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Is there a video of TWHS world? I’m trying to find it but I guess I’m struggling to search the right term 😅

final scores posted https://recaps.competitionsuite.com/5f58fa14-b54b-4280-89f7-3ce99b3c45ce.htm scores in A class have def shot up a lot w/in a week. massive actually. higher scores than last yr despite being a week earlier. curious to see if the steering committee leaves Emerson in A or not. even if they don't, Melissa, Wylie, and Azle are all attending Dayton, too. open class: lil elm w/ a fab score to begin another Dayton year. scoring like they'll be back in finals and maybe top half. Coppell still doing very well also. where'd Marcus go?!! world class, flomo w/ maybe a lil bit of improvement yr over yr. scoring around where every other SW guard in the country seems to be scoring rn in their local circuits, including the regular Dayton finalists. mirage's score seems lower. TX IWs may have to sneak into finals this yr at Dayton, if they make the cut. weeee shall seeee.

yeah, lots of huge week over week score gains this weekend in TX, both w/in the local circuits and entering wgi. not really surprised. shows should be mostly done by now. the huge shift b/w dripping springs and Brandeis this weekend versus last is def interesting. won't really know b/w those two until wgi Austin.

I am going to have to disagree.. Do your research... Have you heard of Tyler Junior College? Might wanna check that out. Last year my freshman child, who is an all-stater and a music major performed at State Marching Contest, and Midwest not to mention other wonderful experiences. My child is getting a VERY high quality music education. SO yeah... please do not put advice out there to unequivocally say one should NOT do something based on information that you do not have all of. While I do agree there are certainly community colleges out there who do not set students up for success in music education... I can also say the same for some 4 year universities. Better advice is to do your homework and research lots of schools, visit lots of schools, ask trusted people within your music circle, see what kind of scholarships are offered, sit in some rehearsals for the places you want to attend, and really find the place that fits YOU the best. Find out who is graduating from or transferring from these places and ask them about their experience both while there and after? A big part of college is what YOU make it of it. Once you find your place start networking with local directors, try to get some private lessons going or even tech at some local schools. While sitting in class and learning about diminished chords is important... there is more to music education than theory, music history etc.

I got to many favorites to count, but here's a rough top 3 for me. 1.) Hebron 2023 (Monomyth) - There's not a single music book in this activity that kept me on my feet like this show's did. When I first saw them live at Indy during preliminaries, I was completely blown away by them. Monomyth is my favorite marching band show by a long shot! 2.) Flower Mound 2024 (Textures And Tones) - Such a great show. Was absolutely amazed by the GE this show possessed. Kept up with this show the whole season and I 100% knew it was gonna be in contention of winning. The story that was told was simply breathtaking! 3.) Vandegrift 2022 (Into The Grid) - Now I'll admit I'm biased with this opinion because it's a Tron show. That aside, this was a very clean and executed year for them and I enjoyed seeing it on stream (This was my first year watching the San Antonio Super Regional)

some pretty interesting stuff that happened at pieper on saturday piper hs jv got a crazy high score of 76.22 but they hav been dominating the SJVRA class for a little bit now so i see them doing pretty well this season. dripping springs won nat a class with a over 5 point gap between them and 2nd. they also were beat by brandies last week but this week they were able to get way ahead of them. westlake hs was the winner of open with a pretty nice point gap between them and reagan. there were also a good bit of penalties all around the contest so idk what that could be about.

Glad y’all are coming back!! Also, Im also happy to announce that I can confirm I will be attending this contest for a 3rd consecutive year!! Super excited, as this event has been nothing short of incredible with insanely stacked lineups!

Rockwall has officially confirmed that we are doing this competition

cute lil music video from last weekend. just a small taste from a different, up close perspective. https://youtube.com/shorts/XG0ng0B0jGA?si=1i6rdF_JyAn6tMuO

I was getting excited for this one, then I remembered that NOTHING is being streamed this weekend. 😭

The man shot on last Saturdays TCGC contest is ok! And here’s his interview. The quick thinking of some of the Pasadena Memorial band students to aid him was truly amazing! I didn’t aid him, because he was already receiving it by the way if anybody was wondering. I knew he was in good hands.

I'm planning on going to Grand Nats this year. I've never been to Indianapolis. Are there any recommendations on hotels to stay at near Lucas Oil Stadium? We'd prefer to be within walking distance. Also, please let me know any hotels to avoid.

Flower Mound Leanardos Dream Hebron Penstriped

Older guy here...I have some GREAT advice... START at a community college and do most if not all of your core classes there. If you choose to go to your university right away try to do summer and minimester classes at a community college and transfer them over. If you are going to be a music major DO NOT TAKE MUSIC CLASSES AT YOUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE!!!! Their are certainly good music teachers at many community colleges, but you need to learn your college's system for music to be successful. Music theory and other fundamental items can be very different at various campuses. If you can save money in any way at all DO IT!

I bet $100,000 that the looney toons come and do looney things to the marching bands 🤣

Agreed, that year was something I was REALLY looking forward to, all for it not to be a regular contest😭

Emerson with a 76 at Little Elm, need to see that show but they are starting out really well for their first trip to Dayton, there Olympics/gymnastics show last year was fantastic!

Scores from 2/1 Waxahachie Contest - https://recaps.competitionsuite.com/ffa594c1-c6a2-4f7e-a04c-ca0069c672d0.htm Little Elm Contest - https://recaps.competitionsuite.com/1ff8e62e-84a2-4de0-a40b-fb47b303efc5.htm

We need to get competitive betting on this area at some point because what happened last year was too strange to not take advantage of

I do remember this, they had an incredibly talented group, the rifle line especially, SO many upfront tosses that they were nailing pretty much all season, will have to see there show soon!

"Your attention is essential." seems like a pretty good opening line in retrospect lol. just now noticing the backstage side 2 sabre toss + partner lift + partner catch. super impressive. anywho, uploading vids to drive shortly. might take some timeeee. haven't actually looked at the drive in forever. haven't bothered w/ 2024 marching vids yet lol.

I’m excited to see Sachse. Their guard really impressed me during marching season.

Schedule is up! Subject to change of course. I will be heading to Leander for this one.

Until football schedules come out I’m sure many bands could sign up for both Houston and then drop once they figure out which will work better.

Just watched a video of them without sound first- and had to double check I wasn’t playing it on 1.5 speed… the spinning was so much and so fast. Was a great first performance and can’t wait to see it develop in the next 2 months.