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Now that TXbands is fixed (hooray!) we can finally discuss the rule changes that UIL proposed in their fall meeting agenda. The most interesting ones to me are the guard judge at the 5A/6A SMBC and rules 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 (9 for a completely different reason than the others). This could change the near future structure of UIL marching and have major implications for future changes moving forward, but what do yall think?

ITS FIXED YAY

I believe Gene Tomas's junior high feeder program also won their first ever event with a high score. Speaking of Gene, Moe and Gene Johnson absolutely dominated the National A class at the first TCGC event in Austin -- with a new director at the helm, too. Can't wait to see how they do in WGI!

any up dates on this comp? Im interested to go watch if the line up is good.

Several more Texas groups have been added to the confirmed list so far!

Guess I’ll start it off… Thomas Randle HS getting 92 points their first comp, and then skyrocketing from Scholastic Regional A to National A as of yesterday after making WGI finals! Same story with Galena Park! This is a wonderful achievement especially with a program like Randle who’s been only doing TCGC for 4 years, so congrats for both programs!!! Gene Tomas HS making 1st place yesterday at their first winter competition of their program’s history and especially in a class as competitive as AA! What a wonderful way to start off their season

Final Scores Scholastic Regional A 1. 73.180 - Clear Lake HS, TX 2. 71.140 - Tompkins HS, TX 3. 68.920 - Sonia Sotomayor HS JV, TX Scholastic A 1. 78.140 - Friendswood HS, TX 2. 77.080 - The Woodlands HS, TX 3. 76.600 - Jersey Village HS, TX 4. 74.170 - College Park HS, TX 5. 72.620 - Jordan HS, TX 6. 71.710 - Tomball Memorial HS, TX 7. 71.280 - Katy HS Varsity, TX 8. 70.890 - Oak Ridge HS, TX 9. 69.000 - George Ranch HS, TX 10. 68.780 - Dripping Springs HS Varsity, TX 10. 67.290 - Galena Park HS, TX 11. 67.120 - Foster HS, TX 13. 65.730 - Cypress Woods HS, TX 14. 65.300 - Thomas Randle HS, TX 15. 64.420 - Clements HS, TX 16. 64.030 - Pearland HS, TX Independent A 1. 69.650 - Seven Lakes, TX 2. 64.570 - Redemption Guard, TX Scholastic Open 1. 72.000 - Pearland HS, TX 2. 70.700 - Cy-Fair HS, TX 3. 69.600 - Bridgeland HS, TX 4. 66.700 - Clear Brook HS, TX 5. 65.100 - Sonia Sotomayor HS, TX 6. 64.500 - Dawson HS, TX Independent Open 1. 74.100 - Undaunted, TX 2. 71.000 - Industry Independent, TX

Final Scores Scholastic Regional A 1. 74.000 - Sanger HS, TX 2. 69.340 - Lone Star HS, TX 3. 68.700 - Hebron HS JV, TX 4. 64.760 - Plano East HS JV, TX Scholastic A 1. 80.160 - Wylie HS, TX 2. 78.730 - Rock Hill HS, TX 3. 77.910 - Azle HS, TX 4. 76.420 - Walnut Grove HS, TX 5. 75.750 - McKinney HS, TX 6. 75.160 - Hebron HS, TX 7. 73.810 - Aledo HS, TX 8. 72.440 - Independence HS, TX 9. 72.300 - McKinney North HS, TX 10. 71.770 - Prosper HS, TX 11. 70.250 - Coppell HS A, TX 12. 68.800 - Celina HS, TX 13. 68.000 - Odessa HS, TX 14. 67.260 - Waxahachie HS, TX 15. 67.200 - The Colony HS, TX Independent A 1. 68.230 - DTX Independent, TX Scholastic Open 1. 77.100 - Marcus HS, TX 2. 72.400 - Melissa HS, TX 3. 67.500 - Southlake Carroll HS, TX 4. 67.400 - Timber Creek HS, TX 5. 64.600 - Emerson HS, TX 6. 61.600 - Coppell HS, TX Independent Open 1. 81.300 - ORIGINS Open, TX 2. 78.500 - NOVA Independent Winterguard, TX Scholastic World 1. 74.200 - Little Elm HS, TX 2. 70.600 - Flower Mound HS, TX Independent World 1. 77.400 - ORIGINS, TX

Between the time posting broke on this website and it coming back, Melissa came up with a SECOND contest, and SOLD IT OUT already. Lineup: Bells HS Blue Ridge HS Bonham HS Brock HS Canton HS Caddo Mills HS China Spring HS Cooper HS Collinsville HS Commerce HS Farmersville HS Ferris HS Grand Saline HS Howe HS Honey Grove HS Kaufman HS Kennedale HS Krum HS North Lamar HS Paris HS Pine Tree HS Pleasant Grove HS Pottsboro HS Rains HS Rivercrest HS Sunnyvale HS Sulphur Springs HS Van Alstyne HS Valley View HS Wills Point HS Wolfe City HS This features last year's 2A State Champion Rivercrest, 2A State Finalist Cooper, 3A State Finalist Howe, 4A State Finalists Sulphur Springs, China Spring, North Lamar, 4A State Participants Krum, Pine Tree, Valley View, Canton, and 5A State Participant Kaufman (now 4A as well) For what the original contest has in a stacked lineup, this is a similarly stacked lineup of small school programs.

So....... Things have developed a bit. The most current participant list on the site, from January 20th is: Argyle HS Berkner HS (Richardson) Braswell HS (Denton) Burleson Centennial HS Celina HS The Colony HS Forney HS Garland HS James Martin HS (Arlington) Hebron HS Heritage HS (Frisco) Highland Park HS Lakeview Centennial HS (Garland) Lebanon Trail HS (Frisco) Liberty HS (Frisco) Little Elm HS Lone Star HS (Frisco) McKinney HS Memorial HS (Frisco) North Forney HS Panther Creek HS (Frisco) Prosper HS Rock Hill HS (Prosper) Wylie East HS Added: Berkner, Braswell, Burleson Centennial, Forney, Prosper, and Rock Hill. And...... drop Bell. We found out a few days later why Bell dropped. The BOA Bedford contest moved up to this same weekend. So..... there's a lot of unknowns as to what parts of this list are still accurate. I'm quite upset this happened because I thought for SURE this was the contest I was going to travel for this weekend.

Thread's gonna need a rename! Date change!

Wow

Sorry if I started this topic before anyone else who was planning to 😅 just super excited about this season and now that the site is back up it can finally be discussed!

I'll give $100 to any band doing a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Show!

Would be totally down! Bummed that Hebron appears to be skipping this one but I'm excited to see FloMo, provided they are indeed going.

Hooray!!!

I think we are! Thank you @Clarinot!

anyone know which bands are coming and share your predictions

poteet is 5A area c

it's time for directors to start designing their 2026 shows

Not much to do here until realignment... or April/May... or July... so I'll just put some of my favorite shows from this area from this past 2025 season A&M Consolidated - "Patterns in My Mind" Kempner - "Unlocked" Lamar Consolidated - "Timeless" Randle - "Auroric Dances" Porter - "Spindletop: A Portrait in Oil" Galena Park - "Enjoy The Silence" (? i may be misremembering this show name) West Fork - "Ad Astra" Splendora - "Splendorous" Baytown Lee - "Fantastic Voyage" Kingwood Park - "Oh! The Places You'll Go!" Spring Woods - "A Day in the Factory"

Hoping that 5A E gets changed in some way so there won't be 45 bands in the area... 😥 not guaranteed that every band will make it to area but there would still be close to 30 making it with new bands moving in from both 4A and 6A

UPDATE FOR ALL SCHOOLS IN GARLAND ISD: Garland (dropped to 5a) reported 2,144 Lakeview Centennial (5a) reported 2,080 Naaman Forest (5a) reported 1,822 North Garland (6a) reported 2,903 Rowlett (dropped to 5a) reported 2,024 Sachse (6a) reported 2,866 South Garland (5a) reported 1,915 Official site of enrollment numbers for UIL: https://www.uiltexas.org/files/alignments/Submitted_Enrollments_10_31_128.pdf

Am a percussionist so that will influence mine. Definitely Maslanka Symphony No. 4. Played a keyboard part on that, some wicked fast runs in there and the drumming section was pretty challenging. Mackey Wine Dark Sea wasn't quite as hard but still pretty challenging (played toms). But was a BLAST. Probably the most fun band piece I got to play, just get to wail away as loud as possible at the end of that piece. Most of my challenging ones came in college since I went to a 4A, but in high school the Persichetti Symphony for Band is probably the top of this list for HS, but wasn't absurdly hard. Super fun xylophone part. Percussion ensemble wise played some VERY difficult stuff in college. Got to play a lot of the popular ones. Kyoto by John Psathas and Palace of Nine Perfections (Marimba 1 on both) were probably the two most challenging parts I ever got. But insanely fun. Didn't get as hard of parts but did Prelude to Paradise by Jacob Remington and Crown of Thorns by David Maslanka as well which are two that probably pop up at the top of those lists.

sachse is reigon 3