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Hey everyone! I present to all, the 2025 DCI Prediction Game Award Ceremony! Today, we are going to congratulate and celebrate the art of DCI and everything that went down into this past season of Drum Corps and our Predictions! Without further ado, let's give a big round of applause to our 2025 DCI Predictions Winner, @Dave609!!! He won with 783.39 points and predicted all but 1 event (Don't worry most didn't predict that event either lol). He had a very high average point amount with 11.743 per event which when compared to all the events, that is very good! Here are the top 10 Predictors who all got the 2025 DCI Predictions Badge! @Dave609 - 783.29 Points @J-Mike16 - 778.84 Points @Bushpresident - 755.96 Points @Tubalord11 - 748.15 Points @Hags CSHS TPT - 722.55 Points @certifiedscore - 641.93 Points @lemme cook - 450.37 Points @Trombone_lover17 - 407.92 Points @WanderingTraveler - 380.43 Points @JustaTuba - 312.49 Points I would like to personally congratulate WanderingTraveler who joined mid-season and managed to climb into the top 10. Awesome Job! I do want to congratulate those who placed right outside the top 10, 11. @SharksAreCool - 234.71 Points 12. @Mike McBandiel - 218.90 Points 13. @euph15 - 213.34 Points --------- Now, onto more awards and little fun facts about the game and the predictors. First, we had 38 amazing predictors which is much lower than all the other seasons of Predictions however we brought back DCI Predictions for the first time in many years (It definitely must be more than 10 years) so 38 is a good amount of people who showed interest into the game. Hopefully if we do DCI next year, the number will grow! The overall average points earned from each event was 8.837 points, while the average points per predictor was 213.39 points. The overall number of points earned was 8,108.82 points. We set a new record of 5 Predictors getting over 700 points which is INSANE! Top 5 most predicted events: Drums Along the Rockies with 23 (This was the very first scored event, so it makes sense) Corps Encore with 22 (2nd scored event) Northwest Youth Music Games Seattle with 21 (3rd scored event, notice a trend here? lol) DCI Capital Classic with 20 (8th scored event, oh wow a change!) Rotary Music Festival with 19 (4th scored event) Now the 5 least predicted events: Bushwackers Invitational with 6 Drums Across the Desert with 7 So Cal Classic: Open Class Pacific Championship Finals with 7 The Buccaneer Classic with 7 Beats in the Brooks with 7 Plus 4 others with 7 as well. Bushpresident and certifiedscore predicted all 69 events (There were several more but got cancelled due to weather) while Dave, Hags, and myself predicted 68. Dave and I missed Western Corps Connection and Hags missed The Buccaneer Classic. ----- As we finish out the awards ceremony, I want to again congratulate those who finished in the top 10 and also to everyone who participated in the re-instated DCI Predictions. I am not going to lie; I was pretty nervous about whether or not we were going to get many players. I am really happy we got 38 because I had in mind maybe about 10 to 20 people would play. Let's take a breather from the intensity of DCI before the start of HS Marching Band Season that is already in effect. With that in mind now, I do want to announce that I will be away on vacation from August 29th to September 9th (Going on an Alaskan Cruise and will be celebrating my 25th birthday while in Alaska 😁). So Clarinot will be starting the Predictions for HS Bands. And with that, we are finished with this chapter of Predictions and the award ceremony! This has been a fun and enjoyable ride throughout the season as we watched Boston Crusaders come out on top with their 1st Championship title on their 85th year! and with that, I'm out! Toodles! (I've been saying that a lot recently...) *Yes I did do this a week later*

I just went Lone Star High School parent preview..... This show seems like it's going to be amazing...... WOW..... Just WOW!!!!!.... I can see how they are improving the program....

Honestly really fun to predict DCI this year. Can’t wait to do predictions for BOA, and maybe this time I won’t stop forgetting to submit my predictions and be the first one out. 😂

Totally agree with you with Emerson being a shocker. Maybe a little too high for where I’m thinking. 1. Wylie 2. Rockhill 3. Pearce 4. Rockwall/Argyle 5. Argyle/Rockwall 6. Emerson 7. Coyllieville Heritage 8. Lebannon Trail 9. Plano East/Reedy 10. Reedy/Plano East/Independence If Celina does do this contest they could be a potential finalist to squeeze in. These are just my thoughts for reference.

Looking at the schedule in depth now and here’s my takeaways from it. Rockwall Heath and Rick Reedy have real early morning times. Really hope that doesn’t affect their show. Wylie and Prosper up early will be a nice watch, at least for me. That third block is insane. Would hate to be in that block with all the finalist potentials in there. Obviously saved the best for last with Marcus going last. Also rough draw for Forney to be in between Coppell and Marcus, but I think they can still pull it off.

I forgot I skipped page one 😂

My turn for a bold prediction: 1st) Reagan 2nd) Bowie 3rd) Westlake 4th) Drip 5th) McNeil 6th) CTJ 7th) Hendrickson 8th) Brandeis 9th) Moe & Gene (Buda J) 10th) Foster 11th) Churchill 12th) Jordan

Thank you thank you! I love being able to run and participate in these Prediction games! Makes me happy seeing people enjoy what they like most, which for almost all of us is the marching arts!

I always appreciate these breakdowns!! Im excited to continue the prediction game into the high school season (hopefully I’ll be on time this time). Also, happy early birthday!!!

Yes, so basically 15 bands competing for 12 finals spots. That seems to be unbalanced. Still will be a blast to see how these 4A schools shake out.

Nope Italy would be classified as a 2A for this contest and probably be the first school to perform and would probably pack up and leave after they perform. I don't know why they are going to this contest unless they couldn't find anywhere else to go. This contest has always been for the big hitters. The only schools that have made the finals I believe 4A and lower at this contest have been Mineola (2023), North Lamar (2023), China Spring (2023) and Celina (2023/2024)

I agree. Probably only Celina, if that. They placed high last year and surprisingly knocked back a few frisco schools but this contest is even more stacked this year. I know last year they only did an exhibition for the 4a bands that did not make finals. I wonder if they would consider doing a separate finals for 4a and below?

Third block really is insane.... this is where the judges are going to be looking.... Wakeland Lone Star SLC Rockwall and Brasswell ...... the judges are going to be pulling their hair... lol..

I second this so much, they‘re doing insane work from what i’ve heard as well. I think they could be top 5, just saying. With that here’s my predictions 1. Wylie 2. Pearce 3. Rockhill 4. Emerson 5. Argyle/Rockwall 6. Rockwall/Argyle 7. Lebanon 8. Colleyville 9. Reedy 10. Plano East HM: Celina Argyle might be a shocker, but I don’t think they can carry the momentum this year. I could see Celina coming in as another shocker besides being 4A. Im telling you guys I think Emerson will be a huge shocker this year That being said I think the top 2 is solidly between Pearce and Wylie

Yeah it’s for sure not guaranteed but I think both bands have a super strong shot, plus Melissa had a very good season last year, 2A will be a good battle

We’ll also in 2A is Liberty (I think) and they were pretty good last year and are the reigning 2A champion of last year.

with Farmersville and North Lamar joining, 4a just got even more competitive. I can't wait to see these bands go at it. I could see any of the 4a bands making finals this year especially since it's so early on in the season.

WOW, seeming how last year this contest seemed pretty empty, it definitely took a turn. I don't want to jinx it, but it's looking fun and definitely going to be something to watch out for.

Princeton will attend this contest as PRELIMS ONLY. (Homecoming)

Them and Plano East are the big ones that keep getting better and better.

i absolutely wouldn’t be surprised, I loved their show last season

New little A band, first time at BOA. Welcome Industrial HS!

Yeah I could see Argyle as well. Grapevine is still iffy for me bc while they’ve had a couple great seasons I feel like they could fall off, not hoping they do but maybe and it’s their first comp, but I do think Lebanon is still the stronger program by a good amount. I could also see it going like this: 1. Wylie 2. Argyle 3. Rockhill/Pearce 4. Pearce/Rockhill/Rockwall 5. Rockhill/Rockwall 6. Colleyville 7. Lebanon 8. Plano East 9&10: Reedy, Emerson, Memorial, Grapevine, Independece, Melissa, Heath? Like the last 2-3 spots will be a crazy battle and then like 2-7. Lowkey one of the most competitive comps in North Texas this year

This deserves applause. I don’t really understand why we predict before any videos have leaked or contests have happened. We’re basing it on absolutely nothing but reputation. I’m guilty of it too and I’m not sure why I did it.

Im holding off on predictions this year until I see some videos and performances from all the different shows. So far it seems like all the schools are being VERY tight lipped about letting videos of performances, run throughs, etc. get out from band camp. I remember last year seeing things posted at this point in the year to get a decent indicator on how groups were kicking off the year. On a side note - it's crazy to the point of being comical to use ANYTHING from the judging/scoring at Area contest last year to compare. Area was an absolute disaster with all the rain delays, groups starting performances having to stop and restart, groups sitting on their busses for literally 4 hours in the parking lots then go straight to warm up and perform, it was ridiculous. In any event, Im really curious to see what this Area has to offer this year. Ill be the old guy sitting on the 50 at Region, Katy Marching, etc. cheering obnoxiously for every group that performs 🤣

As a Vista Ridge supporter, I'm really excited for the Boston Crusaders and Ryan George! Congratulations!