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*OFFICIAL* 32 bands are qualified for Prelims, 12 bands will be in finals, and 6 bands will advance to The UIL State Marching Contest.

@Cornbdhs You don't have to spam the thread. Since you really want someone to acknowledge South Grand Prairie, the honest truth is that going to state is most probably not in the cards for them this year. Sorry. Most bands in most areas don't have a chance at state either, but that isn't really their main goal. For most bands, it's all about building a culture of excellence, getting the students to buy into it, and growing the program. It's a process that takes years, but it lays the foundation for future success -- and when recognition finally comes, the students who are in the program now will be able to look back and appreciate all the hard work they put in that led them there!

It's official- Area B will have 12 finalists and advance 6 bands to state. In what is said to be the most difficult, or second most difficult Area next to Area C, this will certainly be an exciting competition! I predict: 1. Coppell (will be close with Wax) 2. Waxahachie (lowest they score at Area this year is 4th) 3. Southlake Carroll (production value is through the roof, and I suspect they will have cleaned up A LOT by area) 4. Keller (if Keller cleans up - lots of "dead" show design moments between excellent moments) 5. LD Bell (3-5 will be almost tied, so 5th is not bad at all for Bell here) 6. Timber Creek (show design holding TC back this year - might be bested by anyone from 7-10 range if there are any gaps in excellence) 7. Duncanville 8. JJ Pearce 9. Lake Highlands 10. Lake Ridge 11. Keller Central 12. Highland Park - welcome to 6A!

Early mornings draws are hard not entirely because of judging but because performing at 7:30 in the morning isn’t necessarily easy for a program. When I performed at 7:45am at BOA DFW my sophomore year we had a call time of 4am and were doing a full run at 4:30am before loading buses. It can be logistically stressful to perform earlier than later. And my situation isn’t even that bad compared to what other programs driving from farther out that had a football game the night before have had to do.

*OFFICIAL* 31 Bands Qualified for Prelims, 12 will make finals, and 6 Bands will advance to The State Marching Band Contest.

If we call this contest Super Duper Regionals, can we get a semis? 😁

Performing early means more time for you to be passed up. For a school like Keller or Southlake Carroll, it has significantly less an effect. For a bubble band, early performance times can be all the difference between a possible state appearances and a near miss

Area D Contest Schedule 2022.pdf

True. 2019 Duncanville alumni here. In 2017, we had a marching director switch and the next few years were just.. yeah (not disastrous as some people are describing, just different director with different style choices). This year, I saw they had a new marching director and I decided to see the show. I cried. Perhaps I’m biased but don’t sleep on them this year.

I was there last night and I don't think that's unpopular. I have them definitely in finals and a real shot at being one of the six going to state.

The great thing about UIL versus BOA is that finals is a complete reset and everyone gets another go to put their best show forward.

Gonna talk about all the bubble bands because I also want to hear yall's thoughts. I can see 11 locks for finals here which means I believe these bands to be somewhere in the 12-14 range for finals. Coppell- Almost a lock, but I can see how the judges would not reward the show design. The kids are basically outdoing what they were given and sound absolutely wonderful. I hope next year they get a harder show. Their music capability is very strong, and visually they are in finals as well. I do think Coppell will find it's way back into finals this year. Hendrickson- In my opinion, Hendrickson has a very good shot at making finals this year. The show OOZES vis GE and music GE. The kids do a wonderful job conveying the emotion of the music they've been given. From the recordings on YT the early parts of the show sound astonishingly in tune. The later parts could be cleaned in both the clarity and ensemble sound parts. I do think that the show loses a little bit of momentum later on, but the show is very good either way. The only struggle I see is in the visual department, sets that weren't clean back at BOA Austin still aren't. Musically they're in finals for me but I don't know about visually. I could see them placing even anywhere from 10-16 here. Bowie- I haven't seen much from Bowie other than a YT video from Austin, but even back then the band sounded different than last year. In a very good way! Their music even back in Austin rivals some sounds that are in the top 25 range right now. We'd have to wait until Orlando this weekend to see where they're at, but I could see them being in finals just from that early video. The only thing working against them is the abysmal prelim time they have! Westlake- This is a show I could see being in finals or just out of it, akin to last year. Ensemble sound wise they sound wonderful, and the clarinet soloist is amazing. There are some balance issues I noticed from recordings at BOA Propser prelims and finals, but I'm confident they can clean that up. The show runs into the same problem as Hendrickson where I believe the early parts are very clean musically in comparison to the later parts. The concept of the show is just wonderful though! Visually I think they are lacking as well, as some sets haven't been cleaned since Austin. I could see a 13-16 place here! Keller- Overall, Keller confuses me the most. Listening to recent recordings from after DFW, they probably are top 10 in music right now. However the show design confuses me and doesn't give an accurate portrayal of what I think Keller could do. The visual score is a tiny bit lacking in comparison to other bands of their caliber, though the music they create is ahead of most of the other bands both in achievement and complexity. Overall they will probably make finals, but I think there's a greater chance of them missing this year than in the past. Pearland- Coming off of the massive staff overhaul hasn't seemed to rattle them one bit! Having watched to recent videos I do think Pearland is lacking a little bit musically this year in comparison to last year, but visually there has been a massive jump ahead in quality. I'd almost go to say that Pearland visually this year is far ahead of the other bubble bands and rivals some of the top schools, which can be expected when your new director led SFA to 3rd in visual at St Louis Finals. Visually they are a lock for finals in my opinion, but musically they could be sitting around the 17-20 range, although they could place higher as the music they are playing has a lot more depth than last year's book. If they get back to the top 10 ensemble sound they had last year, I could see them placing very well. The main problem this year seems to be the show design, as music GE seems to be a bit lacking. If they don't make finals here, I could see State going well for them. Cy-Fair- What a year for Cy-Fair! After not, making state the past 2 years, this bounce back is almost unprecedented. The show design is very strong this year, its just a matter of if the kids can achieve at a high level what has been given to them, which I believe they can. There were noticeable tuning issues from them at Katy and Conroe, but the band early on sounded similar to how they did late season last year. I hope they can clean the show musically and visually and make finals! We'll see how their doing once area I rolls around. Can't wait to see how the show turns out!

Sleep is overrated, spend more time on the video game console you brought. (This is a joke you should seriously get sleep above everything else)

Just came back from the future. Keller wins 🤗

I saw them at UIL. They're in my top 6 advancing to state.

This doesn't seem very realistic. There would have to be 70 quality/qualified judges for the 5A area weekend alone. State only required 7 total (and they were among the best of the best). I think finding 70 (including percussion specialists and music/visual content design) would be almost impossible to pull off.

I am sure you didn't read that anywhere for Area. The only difference is in State Finals, where the timer is cut and not running.

how do yall feel about lakeridge? My school just moved up to 6a(legacy) so im pretty new to seeing allot of this bigger bands but when i saw lakeridge at region they sounded and marched pretty clean but im just curious how (in my opinion) the best MISD band is holding up to others in this area?

Disaster of a show is really harsh imo. They started a little rough last season but finished out with a 3rd place finish in prelims here and 8th place in finals. They didn’t make state but it was still a respectable show and finish. Also they were going through some director changes that year (and this year as well I think)

unpopular opinion Duncanville is doing pretty good this year compared to last year's disaster of a show.

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Going to State: 1. North Lamar/Lumberton 2. Lumberton/North Lamar 3. LCM 4. Paris 5. Bridge City Area Finalists: 6. Splendora 7. Sulphur Springs 8. Pleasant Grove 9. Livingston 10. Liberty-Eylau

Southlake has shown over the last two competitions they are not the same band from last year. I believe there is a good potential they would not make state. Duncanville has not participated in anything so unless you have seen them personally it's anyone's guess.

Region 3 got some sleepers, saw the whole thing: Besides Rockwall and Sachse - Royse City - Rockwall Heath - Lakeview - Rowlett

Last year I predicted your top 7 would all have chances at making to state and I guess I was right since all 7 did manage to place within the top 5 in prelims and/or finals😂

Almost forgot about Desoto

Nimitz and MacArthur both got 1’s. Safe to assume 6 to state and 12 in finals

My Top 10 (alphabetical order): Cedar Ridge Claudia Taylor Johnson Dripping Springs James Bowie McNeil New Braunfels Ronald Reagan Round Rock Westwood Winston Churchill Other bands that I think could sneak in include Harker Heights, Midway, and Weiss

Was fun in 2019 when I didn't really know what to expect and they ended up 7th in prelims ahead of Haltom, Timber Creek, Wylie, etc. I think their odds are good this year as well.

I just went on the website to count how many bands are going this year. EIGHTY THREE, if I counted correctly. That's absurd. Back when I was involved in scholastic marching arts, people thought 60 was insane. This is basically BOA Grand Nats #1, except it's all Texas Bands. Good luck, y'all. I've decided to forget predictions. There are too many good bands in Texas to predict who will make finals lately.

Haven't seen full videos of Prosper or MG Johnson yet, but the snippets I saw and the scores they got set themselves up very well for Indy in a few weeks. I think both have a chance of bottom half of finals. For Carroll, they will be in semis but I don't see them in finals. Design/GE is going to hold them back I'm afraid. As for Hendrickson: they have a great show and will solidly be in semis, but from a music execution/pacing and GE standpoint and seeing the other names on the list of who's going to Nats this year, I don't have them in finals. Dependent on how they do in Waco and San Antonio, that may change so I'm not counting them out yet.

everyone makes mistakes you don't need to keep looking for fights and putting all the blame on the director. no one was at fault. that is a very immature way to look at the situation. also it literally says the kids were never told a set time to start, just when the drum majors put them to set. there was not enough time to inform the entire band of a change. it was a gamble that they didn't have any control over. if it is what it is there wouldn't be people taking sides on the matter, we're all definitely upset, but the points you make don't correspond with what actually happened if you're simply going off what you "believe" to be true.

No there is absolutely not disadvantage to having a show that isn’t 8 minutes. Most shows run through the 7:15-7:30 range(I think), but know. Judges are just judging on what they see. If you have a band that has a longer show but it’s dirty compared to a shorter show that’s clean, the judges will reward the cleaner show over the dirty one.

*OFFICIAL* 25 bands qualified for prelims, 10 finalists and 5 bands advancing to The State Marching Contest.

That’s why I said life goes on. Everyone wants to make it all dramatic like someone got cheated. I’m also saying everyone should settle down. Hopefully the director will use it as a teaching/learning experience. I have watched the video back multiple times, so I know what happened. We went over time. We were penalized. Now life goes on. It’s not being rude. I have compassion for my kids feelings. It’s sad for them. But it’s not life-altering. That’s all I was trying to convey.

So leandermomma moves to Bentonville and they suddenly get 3rd at St. Louis???? They’ve made finals before but never that high!

UIL rules are clear. They never should have given 1’s to begin with. Wakeland went over time. They get 2’s. The show is too long for UIL. There should have been cuts to make it compatible with the rules. The show is 8:20. The time allowed is 8:00. (Other times their show has been clocked at 8:45 if the tempo dragged.) It was poor planning.

This area is a complete blood bath at this point and needs to be realigned. There are way too many state level bands in this area that aren’t getting well deserved state spots. Prosper, Sachse, Wylie, Wylie East, and Rockwall are all easily state competitors but they just aren’t all going to get a spot. Again with the bloodbath. I also hear that Prosper’s Rock hill is a very exciting up and coming program that could also be a potential state competitor after placing in finals in every competition they attended last season. McKinney also dove in head first at the WMI last year placing above many 5A state finalists and Area C state contenders but were robbed of even making finals last year at area. Prosper got moved down to 7th last year at area but let’s not forget that they were a BOA grand national finalist as recently as 2018. So honestly with how unpredictable the judging was last year there is really no way to tell.