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  1. yaaayy Marcus!! they're really going!! cmoooon gold!! fly fly fly! any medal will be nice for sure. C-ville may be hard to top but theyre not as Teflon as they first seemed, if mideast is accurate. woodlands should be good even for 2nd as long as they can keep w/in 3 pts of Avon lol. crazy that that's the standard this yr. for the record my top two are still avon/woodlands. rarely change my mind unless a unit doesnt improve like normal or looks like it has been entirely replaced by a new and much better guard lol. arcadia will likely make inroads in DA and the vocab half of IA (amazing designers, solid performers), but Avon/woodlands are the two that have the strongest doses of all 3 of the GE holy trinity of emotional, intellectual, and aesthetic effect. however still need to see woodlands from a proper upstairs angle, miiiight not get it until Dayton. grand oaks, 'nother cisd guard, wut wut! lol. kinda buried in the schedule as is normal w/ A class. Oaks is fab, should put up a decent fight for a medal, hopefully they've been working on the staging, think that'll be the biggest hurdle to the podium. love the aesthetic. skills of the performers are prob pretty close to gold medal level. ofc also hoping all 4 of Westlake, Bowie, azle, and flomo make finals.
    4 points
  2. Dave609

    UIL 6A Area J 2024

    Ok everyone so I found all the bands that will be apart of Area J- 6A Area J (Region 2, 24, 25): Region 2 (9)- Braswell HS Byron Nelson HS Denton Guyer HS Hebron HS Flowermound HS Lewisville HS Marcus HS Northwest HS V.R. Eaton HS Region 24 (5)- Little Elm HS McKinney Boyd HS McKinney HS Prosper HS Rock Hill HS Region 25 (7)- Allen HS Plano East HS Plano HS Plano West HS Princeton HS Wylie East HS Wylie HS This means 21 bands total for the Area and that if all 21 receive a 1 at Regional, then 4 bands will advance from this area.
    4 points
  3. Forney is possibly considering dropping this competition for Texas Marching Classic. I was told this last week, and I finally got permission to share the information with yall! I don’t know much about the final decision because our director is still deciding.
    3 points
  4. LKendrick

    UIL 5A Area C 2024

    Lakeview Centennial is listed 5A in the music alignments that were released. I don't believe just because athletics opted up music has to as well, though I am not 100% sure on that. I don't see any downsides to competing in 5A for them in terms of fine arts. They had an impressive showing last year in 6A, should do very well in 5A.
    3 points
  5. The schedule had been posted for the World Championships! Marcus is indeed going, yay, and The Woodlands are the last group in SW to perform in prelims! Idk if having a later performance time is better for WGI stuff like marching band, but going right after Avon I think might help them in terms of comparison to the other top guards, especially if they have really good run!
    3 points
  6. Figured I could make a topic on the changes to 4A, Areas B, C, and D are much different. A and E are relatively unchanged. Region 3 to Area C Region 5 to Area B Region *8 North to Area B Region *8 South to Area D Region 13 to Area D Region 17 to Area D Region 25 to Area C Region 30 to Area B Area's A and E are unchanged. Notable changes are Raymondville moving down to 3A and Alice moving up to 5A in Area E, but the areas contain the same regions. A should send 3-4 to state and E anywhere from 5-7. All of region 8 except for Jarrell, Madisonville, and Salado are now in Area B. Area B in terms of area finalists from last year includes Alvarado, Aubrey, Castleberry, China Spring, Gatesville, Panther Creek, Robinson, Springtown, Van Alstyne, and Wills Point. They combined the north part of old Area D with Area B and the Eastern parts of old Area B are now in Area C. This area should advance 5 bands to state. 5A to 4A reclassification moved Lake Dallas and Fort Worth Southwest down as well. The new Saginaw school will also be in this area. Very competitive. Area C is now incredibly competitive. And big. It should send 6-7 to state, and that's good because you've got Bridge City, Canton, Celina, Community, Farmersville, Little Cypress Mauriceville, Livingston, Lumberton, North Lamar, Paris, Pleasant Grove, Pine Tree, Sulphur Springs, and Sunnyvale that all made finals in their areas last year. That's pretty brutal. 8 of these bands went to state last year including Pine Tree in 5A who I'm sure will be competitive right off the bat in 4A. Area D should still send 4-5 to state but has definitely relaxed a little in depth. Burnet is the sole state qualifier left from old Area D. You've also got bands like Fredericksburg, Godley, Jarrell, Madisonville, and Taylor. The new Fort Bend and Liberty Hill schools will be in this area. State last year would have had one more band advance with these new numbers.
    3 points
  7. Dave609

    UIL 6A Area C 2024

    I managed to find all the bands in this area- 6A Area C (Region 3, 4, 20, 21)- Region 3 (11)- Forney HS Garland HS John Horn HS Mesquite HS North Forney HS North Garland HS Rockwall HS Rockwall-Heath HS Rowlett HS Royse City HS Sachse HS Region 4 (0 Bands) Region 20 (13)- Berkner HS Dallas Jesuit HS Duncanville HS Irving HS Irving MacArthur HS Irving Nimitz HS JJ Pearce HS Lake Highlands HS Lancaster HS Richardson HS Skyline HS Washington HS Waxahachie HS Region 21 (2)- Longview HS Tyler Legacy HS some notable changes include Duncanville, Berkner, Waxahachie and Forney being added to this area! In total, there are 26 bands meaning that at most, 5 bands can advance to state from this area
    3 points
  8. Dude, the competition for that 4th spot is gonna be INSANE
    3 points
  9. i calls them likes i sees them. been doin this too long to care about history or anybody else's opinion for that matter LOL. both shows are interesting and effective but arcadia overall has the clearer and more aesthetically appealing staging design, even if thematically it's kinda whatever. Carmel is cleaner atm. both have fairly persistent timing issues upstairs but arcadia has more of them + a higher proportion of obvious errors like drops. nevertheless i suspect design elements will put arcadia on top as long as they can narrow the performance gap a little bit in 3 weeks. obvious split in the captions at their recent contest b/w the what/how. easy to see why.
    2 points
  10. It's also worth noting that De Soto, Lakeview Centennial, Naaman Forest, and South Garland are all opting up from 5A, but I don't believe that all of the 30 schools will even send a band to UIL region or that they'll all get 1s, so it seems likely for 4 or 5 to state from this area. It looks like this area will be a champion toss-up between Forney and Waxahachie, with Rockwall, Duncanville, Sachse, Lakeview Centennial, and each of the RISD schools all vying for state spots, and there won't be a lot of those. These revamped B, C, and J areas are super tough!
    2 points
  11. McNeil H.S. from Austin is confirmed to be attending St. Louis.
    2 points
  12. Yeah, as a member of the Wylie East band, we aren’t exactly jumping for joy right now, but we’re prepared to fight for that spot when the time comes!
    2 points
  13. Yeah, marcher from Wylie East here, and this is absolutely insane!!! Obviously there’s not much chance of anyone outside the Lewisville 3 getting state if theres only 3 spots, but we’re determined to pull ahead of Wylie and Prosper if there be a 4th. Thank you all for being so invested!
    2 points
  14. JazzRun

    UIL 6A Area J 2024

    I really, really hope you’re right!! 🤞🏽
    2 points
  15. homerchap

    UIL 6A Area F

    I just did a quick look at it looks like there will be 34 bands in this area now. I wouldn't be surprised if we can send 6 to state for the next two years maybe. Cleveland HS Caney Creek HS College Park HS Conroe HS Grand Oaks HS Oak Ridge HS The Woodlands HS Klein Cain HS Klein Collins HS Klein Forest HS Klein HS Klein Oak HS Magnolia HS Magnolia West HS Tomball HS Tomball Memorial HS Willis HS Aldine HS Avalos P - Tech School Carver HS Eisenhower HS Davis HS MacArthur HS Nimitz HS North Shore HS Atascocita HS Humble HS Kingwood HS Summer Creek HS New Caney HS King HS Dekaney HS Spring HS Westfield HS
    2 points
  16. Dang this is rough. I don’t want to make it seem like the LISD trio is completely untouchable but having only 3 or 4 state spots is going to be an uphill battle for a lot of programs.
    2 points
  17. I certainly would, especially if it meant I could rehearse more than 8 hours or start drill before Aug 1.
    2 points
  18. Wow if I was Prosper on a grand nats year… I’d opt out of UIL for a year if that’s still a possibility…
    2 points
  19. From the TMEA: https://align.tmea.org/align_2426/index.php
    2 points
  20. I was frankly hoping for more regions for marching band, as it stands Area J has FOUR state slots at BEST, with LISD in the area, Im sorry but that is such a stupid move to put them in the brand new area with only 3 regions being comprised of it, so you essentially are forcing the other 18 bands to compete for a SINGLE spot, if its even open with 2+ Dv.2s, while LISD floats to state every year cause the only school that has the potential to compete for top 3 would probably be Prosper given a couple years at best. I hope more changes come, because TMEA/UIL essentially just gave LISD a monopoly and are forcing 5+ state qualifiers that would place comfortably in the top 25 to compete for a single spot, which is not including like 2 dark horses that could really throw a curveball
    2 points
  21. welp i actually ended up being wrong about the rankings of the top tx guards dropping after this weekend. think y'all are right about the "brake pumping" on the scores. final standings will be released on Tues. grand oaks should still be 5th in A, Marcus will move up to 1st in open, if they're even going lol, why not Coppell too?? (that woulda been a huge shift from not even making semis last yr.) woodlands will actually move up w/ their 3-week old score into a 3rd place tie w/ Tarpon in world class. was really expecting all three of Carmel, fishers, and tarpon to squeak out 90s in finals w/ the double panels. maybe the fact that a few on the panel at mideast had seen tw kept the scores a little lower, two of those judges in particular gave some of the lowest scores at mideast. three weeks to go.
    2 points
  22. 98.95 set by Avon in 2019. tho James Logan '05 is still *objectively* the best show in the class ever lol. in other news both Sac and Fuse overtake Paramount in the standings, close tho. my prediction of Fusion becoming the next new IW champ may come true a season sooner than i expected, helps that there isn't a Gaines show at the top of the mix this yr lol. we'll see, still kinda emotionally cold on Fusion's show but it's def fresher than the other two and has the best staging.
    2 points
  23. Avon with a 93.7 in prelims, which is massive, although at least a little more reasonable with 3 weeks left to go before they score nearly a 100 at Dayton. 😂 The only big issue I have with the SW results is the 87 to 89 gap between Fishers and Carmel. Much too large. Fishers is right up there with Carmel, and maybe even better. Besides that, the results look fine. Nice to see Bellbrook improve. They have some fans here. 👍
    2 points
  24. but it's thematic!!! the trudging along in our existences until we eventually die!!! lol
    2 points
  25. Top six in Scholastic World Finals will definitely be “Must Watch TV” (or even better if you can be in UD Arena!).
    2 points
  26. Bellbrook had the run I thought this show had in it early on. I think they can make some moves.
    2 points
  27. Avon was spectacular. Super clean, elegant, wonderful staging. They also move significantly better than any guard in the class, and blend that movement so well with the equipment. No, they don't have TWHS' top to bottom equipment talent, but the designers know how to MAXIMIZE what they do have. Fishers was also stellar. I could easily see them medaling at Dayton. Lovelier than you might expect from a baseball show. I also wasn't expecting them to be this strong after watching their marching show. Such a pleasant surprise! Yeah, folks, the top of the SW class is where it's at this year.
    2 points
  28. The Mideast and Southeast Power Regionals will be streamed on Flo starting tomorrow! Lots and lots of great winter guards. The upper classes will be especially strong. The Mideast one is practically a World Championships Finals preview in Scholastic World -- something like 9 out of the 10 units have a strong chance at making finals. Only what, two to three weeks left before the end of the season?
    2 points
  29. Who knows really. It may change because it's not like it was published intentionally.
    1 point
  30. Liam Allen

    UIL 4A Area B 2024

    First I’ve heard of this realignment. I haven’t been paying attention. Holy balls this is gonna be wild. I think based on what I witnessed at State Finals last year Panther Creek gets the win here. That was honestly the best musical program I’ve heard from a 4A school ever. I haven’t heard most of the other bands that weren’t previously in area D, so I won’t give an informed prediction at this time. But I WILL make a prediction. 1. Panther Creek 2. China Spring 3. Some Ft. Worth school? 4. Springtown 5. Gatesville 6. Some other Ft. worth school? Also the usual disclaimer that I am extremely biased for CS.
    1 point
  31. BandNerd07

    UIL 5A Area C 2024

    Bro I just realized that I typed in "Madrid" but I meant to say "made". Darn it auto correct 😭😭😭 but I do get your point with Highland Park though.
    1 point
  32. fluteyboi

    UIL 5A Area D 2024

    It's realignment year! This area is getting a bit more interesting with Weiss back in 5A and New Braunfels moving down to 5A as well. A total of 31 eligible bands are in this area which could mean a potential of 6 bands moving on to state. Region 8: (6) Belton Chaparral Ellison Lake Belton University Waco Region 12: (7) Alamo Heights Lockhart MacArthur New Braunfels Pieper Seguin Smithson Valley Region 14: (2) Victoria East Victoria West Region 18: (9) Anderson Bastrop Cedar Creek Crockett Hays Lehman McCallum Navarro Richards School For Young Women Leaders Region 26: (7) Conally East View Elgin Georgetown Hendrickson Pflugerville Weiss
    1 point
  33. @packwick Bold prediction not including Carmel in the top 3 for Scholastic World. They haven't missed the podium since 2009. 🤯 That said, re-watching the most recent videos, I think Arcadia makes a suitable "replacement." The staging and choreography are both very Carmel-like, for obvious reasons. Of course, there's a decent possibility that BOTH Arcadia and Carmel medal over The Woodlands, which would honestly shock me, given the record-setting breadth of talent in TWHS, not to mention the sheer emotional impact of the show, but it wouldn't be the first time I've been shocked by WGI. Not even close. 😂 And that doesn't even include Tarpon, who's going into the competition seeded in 3rd. Now that I think about, I'm not sure what my exact top 3 would be, which is part of the excitement of this class. It's very competitive, besides the very top. I am, of course, partial to Fishers, but they didn't really score like a future medalist at Mideast. Anyway, I think the prelims schedule is great, because it's going to give us several direct comparisons. Arcadia and Carmel in block two (plus Fishers just a couple after) and then Avon and The Woodlands closing out block three. Tarpon will be on their own island in the first block probably, but they'll get a better comparison in semifinals.
    1 point
  34. Tubalord11

    UIL Area B 6A 2024

    No it’s still every year for all conferences. There’s just been some changes in the schools in each area and creation/getting rid off some areas, but everyone can go to state every year!
    1 point
  35. Yes, there's some process by which some 5As can opt up to 6A (though I'm not sure how it works.) Those schools are effectively 5A by enrollment, but have made the decision to move up to 6A for UIL activities.
    1 point
  36. being from region 20 i was shaking in my boots 😭😭
    1 point
  37. As a Dville alumni, it’s nice to see them in a different setting from the usual bloodbath that is Area B but weirdly enough, I’m gonna miss it a little bit. When I saw the change, I nearly fainted because I thought they’d be going against the LISD trio before realizing they had also been moved into a new area 😂
    1 point
  38. Mello10273

    UIL 6A Area C 2024

    Depending on how richardson’s program does this year after their end to the season last year I could see them getting top 8- or maybe top 5 if berkner or Duncanville have a poor season
    1 point
  39. LOL these college dance routines are pitched at such a furious pace. they're really trying to cram in as many skills as possible, rack up those points. also everything is articulated with a sledgehammer. technically impressive but makes me appreciate the wider dynamic range of winter guards, tho their skills are much more basic. also, also!, funnnny seeing Travis Wall mentioned in the comments as the choreographer for OSU, isn't he canceled for grooming a student or something? making his comeback in the college scene lol. now's wgi's chance to get him on the cheap!! just only have him work with girls!!! he's no Kenneth MacMillan in terms of talent but who is??? gosh im getting excited for ballet again. i can't wait to see Mayerling in May!!!
    1 point
  40. oh nevermind I was right (thank you)
    1 point
  41. Dave609

    UIL 6A Area C 2024

    It will only be 10 bands to finals unfortunately :(.
    1 point
  42. haha yeah! both forney and north forney are now which will leave a lot more competition in my town, and I cannot wait for the return of our rivalry!
    1 point
  43. That U of M show was just phenomenal to watch. OSU as well, but I really loved Dream On!
    1 point
  44. Dave609

    UIL 6A Area C 2024

    They became a 6A this year! It will be exciting to see them face up against Waxahachie, Duncanville, Berkner, and more this year!
    1 point
  45. Dave609

    UIL 5A Area C 2024

    Hey everyone so I managed to find all bands that were under 5A for this area (Note that none of the bands had NV) and these bands could change once bands start signing up for Regional- 5A Area C (Region 3, 4, 20, 21)- Region 3 (10)- Crandall HS Greenville HS Kaufman HS Lakeview Centennial HS Mesquite Poteet HS Naaman Forest HS North Mesquite HS South Garland HS Terrell HS West Mesquite HS Region 4 (3)- Marshall HS Mount Pleasant HS Texas HS Region 20 (18)- Dallas Adams HS Dallas Adamson HS Dallas Hillcrest HS Dallas Jefferson HS Dallas Molina HS Dallas Samuell HS Dallas Seagoville HS Dallas South Oak Cliff HS Dallas Spruce HS Dallas Sunset HS Dallas White HS Dallas Wilson HS DeSoto HS Ennis HS Highland Park HS Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy HS Red Oak HS Singley HS Region 21 (6)- Hallsville HS Jacksonville HS Lufkin HS Nacogdoches HS Tyler HS Whitehouse HS if all these bands do stay as 5A and don't switch to NV or go to 6A (Lakeview and DeSoto), then 37 bands total are in this area
    1 point
  46. UIL alignment never seems to be super duper, but this cycle’s 6A area alignment seems particularly rough for the North Texas region. Correct me if I’m wrong, but area alignment remains the same outside of North Texas for the next two years?
    1 point
  47. This is already such a stacked lineup! Really happy they have this as a 12 finalist comp bc there are gonna be so many bands on the line of making finals. I’d say right now, here’s what I’m thinking (this is wayyyy to early but why not: 1st: Lone Star 2nd: Argyle/Mckinney 3rd: Mckinney/Argyle 4th: Frisco Independence 5th: Lovejoy 6th: Lake Highlands 7th: Lakeview Centennial 8th: Frisco Memorial 9th: Rowlett 10th: North Forney 11th:Anna/Celina 12th: Celina/Anna these rankings are based off last season since we haven’t seen anything for the upcoming season, and I tried to base it off how these bands tend to do early season rather then late. I could very much see bands like Lovejoy anywhere from 5th-9th, they just tend to do well early and then fall of around area. Should be a really great finals to watch and somewhat of a early look at 5A area B
    1 point
  48. oh fishers will be fine. i wouldn't worry about them.
    1 point
  49. I do have a good amount of work this weekend but I'' definitely be tunning in for the world class guards in the Mideast both days, may just have it on in the background throughout the day idk yet but I'll definitely be tuning in for the world class guards at Mideast, can't wait to see those Indiana guards, wondering what Avon is gonna score lol Wishing Tarpon was going to Southeast, would be nice to see how they score against the other SW guards on the same day, wonder why they aren't...
    1 point
  50. Danpod

    Reporting Comments

    Hi friends! Activity around here definitely picks up around Area Saturday. This is great and also not so great at the same time. See something that may be spam, abusive, or infringing on copyright? By all means, report it!!! We'll look at it and take appropriate actions. Trust me. We have some neat moderating tools that I am hungry to try out!!! Also, please leave a reason why you flagged it. The Report function is NOT used to downvote someone's prediction because you don't like it because they didn't pick your band and that's totally sus because we're really good this year HONEST! Don't abuse that reporting tool. It slows my day down, especially when I am eating. Good luck to everyone this weekend!
    1 point
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