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This is the show we are presenting for the 2025 Maverick band called "Kinetic". This piece features music from: David Maslanka Sara Bareilles John Adams. The music that they let us hear was a rough draft of what they are basing it from then plan to tweak something that they told us they'll add is a brass double tounging feature. I am extremely excited where we can take this piece(hopefully state for the first time in district history). Go Mavs

Bridgeland presents “Cerulean” 🌊 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJfz0lft0tA/?igsh=NmV6aGN0NmlyajFm

Hello first time posting here I used to just watch from the shadows. I'm from Pasadena memorial and our show gets revealed today so I'll keep this forum updated when I get a name for our show.

Made an account to keep up with this area! Very excited to see the results especially with how unpredictable this area is

Can't say the show name yet but there is about a 60% chance we die at the end of the show considering the name

All the shows this year seem interesting for sure, I can’t wait to see what Pearland puts on the field, maybe Dawson can dethrone them as area champion considering how close they got to it at area last year

This actually seems like a really cool concept and could go places potentially even state if executed properly and cleaned well enough (and Pasadena Memorial has been getting a lot better at cleaning over the past years) so I’m really excited for this along with the other shows posted on the forum (especially Dawson’s it looks REALLY interesting)

I wouldn't expect a huge drop off from them. It's not like the drill writer is changing and the show is gonna be great as always. It's not the band director who is the defending Area C champs it's the school of Sachse

Hey everyone! J-Mike here, one of the TXBands Predictions Admins. I hope everyone is having a wonderful time with it getting near summer and experiencing all the fun things of DCI, Show Reveals, and school letting out for summer break, etc. I am here to discuss the possibility of our annual predictions game opening up to beyond HS Marching Bands. We could open up the door to DCI Predictions (though after a few events, you kind of get the idea on who is placing where lol) and maybe even indoor predictions with guard, winds, and drumline. If any of this is something any of yall would be into, please let me and Clarinot know by expressing your opinions below as I personally think with how popular our game is with HS Bands, that we could grow even more opening up to DCI and Indoor. Thank you all for reading and considering whether or not we should expand our little game. Have a great day/night yall! *EDIT* I am including a poll for everyone to choose from. I feel like people will more likely decide through a poll rather than typing out their thoughts.

Great idea

Please do! However, make them have different leaderboards. For EX someone might get top DCI in points but not top Marching band. Another idea I had was to make the people who are in the top 10 of the leaderboard have some sort of special color on there name when they post in forums.

I think sometimes the problem with moving it is if a school is willing to host it. I know several schools have been asked to host events in the past and passed. There are several places that have nice stadiums but don't have the space outside to accommodate 25 bands or more with numerous trailers and 18 wheelers. If you move it somewhere else it's one of those damned if you do and damned if you did not. No decision is going to be perfect for some schools. I know it sucks for some schools to drive over 3+ hours but I blame that on UIL making the entire Area all the way from the Red River to the Texas Coast. I'm expecting some of those schools near Dallas may go back to Area B after the next realignment comes out for the 2026-2027 school yr.

Oooooooo can’t wait to see this one at area. Yes, I’ll be at J this year

James Bowie HS 2025 - "The War of Art" "The Year 1812, Solemn Overture" / Tchaikovsky "Wind Sprints" / Richard Saucedo "Translucent" / Andy Akiho "Paint it Black" / The Rolling Stones "The Flashbulb" / Arduino Hammer "1812 Overture" / Tchaikovsky

Same. i enjoyed watching them at 5a and wanna see how they do!

I think they’ll do much better. It takes a little to adjust to new classes, take Argyles first year in 5A. Ofc they did great in finals in 22 but they were like 8th or something in prelims and now they’re killing it so I’m sure Foster will be fine, still made finals at everything except the SASR

Let's take a look at some of the New Business (Stuff that will be discussed in May) D1: Conference 1A proposal to make their Region Contests point based rather than, "You got a 1 rating, please advance to State." Unsure if this sets up a future Area Contest for 1A programs. Budgets and travel are a major deal for that, but the UIL has been consistent in giving programs these opportunities if they want them. D2: Proposal to eliminate "accomplishments" from field exit scripts. Logic here is that judges might be influenced when hearing about a band's accolades. Judges are usually waaaayyy too busy at the end of a show with writing comments and finishing up audio commentary to pay attention to that stuff. D3: The adults on Facebook (also known as Nega TikTok) are extremely vocal about this one. This proposal would advance an additional program to State if your Area had a medalist at State Finals the previous year. The sentiment is felt. I'm sure there are some programs that feel like the cards are stacked against them because their Area has a lot of successful programs in it. If this passes (it won't), you can basically throw UIL/TMEA Realignment out the window. The whole purpose of creating an Area J for Conference 6A, and the reason for realignment as a whole, is to give equal representation to Areas across the State as possible. Creating rules for a few programs doesn't serve the activity as a whole. We have to think about an entire State. D4: Medals going out to State Finalists would mimic what Bands Of America does for their Grand National Finalists. I can tell you that the UIL has really upped the pageantry game on State Finals in recent years which I am very grateful for. Back when I was doing my State Finals thing, the retreat felt very transactional and sterile. Would giving every State Finalist participant a medal water down the experience of receiving a Bronze, Silver, or Gold one? Hard to say. I think caption awards at State Finals needs to be a thing first before considering this. D5: Changing the timing penalty at Region Contest has been a topic circulating for the past few years. Currently, the penalty for going over the eight minute performance time is a lowering of division rating (If you got a 1, the penalty would give you a 2 across the board). Some proponents feel that the penalty is too harsh and that a written reprimand is sufficient enough. However, the Eight Minute Rule in UIL will likely never change. There's a reason Halftime performances are only allotted so much time and why there are specific penalties in place when the band/spirit groups go over. D6: Moving to an indoor venue would be challenging to say the least. Not everyone has those facilities available on short notice. Area I last Fall was one of the most wild marching contests on record. Multiple weather delays, restarts, announcements during performances to pull students off the field, damage to set pieces, and much more. There's only so much that can be done during Area Saturday aside from moving the contest back a day or two. D7: Fun Fact. UIL used to release full State Prelims rankings publicly right before State Finals. Those were some crazy times in the press box! One reason that this proposal may be on the table is to prevent State Finalist programs from knowing where they have placed before heading into the most stressful performance of their lives. With that being said, State Finals already has a top half/bottom half performance draw so you already have a ballpark of where you currently rank. Trust me. It's difficult to ignore those recaps when they start circulating throughout social media.