Expanding GN Finals Slots

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Four ideas:

1) No more college bands - it’s overkill
2) Ditching Flo
3) Restoring video archives / library
4) Interactive...

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Smartest decision the board could have made. Imagined if they failed to act and something worse happened that people would have been screaming for their...

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Castle was a flash in the pan, but good for them on making finals when they did. They figured out how to maintain their momentum just far enough into...

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You will see. A bad situation, considering that this is arguably one of their most successful marching band seasons. From Wisconsin, I wish them well...

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Means nothing. A 20.0 for any high school band is ridiculous. Judge didn’t manage numbers well enough....

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It can be done but bands can have better priorities than Grand Nationals every single year....

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I'll just never understand why those programs ditched BOA -- very clearly the best performance environment for their students -- for so many years. So...

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I agree. But they can succeed without awards or trophies. The kids aren’t at fault. The district is among the most poorly run that you’ll find based on...

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I agree with you, but also think that BOA should force those combined groups into non-competitive exhibitions. I'm fine with district-wide bands fielding...

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No consultants. We're talking STAFF employed by the district....

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Doesn’t excuse it or make it any better....

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Props need to go. All of them....

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Yep, which is why I suggested 100 miles....

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All Indiana bands or those within 100 miles perform on Wednesday night....

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I don’t consider LW a high school marching band. They are 3 high schools performing at the same time.

I think it’s obviously O’Fallon +...

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It is NOT about the money. It is about creating your full program internally. Many bands do not. Too lazy to arrange their own, I guess....

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I’m only asking for two changes: 1) No combined 9-12 coed schools competing as one unit. I make an exception for a combined all-girls & all-boys band...

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No, BOA is not rigged in the scores/placements area, but the theatrics are utterly ridiculous. A tarp covering 100 yards is ridiculous. The over-the-top...

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I am not someone who would normally advocate for an expansion of finals slots, but I think things are getting to the point that BOA should redeploy their...

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Unrelated to both bands mentioned, but I think BOA's judging panel changes were absurd then and even more evidenced now. Who was the genius who came up...