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Lubbock-Cooper: Super cool preshow drill, love the guard member running through the WWs and they lay down. Great work from the Sax solo with the backfield playing into the opening hit of Rapsody in Blue. Solid sound from high brass and WWs under the trombone solo. Good form control during the Sax solo, little bit of dirt form battery, good work in the pods. Good job with the different attacks, cover downs clean for the most part, much better going into the ballad. Great job again from our sax soloist, really cool effect having the guard run through the doors that are in that front row. Great dynamics here in the ballad, not over playing and keeping good balance with the sax solo. Good WW and brass features, love the flag work throughout, clean Mello run. Effective drill spelling "Get Out", very solid ending chord, ending visuals add a nice touch to the end. Great job LC!

Lake Belton: Great sounds from the Horn small ensemble, love the body work in the pods with the guard. Great work from WWs leading into the opening hit; wow they sound so good. Huge, clean form with a very mature ensemble sound, I hear those trills flutes, great opening moment. Great Sax quartet, WWs are nailing those technical runs. Good high brass feature, low brass as well, great sounds from the tubas. Love the guard work in this brass feat in the open circles, Crown set in the WWs is very effective. Great sounds from trumpet leading into Elsa's procession, good work from the flute sextet. Huge sounds from low brass, great dynamics. Some minor spacing issues in this big form but nothing crazy, good release. Great work with 1812 closer, cover downs are clean. Love the rippling rifle tosses, great job with the rotating forms, big crown set is super effective. Great job Lake Belton, very strong run!

Kaufman: Great opening hit, some minor tuning issues in high brass, much better blend in that closing chord. Very solid work with the two blocks visually, good attacks from the brass, love their arrangement of Niagara Falls, really solid opening. Beautiful flute solo in the ballad, FE is blending very well, thematic visuals from the brass, could use a little more sound from the WWs. Good spatial awareness in this big curve set, brass sound much more locked in here, great ballad. UNDER THE SEA, YES!! Great job Sax and Trumpet soloist. OKAY Sax. Also, pods are very clean, crowd ate that part up, very well done. Really strong Trumpet feature, love the WW runs under the brass, balance is very well handled. Wow, this ending is a really special moment, great form control. Mellos sustain is clean, amazing ending. Really great performance, congratulations on your first state run in 5A Kaufman, really enjoyed that!

Wakeland Leander Hendrickson Midlothian Roam Laporte Lakeview Centennial Hanks Block one rankings, have a feeling that Wakeland and Leander could be closer than we think, wondering how lone star is gonna fit between the three of them

Leander: Amazing Sax Quintet getting us started with hunting wabbits, great form with the full ensemble hit, huge impact!! Great job with the rotating circles, clean and supper effective, cover downs are clean in the big rectangle. Great work from muted trumpet and Piccolo? Yeah, I see why they placed high in visual at area, because the forms are super clean. Gosh there is so much going on musically, love how they tradeoff between the different sections, yeah that movement was so fun, they are locked in. Some interesting body work during those lovely soprano sax solo. Great spatial control from the brass in that follow the leader. Super cool smile form in this amazing ballad hit, great flag work. Super cool drumline break loved that merging circle in the brass. Great job soloists, don't know what that instrument is called but we are jamming out. Super cool ending, and tbh screens weren't as distracting, probably really own sucks for those in the few front rows. Buy umm yeah, that top 5 is gonna be tight bc that was so clean, amazing job Leander!!

Hanks: Solid opening moment, despite their size, they are putting out some good sound. Lovely flute solo, very mature sounds. Great T-bone and trumpet duet. Really solid WW feature, minor spacing issues during the follow the leader. Love the musical variety here, lots of pieces I like. Can't tell if its micing or they are that loud at times but might be some over playing in low brass, clean drill in that last set moving into the ballad. Again, lovely sounds from Flute in the ballad. Super cool moment with the brass running in the middle or the WW arch, super effective and clean. Solid runs from the battery into ballad hit, ooo watch your tone trumpets. Very nice double flag work in this last chord. Great groovy Trombone solo, brass injections were very solid. Really good consistency in timing with that ripple visual. Yes, love the 4 suites being shown in the drill, very cool moment! Overall, very fun show, great job Hanks, see ya'll at the casino!

Wakeland: WOW brass!! Huge opening impact, Mellos omg, loved the drop in sound into the crescendo, wow what a start. Great job break, visually memorizing during this WW feature, great job duet. Super mature sounds form that horn soloists during this slower section, everyone is hitting their dots, awesome sax quintet. Great job building into that hit, just so much going on and its being performed at an insanely high level. Such beautiful sounds from that trumpet during Creep, WWs sound so clean under her. Great sounds from horn soloists, brass sound amazing playing backfield at the perfect dynamic. Huge and balanced hit, flag work is super effective as well as lower body visuals, what a moment. Love how they have the trumpet playing into the mirror, great GE, great form control in that last ballad set. Synth a little too loud hear for my taste; wow that triangle move was so cool. Just let myself enjoy the last 45 seconds, absolutely insane. They continue to impress me more year after year, but yeah this is probably my favorite of theirs since 2019, I mean WOW! Amazing job Wakeland!!

Lakeview Centennial: Super cute and thematic preshow visuals, love that dancer soloists in that circle, great job with the moving pods, pretty consistent. Good opening hit, 1st trumpet sticking out a little, really clean drill so far though. Great job low brass trio, good reentry from the brass. Really great WW feature, again bodywork is very thematic, great brass quartet, some dirt in the sound coming out of it, but very minor. Beautiful flute solo....is that Danzon I hear. Good ballad impact, just some minor balancing things. And now it's time for some Mambo! Really great percussion feature, super fun movement. Great handling of the tempo change, much more controlled sound in that impact. Really nice Trombone quartet, follow the leader is clean. Cover downs are clean during and coming out of the WW feature, might be micing but don't over push to much Bones. Great ending, really fun show, great job LC!

Roma: Great sounds from this Sprano Sax, very thematic body work from the rest of the ensemble leading into this massive opening hit, huge sound!! Little bit of discrepancy from the brass, but very minor. Solid drum feature, great WW feature though some visual dirt in the triangle. Great back field playing, really good use of dynamics as they turn around, great ending form and chord. Such a mature sound from the Flute solo, love how they put the flags in the WW pods, brass back field playing is very nice, amazing form control with that rectangle. Huge impact on this ballad, great job with the slow down, almost perfect consistency from the trumpets holding out that note. Yeah snares, great work with that break. Love this arrangement of Dies Irae, great job hitting those cover downs in the half time. Really strong closer, loved the trumpet duets at the end. Amazing job Roma, def made a statement for finals!

La Porte: Solid sound from the T-Bone quartet, huge and clean full ensemble hit. Great work WW duet and Feature, great dynamics. Brass sounds great going between the two sides, lovely WW trio. Form control very strong in that last set of 2nd movement. Really engaging bodywork from the brass during the Flute solo, both them and the sax solo sounded great. Lovely double flag work in this beautiful ballad, really mature and controlled sounds. Really nice WW feature/solos after the ballad, and while I don't understand the theme a lot, I am loving their musical selections. Wow, this flute soloist has been playing a lot throughout this show, but they have been nails every time. Great sounds from the brass coming out of it, last set is very clean. Yeah, really strong from La Porte, enjoyed that a lot!

Midlothian: Love the fun preshow "visual". Okay Bari Sax let's get it! Great groove going by him with this Trumpet on top. Full ensemble sounds fantastic, love that jazzy chord, screamer killed it. Moving these small triangles very well with the Bari solo. Amazing brass and WW features. Tempo change handled very well, really great form control, nailed those cover downs. I'm actually being blown away by their sound, I mean holy cow. Lovely Trumpet our Flugelhorn quartet, wow; great backfield playing from the brass, love the moon in the WW's. Flag work is super effective in this last chord, yeah, they are locked in holy cow. Great intro into Asphalt, I hear you Mellos! Love this Trumpet trio ringing over the full ensemble, little stick out from trombones in the jam out part. JESUS Bari, that guy is not real. Yeah, actually insane ending, if this doesn't make finals, I will be shocked, mind is blown. Amazing job Midlothian!!

Hendrickson: really solid opening with percussion, those snares sound really clean. Huge impact from the brass, pitch is slightly off center but it's super early in the day. WW and high brass features were nails. Super clean big curvilinear move, really good spatial awareness. Really beautiful back field playing into this wonderful Euph solo; they are playing with such a mature tone in this ballad. Super cool sax feature during the drum break, again forms are really clean, really impressed with their visual package. Butterfly set is super effective, great GE there. Great resolution coming out of that major 7th, really like how they called back at the end to the pieces throughout the show. huge sound at the end, extremely impressive opening to today, one of my favorite shows of theirs of late, great job Hawk Band!

Good morning, everyone! Watching live on NFHS these next two days, super excited for some more awesome band!

Hello everyone! I will be watching pretty much all of this comp, will be all of prelims except last two blocks bc of band and work and will be watching all of finals! Super excited to be able to watch one last comp this season. Here are my final predictions. I am taking into consideration yesterday's results: 1. Cedar Park 2. Rouse (could be 1 but as history has followed...) 3. Wakeland 4. Lone Star 5. Leander 6. Aledo 7. Lebanon Trail 8. Argyle 9. Burleson Centennial 10. Hendrickson 11. Friendswood 12. Midlothian Yes, they do have a very not ideal performance time but seeing how they scored against some of the top 5A and 6A bands this past weekend, if performance time doesn't screw them over, I'm fully convinced Midlothian will take that last spot, and honestly if they make finals, they could be higher than 12th imo.

Good morning everyone! First off, congratulations to Hebron and Flomo on tying for first!! Crazy stuff right there. Next to Pearland on top 5, HELLO?!?! Am I surprised, not at all. I was actually quite happy, like that’s kinda insane for them. And then to Keller, MG Johnson and Bridgeland for making finals after not at state!! Super great ways for them to end their season. And Dripping Springs making finals for i believe the first time. Just a really historic night for this comp. I’m almost 100% sure now we will have five finalists at GNs, though id love if RR or SLC made it as well. Congratulations to everyone who competed yesterday, looked like a great contest as always!

I think if Wakeland moves up, it’s gonna be them Prosper and maybe another school or 2 if they get closer to them fighting for that last spot

Good luck to all the bands competing today! Unfortunately was not able to make it as originally planned but if work allows I will def be here next year. And unfortunately our game next week is an evening so no grand nats on Box either so I’m basically done for the year. Should be able to catch most of 5A and some of 3A state though

Wouldn’t be surprised about Argyle, good to know about Georgetown…I need to go back and refresh my band history apparently

I’m sorry 😭

omg duhhhhhhh 🤭 completely forget about them lol

Congratulations to Celina and the rest of the bands! Really cool hearing Davenport got a new director and he huge success! I’m pretty sure Marcus is the only other band with so many 1st place back to back, could be wrong but 4 in a row is really impressive, especially with how close other bands were getting to 1st.

already got a topic for this!

Seems right to me, I didn't think Heath would be 40th but all things considered I'm not shocked

At least it got the colors right 😂 Also, calling it now, Lone Star will be top 4

I am wondering now if Hebron could be closer than expected to Flomo after state. I feel like Flomos show is more for BOA considering they are going to nats, and Hebron really did only lose because of percussion. I'm not saying Flomo didn't deserve it as I had them in 1st but if we look at the recaps honestly.... I still think Flomo wins but if Hebron takes it, I wouldn't be surprised. I'm also hoping to see Vista improve on their placement here