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Yeah, Bridgeland and Reagan were the only bands other than Pearland that beat them and they aren’t gonna be there. So if they are at the same level or higher than they were at this point last year, they should make at least 4th again, but I’m honestly expecting higher.

Yeah I have no clue, but it’s a good sign bc it means a lot of groups are on their A game this season, could arguably be the best all around season post-Covid, LOS is gonna be an absolute bloodbath

I think this is a positive thing, my only concern is if all the judges are band directors (5A ones Id assume), I'm worried that they might not have the ear for percussion that a percussionist might have. I know I sure don't. And not that there aren't any directors who are percussionists, but I know they are few and far between. My solution would to be to have a special percussion judge, and he or she would be the only one to not switch from music to visuals for finals. I would assume that's the plan but this is new. With that being said I do like the chances for captions now. Especially with all the kids on the field for the retreat it just gives more excitement In this area especially.

Just when I thought BOA and UIL was hard to predict here comes DCI PREDICTIONS AND THEY'RE EVEN CLOSER. I give up

Soooo SCV .8 from BD….yeah I give up on preds lol. 1 & 2. Bloo and BAC that’s all I got for yall lol

when do all of the band camps start for each school (if anyone knows)?

Oh no doubt, a solid program for many years I think the last 6 State Titles have been Whitesboro/Mineola/Mineola/Mineola/Whitesboro/Mineola. I would like to see Whitesboro pushed more in Area B. There isn't much there besides Howe and Holliday (had them 2nd at State 2 yrs ago) who are both pretty good programs. Area C is a gauntlet with Mineola/Redwater/Atlanta/Winnsboro/Commerce/Queen City and an up and coming Quitman who has missed out on state by 1 slot 2 yrs in a row.

Nope your spot on

hey area g forum is back! anyways I see Weslaco making state this year. my personal prediction is 1. hanna 2. Weslaco 3. Alexander All 3 make state this year I feel. also I may be just a tiny bit biased as someone who went to Hanna…

So rather than 3 music, 2 visual, there's going to be a WW, a brass, and a percussion judge for music, and then visual ind. and visual ens? I still might be misunderstanding but I think I like this change and the chance for captions to be awarded.

With the new judging system in place, I wondered how it will affect this area, and also who would get first in each individual category. Anyone have any thoughts?

I think castleberry gonna take it all in my opinion

For some areas (I think 4A-6A but correct me if I'm wrong), captions will be similar to SMBC. Visual Individual, Visual Ensemble, WW, Brass, and Percussion. Check this link out for the judging sheets that should be usage for this year.

North Shore in 3rd is….,something lol. I mean I’d love it to happen they had an amazing program but idk, maybe they will. It’s just a super stacked field

1st The Woodlands 2nd Bridgeland 3rd North Shore 4th Cy-Woods 5th Cy-Fair 6th Cinco Ranch 7th Tomball Memorial 8th Clear Brook 9th Friendswood 10th Oak Ridge 11th Dickinson 12th Klein Cain First out Shadow Creek James E. Taylor Cy Ranch A&M Consolidated Spring

I have strong opinions about that ...

Hey everyone. Question to those of yall who are participating in the predictions. Do yall want me to mix in All-Age corps with the World and Open Classes when it comes to results? All-Age tends to have their scores run higher than World and Open. Or we can just automatically put All-Age at the bottom of the predictions submissions and the results too? Please let me know as I dont want to do something that causes backlash.

Amen

I think I'm out of the loop. Could you elaborate on the new judging? A source if you got it.

Yeah it def won’t be easy, mostly based on assumptions but either way this season has been and will be great, would love for Phantom to medal!

Yeah I understand that, I do think scv has a very cool show but they have their work cut out for them if they want a spot on the podium. Rlly cheering for scv and pr especially.

I agree with your takes. I think that Flomo and Braswell could definitely benefit and McKinney too. I think this new system could possibly push Braswell to state which year which would be really sick, they were a fan favorite last year. Im interested to see the percussion caption specifically this year, Area J is one of the great percussion areas as of late, with Midwest and Pasic invites from some of the school, I'm really curious to see how it goes for not just our finalists, but our underdog bands too. This year I bet that there will be some dark horses sneaking to finals in this area.

Yeah. I mean with how they’ve been scoring in relation to other groups, I think it’s somewhat possible. I obv understand beating BD and maybe PR will be hard but they imo have the show to do it if everyone’s at the same level of clean come finals

Correct. I still wouldn’t count them out, I would think they still have most of the students from the 2023 state champion group (that haven’t graduated).

SCV 3rd??? I love scv, especially being in battery myself and I think they will win the Sanford but I can barely see them breaking top 5 rn. Great show, but I think it’ll take them some time to get back to the level of 2018