2nd year in a row BAC ran out of steam and had nowhere to grow. Colin writes some pretty spectacular stuff, but clearly the judges didnt reward content alone. I honestly think they were better early on in the year. What really amazes me is they seem to do the technically challenging stuff well and the basic stuff not so well. Seems to be a trend with them now. I will say, what a lot of people tend to forget is that judges arent scoring lot shows. What BAC sounded like in the lot wasnt what they sounded like on the field.
The scores are what they are, people on the field can confirm that’s the best they played. Being in McNutt lines myself, we were always better on the field than in the lot. We never rehearsed standing still let alone in an arc which is how we set up our lots. It just is what it is. In person tells a different story than lot vids as well.
i think when commenting on how they were scored, try to remember that even though 5th on the last night hurts, they were always scored extremely close all 3 nights and the average is what gets the sanford. also, all the top 6 percussion scores were within a tenth of a point of each other, and boston came the closest to an upset with the cavaliers of any corps. they put the work in and absolutely were noticed as a powerhouse - the finals ordinals are just so unforgiving that all it takes is a bad read in one spot to drop a program an entire placement. knowing boston's programs, they'll be back next year even stronger.
Percussion got hosed by judging all week. Corps also had some loose moments across different performances this week… this group was innovative, exciting, and achieved some new standards for sure.
