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so even if 3 get 2's there will still be 4 state spots, I'd call it a pretty safe bet.

Yeah, we deserved that music score at TOC, but that happened partially because it was early in the morning and partially because we didn't play our big closer hit. If you watch a video of our last performance on youtube, the last half of the closer pretty much makes the show. Nonetheless, we worked on it throughout the season and I still felt like we were right on the brink of breaking out sound-wise but never quite got there except for in a few hits in the show.

Agreed. Given that Lebanon Trail will both grow in size and have its first senior class next year, I think they will make that improvement.

given the realignment, which of those bands do you think we'll see at state next year?

thoughts on lovejoy?

I would throw McKinney North in the conversation for 5A, they seem to execute really well visually

Bring him to one of our football games and bring him by the band section. I'm a current member and I know we would be glad to see any future members!

yeah I agree, they have a much better shot now with the area realignment that excludes region 5, and with prosper now being 6a.

Thoughts on Frisco Centennial? How do you think they'll place at area finals next year?

It can be attributed to the two middle schools their students come from. Clark and Fowler both have huge, well-known programs, with over 160 in almost every beginner class.

Speaking of numbers, Lebanon Trail is projected to have upwards of 300 next year as they currently have 204 with 9-11 and have about 140 incoming freshmen next year. (Some will quit obviously but nonetheless, still a very large number for any 5a band)

I agree, Reedy looked like a completely different band from 2017, forgot about them when making my finals prediction. I could see them swapping with Lovejoy or Heritage on that list.

there are 3 other pictures like that, we had around 19 people in each band

I've got these bands going to finals in the area competition, in alphabetical order. -Centennial -Heritage -Lebanon Trail -Lone Star -Lovejoy -McKinney North -Princeton -The Colony -Wakeland -Wylie East After further research yesterday and today I'm gonna go back on what I said before and say the third and fourth state spots are probably up for grabs by 4-5 of these bands.

I'm gonna say Wakeland, Lebanon Trail, and maybe Centennial are locks, with Lone Star, Heritage, and Reedy fighting for the last spot. I really don't see Princeton or The Colony in the picture to be honest.

It's really hard competing here in region 24, Frisco alone makes up about 20% of students who audition for 5a in the entire state. So naturally, it can be really difficult to even get an area spot. For example, I got 3rd out of 65 tuba players in the region who auditioned for 5a and I still didn't even make area.

and our school still only has 9th-11th graders

Here at Lebanon Trail we just had 67 people place in an all-region band, beating out every other school in the region

You mean West?

could potentially see a frisco sweep for the 4 state spots this time because prosper, fort worth, and mansfield are no longer competing in 5a area B

Frisco is opening 2 more schools in the next 5 years, set to affect, centennial, liberty and independence. That will put them at 12 high schools holy crap

they used to be, but they got a 1-1-2 at uil this year and have downgraded a lot this year because of the opening of Lebanon trail

Check out Lebanon Trail high school in Frisco, they have only been open for 3 years and they still don't have senior class. Next year they will have seniors and might compete for 5a state finals. Excited for their future.

competing with frisco schools

good luck to you guys, and yeah you're right 5a area b finals will be a bloodbath with all the talent.