I might be wrong, but this may also have been the first guard to be reclassed mid-season from Scholastic Open to World. 2nd season in a row it happened to them. At this particular contest, they 3-pointed the NEISD guard that ended up making world class finals at Dayton. Impressive for a show written for the Open class!

Goddamn it that was the joke wasn’t it.

I went to this high school. It is real! It is also a public school. My graduating class in 2013 was over 1,100. The marching band pulls from 9-12th grade, so about 5,000 kids total in Broken Arrow 9-12th that year. To put that in an even weirder perspective, my husband and I both graduated from Broken Arrow in the class of 2013. We both went to Broken Arrow schools from kindergarten through 12th grade and didn’t meet until two years after graduation.

@@metallack20 this was definetely the highschool that anime depicte huh

As of 2022 they have about 600 highschool band members and they march about 300 competitively

He was one of the main designers yes.

Both got second place at nationals. Kinda a little funny

Both were designed by Wes Cartwright, however the musical selections are different.

The 2013 TWHS opener caught me off guard when I watched bluedevils 2019

@@zackpackinator706 facts

LITERALLY! No one does GE like Broken Arrow, they are game changers!

Josh Canfield the show was too DARK . BOA loves butterflies rainbows and unicorns. Look at past winners for comparison

Alkilchrist actually I think one of the judges had beef with one of the producers of the show so he gave a bad score on visual (even though visuals were like the best part) and then BA didn’t go to grand nats in 2013 because Bands of America didn’t remove that judge from the panel.

@@parkerhewett6731 really?

@@pumpkin462 yeah, I’m pretty sure, I wasn’t part of the band in 2012 but I knew people that had siblings that where in that show. And that was what I heard.

@@parkerhewett6731 wow well utopia would have won most certainly

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Broken Arrow: "Destiny Leaves You No Choice"

Anahuac Contreras 😱😱

Akenal Archives Back then you could buy a DVD of your band’s BOA performances. I’m guessing that this came from one of those purchased DVDs considering how it is edited.

@@cindyb.9998 Can you still do that?

DeltaPhoenix sadly, no. :(

@@cindyb.9998 Damn that sucks

Thanks! We had a composer arrange the music for us using Lorde's version.

Marimbas, Vibraphones, and Xylophones. usually less Xylophones than the others (they are way louder and usually the top percussionists in the 'pit' play them.

That's just how TWHS rolls

Julia Cooper i go to a high school close by the woodlands (not really but i’m in the same area for uil as them) and they are definitely one of the bigger bands here. i know some ppl who go there and they rlly encourage the marching band program

@@elizabethclarence3817 I have a friend who went to The Woodlands High School!

Noo! I go to Allen high school and we have the biggest band in the world. Look it up.

It’s over 800 of us

@@darienwillis1015 OMG!!!!!!! That's HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've heard of Allen HS.

Thank you so much! I performed in this show and I vividly remember cheering Blue Springs on (a lot of us were rooting for you guys!! We hoped you would make it to finals). Performing at Grand Nats was an amazing experience.

I was with Rouse highschool playing in the front ensemble when I first saw this. It was my first time at BOA and my freshman year. I had seen them at Vista ridge for UIL before but their show was what made me stick with band and made me love music and DEBUSSY OMG I love Debussy

Alex Croney lol lots of Texas schools have five drum majors

Oh my Lord.

Alex Croney they had 6 in 2016

Are you kidding me?

Alex Croney Nope. I mean it seems like a lot, but whatever works for them works! If thats what it takes to almost win BOA San Antonio (they got 2nd) and go to State finals that year then thats what it takes! A lot of it has to do with how spread out their show is and whether or not time can be seen on the field by everyone at all points in the show. They only had 5 this year though. Just depends on the show and the leadership they feel is best suited for them I guess 🤷🏼‍♂️

I saw both. Amazing shows. I really liked Tarpon 2014, too.

Trixie Hebron

Cleanest Texas show ever was Marcus in 2012

Certainly, Hebron has never performed a show as clean as this. In fact, visual-related captions are what cost them the national title in 2015. They are, of course, fabulous musically!

Marcus' show was indeed clean in 2012, but it was not as clean as this, especially when you take into account that this show was much more difficult visually. Marcus 2012 also tied for the visual caption at SA, which makes the cleanest ever argument a bit more difficult to substantiate. Nevertheless, Marcus 2012 is one of my favorites!

+Trixie well yes visually the tie w/ TWHS is alright, but their music book was flawless, which TWHS here isn't quite