ChristopherRoden

After watching oak ridge I don’t know that their visual is clean enough to place them in 3rd. I have klein oak and north shore above them. TMHS could sneak in over them

This seems like the most solid order in my opinion as well! could see Katy higher and 7L lower though..

Just out of pure curiosity, what are some key points that come to mind from the Houston school of thought? Growing up there, I have a hard time distinguishing. Obviously the best bands in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio are very different but how exactly?

I think any one of these groups could take the 10th spot!

Bridgeland and/or Cy fair have a good shot!!

Interesting insights. I do agree with a majority of it. 7L did still decisively win over all of the katy groups at the Katy Marching contest though. in the performance captions it was: Music 1. 7L 2. Fulshear 3. Tompkins 4. Jordan 5. JET 6. Paetow 6(tie). Cinco Ranch 8. Katy visual 1. 7L 2. Tompkins 3. JET 4. Jordan 5.Katy 6. cinco ranch

I could see that, didn’t they beat them early season?

block 1 having potentially half the finalists is crazy!

I believe 27 bands will compete at area this weekend, making for 10 finalists and 5 state spots

some of the most recent videos for presumptive finalists:

Exactly. They just added a new movement on the field for region that will undoubtedly be cleaner by state than by area this week! Looking at the different echelons of programs it really is all about who cleans the most this week and who has the best run!

I could be wrong but I feel like different groups have peaked/are peaking at super different times. that could throw a wrench in all our predictions!

I tend to just look at the performance captions (not GE) to see how groups would stack up in a UIL setting

I think it’s actually very likely! Would love to see that happen, I thoroughly enjoyed their show at BOA Conroe. They’re performing it very well and UIL should reward that nicely!

I’m curious about ordinals.. the performance numbers are really important for stacking the groups up for area

My predictions for area I finals: 1. bridgeland 2. cy fair 3. cy woods 4. seven lakes 5. Jordan 6. tompkins 7. JET 8. cinco ranch 9. katy 10. langham creek I would say 1-4 could swap around, 5-7 could swap around and 8-10 could too but I think those are pretty solid echelons

Talk about general effect!

I’m curious if there were any captions handed out? 2-4 is close!

Bell was fantastic! Definitely in medal contention, looking forward to seeing that one under the lights. Those unis will sparkle!!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyMe9llMEMY/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

According to their Instagram, yes!

I'd throw Bridgeland into that mix... stunning show this year

Agreed, and Friendswood is consistently solid and very clean end of season. Also.... they're planning a Grand Nats trip for next year so I'm sure they want a strong showing here.

I’m very curious how Keller ISD’s Fall Break (no school this whole week) will play into their bands’ success this weekend

I see 7L, Jordan and Tompkins medaling with JET and Cinco Ranch in 4/5. paetow, katy, Fulshear, brenham, Travis should round out the finalists