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First off, this Area Finals Group is the BEST Area in 5A. We have 3–4 STATE FINALISTS here EVERY YEAR, and the Most CREATIVE Shows. This is such an interesting and Competitive Area, Wow. Wakeland (Very clean marching with amazing music. Getting better every year. Those BOA results were insane for a 5A, starting to beat a lot of major 6A schools.) Lonestar/Argyle (Lonestar is making INSANE improvement, crazy jumps — 16th, 7th, 6th at State — and the music is just getting better and better. Holy moly, that Area B Prelims run... Argyle has made an INSANE comeback, holy — 20th at Grand Nat’s, 7th at State, sitting right below Lone Star at 5A State 2024.) Argyle/McKinney North (Argyle, taking LT by 1 point, TRULY put on a show at State, and was 8 spots away from Grand National Finals! McKinney North — very cool shows, the jazz and the screamers, with the cool uniforms, good flutter technique — awesome. Vibes are immaculate.) Argyle/Mckinney North/LT/Reedy/Heritage (LT is always a 4th placer, and losing State by 1 point was hard on them. Especially Heritage’s drop from 6th to 10th in Area. These 4 bands are out for blood. Heritage and Lebanon Trail TIED for 5th/6th. Man, these guys are just going to be CLOSE. I'm not 100% who's taking this spot, but this is interesting. These guys have all lost something, and the 1-point loss/win/tie battle will KEEP GOING. These guys have very unique style — this is gonna be good.) Reedy/Heritage/Liberty (First off, these 3 bands here have made AMAZING improvement. Heritage went from 16th for 2 years to 6th in Prelims. Reedy getting 6th in Finals — these guys are making jumps. Heritage is bringing something WAY different, less focused on props. Reedy is going to push out everything and give it their all after their 6th place finish. Heritage and Reedy will NOT be backing down. Liberty’s 14th to 7th jump — WOW. Never thought I'd hear from them.) Reedy/Heritage/Liberty/Memorial/WG (Nothing to say on this one — one of these guys will be 6th though.) Liberty/Memorial/WG (Walnut Grove is a new school, but not bad results for a new school. Who knows.) Memorial/WG/Liberty (Memorial usually is a good band, but they always make finals! They are a very interesting band — I love their shows and their underratedness.) The Colony/Emerson (I don't know, man. The Colony has had a rollercoaster of results — 6th in 2023, then 12th. That's a major jump. I hope they can beat my prediction, but my hopes aren't that high.) Emerson/The Colony/Melissa/Independence (Missing 10th place by just barely sucked for Emerson. This band had very interesting props and music. Kinetic Playground was awesome, and I hope to see them here.)

Rockwall-Heath also has this on their calendar

I just wanted to pop in here and let everyone know that the 2025 DCI Predictions are happening! The game is now open for submissions! I will be making a new topic for the game shortly in the next day or two. Let's all enjoy this season of DCI!

The woodlands will win everything else is fair game. I do think CP, NSS and TM will be back at state, but it’s still way to early, lot of really good bands here, anything is possible

I believe Lone Star will also be here at this contest.... They haven't posted their contests yet.