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Area H is guaranteed to take 4, all 23 bands got a 1 at region. I actually think there’s a decent chance we’ll see bad judge rule in Area A. Permian will likely sweep and then it’ll be very close between the likes of Pebble Hills, Eastlake, and maybe Coronado.

The most likely scenario with the results we have is 39, so it will probably just be 12 in finals again. But if somehow we do get 40 at state due to a bad judge rule or something similar, then yes 14 will make finals.

Alright, I've got all the UIL results that came in today, still waiting on some of Region 28 and all of Regions 15 and 17. If anyone has the results before Texas Music Forms gets them up it would be appreciated if you could post them here. EDIT: I stayed up long enough to see the rest of Region 28 and 15, Region 17 continues to be an enigma

You should join the HornRank forums, there's a lot of discussion of non-Texas competitions there. Plus I help with the moderation so I am legally obligated to shill.

They got a 1 at region

Edited the original post, there is now a link to a second spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zr5UfrRdfXCtw2f-DVBWbim6uTtCnG4zwFev_9MNdwU/edit?usp=sharing) which has the programs organized into their Areas and shows the maximum possible number of state spots. The bands with an asterisk by their name are bands that will qualify for Area regardless of how they score, more will be added if regions don't reach the minimum of 2 bands per class advancing.

I'm assuming this contest was also rescheduled given the weather and the fact that we don't have results yet.

Only one region contest today, and that's Region 25 2A-4A. Originally Region 3 3A/5A and Region 20 6A were supposed to occur today, but they've been pushed to next week (as is now reflected in the spreadsheet. Yesterday was a big first day! Congratulations to Rivercrest, a 2A in Region 4 for getting their first 1 in marching band in school history! We also got to see every region that makes up 5A Area F, so we now know that there will be 22 bands competing for 4 state spots. A majority of 6A Area B regions had their contest yesterday and all that remains is Region 20, but it is looking like that Area will unfortunately only be taking 5 to state this year. Other Areas effected by yesterday's results are 6A and 5A Area H and 5A Area C. No big surprises for those contests other than only 4/5 of the 5As in Region 4 getting a 1, which has a small chance of putting the 5th state spot in Area C in jeopardy.

Their baritones alone could make state

It's done for balancing cause if you had Vandegrift, Vista Ridge, Lake Travis, and Westlake and in the same area as Round Rock, Westwood, Cedar Ridge, and James Bowie, you'd have potential state finalists not even making state. They're split up to ensure that all of the best bands are making it to state.

Here's all 22 bands who received a 1 today: Aledo Azle Birdville Birdville Richland Burleson Burleson Centennial CFB Creekview CFB Smith Cleburne EMS Saginaw Fort Worth Arlington Heights Fort Worth North Side Fort Worth Southwest GC Colleyville Heritage GC Grapevine Granbury Joshua Mansfield Legacy Mansfield Summit Mansfield Timberview Midlothian White Settlement Brewer

Don't count out Braswell!

Anybody at contests today, it would be appreciated to send updates here because texasmusicforms.com tend to lag a bit. I've got someone taking care of Region 4.

Is Galena Park not doing well this year? I'd expect them to be in running too. Also Tomball moved up to 6A as of 2020.

Tomorrow we've got quite a few region contests, here's what we've got: Region 4: Class 1A Class 2A, 4A (Area C) Class 5A (Area C) Region 5: Class 4A (Area D) Class 5A (Area F) Class 6A (Area B ) Region 30: Class 5A (Area F) Class 6A (Area B ) Region 31: Class 4A (Area B ) Class 5A (Area F) Class 6A (Area B ) Region 32: Class 5A (Area H) Class 6A (Area H)

Region 22 had their contest yesterday, a few things of note: There are only 15 bands in 6A Area A and Socorro got a 2 which, means there will only be a max of 2 bands going to state (barring bad judges rule). All but 3 5A bands in the region got a 1 yesterday, which bodes well for 5A Area A potentially taking 5 bands to state instead of just 4 like in 2019. Fabens is a 4A band right by the New Mexico and they just got straight 1s from all 3 judges. I'd have to look back to see when the last time they got a 1 at region, but this is the first time in quite a while for sure. The spreadsheet goes back to 2014 and they were making 3s at that time. Not sure if this impacts how many bands who will go to state, but it's always great to see a band find new success.

Also from what I understand, Bowie is not competing here. They are attending BOA Waco and don't have Area or State on their calendar at all.

Sad to see Dripping Springs drop, but I'll take every minute of sleep I can get! I'm not getting into Austin until 2am Saturday morning.

I think the guy just doesn’t like Round Rock cause he never got on to criticize CTJ for going to contests like BOA McAllen and Midland, Judson Rocket Review, or Rough Rider. Or look at Burleson Centennial dropping BOA Austin to instead attend a local USBands competition which they won by nearly 4 points. Or Hebron and Flower Mound going to local contests where they absolutely dominated. I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Programs should be able to choose what contests they want to go to for any reason they like, whether it’s for “competitive strategy,” experience for the kids, loyalty to another program, or whatever. What matters at the end of the day is that the kids are getting out there and performing their show in spite of everything that’s going on around them.

most likely 4, small chance of 5

Don't let Roma getting 5th at BOA McAllen make you think otherwise, this band is something special and should be in finals assuming no penalties at region again

Region contests are coming up in the next few weeks and Area specific threads are popping up every few hours, which means this is relevant. I've updated the spreadsheet to show who is signed up for region (according to https://www.texasmusicforms.com/marchrptuilpublic.asp) and there is also a new color coding system: green = made state and yellow = made area finals (or top 7 if not enough for finals). State is updated back to 2014, but Area is only back to 2017 since it's a bit more difficult to find results from before then.

Summit and Johnson need to be in this conversation now after their incredible performances at Midland

Here is every school in this area signed up at the moment Aldine Davis Eisenhower MacArthur Nimitz West Brook College Park Conroe Grand Oaks Oak Ridge The Woodlands North Shore Atascocita Humble Kingwood Summer Creek Klein Klein Cain Klein Collins Klein Forest Klein Oak King Dekaney Spring Westfield Memorial Tomball Willis

YES! Finally someone who shares my appreciation for Braswell. I've been hyping them up since they beat Lewisville at a competition in 2019, off to a great start this year too getting second at USBands Saginaw only behind a very strong BCent. Beat Birdville by a couple point too.