The James Bowie Band is a former Grand National finalist, a consistent regional and super regional finalist, and a recipient of the Sudler Shield.
In 2017, James Bowie is expected to compete at the Austin Regional, Conroe Regional, and San Antonio Super Regional.
2017
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| James Bowie performs at the Austin Regional on Sept. 23, 2017. // Photo by Jeremiah Wooten |
As they head to Houston and later San Antonio, and the show continues to be developed and refined, we'll see if they trend closer to the sixth place finish in prelims or the ninth place finish in finals.
2016
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| James Bowie (TX) performs in semifinals Nov. 12, 2016, at Lucas Oil Stadium. // Photo by Jeremiah Wooten |
During the spring of 2016, it was announced that Kim Shuttlesworth would be leaving Bowie to launch the band program Tom Glenn High School, a new school opening in Leander, Texas. Under almost entirely new directors, Bowie continued to see success on a state and national level.
Bowie performed as expected at McAllen, earning first place from every judge. At Plano, however, Bowie fell behind LD Bell, which was a little bit of a surprise. We expected them to be closer to the Lewisville trio Flower Mound, Hebron, and Marcus, and ahead of groups like LD Bell and Keller.
At Grand Nationals, Bowie advanced to semifinals as one of the next eight groups, not an ideal performance slot for a group hoping to make finals. They did break into the top 22, finishing 18th overall in semifinals.
2015
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| James Bowie (TX) performs in finals at the Plano Regional on Oct. 8, 2016. // Photo by Jeremiah Wooten. |
At the Austin Regional, Bowie was in fourth place, but only 0.4 points behind the champion, Leander. It was a shockingly close competition that could have swung in many directions with only a slight variance in judging.
At San Antonio, Bowie found themselves in the bottom half of finals among many perennial Grand National finalists and previous San Antonio champions.
2014
James Bowie competed at the Austin Regional and San Antonio Super Regional. They had a very successful season, placing first at Austin and second at San Antonio. We love the direction this program is heading and can't wait for a Grand Nats trip in the near future.2013
James Bowie's brass sound this season was as impressive as always, and their third place finish at San Antonio was even more proof that this program has arrived as a national powerhouse. The James Bowie OPE has historically gone to Grand Nats once every three years, so we'll look forward to seeing Bowie at UIL state, San Antonio, and, we hope in 2015, Grand Nats.
Top 30 History
17th on 10/31/17 (Week 8)16th on 10/24/17 (Week 7)
13th on 10/17/17 (Week 6)
14th on 10/10/17 (Week 5)
temporarily unranked
30th on 11/15/16 (Week 10)
20th on 11/08/16 (Week 9)
19th on 11/01/16 (Week 8)
19th on 10/25/16 (Week 7)
17th on 10/18/16 (Week 6)
17th on 10/11/16 (Week 5)
14th on 10/04/16 (Week 4)
15th on 9/27/16 (Week 3)
15th on 9/20/16 (Week 2)
19th on 9/13/16 (Week 1)
22nd on 11/17/15 (Week 10)
22nd on 11/10/15 (Week 9)
21st on 11/03/15 (Week 8)
19th on 10/27/15 (Week 7)
16th on 10/20/15 (Week 6)
15th on 10/13/15 (Week 5)
13th on 10/06/15 (Week 4)
12th on 9/29/15 (Week 3)
5th on 9/22/15 (Week 2)
5th on 9/15/15 (Week 1)
6th on 11/18/14 (Week 10)
7th on 11/11/14 (Week 9)
6th on 11/04/14 (Week 8)
9th on 10/28/14 (Week 7)
9th on 10/21/14 (Week 6)
9th on 10/14/14 (Week 5)
8th on 10/07/14 (Week 4)
8th on 9/30/14 (Week 3)
10th on 9/23/14 (Week 2)
8th on 9/16/14 (Week 1)
8th on 11/19/13
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Past Competition Results:
| Event | Music Performance | Visual Performance | General Effect | Total | Class # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind | Ens | Avg | Ind | Ens | Avg | Mus 1 | Mus 2 | Mus Total | Vis | GE Total | |||
| 2017 San Antonio Finals | 17.60 (14) | 17.60 (13) | 17.60 (13) | 16.70 (13) | 18.00 (14) | 17.35 (14) | 18.10 (13) | 18.10 (13) | 36.20 (13) | 18.00 (13) | 54.20 (13) | 89.15 (13) | |
| 2017 San Antonio Prelims | 18.80 (9) | 17.85 (17) | 18.33 (12) | 17.90 (15) | 17.70 (14) | 17.80 (15) | 18.40 (9) | 17.55 (22) | 35.95 (11) | 18.60 (10) | 54.55 (11) | 90.68 (11) | AAAA-9 |
| 2017 Conroe Finals | 17.90 (2) | 17.30 (4) | 17.60 (2) | 16.90 (5) | 16.60 (5) | 16.75 (6) | 16.60 (6) | 16.65 (4) | 33.25 (5) | 17.10 (5) | 50.35 (5) | 84.70 (4) | |
| 2017 Conroe Prelims | 16.60 (5) | 16.50 (5) | 16.55 (5) | 16.40 (2) | 17.50 (3) | 16.95 (3) | 17.50 (3) | 17.00 (8) | 34.50 (6) | 17.00 (5) | 51.50 (6) | 85.00 (4) | AAAA-3 |
| 2017 Austin Finals | 15.20 (5) | 14.80 (10) | 15.00 (8) | 15.40 (6) | 15.60 (8) | 15.50 (7) | 14.80 (9) | 14.90 (10) | 29.70 (10) | 14.80 (9) | 44.50 (9) | 75.00 (9) | |
| 2017 Austin Prelims | 15.20 (2) | 15.00 (9) | 15.10 (6) | 15.50 (5) | 15.40 (6) | 15.45 (6) | 16.40 (8) | 16.70 (5) | 33.10 (6) | 15.30 (6) | 48.40 (5) | 78.95 (6) | AAAA-4 |
| 2016 Grand National Semifinals | 17.90 (13) | 17.10 (14) | 17.50 (13) | 16.70 (24) | 17.00 (19) | 16.85 (22) | 17.70 (13) | 17.50 (16) | 35.20 (15) | 17.10 (21) | 52.30 (18) | 86.65 (18) | AAAA-11 |
| 2016 Grand National Prelims 2 | 17.70 (11) | 17.70 (9) | 17.70 (10) | 17.60 (12) | 17.10 (14) | 17.35 (14) | 17.20 (13) | 17.00 (14) | 34.20 (11) | 16.80 (18) | 51.00 (14) | 86.05 (13) | AAAA-8 |
| 2016 Plano Finals | 15.30 (6) | 16.60 (5) | 15.95 (6) | 16.20 (6) | 16.80 (5) | 16.50 (5) | 16.60 (5) | 16.90 (4) | 33.50 (4) | 16.50 (3) | 50.00 (4) | 82.45 (5) | |
| 2016 Plano Prelims | 16.10 (9) | 17.20 (4) | 16.65 (5) | 15.90 (6) | 15.60 (8) | 15.75 (6) | 17.00 (5) | 16.60 (4) | 33.60 (5) | 16.00 (6) | 49.60 (3) | 82.00 (5) | AAAA-5 |
| 2016 McAllen Finals | 15.60 (1) | 15.00 (1) | 15.30 (1) | 15.40 (1) | 15.60 (1) | 15.50 (1) | 15.00 (1) | 15.40 (1) | 30.40 (1) | 16.10 (1) | 46.50 (1) | 77.30 (1) | |
| 2016 McAllen Prelims | 15.80 (1) | 16.20 (1) | 16.00 (1) | 16.00 (1) | 15.60 (1) | 15.80 (1) | 15.40 (1) | 15.60 (1) | 31.00 (1) | 15.00 (1) | 46.00 (1) | 77.80 (1) | AAAA-1 |
| 2015 San Antonio Finals | 17.60 (9) | 17.40 (9) | 17.50 (8) | 17.00 (10) | 17.40 (10) | 17.20 (10) | 17.50 (10) | 17.10 (11) | 34.60 (10) | 17.80 (9) | 52.40 (10) | 87.10 (11) | |
| 2015 San Antonio Prelims | 18.30 (5) | 18.20 (8) | 18.25 (6) | 18.20 (7) | 17.70 (11) | 17.95 (8) | 17.20 (11) | 17.30 (11) | 34.50 (10) | 18.10 (6) | 52.60 (10) | 88.80 (10) | AAAA-8 |
| 2015 Austin Finals | 15.70 (5) | 14.80 (6) | 15.25 (5) | 16.10 (3) | 15.90 (2) | 16.00 (2) | 16.40 (1) | 15.80 (3) | 32.20 (2) | 16.30 (3) | 48.50 (1) | 79.75 (4) | |
| 2015 Austin Prelims | 15.90 (3) | 16.00 (4) | 15.95 (3) | 15.70 (3) | 16.00 (2) | 15.85 (1) | 15.60 (9) | 15.00 (8) | 30.60 (9) | 15.80 (4) | 46.40 (6) | 78.20 (5) | AAAA-2 |
| 2014 San Antonio Finals | 17.90 (8) | 18.90 (3) | 18.40 (5) | 18.70 (2) | 19.00 (2) | 18.85 (1) | 19.40 (1) | 17.70 (7) | 37.10 (3) | 17.80 (6) | 54.90 (2) | 92.15 (2) | |
| 2014 San Antonio Prelims | 18.30 (3) | 18.50 (6) | 18.40 (3) | 18.90 (1) | 17.60 (7) | 18.25 (1) | 18.10 (12) | 18.80 (2) | 36.90 (8) | 17.90 (8) | 54.80 (10) | 91.45 (5) | AAAA-4 |
| 2014 Austin Finals | 17.10 (2) | 17.10 (1) | 17.10 (1) | 16.10 (2) | 16.70 (1) | 16.40 (1) | 16.50 (3) | 17.10 (1) | 33.60 (2) | 17.20 (2) | 50.80 (1) | 84.30 (1) | |
| 2014 Austin Prelims | 17.00 (1) | 16.60 (3) | 16.80 (1) | 16.60 (1) | 16.50 (3) | 16.55 (1) | 17.00 (1) | 16.10 (4) | 33.10 (2) | 17.30 (1) | 50.40 (1) | 83.75 (1) | AAAA-1 |
| 2013 San Antonio Finals | 18.50 (5) | 18.20 (6) | 18.35 (6) | 18.00 (3) | 18.40 (1) | 18.20 (2) | 18.60 (4) | 18.30 (6) | 36.90 (4) | 18.50 (4) | 55.40 (3) | 91.95 (3) | |
| 2013 San Antonio Prelims | 18.90 (4) | 18.70 (2) | 18.80 (3) | 17.80 (7) | 17.20 (10) | 17.50 (8) | 18.20 (2) | 18.10 (3) | 36.30 (3) | 18.80 (4) | 55.10 (3) | 91.40 (4) | AAAA-4 |
| 2013 Austin Prelims | 16.00 (11) | 16.00 (4) | 16.00 (9) | 17.30 (2) | 17.10 (1) | 17.20 (1) | 17.00 (1) | 17.30 (1) | 34.30 (1) | 17.00 (1) | 51.30 (1) | 84.50 (1) | AAAA-1 |
| 2012 Grand National Finals | 16.40 (9) | 19.10 (2) | 17.75 (7) | 17.00 (12) | 17.20 (10) | 17.10 (12) | 18.50 (4) | 19.40 (1) | 37.90 (3) | 17.10 (9) | 55.00 (6) | 89.85 (6) | |
| 2012 Grand National Semifinals | 19.00 (4) | 18.50 (4) | 18.75 (5) | 18.00 (8) | 18.80 (4) | 18.40 (6) | 19.00 (1) | 19.00 (1) | 38.00 (1) | 18.60 (5) | 56.60 (3) | 93.75 (3) | AAAA-3 |
| 2012 Grand National Prelims 2 | 17.90 (4) | 18.50 (2) | 18.20 (4) | 17.30 (4) | 17.60 (4) | 17.45 (4) | 18.40 (4) | 18.40 (3) | 36.80 (4) | 17.30 (4) | 54.10 (4) | 89.75 (4) | AAAA-2 |
| 2012 Denton Prelims | 16.10 (3) | 17.20 (2) | 16.65 (2) | 16.40 (4) | 15.90 (3) | 16.15 (3) | 16.20 (3) | 16.70 (1) | 32.90 (2) | 15.90 (3) | 48.80 (2) | 81.60 (2) | AAAA-2 |
| 2011 San Antonio Finals | 17.80 (7) | 18.30 (3) | 18.05 (5) | 18.90 (2) | 19.50 (2) | 19.20 (2) | 19.00 (3) | 18.80 (1) | 37.80 (2) | 18.80 (1) | 56.60 (1) | 93.85 (3) | |
| 2011 San Antonio Prelims | 18.60 (2) | 18.50 (8) | 18.55 (3) | 17.60 (7) | 18.70 (3) | 18.15 (3) | 18.30 (5) | 18.60 (4) | 36.90 (4) | 18.30 (3) | 55.20 (4) | 91.90 (4) | AAAA-4 |
| 2011 Atlanta Finals | 18.10 (1) | 18.90 (1) | 18.50 (1) | 18.10 (1) | 17.40 (3) | 17.75 (2) | 17.70 (2) | 18.50 (1) | 36.20 (1) | 17.00 (3) | 53.20 (2) | 89.45 (2) | |
| 2011 Atlanta Prelims | 17.90 (1) | 18.40 (1) | 18.15 (1) | 18.00 (1) | 18.20 (1) | 18.10 (1) | 18.10 (2) | 19.00 (1) | 37.10 (1) | 17.40 (4) | 54.50 (2) | 90.75 (2) | AAAA-1 |
| 2011 Arlington Finals | 15.50 (1) | 16.60 (1) | 16.05 (1) | 16.00 (2) | 15.80 (2) | 15.90 (2) | 16.40 (1) | 16.60 (1) | 33.00 (1) | 16.30 (2) | 49.30 (1) | 81.25 (1) | |
| 2011 Arlington Prelims | 16.40 (1) | 16.90 (1) | 16.65 (1) | 15.40 (3) | 15.90 (2) | 15.65 (2) | 16.60 (1) | 16.90 (1) | 33.50 (1) | 16.30 (1) | 49.80 (1) | 82.10 (1) | AAAA-1 |
| 2010 San Antonio Finals | 18.30 (2) | 16.00 (12) | 17.15 (7) | 18.30 (2) | 18.90 (1) | 18.60 (1) | 18.20 (3) | 17.80 (6) | 36.00 (4) | 18.10 (3) | 54.10 (3) | 89.85 (3) | |
| 2010 San Antonio Prelims | 18.10 (3) | 17.70 (4) | 17.90 (4) | 18.20 (3) | 18.30 (1) | 18.25 (1) | 17.80 (5) | 18.00 (7) | 35.80 (5) | 17.70 (4) | 53.50 (4) | 89.65 (3) | AAAA-3 |
