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Bended leg looks so good when it’s done well and Colleyeville Heritage has it down! So good visually and I love that ballad. Great job!

Birdville does a really outstanding job working with the Illuminations music in that show. So many great musical moments and really clean marching.

Brewer brings the energy to start finals. Much improved performance from prelims. Really clean visually and great sound.

The sun has set and the lights are on here at Birdville Fine Arts and Athletic Complex. Four spots at state are on the line tonight. Good luck to all of our finalist bands!

I am not going to take that bait. I think it’s extremely wide open and it’s going to come down to tonight’s performance. You want to go to state tonight? You have to perform like it.

Fun fact: 7 of the 8 schools in District 4-5A D1 advanced to Area F finals. Red Oak, the other school in the district advanced to Area C finals.

Just to make sure we are all on the same page, the schedule is random draw between all 10 bands. There is no top half, bottom half split like BOA.

7:30 - Brewer 7:45 - Birdville 8:00 - Colleyeville Heritage 8:15 - Aledo 8:30 - Richland 8:45 - Burleson Centennial 9:00 - Legacy 9:15 - Midlothian 9:30 - Azle 9:45 - Summit

Here come the drum majors…

UIL won’t officially release all recaps until after finals. We will only find out the schedule shortly.

Negative. You would never want me as a judge. I would be very bad. Just an alum of one of the bands today and enjoy the marching arts.

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t paying attention to that part. (I was probably writing that review actually.)

I’m 99.9 percent sure all area contest finals schedules are random draw with no top half, low half split.

Fly to Paradise. I love that piece to death.

Outstanding job Granbury to finish prelims today! Much improved from when I saw you at Mansfield POC. Believe prelims retreat will begin around 5:15.

Wonderful job today Grapevine! Lot of really nice musical moments in that show.

Nice performance this afternoon Saginaw! Wonderful use of Paint It Black as the closer.

Lovely show today Joshua! Loved the use of You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Wow. Just wow, Aledo! Extremely clean performance. Should have no issue getting to finals, and probably favorites to win it tonight.

Wonderful performance Birdville! Loved the use for Illuminations from Epcot throughout.

Hey there Legacy! Great performance today. Sounded and looked amazing. See you again tonight in finals.

Yes Timberview!! That show has come so far and is just so much fun. Also, that guard is small but mighty. Awesome performance!

Nice job Creekview. Good sound and I liked the musical selections.

Wonderful performance Midlothian! Love Firebird in the closer. And the tux uniforms are a very nice touch.

Great, great job Summit! Strong as always on the music. Should be back for finals. Much better from last night.