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I really don't think bands copying things is real. I think it's as simple as early season performances are a work in progress and most bands probably don't have the sync rights to post an official video. Bands have their shows finalized months in advance of the season, they're not trying to find dirt to copy a woodwind run or flag silk they think will give them a leg up in August months after their show and all the elements were finalized lol. I have never heard an instance of a band "stealing" something from another band. Especially once the season has started.

i dont think wakeland or panther creek count as dark horses 😭

Thank you. The whole stealing parts of shows makes me laugh every time because it just doesn’t happen. Bands just don’t want a sloppy performance of them online, or they don’t have the rights to have the show online. I remember when I was in school the rule was no videos until our first competition when everyone saw our show on Flomarching either way.

Rockwall making it this year trust

Here is the football games coming up for week 1 for katyisd schools... Freeman vs Gene Tomas Away 7:00 doesn't say where Cinco ranch vs Woodlands 8/28/2025 Away 7:00PM - Woodforest Bank Stadium (might be a good one to watch) Mayde Creek vs Fort Ben Travis 8/28/2025 Away 7:00PM Varsity Hall Stadium Tompkins vs Cy-Ranch 8/28/2025 Home 7:00PM Varsity Legacy Stadium Jordan vs Cy Creek 8/29/2025 Home 7:00PM Varsity Legacy Stadium Seven Lakes vs Memorial 8/29/2025 Home 7:30PM Varsity Rhodes Stadium Katy vs Dickinson 8/30/2025 Home 7:00PM Varsity Legacy Stadium Morton Ranch vs Nimitz 8/30/2025 Home 7:30PM Varsity Rhodes Stadium Paetow vs Langham Creek 8/30/2025 Away 6:00PM Varsity Berry Center Stadium This took to long 😭

Well I suppose if theres no BOA contest in DFW this day, they have to go somewhere lmao

My directors sent this out this morning as well

hopefully region 23 judges give them 1s. we need 5 state spots 🥹

Okay, I’m ready for some show announcements from the “other” LISD. 😍

These are not all of them, but here are some of the Week 1 band matchups! Also, not sure if each game will have a stream lol: Thursday Marcus vs Keller McKinney North vs Wylie East Lake Ridge vs Reedy Friday Wylie vs J.J. Pearce Rockwall vs Berkner Westlake vs Prosper (neutral site) Timber Creek vs Rock Hill Lone Star vs Argyle Coppell vs Sachse Wakeland vs Grapevine

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

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

I disagree with you. I really like what they are doing this year. When I first saw them in person I was blown away with how they did things. Trust me it will grow on you.

You're right about Lone Star... I'll see if i can get something on Emerson.... I work with someone who has a kid in the band..

Isn’t this fun? Back to talking about bands and making predictions on how students from the age of 14-18 are going to do in competitions where for most part none of us have seen bands other than our own? 😂 Feel like we need those stock market warnings. What is it, past performance aren’t indicators of future success. Let’s be fairly honest with ourselves….if you aren’t one of the Big 3 at a contest, you could finish anywhere from 4-12-16. But it only takes 2 special marches a contest to shock the world! Yes!!!! This fun. There is almost a crisp in the air of October! Good luck to all the bands!!!

Now as for Argyle, I was slightly dissapointed in how the show opened there was no build-up or cool start. It was still a great performance. Loved the Tuba/Euph duet (heard some Mahler). They have a very strong sound per usual but I expected more after their wonderful show last year. They have a good chance at making a comeback in this area and possibly state. They did not get the results they used to last year at State and GN but this show has the potential to do great. Now for Lone Star. HOLY CRAP, they opened the show right away with some loud sustains across the field. Very good work by winds and perc. Visually it is not the most interesting so far but I find it cool they got some of their props finished in August. Their second movement sounds a lot similar to 2024 but I am not going to be nitpicky and judge it. Although I prefer their opener from last year so far. The woodwinds are playing great as usual. Now for Emerson, this is something new... definietly need to see it after some more work but I love the production so far. The theme has potential to go so far. Could not find much to comment on for this. Now for Melissa, WOW this is not the same program from last year. They have so much more improvment from last year. Although I saw some visual discrepancies, the opener was pretty and the second movement was pretty cool musically and visually. I wonder if that M stands for Melissa. They are already so much better and I cant wait to see the full production!

it's not listed on the website (or anywhere for some reason) but the exhibiton band for boa SA will be the University of North Texas Green Brigade! I am an alto sax here, super hyped to finally march in the alamodome 😆

lowk rockhill could beat hebron

Amazing panel and stadium.

yeah that’s why I’m gonna be getting there for the first group, might try to walk to dinner

*whispers* OWB *walks away*

Hebron is going to be at this contest.

Westlake 2025: Urban Jungle https://youtu.be/56Ns1CBcTwc?feature=shared They are looking and sounding fantastic this year! The colorguard is SO CLEAN, and I love how they’re integrated throughout the performance. Really looking forward to seeing the show in full production!

jersey village ^

Just to confirm his is Taylor right?

With the new videos out and considering how these bands could improve, any changes in predictions? There are for mine: 1. Marcus 2. Wakeland (Could be Coppell) 3. Coppell 4. Prosper 5. Lone Star (Trust me they will be fire) 6. Wylie 7. SLC (Interchangeable with Wylie) 8. Braswell 9. McKinney 10. Rockwall (Could go up or down) 11. RockHill (Could Definitely be higher) 12. Forney On the bubble: Forney, RockHill, Lebannon Trail, McKinney North, Reedy Again this is just from what I’ve seen and how I think bands will clean up.

MAN pasadena memorial has a lot on the field regarding choreo already, their sound is big and although it needs cleaning i can see it posing a threat already. One thing i can say though is that it is noticeable that shadows are in and from what i can tell it is ruining the cleanliness of the show a fair bit, but once they’re out and it gets cleaned, i could see this being a genuine threat And shadow creek is not falling behind either, their opener is looking REALLY good for it being this early in the season, they also project quite well and im very excited to see how they place among the rest this year

Ive seen some of the intros this year, and I dont want to make a prediction, so Im going to say something I like about each group so far Hebron: Visually and musically much more interesting than the past 2 years, feels very fun and lighthearted even in the more intense moments, VERY HIGH demand in the drill. Flowermound: Very similar to last year, going to be an extremely strong year for them and will probably win visual. Marcus: Holy percussion, and very entertaining music all around. McKinney Boyd: Definitely their strongest start ever, visually engaging and musically more intense, feel confident with my earlier prediction of 5-7. Wylie East: I like this show theme and execution much more than last year, brass have a strong book. McKinney High: Only saw visuals, but was a step up from last year, music being from one source could go well or poorly for them. Denton Guyer: Really liked the music, I dont keep up with them much but they look and sound pretty good. Little Elm: Really entertaining show and a major step up in content all around, could maybe see them in finals in the 9-10 slot. Plano Sr: I like the visuals this year a lot, and could definitely move up some spots in WW and percussion

Pasadena Memorial Shadow Creek at 2:14:10

Can I just say Stratford has showed some IMPROVEMENT?

Saw a clip of McNeil and they are full gunning this season, love it. TW’s and Cinco were also great. Don’t remember the last time TWs were so small, anyone know what’s up with that?

really good! That explains why it took so long to start, overall good performance!

Thank you!! We’re very excited about our program’s direction and of course our ‘25 program, so glad you enjoyed it😊 there’s MUCH more where that came from, believe me

The stream cut out on me at the end, but HOLY EAST!!!! Very mesmerizing pre-show. The trumpet soloist was NAILS on the Mussorgsky! Great sounds coming out from the group already! When this gets clean, they may give their neighbors to the west a run for their money 👀

My thoughts listening to it. Wow. Just wow, obviously not as clean but when it is it will be great. Great Preshow body movement. Good opening hit, could definitely work on keeping their volume consistent. Woodwinds going crazy in that feature. Great brass feature right there, will obviously need more time to clean up, but they are killing it. Amazing Job Wylie East, Area J watch out.

Livestream of the woodlands game tonight showed the band. Their guard is clearly coming off strong after the WGI win. SUPER excited to see what else they have for the rest of the show!

My Class Predictions: It is to early for me to make full finals predictions so here are my dream class champs. Class A: Whitesboro - Not much competition here but believe they will come out on top. Class AA: Melissa - Compared to Liberty their theme this year is more abstract and unique and they recently got the former head director from Keller Cen10 so they might have an awakening. Class AAA: Wakeland - they own AAA at Prosper and always have some good show in the making. They have a good chance at winning overall. Class AAAA: Marcus - compared to the other schools here, Marcus tends to score better although Coppell might come around at finals and take the win.

I’ve heard LCs version of malagueña and it has a really cool double tongue brass feature, knowing them i think it’s gonna turn out great.

My prediction: 1. Wylie East 2. Emerson 3. Richardson 4. Heritage 5. Panther Creek 6. Plano West 7. Anna 8. North Lamar 9. Guyer 10. Newman Smith

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

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 😞

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

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 🫠

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.

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