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Color me curious. Indulge us in the long story?

They were at SA a few years back. Small A Class band. Good sound, great group. They are the only A group here I think. Not quite finals level, but they put out some good sound.

It is the only one to have impacted me this season other than Blue Devils. It is just stunning. It feels like the closest any of the "old school" corps has gotten to really nailing down and emulating their essence.

I love this Phantom Regiment show! Anyone else?

I'd maybe put Westlake ahead of McNeil. I think it's likely McNeil pulls ahead by San Antonio and state but they seem to be slow starters.

I like the sound of this one…

Talk about a good idea, word on the street is this regional is completely full?

McNeil stays in finals and advances to state.

Another cookie cutter show from Prosper….

Duncanville stands as one of the most unique programs in Texas history. It’s good to hear they’re alright.

Brandeis has fallen back a little recently but the two bands I’ve had my eyes on are O’Connor and Stevens. I think if they landed the right director there could be a lot of great movement there.

I agree but the earlier claim that the contest probably won’t be affected was silly. Obviously something is going to happen.

The wind is that the band is transitioning to being a show band. That won’t affect it?

Given the recent situation with Duncanville’s Director and the districts position on fine arts is this contest still going to happen?

They’ve always been real solid at UIL. I’m hoping they get to the status of the upper 5A’s that prove themselves amongst a sea of 6A (Leander, Wakeland, Waxahachie before the bump)

This is the proving grounds for Colleyville’s big comeback! They were a pretty consistent bubble band wayyyyy back so it’d be nice to see them in the mix with the 5A bubble again.

I also don’t see the issue with D5 as much as others on this forum. It’s kept out genuinely finals-level competent groups and a complete disqualification from the state track because of an early season timing penalty is absurdly harsh.

I’m having a hard time seeing why providing opportunities to groups that are disadvantaged by no fault of their own is considered “doesn’t serve the activity as a whole” feels like an elitist take, maybe it’s just me.

Seems a bit...I don't know the word. Pompous? Counterintuitive? Take your pick. I don't doubt they said that and I believe you, just a bit of a baffling and absurd take from them is all.

Reagan was 0.2 from falling out in 2009. A rough showing in the visual for Coppell kept them in finals narrowly.

It’s definitely a favorite this Texas homer only rivaled by 2019.

It’s one of those things without a specific thread but that inevitably pops up any time Vandegrift does really well or Reagan does really well. Interchangeably.

They certainly picked it up! It was a wonderful two performances at UIL. I really thought they were about to win. They also put up a great prelims performance on the day of San Antonio too.

There is no bias for Indiana bands. Think about this bigger in scope, why would MFA or these judges be “biased for the home bands”. There’s no connection between those programs and MFA that’s different than any other in the program. You can’t just yell bias when the result isn’t what you want. All respect people are telling you you looked and sounded better out of politeness most likely. Even then it’s difficult to judge as a spectator when you’re not in the box or on the field hearing and seeing what the judges are.

Vandegrift literally won on their first try.