LostChoirGuy

I could only find cedar parks intro but it sounds fantastic!

I think flower mound just attempted too much in their show last year. I also think Hebron will win, but I think FloMo will be back to 2016 quality again.

Tough draw for SDOC and New Braunfels. Both good programs, but going so early and right before Vista and both Cedars wont be easy.

I cant seem to find anywhere the year that Keller High School opened. I founds some articles about Keller sports hall of fame inductees that went as far back as 1948, so it is at least that old. Classmates.com claims there are alumni from as early as 1936 that went to Keller High, but Im not sure I trust that. Using the conservative year of 1948, Keller is at least 70 years old. However, for a vast majority of that time it was a tiny school. Keller didnt really become a place on the map until they built the DFW airport in the 80s.

I would imagine LD Bell and Trinity would be the exhibition bands here. (Or at least one of them if not both) This sounds like a great contest to attend!

My initial first guess was Flower Mound.

I'm watching out for Richland. I think they will be one of a few bands fighting for the last spot to state in Area B. I'm thinking it will be Keller, LD Bell, Haltom, Coppell, Waxahachie, Richland, Duncanville, Keller Central, Prosper, Plano East, Timber Creek... in roughly that order.

Anyone have any examples of well-done shows that started with slow movements and grew in intensity throughout?

14 (in taberna quando sumus) would be awesome! That was an all-state choir piece for the men my freshman year of high school. There were SO MANY words to learn. But the instrumentation is pretty intense. I could see parts of it being adapted well for marching band.

What other movements are they doing from Carmina Burana? There is some great music there that I have never heard on the field.

I would love to see Pearland make it into finals. The Houston area seems to be lagging behind a bit compared to the DFW, Austin, and San Antonio areas, but there are a few up and coming bands like Pearland that are giving this area hope!

I most hyped about Vandy and Cedar Park of the ones we have heard about. Hebron, Reagan, Flower Mound, and Keller (because of bias) are the other ones I am really excited about this year.

Yeah, I remembered seeing their name last year at St. Louis when I read the list of participants at San Antonio. Should be a great opportunity for them!

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I'm not familiar with John B Alexander high school. What do you know about them? Wow, can I just say this is going to be an amazing competition? That was just SOME of the competitors and that was a giant list of all amazing bands.

Its hard to say what will happen with the Lewisville ISD schools. They are all so good. Since this is a UIL thread, i feel a bit more confident in my prediction that Hebron will place highest of the three there, but for all I know, FM might go more conservative in their show again and completely dominate. You can never count Marcus out, but I wonder if they will be affected by the director change at all. As far as the Leander schools, this is always really tough. Vandegrift's preview music sounded awesome, but I know the other schools will be just as good.

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Thanks! I have been very misinformed! Haha

I've never paid as much attention to Houston area bands, but I'm curious if the new Conroe ISD school is pulling from The Woodlands or TWCP at all? They are starting at 6A in the first year, right? Will they have a competing band program?

I forgot Tomball Memorial was moving up to 6A. They will be one to watch in Area F for sure. Great things happening in that program.

I agree. Semi-finalist lock for Prosper. They have a chance at finals, but it would only be if they continue to improve at an accelerated rate. Personally, I am hoping that American Fork from Utah makes finals this year since they are returning to GNats again.

I'm not sure if it is a written rule in Keller school district but that is how Keller has always done it. I'm not sure if recent Grand Nats and Macy's trips have changed that or not, though.

Wow, that is pretty shocking! Are they expecting to have a great show this year?

This is very interesting! I know you only included Texas bands, but Union from Oklahoma is in the top 30 and they are coming to DFW also.

In all honesty, both are probably good bets to make finals. Waxahachie is a really great up and coming band, while Coppell has a pretty rich tradition of excellence. I'm excited to see what both can do this year.