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It is time for Prospect to return to Grand Nationals after 23 years. :) I'd love to see Hersey dip their toes in as well. Take the regional out of Whitewater, move it to NIU, and I think it would draw a good array of bands from the surrounding states.

Congrats to Marian and Morton for making semi's. Looks like Marian will kick things off at 7:15, they drew #4. Guess i better not refill my wine glass if i have to get up that early.

Congrats to Morton! Great finish! Kiski Area is a good program and to be competing directly with them for a title (and doing well) is amazing. Marian was SCREWED by their prelims placement. .5 points and they would have received the better time slot and likely the scores would have followed suit. I have zero faith in BOA judging to be able to not punish certain programs that perform at different times of the day.... ..... Marian was .4 or so from 22nd.. but not making that cutoff was critical in making sure they (and any other band in the same position) could not compete for a class title. It was over before it started, evidenced by their plunge. If the early block did not solely feature NEXT 8 competitors, guarantee they would have been in the mid 80s. For finalists, the Top 6/Bottom 6 approach meant that this was two competitions... and it was super evident in the scoring cutoff. Sad, sad, sad. Sad commentary on the BOA model.

Semifinals results: Class A: 1) Bourbon County, KY 2) Marian Catholic, IL 3) Estill County, KY Music: Bourbon County, KY Visual: Bourbon County, KY GE: Bourbon County, KY Class AA: 1) Kiski Area, PA 2) Morton, IL 3) Lake Hamilton, AR Music: Kiski Area, PA Visual: Kiski Area, PA GE: Kiski Area, PA Class AAA: 1) Blue Springs, MO 2) Homestead, IN 3) Walled Lake, MI Music: Blue Springs, MO Visual: Blue Springs, MO GE: Blue Springs, MO Class AAAA: 1) Carmel, IN 2) Avon, IN 3) The Woodlands, TX Music: Hebron, TX Visual: Avon, IN GE: Carmel, IN Finalists: Fishers, IN Hebron, TX Blue Springs, MO Avon, IN Round Rock, TX The Woodlands, TX Brownsburg, IN Pearland, TX William Mason, OH Bentonville, AR Keller, TX Carmel, IN

I knew they had a magnet program for music, but I guess I didn't think about how densely populated that area is. Yeah...that's definitely a loophole in the enrollment thing.

What a fantastic season! I wanted to come out here to express some of my thoughts this season. There were so many amazing programs that displayed their talents and abilities from across the state. - Space was the top theme this year! ( Was that discussed in a mega band directors group chat LOL. Does anyone have a sneak peak at the 2024 "it" theme...) - Programs making their competitive debut and bands returning to competitive status! ( Hope to see more in the future start competing *cough* programs up North *cough* ) - Thank you to Dan and company for providing us this website to share all the love of band and music education. ( Remember to be nice to one another! We all love band! ) Hope everyone uses the down time to relax, enjoy the holidays, and practice their instruments . See y'all in a few months! Anyone have a 2024 preview? JK.... I mean ;)

in my opinion Tarpon shouldn't even count as 2A They don't draw from the same size of talent pool or funding that other 2A programs do.