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Jersey Village is going. I think its their first time there.

Jordan is coming back….. 😮
After 2 years of absence from this contest 

Awesome! If its ok with yall, I'm gonna keep providing lists. I love stuff like this. I have an entire randomized list of all Texas High Schools and then I have wheel spin and whichever number it lands on, that's the school I choose.

Wylie (Vis/GE tie) Clements (Music) Duncanville Tomball Memorial (GE tie) Berkner Cinco Ranch Del Valle Sachse Permian Del Valle Trinity Canton Pine Tree Chisholm Trail Clear Springs

After a free afternoon, here's what we came up with

I remember when Round Rock didn't make BOA Austin Finals that year. People automatically started writing them off of National Finals. So happy that RR proved everyone wrong!

cinco ranch 2024 show 

And before I forget, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE GUARDS THIS SEASON! It has been an absolute pleasure getting to watch all of you grow the past few months. I'm bummed we have to wait another year, but I look forward to seeing everyone out there on the marching field this summer and/or fall. ❤️

I think this is the tightest SO Group of finalists that I've seen in quite a while. From top to bottom, they were all so good.

I think this is the tightest SO Group of finalists that I've seen in quite a while. From top to bottom, they were all so good.

I think this is the tightest SO Group of finalists that I've seen in quite a while. From top to bottom, they were all so good.

I think this is the tightest SO Group of finalists that I've seen in quite a while. From top to bottom, they were all so good.

Origins Open.  Goosebumps.  I love shows that are a love letter to the activity like that.  Added narration/voiceovers from what I assume are various important voices in the development of WGI and performers HUGELY assisted the concept I got from the get go this season.  Made it much more emotional, got me a little teary eyed.  

Figured I could make a topic on the changes to 4A, Areas B, C, and D are much different.  A and E are relatively unchanged.  
Region 3 to Area C Region 5 to Area B Region *8 North to Area B Region *8 South to Area D Region 13 to Area D Region 17 to Area D Region 25 to Area C Region 30 to Area B  Area's A and E are unchanged.  Notable changes are Raymondville moving down to 3A and Alice moving up to 5A in Area E, but the areas contain the same regions.  A should send 3-4 to state and E anywhere from 5-7.  
All of region 8 except for Jarrell, Madisonville, and Salado are now in Area B.  Area B in terms of area finalists from last year includes Alvarado, Aubrey, Castleberry, China Spring, Gatesville, Panther Creek, Robinson, Springtown, Van Alstyne, and Wills Point.  They combined the north part of old Area D with Area B and the Eastern parts of old Area B are now in Area C.  This area should advance 5 bands to state.  5A to 4A reclassification moved Lake Dallas and Fort Worth Southwest down as well.  The new Saginaw school will also be in this area.  Very competitive.  
Area C is now incredibly competitive.  And big.  It should send 6-7 to state, and that's good because you've got Bridge City, Canton, Celina, Community, Farmersville, Little Cypress Mauriceville, Livingston, Lumberton, North Lamar, Paris, Pleasant Grove, Pine Tree, Sulphur Springs, and Sunnyvale that all made finals in their areas last year.  That's pretty brutal.  8 of these bands went to state last year including Pine Tree in 5A who I'm sure will be competitive right off the bat in 4A.    
Area D should still send 4-5 to state but has definitely relaxed a little in depth.  Burnet is the sole state qualifier left from old Area D.  You've also got bands like Fredericksburg, Godley, Jarrell, Madisonville, and Taylor.  The new Fort Bend and Liberty Hill schools will be in this area.  
State last year would have had one more band advance with these new numbers. 

Welp, TMEA added a 2426 alignment thats visible when googling so I suppose this is fair game to post, and they officially created Area J consisting of 2, 24.. and 25… hopefully some schools get moved around because lets be honest, the only winners are going to be LISD and a toss up between Prosper and Wylie if the current system stays in place, even with McKinney Boyd there was a point gap between them and WEast, and WEast wasnt even top 5 lol, anything else catch anyones eye? Heres the link: https://align.tmea.org/align_2426/index.php
 

I'm impressed by how they changed some of their show on the fly between prelims and finals. That front walkover toss after the opening ensemble rifle toss was not in the show in prelims. They had a nearby girl play substitute. The fact that they can just throw in such a difficult toss like that and have it be clean is really impressive.
Much cleaner run. Honestly, their score in prelims was also too far off the top, even with the weaker run. I just don't see a 10 point gap between them and Avon, especially taking into consideration the depth of the talent on display in TWHS. I find their show astounding.

The Woodlands-the light you cannot see: What an opening! Rifle work in the start was SOOO Much cleaner, OMG they are flinging rifles left and right, I mean wow this is some Really hard stuff they nailed! Love the flag trio through it all which builds overtime, adds some color to this dark scene. You can tell they weren't happy with yesterday's run, because today was MUCH cleaner, just so much going on all the time, rifle work is UNBELIVABLY clean today, WOW! Great usage of the barrel-shaped props, staging design is so smart in setting up the performers for some really challenging stuff they make looks so easy. Can't stress enough how much cleaner this run was, like night and day, big flag moment at the end is breathtaking. They are gonna do some really big damage Dayton, WOW WOW WOW Woodlands!!! 

Ladies and gentlemen, the 8 time state champion, Argyle high school, is heading to grand nationals!!! A very high chance of being AA champions, and being now the 6th band so for confirmed going to GN’s! They also released their show for this season: A Pictures worth. Seems very cool, and it’s gonna be great watching these kids in Indy, can’t wait Argyle! 

I mean you right lol. I'm just impressed that again its another middle school dominating the divisions down there in Florida.

Their 2015 show was really good. Deserved 9th place at State!

I don't think Tarpon Springs MS Guard is competing in WGI but I think they absolutely should. I have been obsessed with them so far this season. They are currently ranked 2nd/28 in Scholastic AA, just weeks after promoting from Scholastic AAA. I can't believe I'm saying this, but they are rivaling Palm Desert Charter MS for best MS Guard. Their rifles are out of this world good. 
 

Was super impressed with Arlington and Billerica Memorial on Flo today.  Billerica is always super simple but beautifully clear and pretty.  Really liked the Lizzie Borden show from Arlington as well.  Both should do really well down the road in Dayton.  Have some thoughts on AMP and need to see Fusion develop.  But strong scores today.  
 
Crazy that Noblesville started the season in Scholastic A.  3 points up on the field in Chicago prelims in Scholastic Open with an 82+.  Their show is beautifully nuanced and crafted.   Going to be stunning down the road.  

vids of pretttty much everything you'd wanna see are uploading to the drive!!

videos are uploading to the drive. will prob take another hour or so to complete.
ill have u know my vids r better than the ones on YouTube!! btdubs. higher up, more of the action, and filmed in 4k, tho google may cap it at 1080p.

Thank you for the video @WoodlandsMom4ever I honestly think that is the best I’ve EVER seen those girls look and it’s only mid February! 😱😱😱

GOOD MORNING everyone!!! It's finally the start of the WGI season, and I will be doing my best to cover the Dallas regional, both today and tomorrow via Flomarching. I'm not trying to make this form a million pages long, and with the huge amount of programs, I'm gonna put a few schools into one post, but I want to cover as many of these amazing guards as I can! Good luck to everyone competing today, getting into finals, especially for all the SA groups is going to be so tough, with their being 20 spots in finals and 48 groups in the class in prelims!