2009 UIL State, 1A/2A/4A Options

[Xenon]

It's that time of the year again. The culmination of the season for many great bands throughout the state of Texas. This year, the 1A, 2A, and 4A classifications meet up at the Alamodome in San Antonio to give it their all in one last competition. I will be running the TxBLive Blog during the prelims of these competitions both today and tomorrow as well as bringing you results throughout the day.

Check it out at: http://live.txbands.com

[Xenon]

1A Finalists in finals performance order:

Tolar
Somerville
Carlisle
Canadian
Forsan
Tenaha
Sundown

[takigan]

Hmm, didn't know Somerville was a 1A now. They made State as 2A a few years back, guess it would make sense they'd be 1A finalists.

[Xenon]

Conference 1A Prelim Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 2, 2009
Place Band Johnson Merrill Rhea Britt Watson Composite
1 Forsan HS, Forsan 3 2 4 2 2 13
2 Sundown H S, Sundown 6 1 2 1 4 14
3 Canadian HS, Canadian 4 4 1 5 5 19
4 Carlisle HS, Price 12 6 3 4 1 26
5 Tenaha HS, Tenaha 9 3 10 3 3 28
6 Somerville HS, Somerville 1 10 5 16 6 38
7 Tolar HS, Tolar 5 5 6 11 15 42
8 Falls City HS, Falls City 2 8 7 12 14 43
9 Thorndale HS, Thorndale 10 11 8 6 8 43
10 Itasca H S, Itasca 7 7 9 13 12 48
11 Throckmorton HS, Throckmorton 15 9 12 8 9 53
12 Timpson HS, Timpson 14 12 11 7 10 54
13 Archer City HS, Archer City 11 14 15 10 7 57
14 Nueces Canyon H S, Barksdale 13 13 13 9 11 59
15 Knox City HS, Knox City 8 15 14 14 16 67
16 Ganado HS, Ganado 16 16 16 15 13 76

[Xenon]

Conference 2A Prelim Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 2, 2009
Place Band Johnson Merrill Rhea Britt Watson Composite
1 Queen City HS, Queen City 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Anahuac HS, Anahuac 3 2 5 2 3 15
3 Holliday H S, Holliday 2 3 8 4 2 19
4 Crane HS, Crane 9 4 2 3 5 23
5 Clifton HS, Clifton 4 9 3 6 4 26
6 Howe HS, Howe 5 7 11 8 7 38
7 Aubrey HS, Aubrey 6 8 7 5 15 41
8 White Oak HS, White Oak 8 5 12 11 6 42
9 Union Grove H S, Gladewater 10 6 6 10 10 42
10 Jourdanton HS, Jourdanton 7 10 14 16 11 58
11 Industrial H S, Vanderbilt 17 13 4 12 12 58
12 Rio Vista H S, Rio Vista 14 12 9 9 16 60
13 Randolph HS, Universal City 16 11 10 7 17 61
14 Colorado HS, Colorado City 13 17 16 15 8 69
15 Ballinger HS, Ballinger 11 14 15 13 18 71
16 Whitewright HS, Whitewright 15 15 13 17 13 73
17 Littlefield H S, Littlefield 12 18 17 14 14 75
18 Taft HS, Taft 18 16 18 18 9 79

[Danpod]

1A looks to be wide open. Forsan didn't receive a single first place ranking, yet still comes out on top after Prelims. 2A looks to be locked up. Tough break for White Oak and Union Grove. Both were one point away from making Finals.

[Xenon]

Yeah, the military bands that think that UIL doesn't reward the military style are being proven wrong. 1A has two great military band in Finals, 2A had 2 great military bands tied only one spot out of Finals, 3A last year had New Boston in Finals, and 5A Finals in 1998 (the last time a 5A military band went to State) Kingwood very nearly made Finals.

UIL is all about doing what you do well without any preconceived notions about what kind of things you are supposed to be doing. Military, Show, or Corps; doesn't matter so long as you do what you do.

Edit: Also, thanks to East Texas and Area C for bringing all these military bands down here to San Antonio!

[sax5warrior]

UIL is all about doing what you do well without any preconceived notions about what kind of things you are supposed to be doing. Military, Show, or Corps; doesn't matter so long as you do what you do.

Interesting that you brought that up. When was the last time a "Show" band has made it to the state level?

[Xenon]

Interesting that you brought that up. When was the last time a "Show" band has made it to the state level?

Maybe if we imported a show band from Georgia.

[longhorn2190]

I can't believe Sundown had such a big band!

[longhorn2190]

Could somebody clarify the differences between show, drum corps, and military style?
All of the great and big bands like LD Bell, Marcus, Coppell, Cedar Park, Duncanville, etc are all corps style right?

[Xenon]

Could somebody clarify the differences between show, drum corps, and military style?
All of the great and big bands like LD Bell, Marcus, Coppell, Cedar Park, Duncanville, etc are all corps style right?

Show = Grambling
For Military look up Kingwood 1998 or any Texas A&M show.
And yes, the majority of what we know of in the band world is Corps style.

[Xenon]

Conference 1A Finals Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 2, 2009
Place Band Bertram Shine Watkins Mast Warren Composite
1 Sundown H S, Sundown 1 2 2 1 1 7
2 Forsan HS, Forsan 2 1 1 2 3 9
3 Canadian HS, Canadian 3 7 3 3 2 18
4 Tenaha HS, Tenaha 5 5 5 4 4 23
5 Somerville HS, Somerville 4 4 6 5 7 26
6 Tolar HS, Tolar 7 3 7 6 5 28
7 Carlisle HS, Price 6 6 4 7 6 29

[Xenon]

Conference 2A Finals Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 2, 2009
Place Band Bertram Shine Watkins Mast Warren Composite
1 Queen City HS, Queen City 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Clifton HS, Clifton 4 3 2 5 2 16
3 Holliday H S, Holliday 2 5 5 2 4 18
4 Anahuac HS, Anahuac 6 2 3 4 6 21
5 Howe HS, Howe 5 6 7 3 3 24
6 Crane HS, Crane 3 7 4 6 5 25
7 Aubrey HS, Aubrey 7 4 6 7 7 31

[Xenon]

Finalists in finals performance order:

Hendrickson
Legacy
Friendswood
Newman Smith
Hays
Poteet
Dripping Springs
Waxahachie
Wakeland
Forney

[Amusicman]

Do y'all know placements or have ordinals?

This post has been edited by Amusicman: Nov 3 2009, 04:58 PM

[Xenon]

I have prelims order and total ranks for the top bands:

1) Friendswood 9
2) Dripping Springs 24
3) Poteet 25
4) Newman Smith 25
5) Legacy 31
6) Forney 34
7) Wakeland 35
8) Waxahachie 40
9) Hendrickson 47
10) Hays 58
11) Dawson 62
12) Southwest 63
13) Roma 63

[Xenon]

Conference 4A Prelim Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 3, 2009
Place Band Bertman Shine Watkins Mast Warren Composite
1 Friendswood H S, Friendswood 1 1 1 3 3 9
2 Dripping Springs H S, Dripping Springs 2 6 6 2 8 24
3 Poteet HS, Mesquite 6 2 10 6 1 25
4 Newman Smith H S, Carrollton 8 5 2 4 6 25
5 Legacy HS, Mansfield 9 7 8 5 2 31
6 Forney H S, Forney 4 9 7 7 7 34
7 Wakeland HS, Frisco 7 11 12 1 4 35
8 Waxahachie HS, Waxahachie 10 3 14 8 5 40
9 Hendrickson HS, Pflugerville 3 4 9 17 14 47
10 Hays HS, Buda 15 12 4 11 16 58
11 Dawson HS, Pearland 5 17 22 9 9 62
12 Southwest H S, Fort Worth 16 8 11 13 15 63
13 Roma HS, Roma 17 10 3 22 11 63
14 Azle HS, Azle 14 13 18 12 10 67
15 Johnson (LBJ) HS, Austin 18 14 13 16 17 78
16 Boswell HS, Saginaw 19 21 16 10 13 79
17 Galena Park HS, Galena Park 13 26 5 14 21 79
18 Frenship H S, Wolfforth 11 15 17 23 20 86
19 Saginaw HS, Saginaw 20 18 20 20 12 90
20 Waller HS, Waller 12 16 25 21 25 99
21 Calallen HS, Corpus Christi 24 23 15 15 23 100
22 Del Valle HS, El Paso 22 22 19 19 19 101
23 Alice HS, Alice 23 20 21 24 18 106
24 Brenham HS, Brenham 21 25 26 18 24 114
25 King HS, Kingsville 25 19 24 25 22 115
26 Edcouch-Elsa H S, Edcouch 26 24 23 26 26 125

[longhorn2190]

Yeah, the military bands that think that UIL doesn't reward the military style are being proven wrong. 1A has two great military band in Finals, 2A had 2 great military bands tied only one spot out of Finals, 3A last year had New Boston in Finals, and 5A Finals in 1998 (the last time a 5A military band went to State) Kingwood very nearly made Finals.

UIL is all about doing what you do well without any preconceived notions about what kind of things you are supposed to be doing. Military, Show, or Corps; doesn't matter so long as you do what you do.

Edit: Also, thanks to East Texas and Area C for bringing all these military bands down here to San Antonio!

no offense, but military bands just aren't as interesting to watch as corps style :/
though don't get me wrong, I'm sure they're great at what they do!

[longhorn2190]

Conference 1A Prelim Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 2, 2009
Place Band Johnson Merrill Rhea Britt Watson Composite
1 Forsan HS, Forsan 3 2 4 2 2 13
2 Sundown H S, Sundown 6 1 2 1 4 14
3 Canadian HS, Canadian 4 4 1 5 5 19
4 Carlisle HS, Price 12 6 3 4 1 26
5 Tenaha HS, Tenaha 9 3 10 3 3 28
6 Somerville HS, Somerville 1 10 5 16 6 38
7 Tolar HS, Tolar 5 5 6 11 15 42
8 Falls City HS, Falls City 2 8 7 12 14 43
9 Thorndale HS, Thorndale 10 11 8 6 8 43
10 Itasca H S, Itasca 7 7 9 13 12 48
11 Throckmorton HS, Throckmorton 15 9 12 8 9 53
12 Timpson HS, Timpson 14 12 11 7 10 54
13 Archer City HS, Archer City 11 14 15 10 7 57
14 Nueces Canyon H S, Barksdale 13 13 13 9 11 59
15 Knox City HS, Knox City 8 15 14 14 16 67
16 Ganado HS, Ganado 16 16 16 15 13 76

hmm inconsistencies with that 14 at sundown

[Clarinot]

Finals Results:


3rd - Poteet
2nd - Friendswood
1st - Dripping Springs

[sax5warrior]

hmm inconsistencies with that 14 at sundown

That would be your composite score.

[Xenon]

Conference 4A Finals Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 2, 2009
Place Band Johnson Clardy Rhea Britt Watson Composite
1 Dripping Springs H S, Dripping Springs 2 1 2 1 2 8
2 Friendswood H S, Friendswood 1 4 1 2 3 11
3 Poteet HS, Mesquite 4 2 3 4 1 14
4 Wakeland HS, Frisco 6 3 6 3 4 22
5 Hendrickson HS, Pflugerville 3 5 7 5 6 26
6 Newman Smith H S, Carrollton 5 7 4 6 5 27
7 Legacy HS, Mansfield 7 9 5 7 7 35
8 Waxahachie HS, Waxahachie 8 6 9 10 8 41
9 Forney H S, Forney 9 8 8 8 9 42
10 Hays HS, Buda 10 10 10 9 10 49

[auburnmw1]

Conference 4A Finals Results
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
November 2, 2009
Place Band Johnson Clardy Rhea Britt Watson Composite
1 Dripping Springs H S, Dripping Springs 2 1 2 1 2 8
2 Friendswood H S, Friendswood 1 4 1 2 3 11
3 Poteet HS, Mesquite 4 2 3 4 1 14
4 Wakeland HS, Frisco 6 3 6 3 4 22
5 Hendrickson HS, Pflugerville 3 5 7 5 6 26
6 Newman Smith H S, Carrollton 5 7 4 6 5 27
7 Legacy HS, Mansfield 7 9 5 7 7 35
8 Waxahachie HS, Waxahachie 8 6 9 10 8 41
9 Forney H S, Forney 9 8 8 8 9 42
10 Hays HS, Buda 10 10 10 9 10 49

Do you think Friendswood should of gotten a 4 in music?

[Xenon]

Do you think Friendswood should of gotten a 4 in music?

Absolutely not, but even a 2 would have still had them one point behind Dripping Springs. It is the marching scores that made the difference, not the music scores.

[agnt]

my congrats to everyone who made finals. Its nice to see newcomers like Wakeland doing so well. Fine Shows through out the whole entire day.

[Tyler Smolovik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r96HZ21Btg Legacy prelims performance

[Tyler Smolovik]

my congrats to everyone who made finals. Its nice to see newcomers like Wakeland doing so well. Fine Shows through out the whole entire day.

And legacy

[Danpod]

I went ahead and deleted a post or two. We don't need any trouble.

[I MARCH]

what band was it that had a long baritone solo? it blew me away and now i can't remember the name of the band

[Fata1]

what band was it that had a long baritone solo? it blew me away and now i can't remember the name of the band

Dripping Springs had an amazing baritone solo.

[littlebig]

no offense, but military bands just aren't as interesting to watch as corps style :/
though don't get me wrong, I'm sure they're great at what they do!

You will always be ale to count on Poteet for the military style marching to be around. I don't see them changing what they do. It may not be a "showy" as BOA style, but I find that style full of so much more energy and drive. BOA almost puts me to sleep, but I do appreciate the work of all high school bands.

[Xenon]

You will always be ale to count on Poteet for the military style marching to be around. I don't see them changing what they do. It may not be a "showy" as BOA style, but I find that style full of so much more energy and drive. BOA almost puts me to sleep, but I do appreciate the work of all high school bands.

???????

Poteet is not Military style, they are Corps style.

Kingwood is Military: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1DERCcx4M
Texas A&M is Military: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ZbbQcM_RI

BTW, I am blessed to have seen that 1998 Kingwood performance live at State my senior year. The first time I had seen an extremely good military band. The move that stuck out in my head the most was the double chevron that starts around 5 minutes in.

[RWood]

It was announced at the football game Friday that starting next year Cedar Park will move to 4-A. If that's the case two years from now should be interesting with Cedar Park and a full power Vandergrift going head to head with everyone.

This post has been edited by RWood: Nov 8 2009, 01:07 PM

[Xenon]

It was announced at the football game Friday that starting next year Cedar Park will move to 4-A. If that's the case two years from now should be interesting with Cedar Park and a full power Vandergriff going head to head with everyone.

Vandergrift, not Vandergriff.

And Vista Ridge should be moving down to 4A next year too.

[Donezo]

You will always be ale to count on Poteet for the military style marching to be around. I don't see them changing what they do. It may not be a "showy" as BOA style, but I find that style full of so much more energy and drive. BOA almost puts me to sleep, but I do appreciate the work of all high school bands.

There is pretty much nothing military about Poteet. They're about as classic drum corps-style as you can get.

And lord help us all if Cedar Park is really moving down. They'll probably be as unbeatable as Richland was in '03.

This post has been edited by Donezo: Nov 8 2009, 01:17 PM

[Xenon]

There is pretty much nothing military about Poteet. They're about as classic drum corps-style as you can get.

And lord help us all if Cedar Park is really moving down. They'll probably be as unbeatable as Richland was in '03.

Oh yeah, and Richland is likely moving down to 4A as well. 4A State will be an absolute bloodbath in 2 years.

[Donezo]

LMAO wow. Let's just move all the old 4A powerhouses back down while we're at it. Coppell, Keller, Hebron, Dickinson, Colleville Heritage, Connally, Georgetown, Grapevine, Leander, Fossil Ridge, Wylie, Lopez, New Braunfels, Belton, Allen (though that would be beyond impossible.) That would be epic.

[Ragneo]

LMAO wow. Let's just move all the old 4A powerhouses back down while we're at it. Coppell, Keller, Hebron, Dickinson, Colleville Heritage, Connally, Georgetown, Grapevine, Leander, Fossil Ridge, Wylie, Lopez, New Braunfels, Belton, Allen (though that would be beyond impossible.) That would be epic.

Fossil Ridge is very likely to drop down to 4A next year as well.

[Basefiveftw]

Vandergrift, not Vandergriff.

And Vista Ridge should be moving down to 4A next year too.

Didn't Vista Ridge just move UP to 5A a year ago...?