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Hendrickson bringing out the feels this morning! Loved the colors, saber/rifle work was good, big fan, great job!!

Lockhart blew me away. Theme clearly expressed, and omg the flag work at the end was magical and pretty tight, great job y’all!

Cool show from Katy! Super effective uniform change that looked amazing against the gold flags, really cool tarp pieces as well, great job!

LOVE Leander!! Flag work was wow, those emerald green ones went so well against the unis, solos/duets were clean, great job!!

Really cool show from Rouse! Love the breathing effect, rifle work was solid, great job Rouse

Lovely stuff from Cy-Woods! Flag soloist was amazing, really loved the choreography in the intro/outro, very expressive, great joy Cy-Woods!

Good morning all! Live on Flo for finals, super excited to see what everyone’s got!! Wishing for the best of runs!

Another big weekend in NCTA SO! Marcus now fall behinds Timber Creek, little elm still first with an 81, and Emerson already scoring almost an 80, placing ahead of TC and Marcus between the two comps, can’t wait to see how things shake out with all these groups in a couple weeks!!!

Quick question. So, how good are past scores used to guess how good a guard is going to be the following year? I'm asking because I remember Hebron being pretty dominant and scoring well in SA last season, but now they're not placing as high. I'm guessing the question is no, maybe it's different with each class, and obv for marching band certain groups do better some years, but then I feel like, especially in 6A and for the SASR, the finalist have been pretty consistent over the mast 8-ish years but regular regionals and the other UIL classes are consistently changing, at least bottom half, kind of, so maybe it's like SW is pretty close to the same finalist but then SO and SA is a complete toss up each year. Sorry for dragging out the question, I'm just curious as to what's a good way if there are any to predict how upcoming seasons will look, but Ik that's hard w/o any insider info

Hello all! Good luck to all the groups competing today!! I unfortunately have to miss prelims but will be watching all of finals tomorrow, though i should be able to sneak on for TW’s and Flomo tonight, maybe. Either way looking forward to seeing some amazing groups tomorrow, hope everyone has amazing runs today!

I'm very excited so see how this one turns out. Obviously I feel like Waxa will be the fav to win unless Sachse or another group starts to continuously win this area, but I'd bet that won't happen. I feel like Sachse just needs to keep up having strong designs like last year and then they'll be fine bc the talent has been there since 2018, they just need to be able to show that in a well designed show. I feel like the same applies to Forney, and as fun as last years show was, I think there was some room for improvement. I think a lot of other groups like Lake Highlands, JJ and Berkner have a shot at state. This area isn't the strongest top to bottom, but I feel like the difference in overall quality, especially in the 3rdish-7th range isn't that different when all of these groups have strong shows, so outside of Waxahachie, I'd dare to say it's fair game. I also think there's plenty of room for new finalist, and those last 2 to 3 spots will also be interchangeable between whoever takes them and the first couple groups out. Can't wait to see how things shake out

Vista Ridge: every year since 2018, this band has had just fire musically arrangements, and even with their “off year”, I’ve never been bored with their shows, and omg their brass line has been unreal, percussion is just gas and WW’s are always shredding, just love this program so much

That wad 2023

Wylie is losing their head director, so it’ll be interesting to see how they do next year, don’t expect them to dip in performance level to much

Would definitely say 7L is a lock, at least should be considering the made state finals

This is exactly how I feel. I enjoyed the show from a story wise but felt wanting more in terms of big weapon/standout moments where as TW’s have the complete opposite. Haven’t seen Carmel yet but if TW’s are as clean as normal come Dayton I seem them as the front runner by a good amount, I would imagine GE scores will rise with a cleaner show though I could be completely wrong lol

Just watched the video of TW’s and yeah I’m LOVE this show!! Once again blowing me away, Wow!

Almost 100% guaranteed I’ll be here, can’t wait!! Insane lineup, getting to see some of these groups love (TW’s!) live is going to be a blast 🤩

Someone tell him. We still (I think) don’t know the exact reason, but their SW group is taking the season off, there’s a post on the guard’s Instagram with the announcement. If we ever got the reason pls someone add the info

So ummmm Little Elm just had a crazy night, 81.450 in vs and Marcus with a 73.650. I haven’t seen either shows so idk but i think it’s definitely worth noting. And Coppell with a 77 something, very excited to see how SO goes come the SW regional for WGI to say the least

Could you explain how promotions work? I’m not surprised about Emerson at all considering their scores in NTCA but i am curious about the process

Welp, I just checked Melissa HS’s calendar bc I was curious and their showcase is also on the 27th 🥲 definitely gonna be interesting to see who goes where, still think WMI will be much bigger than last year, plenty of bands in the north Texas area for the two comps to “share”

Yippie!! Really hoping most of the regulars come and people don’t sick bc of state/Grand Nats since this’ll be my first time

So real! Especially with Austin not being as strong/popular overall from San Marcos plus Reagan is normally here I’d say you should!! plus shows are more complete so I’d definitely say it’s worth the wait, and Box5 is only $24 I think for prelims and finals

So true!!! As long as the Melissa Marching Showcase is on the 20th (it’s normally a week 1 comp), then I expect this one to be possibly the most stacked it’s been since Covid!! (thought 21 was really strong). Very happy to see this one on a date with no other major comps this day