medalist Contenders (1-3): Cy-Fair H.S., TX Seven Lakes H.S., TX Wylie East H.S., TX ---------- Likely Finalists (4-13): Clear Brook H.S., TX Cypress Woods H.S., TX Foster H.S., TX Klein Oak H.S., TX Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX ---------- College Park H.S., TX Friendswood H.S., TX Jordan H.S., TX Klein Cain H.S., TX Oak Ridge H.S., TX ---------- Finalist Bubble (14-19): Churchill Fulshear H.S., TX Dawson H.S., TX James E. Taylor H.S., TX Obra D. Tompkins H.S., TX Sandra Day O’Connor H.S., TX Tomball Memorial H.S., TX ---------- Everyone Else (18-29): A&M Consolidated H.S., TX College Station H.S., TX Cypress Falls H.S., TX Cypress Ranch H.S., TX Willis H.S., TX ---------- Clear Creek H.S., TX Clear Falls H.S., TX Magnolia H.S., TX Porter H.S., TX
AAA: Clear Brook H.S., TX (unless Wylie East is still AAA this year) AAAA: Cy-Fair H.S., TX, Seven Lakes H.S., TX or Wylie East if AAAA.
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Post by WoodlandsMom4ever on Jul 30, 2023 12:36:24 GMT -6
I like your breakdown, and agree this is such a deep field and so many of these bands are similar in levels and abilities there is really any number of ones that could come out on top.
I think I have seven lakes up in the top tier too. Their new assistant director (previous twhs- Kyle Witty) knows how to prepare for these early and late season shows and I expect his experience will be helpful.
I’m hoping for oak ridge or tw college park to be up in the top half as well. I feel like they had a few years they struggled a bit, but have been building up and I hope to see them up there this year.
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Post by aiden on Jul 30, 2023 13:04:20 GMT -6
I honestly think Tomball Memorial is underrated at UIL and BOA but of course its probably just me who thinks that
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Post by yayband914 on Aug 15, 2023 9:15:09 GMT -6
Prelims schedule posted above.
Iowa Colony has dropped.
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Post by salvation on Aug 26, 2023 10:09:23 GMT -6
Here's my prediction about a month before the contest:
1. Cypress Woods (M, V) 2. Seven Lakes (GE) 3. Wylie East 4. Friendswood 5. Cy-Fair 6. Stephen F. Austin 7. Klein Oak 8. Oak Ridge 9. Foster 10. Dawson 11. College Park 12. Jordan ------ 13. Clear Brook 14. Tomball Memorial
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Post by dbalash on Aug 28, 2023 12:18:43 GMT -6
OFFICIAL PRELIMS SCHEDULE AS OF 08/15/2023 (All times in Central.) 7:12 - Porter H.S., TX 7:24 - Iowa Colony H.S., TX 7:36 - Cypress Woods H.S., TX 7:48 - Foster H.S., TX 8:00 - Seven Lakes H.S., TX 8:12 - Cypress Ranch H.S., TX 8:24 - Clear Creek H.S., TX 8:36 - James E. Taylor H.S., TX 8:48 - Clear Falls H.S., TX 9:00 - Jordan H.S., TX BREAK 9:36 - Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX 9:48 - Klein Cain H.S., TX 10:00 - Sandra Day O'Connor H.S., TX 10:12 - College Station H.S., TX 10:24 - Klein Oak H.S., TX 10:36 - College Park H.S., TX 10:48 - Oak Ridge H.S., TX 11:00 - Wylie East H.S., TX 11:12 - Willis H.S., TX BREAK 12:00 - Cy-Fair H.S., TX 12:12 - Magnolia H.S., TX 12:24 - Dawson H.S., TX 12:36 - Obra D. Tompkins H.S., TX 12:48 - A&M Consolidated H.S., TX 1:00 - Cypress Falls H.S., TX 1:12 - Tomball Memorial H.S., TX 1:24 - Churchill Fulshear H.S., TX 1:36 - Clear Brook H.S., TX 1:48 - Friendswood H.S., TX CLASS AAA: A&M Consolidated H.S., TX Churchill Fulshear H.S., TX* (could be AAAA this year) Clear Brook H.S., TX Clear Creek H.S., TX Clear Falls H.S., TX* (could be AAAA this year) College Station H.S., TX Foster H.S., TX Friendswood H.S., TX Magnolia H.S., TX Porter H.S., TX Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX CLASS AAAA: College Park H.S., TX Cy-Fair H.S., TX Cypress Falls H.S., TX Cypress Ranch H.S., TX Cypress Woods H.S., TX Dawson H.S., TX James E. Taylor H.S., TX Jordan H.S., TX Klein Cain H.S., TX Klein Oak H.S., TX Oak Ridge H.S., TX Obra D. Tompkins H.S., TX Sandra Day O’Connor H.S., TX Seven Lakes H.S., TX Tomball Memorial H.S., TX Willis H.S., TX Wylie East H.S., TX Updated schedule. Add: Iowa Colony, TX Also, College Station, TX and College Park have switched times.
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Post by dbalash on Sept 13, 2023 15:18:04 GMT -6
Klein Cain and Willis listed as 3A on CompSuite. See, I don't know. I'm thinking they're updating the bands to read "Band Name" H.S. - State and those are "Band Name" H.S. (State). There's some bands listed that haven't done BOA events in a hot minute listed that way. Hendrickson has one listed as Hendrickson H.S. (TX) and they're 4A there. They're also listed as Robert E. Hendrickson H.S. - TX and they're 3A there.
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Post by hewhowaits on Sept 19, 2023 13:52:56 GMT -6
Adjudication Panel Music - David Carbone, Daniel Montoya Jr., Jay Webb, Todd Zimbelman Visual - Lee Carlson, Frank Miller, John W. Turner Chief Judge - Chris Ferrell
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 25, 2023 14:46:04 GMT -6
Iowa Colony and Clear Creek have dropped.
Show now begins at 7:36.
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Post by bigtrombone on Sept 26, 2023 20:16:27 GMT -6
"Fly to Paradise" count: 0
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Post by lostinthebands on Sept 26, 2023 21:48:09 GMT -6
"Fly to Paradise" count: 0 I have faith for this season that we have less than… we’ll say 3 Fly to Paradise shows. I’ll GLADLY take none…just gotta keep the streak going!
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Post by yayband914 on Sept 26, 2023 22:34:11 GMT -6
Final predictions. I will say, I am personally hoping for a major upset here for the win, but this is what I think will end up happening, at least at the top four.
Disclaimer: I have only seen maybe a quarter of these band’s shows, and am just making somewhat educated guesses.
Best of skill to all!
1. Cypress Woods H.S., TX 2. Seven Lakes H.S., TX 3. Cy-Fair H.S., TX 4. Wylie East H.S., TX 5. Friendswood H.S., TX 6. Clear Brook H.S., TX 7. Klein Oak H.S., TX 8. Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX 9. Foster H.S., TX 10. Oak Ridge H.S., TX 11. Dawson H.S., TX 12. Jordan H.S., TX
AAA 1) Friendswood H.S., TX 2) Clear Brook H.S., TX 3) Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX
AAAA 1) Cypress Woods H.S., TX 2) Seven Lakes H.S., TX 3) Cy-Fair H.S., TX
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Post by dbalash on Sept 27, 2023 7:48:29 GMT -6
I have a new favorite for best theme of the year, based on the best game show of all time, The Price is Right: 1:12 PM - Tomball Memorial H.S., TX Tomball Memorial H.S. Tomball, TX Director: Andy Easton Drum Majors: Marinda Ashby, Kayleigh Moseley, Justin Vo, and Sage Wiginton Repertoire: Come on Down! Musical Selections Include: “Plinko” by Bryan Harmsen; “Fanfare” by Richard Saucedo; “Money” by Richard Saucedo; “Cliffhanger” by Richard Saucedo; “Loss” by Richard Saucedo; and “The Win!” by Richard Saucedo Not ashamed to admit I'm a 36 year old who watches The Price is Right when working from home.
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Post by Allohak on Sept 27, 2023 8:03:56 GMT -6
I have a new favorite for best theme of the year, based on the best game show of all time, The Price is Right: 1:12 PM - Tomball Memorial H.S., TX Tomball Memorial H.S. Tomball, TX Director: Andy Easton Drum Majors: Marinda Ashby, Kayleigh Moseley, Justin Vo, and Sage Wiginton Repertoire: Come on Down! Musical Selections Include: “Plinko” by Bryan Harmsen; “Fanfare” by Richard Saucedo; “Money” by Richard Saucedo; “Cliffhanger” by Richard Saucedo; “Loss” by Richard Saucedo; and “The Win!” by Richard Saucedo Not ashamed to admit I'm a 36 year old who watches The Price is Right when working from home. RIP Bob
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Post by dbalash on Sept 27, 2023 8:20:07 GMT -6
Here's a spicy take: Drew Carey is a better host than Bob Barker. *runs and hides*
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