ChristopherRoden

My two picks are 7L and MG Johnson. Clear upward trajectories over the past few years and very intriguing shows for this upcoming season. I also second Braswell! Other than those... I could see Midlothian, Clear Lake, and Liberty making some noise this fall!

Seems like the group who struggled most with the rain were the judges…. They were so vastly not on the same page with each other

Not this year! New rule has been implemented for top half/bottom half split

Per the schedule, it’ll take about 1.5 hrs to finish the remaining schools + warmup time. We will see…

I would not be surprised to see them over Clear Brook tomorrow

Would love for Jordan to finally be able to make the trip to San Antonio. Will be even tougher now with 1 less spot and a good couple bands giving them a run for their money. Fingers crossed!

Most of the rest of the state gets more because there are more schools per area competing. Definitely “fair” as far as the numbers game goes, yes.

This is very disheartening to hear. There will be a whole 250+ kids that won’t get to experience state due to this one error. Incredibly irresponsible stuff, just like timing penalties. This blows!

Wow McNeil just threw down!! Hope they’re top half tomorrow night. What a treat

I have to disagree. The current system does not succeed in getting the best bands to state.

I really enjoyed their show at their early season BOA! Do they also have a vento design?

Foster and Fulshear will be nice additions to this area! They've both had great success at BOA's this year so it'll be cool to see how they do at Area against some of the same bands

1. hebron 2. Wylie 3. SLC 4. Waxahachie 5. Keller 6. Lake Travis 7. Rockwall 8. Keller Central 9. JJ Pearce 10. Lake Ridge

privately shared recap. I just did the top 6 for now, as a reference for where they stand as they battle for state spots in area I. And as a comparison to when these bands last competed against each other at BOA Webster and Shenandoah

In order prelims music: 7L, Jordan, JET, Fulshear, Tompkins, cinco prelims vis: Jordan, Tompkins + cinco (tie), 7L, JET, Fulshear prelims GE: cinco, Jordan, Tompkins, 7L, JET, Fulshear Finals music: Jordan, 7L, cinco, Fulshear, Tompkins, JET finals vis: JET, 7L, Jordan, cinco, Fulshear, Tompkins finals GE: Jordan, cinco, JET, 7L, Tompkins, Fulshear

https://cfisd.hometownticketing.com/embed/event/5334?es=524trjpv0h5n504n8hcclk6td3&single=0 Had to do some internet acrobatics but I found it on the stadium’s website

14 amazing bands hopefully 15 👀

I’ve added the schedule in the initial post. Wonder if Jordan could steal some captions from Bridgeland like our friends in North Houston did this weekend

This contest is Oct 19. Here’s who’s going: 8:45am Sealy HS 9:00am Elsik HS 9:15am William B. Travis HS 9:30am Stratford HS 9:45am Bellaire HS 10:00am Cypress Lakes HS 10:15am Klein HS 10:30am Morton Ranch HS 10:45am Paetow HS 11:00am Cypress Springs HS 11:15am Spring Woods HS 11:30am Mayde Creek HS 12:30pm Katy HS 12:45pm Cypress Ridge HS 1:00pm Cypress Falls HS 1:15pm Conroe HS 1:30pm Jordan HS 1:45pm Bridgeland HS 2:00pm Cypress Creek HS 2:15pm Langham Creek HS 2:30pm Memorial HS 2:45pm Jersey Village HS 3:00pm James E. Taylor HS

Super excited to see what’s gonna happen this weekend with everyone having more time to clean! I think 7L is pretty polished already, Cinco, Jordan, Tompkins, Fulshear and JET have a good bit left. Good thing there are 3 weeks till area!

So true!

Have to second that Marcus kids are outperforming their design. Bummer because I loved last year’s show so much! Maybe they can tweak and adjust

I could totally see it! I agree with you on all of these. Now we all know though, area finals night produces some CRAZY results usually so wouldn’t be surprised to see this get all jumbled up too haha

Most of those placements are pretty decisive! 7L and Cinco super close, as well as fulshear and Tompkins.

Have they improved a lot recently? Haven’t seen em since last week