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1. Sachse 2. McKinney Boyd 3. Pearce/Reedy 4. Reedy/ Pearce 5. Lake Highlands 6. Independence 7. Birdville 8. Plano Senior 9. Lovejoy 10. Naaman Forest obv flomo first of they come

i think we might have exact same predictions

From what I can tell about Emerson this year is that it's significantly different from last year, not sure how it'll shape out though. Looks good so far

This year to me will determine Sachse’s future,but if they can make state this year with their brand new director coming from a 4a school I can only see them getting a lot better every year cause now the director got a lot of resources to work with

Unfortunately when it comes to travel to contest, especially for outside state programs who have to make a choice between traveling to BOA SA or BOA GN, they're going to pick GN or another contest that's easier to travel to. To put the distance in perspective, even the closest cities outside of Texas, the round trip drive on buses would be a minimum of 10 hours, (5 there and 5 back) if you hit zero traffic there and back. Cost of travel, housing, etc. is just so high now that doing a single day even with short travel to a contest is WELL OVER the 15K mark when you start adding up the cost of feeding students, buses (don't get me started on charter bus costs), trailers or semi pulling if you're a program fortunate enough to have one, etc. When you're a group from out of state that number goes up exponentially due to the fact that you must have buses for more than one day, hotels, etc. Additionally, and I know this will come across a little pointed, but unfortunately there are a lot of staff at schools outside the state that have the mentality of, "Why travel all of that way and pay that much money to have no chance at even coming close to touching the top 30." I know it's a bit of a fantasy world of mine but I wish there were some sort of an endowment, financial assistance, something that would help groups to travel, perform, and witness in person the artistry and performances from other bands around the country. It can be such a surreal and different experience for those kids from programs outside the state to have the opportunity to witness groups like Hebron, Vandegrift, Rouse, The Woodlands, etc. in person. If I ever win the lottery 🤣 you'll all know since BOA will be announcing a giant Donation and assistance program out of no where for groups to be able to perform at contests outside their home state - but I know I'm living in fantasy land 🫠

Saturday, October 4th Gupton Stadium - Cedar Park Enrolled bands: 3A Florence High School 4A Gatesville High School Legacy Ranch High School 5A A&M Consolidated High School Anderson High School Belton High School Brenham High School College Station High School Hays High School John B. Connally High School Lake Belton High School Liberty Hill High School New Braunfels High School Wagner High School Weiss High School 6A Hutto High School John Paul Stevens High School Medina Valley High School Round Rock High School JV San Marcos High School Sandra Day O'Connor High School Shoemaker High School William H. Taft High School Winston Churchill High School

Richland show is “The Third Dimension”. Watched there first stadium practice and the show will be stronger than last year, has the potential to surpass the volcano show two seasons ago which was received well by the judges and just missed beating Aledo but it’s all about learning the drill, music and performing it.

I just hope we get 5 finalists for now on and don't have a situation like last year cause that was devastating for Cinco 😞

Yah. Reedys head went to Wylie, Reedy got memorials head and memorial got the guy from Duncanville who got fired (sorry forgot his name)

Correct.

Let just hope that there are at least 26 bands... we don't want a rerun of last year. I go to cinco btw

I know that there’s around 33 in each region that goes to area I

I either did not realize it or I forgot, but in terms of UIL competitivity CH has been at the top of their game since 2019 or so. That's where all of their state appearances are concentrated. I knew they made BOA SA finals and/or were on the bubble for that a handful of times in the mid-to-late 2000's, and so always assumed they had made 5A UIL state at some point around then. But that was back when UIL state alternated, and it looks like they had their stronger years on non-UIL seasons. Anyway, it probably doesn't meaning anything about upcoming season scores, but it does give me a different perspective on what it means for their program to be and have been competitive for a state spot in this area the past few years.

I work with parent who's child is in that band and they sound amazing...

I've heard some leaks this year and they've all said there's some really good stuff. Super excited to actually see what they have planned this year

Emerson was definitely dissed.... From what I know their show is going to be really good...

So glad to see other people think the same way I do. Emerson and Colony got robbed and while Heritage and Liberty making finals wasn't completely "undeserved", I don't think they were right at all

thats mesquite marching festival

Would love to see Kaufman advance this year! I feel that both them and West Mesquite are coming into this season with a vengeance

LD Bell: Pretty solid!