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Emerson wins round 1 of SO🙌🙌

been really busy, in and out. will try to go back and watch little elm and cy fair. congrats to woodlands on 2-pointing the field in prelims, despite both Carmel and arcadia having awesome runs. saw it coming. best run ive see from tw. fabulous on the timing, the pitch of the equipment, the hands. didn't see any drops, just a couple half catches, which is insane given their ludicrously hard book. they make everything look so easy, such calmness and control throughout. congrats to the open classers and A classers so far, too. they're all crushing it rn.

94.1 for The Woodlands, in first by exactly two points!!

Guys….I think they’re gonna do it I mean HOLY COW TW’s!!! No drops, the move so well together, so much emotion and energy, don’t really know what more you could ask for. Ofc the judges can see some little things I’m oblivious to but that was just WOW. I was curious if they’d be a little nervous today knowing this could be their first gold in SW, but they were unfazed. Two more runs like that or better and the sky’s the limit

the colony up from 15th and a 77.4 at Dallas to 1st in their round today w/ almost a 90. WOW!!! Emerson was good, but they def have a better run in em. the fact that they still nearly full pointed their round is a good sign.

As they should! LOVED the new pre show! Winning show!!

Pearland Westlake and Bowie going 1 2 and 3 in the second round of SO, Pearland with a 92!!! Big things happening for team Texas right now!!

We got to see Emerson this morning. They had a great run!!

All I'm gonna say for now is yes, it should be very interesting, from the overall concept and repertoire that I've seen so far. Also, mark my words, this show might have the potential to surpass 2023's success. You'll just have to wait and see.

Alright here’s my full plan for this weekend: Thursday- noonish-3:30(Sa and TWs) Friday- whatever I can Saturday-all of SO and SW

We are leaving Wednesday morning. It’s always great to talk with the other Houston-area teams, color guard instructors, and enthusiasts on our same flight and at the airports. Lots of comraderie and wonderful conversation. That’s just a warm-up though to the enthusiastic response all the guards receive coming up the tunnel after their performance runs. The WGI World Championships is a such an awesome event! Let’s go get ‘em Team Texas! Best wishes to ALL!

Tomball Memorial coming out on top!! Guys this might be the strongest showing from Texas like, ever?!? I mean holy cow what a day our guards are having!!! And Little Elm with a 93.3, Wow!

Little Elm was ridiculously good, CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!!! The bodywork is just outstanding, rifles were so well together, I haven’t seen a ton of SO but I could see them medaling fs

Wylie also almost with a 90 in SA, bravo! Katy and Garland going 1 and 2 in their round of SA, Katy almost with a 90!

Katy was amazing!!! Finalist fs, just so so clean, love the flag work in this one a ton, and those uniforms really pop!

Got to catch Arcadia and yeah wow, they’ve really done some great work, ending is a lot more energetic, really enjoyed that run!

Pearland was amazing!! Just so much emotion, once again brought me a couple tears, wonderful job!!

Little late but, Best of luck to all guards, I wish everyone could win worlds. But, only 1 can. As a band kid what you guard people do is crazy(I can't even do the band choro sometimes and y'all's is 1000x time harder). Best of luck again!

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 🙃This is awkward. But i suppose thats true enough atleast till we hear more about show's

didnt mean to disrespect your school or anything but I'm simply saying what I observed

Honestly depends. Peatow had a good last year, but Katy has had a bad past couple of years, and Langham is on the rise. Hard to say till we know more about the shows.

I was joking about the Whiplash guy being the band director still. The top 3 for Perc for me would be Sachse, Wax, or Berkner. Berkner beet out Hebron at the lone star drum line contest in 2023 so even thought they placed pretty low in finals their percussion is kinda cracked.

My unbiased predictions because I have bias every single time 😂 1. Bridgeland 2. Cy Woods 3. Cy Fair 4. Seven Lakes 5. Cinco Ranch or Jordan 7. Tompkins 8. JET 9. Cy Ranch 10. Cy Springs

Y’all’s show was soooo good! I took my mom to finals and yall had her favorite of the night, will be at this one again, 3rd time in a row 😂

Gonna be a crazy contest and we don't even have the full list. Excited how some of these programs will do in the BOA stage.

I agree. Cy Woods has found their niche and who they are as a program and is continuing to build on it. I believe for 2023, design (mostly visual design) and visual clarity were factors that really held them back, but they’ve made minor adjustments to their design team recently. They’ve revealed their show this year (privately), and the concept and musical selection sounds very intriguing. I’m excited to see how they build off last year. They definitely have a bright future ahead!

I'll try to make a top ten with as little bias as possible 1. Bridgeland: As a Cy-Fair marcher, this pains me but it's true. Bridgeland is a powerhouse of a marching band and I don't see them declining any time soon 2. Cy-Fair: This is where my only peice of bias comes in, this placement could really go either way between Fair, Woods, and 7L. Our band has been talking about how they plan to refine the band and I won't reveal anything but I think it might work. 3. Seven Lakes: VERY impressive finish last year, I hadn't thought much of them until I saw their state finals run and knew there was something new in this 7L band. I need to see one more perfomance like that from 7L and they will be challenging Bridgeland for the top spot. 4. Cy-Woods: Brought things back after a dissapointing 2023, Woods has always had potential and I think they've unlocked it. It just turns out 7L did at the exact same time. 5. Cinco Ranch: Let's have a moment of silence for Cinco's 2024 state dreams. I belive that they can do it again but the as this area gets better we'll have to see how they evolve 6. Jordan: Interchangable with Cinco, Jordan has really impressed me these past few years. I originally thought 2024 was going to be their first state trip but it didn't work out that way. Still an amazing and young program. 7. JET: Very consitent band, I think that Jordan and Cinco are going to make the push over them this year. 8. Tompkins: Again, interchangable for 5, 6, or 7. Tompkins shocked the world (area) in 2023 when they got third and made state, then they came back down. They've got serious talent I just need to see more. 9. Cy-Ranch: Cy-Ranch has been a growing threat in area I for a few years, a slow growing one but still growing. 10. Langham Creek: The former kings of the area have fallen far, but they're still coming for that number one spot. LC hd an incredible 2024 and I am fully ready to see what they have in store next year. Bubble bands in no order: Katy, Paetow, Jersey Village, Cy-Springs.

This Past summer I completed a Eagle Project that Benefitted my Band, What I did was built "Tuba Rack" these could be most compared to the Wenger tuba racks but I designed and built them from scratch, the ones I built were for King Sousaphones, and Miraphone Concert Tubas. They were built on wheels so you could move them if you have limited spaces in your facilities and are as easy as putting them against a wall and having more appealing storage for tubas. The benefit was that the tuba section didn't have to disassemble and reassemble Sousaphones during the marching season and over created a solution for a very inconvenient problem. If anyone is interested in what I did just DM me and I fully open to sharing my design and how I completed and went through with my Project.

I’d like to announce the new director of Sachse is j.k. simmons was previous director for the worlds best jazz band now woodlands might have some competition now

If bands were stocks I'd be investing in Cypress Springs

Gonna catch as much as I can. I should be able to catch all of SO and SW Saturday, just no award ceremony or IW. Thursday and Friday will be on and off but should be a good amount. can’t believe it’s already the end of the season, best of luck to everyone this weekend!!!

ALL TEXAS GUARDS (adjusted to Central Time) Thursday, April 3 Prelims Scholastic A: Location: Truist Arena 1:40 PM - Louis D. Brandeis HS, TX 1:56 PM - Garland HS, TX 2:20 PM - Katy HS Varsity, TX 4:05 PM - Tomball Memorial HS, TX 5:50 PM - Foster HS, TX 6:14 PM - Azle HS, TX 6:22 PM - Dripping Springs HS, TX Location: Cintas Center 9:24 AM - Hutto HS, TX 9:40 AM - Veterans Memorial HS, TX 12:05 PM - The Colony HS, TX 1:48 PM - Wylie HS, TX 4:53 PM - Hendrickson HS, TX 5:33 PM - Jordan HS, TX 6:13 PM - Melissa HS, TX Independent A: Location: Dayton Convention Center 1:46 PM - RGV Winter Guard, TX 1:54 PM - Allure Independent, TX 4:35 PM - Ether, TX 5:07 PM - Black Gold, TX 6:44 PM - Redemption Guard, TX 7:24 PM - Eagle Mountain Independent, TX Scholastic Open: Location: Nutter Center 9:33 AM - Emerson HS, TX 11:27 AM - Cedar Ridge HS, TX 12:25 PM - Southlake Carroll HS, TX 1:37 PM - Pearland HS, TX 2:04 PM - Westlake HS, TX 2:22 PM - James Bowie HS, TX 3:26 PM - Little Elm HS, TX 3:35 PM - Cy-Fair HS, TX 5:15 PM - Round Rock HS, TX Independent Open: Location: University of Dayton Arena 8:09 AM - Glory Independent, TX Location: Nutter Center 7:16 PM - Undaunted, TX 7:25 PM - Industry Independent, TX Scholastic World: Location: University of Dayton Arena 2:35 PM - The Woodlands HS, TX Independent World: Location: University of Dayton Arena 3:40 PM - Ménage, TX 3:50 PM - Mirage, TX 5:35 PM - Invictus, TX

I refuse to give up on my bubble groups for finals, I now hope for langham and cy ranch to make it, Katy might be falling behind a bit unfortunately and it’s sad to see.

Dville had 4 trumpet all staters this year and I don’t think any of them were seniors! This next year will probably be their strongest high brass section ever. Really hope their show takes advantage of this and does more cool stuff like what they did with their screamer last year.

This area should be a fun one to watch this season!