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Great edition for this competition. Definitely gonna be a front runner for first

Anyone know anything about the blue knights needing a flute soloist?

There is one band that has made the 6A contest almost every time since the early 2000's, that will be moving down to 5A next year. NOBODY has said anything about them. Homer Hanna from Brownsville. I think they should be factored in to everyone's lists for predictions next year. Great sounding band of about 200 kids. Usually has multiple all state musicians. These kids can PLAY! What do you think?

I'm sure everyone already knows about this... since this was posted like 2 months ago, but Crossmen released their artist rep for 2026!

My list of top 10 1. Poteet 2. LC 3. NM 4. WM/ HP 5. WM/HP 6. Mesquite/Rowlett/Garland 7. Mesquite/Rowlett/Garland 8. Mesquite/Rowlett/Garland 9. MP 10. Texas/Terrell

I wanna say they did in a couple times in the late 2010s but yeah, this is gonna be cool to see

Jordan is said to be doing this one this year.... Not San Marcos like last year.

I do.... Football they switched play off regions.... Which means they will be playing Houston area teams. Might mean something for area...

Vandergrift went to BOA North Houston in 2017 and 2018.

Interesting! I don’t remember if they have ever ventured to Houston before but with the loss of the Austin regional, we will see a lot of new additions to other regionals I’m guessing.

I think once WCHS gets established, both schools will be at around 1900 students (according to the district's projections), so both would be 5A for a short period before going back to 6A.

Vandy is confirmed per their calendar

OHHHH is this real? holy cow it is. Grand Oaks is also confirmed

Vandegrift will be attending

Waxahachie Creek opens in 2027 with 9th/10th Grade. Sophomores will supposedly be able to elect to stay at WHS if they want, so it's unlikely that we'll see Waxahachie moving down before the 2030 cycle.

Hey guys! So question: given the recent district realignments with sports and whatnot, will those alignments affect how our area works or will that be determined by the TMEA and UIL realignment sheets that will hopefully be posted soon?

I’ll take a crack at preds based off enrollment per the website: 1. Hebron (all but Perc) 2. Lone Star 3. Prosper 4. Lebanon Trail/Argyle 5. Argyle/LT 6. Wylie East 7. Braswell 8. Rock Hill 9. Forney 10. Burleson Centennial (Perc) 11. McKinney North 12. The Colony/Another Frisco school/North Forney So I’m only really confident on my top half. Bottom half could be so different, lots of band could be higher or lower but this is my best guess of now. Also left McKinney out since I’m 99% sure they are going to Bedford now.

Here's my top 5 as of 2/12/2026 1. Hebron 2. Lone Star 3. Argyle 4. Prosper 5. Rock Hill

So the main scoring difference is the impact of GE. It’s 20% music (10% individual, 10 ensemble), 20% visual (same individual and ensemble split). And 60% GE (2 20% music and 1 20% visual). IMO, they are the most fun and strongest overall comps around the nation. They do tend to last longer bc there’s normally more bands and they each have 15 minutes (some early ones are like 10?) but that’s really the main differences. Definitely worth going to then if you can!!

Again. Your info is wrong. Not coming at you. Just telling you that you are mistaken.

Where are you getting that regions 20 and 21 will be moving to Area D for marching? What about regions 12 and 18?

I've been in band for 3 years now and love DCI and go to marching contest on my days off but I still don't quite understand how BOA works. Like are shows longer for BOA? How is the scoring different from UIL? I'm super in touch with how the UIL side works but I'm lost with BOA.

Area D - Regions 8, 20, 21, 26 Region 8: Midway HS Temple HS Copperas HS Bryan HS Hacker Heights HS Lake Belton HS Chaparral HS Region 20: Duncanville HS Skyline HS Waxahachie HS Forney HS Lake Highlands HS North Forney HS Richardson HS Pearce HS MacArthur HS Nimitz HS Jesuit College Preparatory School Berkner HS Red Oak HS Irving HS Booker T Washington Region 21: Legacy HS Longview HS Region 26: Round Rock HS Hutto HS Westwood HS Cedar Ridge HS McNiel HS Stoney Point Hs East View HS If everyone makes Area there will be 31 bands leaving 6 state openings. Please correct me if this is wrong but I believe for every 5 bands there is 1 state slot up for grabs. Hope everyone has a fantastic season and look forward to hearing more about each band in the coming months when show reveals and contest start.

I remember playing at the Lakeview Centennial VS Wylie East game last year and the stadium felt smaller than it was (I was on the visitors side). The size of the Melissa ISD stadium is larger than bigger school districts' stadiums. Both CKD stadium and Mesquite Memorial stadium is large, but Mesquite Memorial stadium is bigger than CKD stadium.