BlackJesus

I didn’t really know where to post this but on June 23, 2020, we learned of the passing of George Townsend, a father and band director at Duncanville HS as most of us know him.
George Townsend was so much more than just a band director. He was a kind soul and a role model for countless students over his various years of teaching. He carried himself with grace and humility and his impact will resound forever with those that were graced with his presence in our lives. His passing hurts beyond what words can describe as he was a light in the lives of so many people. I ask that y’all keep him, his family, and the people involved in the Duncanville band program in your prayers. This hurts so much.
 

Yep.  The UIL broke with their precedent of always maxing out 6A at 250 schools plus opt ups.  They originally had it at 248, which conveniently kept Highland Park out of 6A.  Then when the McAllen schools were corrected, they set 6A to 245, again seemingly to keep HP out of 6A.  

Sounds to me like UIL has been doing everything they can to keep Highland Park out of 6A, which seems like a bit of a conspiracy to me.

As the old saying goes. Just take Highland Park's number and add 10 to it, and you have the 6A cutoff.

Lots of changes in the DFW area. Looks like Boswell and Chisolm Trail are both now 6A along with Little Elm and Denton Braswell. Richland and Summit back to 5A.
 
What is crazy to me is that Prosper only dropped 250 students from two years ago despite the new school submitting 1800. That means they grew over 1500 students in 2 years. I hope they have plans for a third school soon!

FloMo would’ve in 2016

Ohio - 1 Finalist
Ca - 1 Finalist
OK - 1 Finalist
IN - 3 Finalist
Texas - 6 Finalist
I think we can safely say that the invasion was a success - now let's finish this and get Kevin home so he can rest

Great show by Lebanon Trail.  Amazing performace by those students.  Very clean production!

Yeah, until Poteet!  We'll never know.  Yeah, NF did pretty good!  Watching the live feed at work.

Like I said, this is exactly the way I heard it explained to me. This move is a small step in to having state every year. Now it may not happen, but this is a way of testing those waters and getting folks on board and used to change before proposing the next change.
 
 
And it was the directors that just voted to move in this direction.

The NAMMB announced the lineup for the Texas State Military Marching Band Contest, being held on 2 NOV at SFA Univ in Nacogdoches.   The lineup includes 32 Marching Bands including the appearance of Longview in Contest for the first time in Many years. Other new Bands are Whitehouse  and Athens. 
Schedule is as follows;
 
Class 2A
Overton                           1:00
Joaquin                            1:15
Cushing                           1:30
San Augustine                 1:45
Harleton                           2:00
West Sabine                    2:15
Timpson                           2:30
Carlisle                             2:45
Beckville                           3:00
 
Class 3A
Ore City                            3:15
Hemphill                           3:30
New Diana                       3:45
 
Class 4A
Hardin Jefferson               4:00
Bullard                              4:15
Athens                              4:30
Pittsburg                           4:45
Chapel Hill                        5:00
Center                              5:15
Carthage                          5:30
Henderson                       5:45
Brownsboro                     6:00
Spring Hill                        6:15
 
Class 5A
Whitehouse                     6:45
Montgomery                    7:00
Huntsville                        7:15
Vidor                               7:30
Lindale                            7:45
Jacksonville                    8:00
Cleveland                       8:15
Lufkin                              8:30
 
Class 6A
Kingwood                       8:45
Longview                       9:00
 
Awards Ceremony begins at 9:15 PM
 
 
 
 

(Continues to grasp for the high ground)

Your board and you can do as you wish but I'll say that it certainly has not been discussed. The fact is a clear UIL violation occurred and the UIL decided not to act. Just shows the inconsistency at the top of UIL and how they enforce the rules they put in place. I don't think the post was meant as a slight to the kids of that program but at the lack of consistency at the top of UIL and also a defense of the kids that may have lost an extra opportunity to perform due to someone that broke clearly defined rules. I mean if I were Roma I'd be furious and I'd use this a prime example of the issues that are rampant at the top of UIL. 

Agreed, very excited to see military bands get their due because they do a great job. 

Oh my god stop being so insufferable. He was in a band program that was one or two places out of Austin finals the entire time he was in high school. He gets it.
 
You just look like a horribly sore loser and you’re reflecting poorly on your program.

Canton is actually in a completely different area from those cities lol (Not a sarcastic lol)

I'm not sure why you keep saying this. Colleyville Heritage is a great band with who's historically been quite successful. It's clear that you're from a certain school, and I'll just say this: get off this forum and focus on your show and your program. Looking at random forums with posts from random people making random predictions is not going to help you. Bringing your very best show on Saturday will. 
 
Your toxicity is not welcome here, thanks. I wish you and your band the best of luck at this competition!

I've wanted A Cruel Angel's Thesis in an anime themed show for a while. Yes, I'm aware of the songs meme status.

He’s just a kid. I don’t think he was trying to dis anyone.

Another thing I may add is that in SA for prelims they have 2 separate judging panel while GN has one for prelims then semis then finals

Wow I didn’t realize that Keller was going. I think sometimes they get overlooked because they don’t typically move around too much in placement at San Antonio but they have been one of the most consistently great band programs in the state. They always put out really good products with some awesome sounds and whether or not they move up in ranking they definitely keep getting better. They’re my favorite for the gold going into the contest, I hope they get their first regional title here.

Soccer. Unlike a lot of people though, I don't follow any of the European leagues lol. I watch games from my favorite team in Liga MX, the Gold Cup, and of course the World Cup, as well as Mexico or USA matches.
P.S. Croatia juat had some really bad luck in the Final and it still breaks my heart that they didn't win </3

I've heard it's to keep judges from making preconceived judgements of the show, or from keeping them from guessing what the band is gonna do and how they're gonna play certain peices

I can understand if someone doesn't wanna stand, but I've always seen it as really rude to not clap at all

I agree - the kids are giving it everything they have with a program that was provided to them - they deserve to be applauded for what they have worked to put on the field - show them some love