elemur

I noticed Leander wasn't using their field amplification for the band at UIL Region. Is that just because of different UIL rules, or have they stopped using that for the season?

Count me as one who thinks this timing would be a horrible decision for so many reasons (safety as mentioned above, bands exhausted for the final performance, missed school the next day, lower attendance for finals from out-of-towners, etc). The first and easiest solution I can see would be to eliminate approximately one hour or more (from 7:30PM to 8:45PM) between announcing the 5A Finalists and the beginning of the 1A Finals. No reason not to compress the schedule where possible to make this work. I know the UIL objection would be that they are counting on the additional revenue for Finals Ticket Sales and need to clear the stadium before finals, but since they are trying to fit this all into one day, they need to consider any and all options to end this thing before midnight (and as they say, they are trying to minimize loss of school time and travel costs). I don't think they will use the same judges for 1A and 5A, so judges breaks shouldn't be an issue.