saxyman

Yeah, it's definitely too bad Lincoln-Way isn't going this year. There were one or two placements I personally would have switched while watching finals, but the scores on those were so close that at least I wasn't entirely wrong lol.

Finals: 1. Lincoln-Way 2. O'Fallon 3. Marian Catholic 4. Lockport 5. Prospect 6. Lake Park 7. Morton 8. Downers Grove 9. Bloomington 10. Joliet West 11. John Hersey 12. Elk Grove 13. U-High 14. Rock Island 15. Dunlap

Should be in 15min or so. O'Fallon just finished blinding everyone.

4A: 1. Washington (Music, GE) 2. Galesburg 3. Grayslake North (Visual) 5A: 1. Granite City (Music, GE) 2. Belleville East (Visual) 3. Collinsville 6A: 1. Minooka Community (Music, Visual) 2. Waubonsie Valley 3. Carl Sandberg (GE) Large School GC: Granite City

Finals performance order: 7:30 - U-High 7:44 - Rock Island 7:58 - John Hersey 8:12 - Dunlap 8:26 - Elk Grove 8:40 - Downers Grove South 8:54 - Prospect 9:08 - Joliet West 9:22 - BREAK 9:36 - Marian Catholic 9:50 - Lockport 10:04 - Bloomington 10:18 - Morton 10:32 - Lincoln-Way 10:46 - Lake Park 11:00 - O'Fallon

5A: 1. O'Fallon (Crowd, Music, GE, Visual) 2. Prospect 3. Edwardsville 6A: 1. Lincoln-Way (Crowd, Music, Visual) 2. Lockport (GE) 3. Lake Park Finalists: O'Fallon, Lincoln-Way, Lockport, Downers Grove South, Joliet West, Prospect, Lake Park

Nope, sorry. There are a few that could possibly post it here sometime today, otherwise just have to wait for someone to send it in to Dan.

The performance times are randomly drawn. Occasionally it may be adjusted due to time and travel concerns, but that would likely be up to the directors and competition hosts. No band is "set up to fail".

Looks like I beat you by a couple minutes

It can vary, but sometimes it's which show the announcer and/or crowd seemed to enjoy more. It isn't a judged category as such.

1A: 1. Watseka (Music, Visual, GE) 2. ALAH 3. Hoopeston Area 2A: 1. Newton 2. Paris (Music, GE) 3. Pontiac Monticello (Visual) 3A: 1. Mahomet-Seymour (Music, Visual, GE) 2. U-High 3. East Peoria Small School GC: Mahomet-Seymour

Apparently Bloomington had been overlooked somehow, so has been added. Guess that means 15 finalists this year.

3A: 1. Marian Catholic (Music, GE) 2. Bloomington (Visual) 3. Dunlap Kaneland (Crowd) 4A: 1. John Hersey (Crowd, Music, GE) 2. Rock Island 3. Elk Grove (Visual) Finalists: U-High, Morton, Marian Catholic, John Hersey, Dunlap, Rock Island, Elk Grove Bloomington not in finals? Also, looks like we have 4 first time finalists so far.

Also, Limestone received the Crowd Appeal for 2A. I had everything typed and ready when the site went down earlier...

On one hand, that'd be great to watch, on the other, we may have some "standard" finalists left out.