Xenon

From the UIL (I added some emphasis and formatting):

Their on-field warmup was their alma mater. It's a tradition for them that if they don't have a defined preshow (or haven't put it on the field yet), they use that as their warmup and all the parents/fans in the stands have their talons up. The opener is Claude T Smith's "Danse Folatre". The bluesy ballad is "Song of Joy" by Captain and Tennille (best known for "Love will keep us together"): The closer starts off with the beginning and ending portions of Paul Lovatt-Cooper's "Vitae Aeternum". (also Carolina Crown's 2014) But I also cannot find what that brilliant build is between Vitae Aeternum and Ode-to-Joy it is possible that it is some of the original music from Michael Martin.

I really wanted to buy one of those, but I couldn't justify finding a place to store it!

Here was Floyd Casey Stadium in 2010 getting new Turf installed. And here is Floyd Casey Stadium before the final implosion.

Here is Baylor's McLane Stadium in Waco.

While it might be possible to send 6, unfortunately I think that is an unlikely scenario. In 2016, there were *exactly* 25 bands that made a 1, and so there were exactly enough the minimum required to send 5. We'd have to get 5 more 1's to send 6 to State. Prosper and Waxahachie make up 2 of those, so 3 more to go. And we have to hope that none of the ones from 2016 get a 2.

Area B is going to be even more of a blood bath than it was in 2016.

If all the boundaries stay the same, Waxahachie would be 6A B. Waxahachie is in Region 20 along with Duncanville which goes to B. That said, the regions and areas may or may not change due to some of the significant conference alignment changes. I would probably bet against them changing, though, since they last change was very recent in 2016.

Get your calendars out, because the dates for 2018 State are published! Monday, November 5th - 6A Prelims Tuesday, November 6th - 2A Prelims, 6A Finals, 2A Finals Wednesday, November 7th - 4A Prelims and Finals 2A has made the transition over to even numbered years, so now we have all the Even Classes on Even Years and all the Odd Classes on Odd Years. Also, with 6A being Monday/Tuesday instead of Tuesday/Wednesday, it will be easier/cheaper for bands to stay-over from BOA San Antonio and will also give more room for traveling to Grand Nationals for those that choose to do both.

Part 2 is up! http://www.marchingroundtable.com/2017/11/29/668-2017-boa-wrap-fans-pt-2/

Several of us from the blogging team were a part of the latest Marching Roundtable​ Podcast wrapping up the 2017 season. Please check it out and let us know what some of your favorite moments were too. You can find the Marching Roundtable on your favorite Podcast app or: http://www.marchingroundtable.com/2017/11/27/667-2017-boa-wrap-fans-pt-1/ Part 2 should be out in the next few days.

Be sure to support #TeamTexAvon 8:45pm (7:45pm CST) - Round Rock 9:30pm (8:30pm CST) - The Woodlands 10:15pm (9:15pm CST) - Flower Mound 10:30pm (9:30pm CST) - Marcus 10:45pm (9:45pm CST) - Avon

Finals blog is up at: https://www.24liveblog.com/live/30a8aa20c73d11e7a442f23c919295de or http://live.txbands.com

The Semis Live Blog is available at live.txbands.com or https://www.24liveblog.com/live/49dd83b0c69511e7abf2f23c913e9177

Carmel. That is all.

Castle had me in tears. And Marcus had everything pop perfectly tonight!

I got the $150/year option because it has both DCI and WGI along with it.

I had a Montoya Music Tee cameo in one of the hot takes.

The Prelims Live Blog is at http://www.musicforall.org/blog/live-blog/2017-prelims-grand-national-championships My plane is pulling out from the gate right now, so I won’t be able to pull it into the txblive page until after I arrive in Indy.

Sorry, I just saw Porter in Finals on that list and went "NOPE!"

FYI, the results that were posted previously by someone were incorrect.

I am absolutely in love with Poteet's show. I am 150% convinced that it is a How I Met Your Mother show. They met at a bench where she left her yellow umbrella and he searches for her using the umbrella until they finally meet, fall in love, and get married. And it totally makes me want to cry because

And we are a go for 5A UIL State! Live Blog: http://live.txbands.com/ Box5TV Streaming: https://box5tv.com/uil/

For me it came down to Mineola's clarity of tone and ability to shape phrases gorgeously. They are like a Mini Marcus! But Farmersville hits absolutely every emotional spot in me and performed the snot out of their show too.

3A UIL State Finals Results: 1st - Mineola 2nd - Farmersville 3rd - Whitesboro 4th - Queen City 5th - C.H. Yoe 6th - New Diana 7th - Clifton 8th - New Boston 9th - Howe 10th - Tolar