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When I was in high school band in the 2010s, a few other schools in my district would go to Westlake every year and it was always cool to hear about if they made finals or not. My school never went themselves but it is a little sad to see how so many contests have been discontinued.

….that’s literally what I said. Plus, Brandeis doesn’t have a magnet school anyways.

Nobody really chooses to go anywhere unless they’re at a magnet program. No one is moving homes/schools to be in a “better” band program. It’s never that serious.

Congrats to the advancing bands! I really hate to say this, but I think it’s time for UIL to consider moving the Region 29 bands back to Area G with the South Texas bands. At this point, it’s been ELEVEN years since a NISD band has advanced to State. From a district that used to send at least one band to State from the 80s to 2014, I understand the frustration that the bands from that district might feel. I do think the switch from Area G to Area H has been a net positive for NISD bands in terms of building their programs, but the San Antonio region as a whole has been very underrepresented at UIL State because of the change. It would also ensure that more than 3 Area G bands could advance to State as well.

My personal predictions for finals placements: 1. Vandegrift 2. Vista Ridge 3. Westlake 4. Lake Travis 5. Brandeis 6. O’Connor 7. Del Rio 8. Brennan 9. Stevens 10. Steele First out of finals: Harlan HS I will be rooting for all of the NISD bands there, as usual.

All 6A bands from Region 29 are advancing to Area!

Region 29: 2A: Center Point: 2 Harper: 1 Johnson City: 1 Junction: 1 3A: Blanco: 1 Comfort: 2 Ingram Tom Moore: 2 4A: Bandera: 1 Boerne: 1 Fredericksburg: 1 5A: Boerne Champion: 1 SA Brackenridge: 1 SA Burbank: 1 SA Edison: 2 SA Highlands: 2 SA Jefferson: 1 SA Lanier: 2 SA Sam Houston: 2 Kerrville Tivy: 1 6A: NISD Warren: 1 NISD John Jay: 1 NISD Marshall: 1 NISD Stevens: 1 NISD Brandeis: 1 NISD Holmes: 1 NISD O’Connor: 1 NISD Sotomayor (NV): 1 NISD Clark: 1 NISD Taft: 1 NISD Brennan: 1

Correct, this is only the tentative schedule. This is the maximum number of bands that could potentially be present at Area.

The 6A Area H Contest will be held on Saturday, October 29 in Converse, TX. There are 21 6A bands in this area. Assuming every band earns a 1 at Region, 4 bands will advance to State. This is the tentative draw for prelims (region numbers in parentheses): 1. East Central (11) 2. Harlan (29) 3. Clemens (11) 4. John Jay (29) 5. Stevens (29) 6. Brennan (29) 7. Westlake (32) 8. Eagle Pass (11) 9. Clark (29) 10. Del Rio (11) 11. Marshall (29) 12. Lake Travis (32) 13. O’Connor (29) 14. Brandeis (29) 15. Judson (11) 16. Vandegrift (32) 17. Holmes (29) 18. Warren (29) 19. Taft (29) 20. Vista Ridge (32) 21. Steele (11) Performance times can be found in the attached file. What are our predictions? Will we see a top 4 of Region 32 bands? Will a NISD band advance to State for the first time since 2014? How will Finals look? 1_6a_area_h_tentative_schedule_9-2-2022.pdf

I’m very biased because I teach at a high school in Northside ISD but I’m rooting for Brandeis to take the gold again this year. I’m also rooting for OC as well.

Add: Louis D. Brandeis H.S., TX (AAAA)

James Miculka is currently the fine arts director for NISD. Definitely not an easy job in a district with over 100,000 students.

The Northside Independent School District is the largest school district in San Antonio and has 11 (soon to be 12) band programs that compete in UIL Class 6A. In the past, many of these programs have had success at the regional and state levels (Marshall, Taft, O’Connor, Brennan, Clark and Holmes have all qualified for State at least once). However, no NISD band has qualified for State since 2014. Additionally, no NISD band has competed nationally in at least the last 25 years (if ever). I’m curious to know why this is because there’s a lot of untapped potential here. The district is growing rapidly every year and it’s only a matter of time until another band makes State again or goes to Grand Nats.

Any one of these bands could have realistically made the cut.

The Woodlands is seriously looking to win another Eagle. Major Blue Devils vibes from their show. The guard can easily hang with the best in the country.

Leander and Vista just killed it! Also loved Pecos’s exhibition show (I have a soft spot for extra small bands).

Westwood is in the bottom half of SA finals for me. They really fought for that last qualifying spot yesterday and I expect them to keep fighting for the remainder of the season.

Truly the end of an era, but the fact that they were able to sustain that streak for so long really shows the strength of the program in general.

https://www.smbc.uiltexas.org/area/results/files/area-21_6A Area H.pdf Full prelims and finals ordinals for those who are interested.

A disappointing night for Brandeis I’m sure (being the alternate for the third state year in a row), but props to Harlan, Stevens and Brennan for representing NISD very well in finals. Harlan in particular is going to have a very bright future for such a young program. Props to Del Rio and Steele as well. Congrats to the bands that advanced!

As a UTSA SOSA alumni I love seeing them perform in exhibition.

See I thought for sure Taft would at least be in the bottom half of finals. That’s unfortunate for them to miss again, but hopefully one of the NISD bands in finals will pull through and qualify for state.

Watch Harlan make it over both of them out of nowhere in finals

Prelims ordinals

Anyone have prelims results?