betterthanyou

I'm blown away by James Martin too. I'm a recent graduate and when I was in the band I don't think we sounded that good at any point in my four years. Wow.

1. Marcus 2. Keller 3. Waxahachie 4. Martin 5. Aledo 6. Mansfield 7. Liberty 8. Centennial 9. Colleyville Heritage 10. Boswell Music: Keller Visual: Marcus GE: Marcus Color Guard: Marcus Percussion: Marcus

Assuming all the Plano bands make 1's, what are your predictions for the top 5?

I think all of these bands could be in the mix for Area B (I may have forgotten some): LD Bell Coppell Richland Haltom Martin Duncanville Keller

Don't sleep on James Martin. They just barely missed finals at BOA Denton in 2014 (.10 points behind Richland), and then later that year placed 6th at the St. Louis Super-regional. In 2015, 3 out of 4 of their directors were new, and they had a poorly designed show, so they placed pretty terribly at BOA competitions. This year, though the show is great and unique and they are working hard. Also, I think L.D. Bell is going to surprise a lot of people this year and place in the top 3. Since they placed unexpectedly low in 2014, their last UIL State year, I guarantee you L.D. Bell will be coming for that 6A state title, and they are definitely capable. I'm sure they are very eager to return to their former glory. I think James Bowie will also be exceptional this year after a lull for the past couple seasons (they've still been great, though!). I expect the top 10 to look something like this: 1. Hebron 2. Flower Mound 3. L.D. Bell 4. James Bowie 5. Marcus (In no particular order) --- 6. James Martin 7. Keller 8. Keller Central 9. Aledo 10. Coppell (In no particular order)