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So ummmmm Arcadia was INSANE!!! I. MEAN. WOW!!! The show design is so smart and present, tons of GE and they are soooo talented, will be fun to see how Carmel responds but my goodness that was so good!!

Really enjoyed Flomo! A couple drops throughout but they’ve cleaned up SO much, could definitely see them slipping into finals with a cleaner run tomorrow

Hello everyone! Sounds like the Tx guards have been doing pretty well so far. Unfortunately for me, there was so conflicts with my schedule for work, and will have to miss some stuff tomorrow and Saturday. I don’t get in till 6 pm both days, so I will have to watch world class finals on the replay Sunday, and will probably avoid this forum so stuff doesn’t get spoiled lol, but I should be good to watch the rest of the Tx groups today and will be watching WC when it starts back up till Azle. Good luck to the remaining guards, gonna be a fun weekend!

I'm really just at a loss for words right now. Knowing many people who marched and worked with this organization, my heart is broken for all future, past and what would have been present members of this organization. It's crazy knowing that we won't get to see this group take the field again. I hope everyone affected by this is doing okay, but dang this sucks

Thanks for the heads up! I knew I was going to forget one lol Also missed Dawson but I went through it again and everyone should be there now

Hey everyone! Hope everybody had a great Easter weekend! As we are approaching the championships for WGI, I went ahead and made a schedule for the Texas bands for SA and SO in Texas time! The schedules are massive and so for anyone who doesn't want to have to deal with switching between schedules/time-zones, here's all the times for the Texas guards in SO in SA. The world class schedule is much easier to follow. As for me, I will definitely be watching finals for all three classes and will cover as many groups as I can after my Thursday/Friday classes are finished. I'll be able to catch all the SA guards on Thursday except Prosper and all but the first four groups of SO. Hopefully I'll be back in time for Tarpon, if not I'll miss the first block of SW but will be back for the other 2! Have no idea what Friday will look like, but we'll know when the time comes. Only a week and a half until the end of the season, which is crazy as it feels like it started last week, but I'm super pumped to see all the guards compete one last time!! WGI Prelims Texas guard times - Google Docs

Okay that’s great to hear, should pretty early make state and do so for a while unless they move back up or new areas alignments, super excited to see this program hopefully finally make state

Thanks for this! I’m only recently been getting into 4A but it’s only getting better and will be fully invested next season

I think top 3 in order will be Panther Creek, China Springs and Southwest, outside of that is fair game

This will be a very tough one to predict! I’d say at the moment Hendrickson is still the band to beat. Yes, last season wasn’t their best but it’s also Hendrickson. Piper could possibly win this comp, but I think they need a few more seasons to be that type of a powerhouse program. Some other programs like McCallum and Hays and a weird season last year. Here’s what I’m thinking right now assuming all 1’s 1st: Hendrickson 2nd: Pieper 3rd: McCallum 4th: Lake Belton 5th: New Braunels 6th-10th: Weiss/Hays/P-Ville/SV/Georgetown I am personally expecting Hays and McCallum to do much better, hopefully. I do thing NB is going to have success in 5A and could see them anywhere as high as 3rd. My 6-10 could be in any order, but I’d imagine finals will be mostly these programs. Another area that’s gonna be SUPER competitive

Oooo that would be fun to see!!

I wouldn’t be to fast to count out Highland Park. While they have struggled the past two seasons in 6A, I really think it was bc of their “silly” and fun show designs, bc they still looked and sounded good, and they had great success with those style of shows in 5A. So, assuming they do that type of show again, they could very much win, but I do agree the LC could win it as well, we really just won’t know till the season starts

I meant 4 😭

No it’s still every year for all conferences. There’s just been some changes in the schools in each area and creation/getting rid off some areas, but everyone can go to state every year!

Yes it looks like it, but we still will unfortunately only get 4 to state.

Yeah they still are

I’m super excited to see how this area turns out!! With the additions of bands like Pine Tree and Celina, it’s going to be a MASSIVE battle for finals and state. Throwing in my way to early predictions: 1st: Celina 2nd: Pine Tree (have a really good feeling about them) 3rd: Sulphur Springs 4th: North Lamar 5th: Canton (could be higher) 6th: Lumbertown 7th: Paris I’m only gonna to my top 7, if they end up sending ten there are a good amount of programs that could take the other 3 spots. Will be a fun one to watch!!

Do we know if bands like Lakeview Centennial that are opting up/down are competing here or at 6A area C? It seems like there’s still some confusion, as others have mentioned them competing in 6A and others in 5A. Assuming it’s 5A, which Imo is their best option for making state, I think they have a great shot at state. I’m imagining HP will once again run this area, as they did very well in 5A with their creative cute shows, and am thinking rn, assuming everyone stays in their actual class will look around these lines: 1st: Highland Park 2nd: Lakeview Centennial 3rd/4th: Poteet and North Mesquite-could be in any order 5th: Mount Pleasant(could be top 3) 6th: Red Oak 7th: West Mesquite 8th: Terrell 9th: Kaufman 10th: A lot of bands

The schedule had been posted for the World Championships! Marcus is indeed going, yay, and The Woodlands are the last group in SW to perform in prelims! Idk if having a later performance time is better for WGI stuff like marching band, but going right after Avon I think might help them in terms of comparison to the other top guards, especially if they have really good run!

100%! They had a great finish to their season and if they can build off that they could be top 5 here

Oh for sure anything could change between now and this comp!

Thanks sooo much for this and the other big updates you made today, really helpful and appreciated! I think right now, it’s safe to say Waxahachie, Forney, and I’d imagine Ducanville will be the top 3, in that order. I’d at the moment have Rockwall in the 4th spot, and hopefully a 5th band goes, not really any room for area at region, but if all goes well, I’d say the 5th spot could go anywhere between Berkner, who’d I have there, and could contest for the 4th spot, depends if they hold their momentum, or other bands like Lake Highlands, Richardson, North Forney, Sachse, Royce City, JJ Pearce(big dark horse) or Rockwall Heath. I could also see Rockwall in 3rd if they have another strong show like last year. Idk how many to finals, but if it’s 10 here’s what I’m thinking at the moment: 1st Waxahachie 2nd: Forney 3rd: Ducanville 4th: Rockwall 5th: LH/Berkner 6th: Berkner/LH 7th: JJ Pearce 8th: Sachse 9th: Richardson 10th: North Forney/Heath Pearce is the biggest dark horse for me. They could be as high as 4th, or as low as 9th. They have an Amazing concert program and did make finals at a super competitive Area B, don’t count them out, should be a super fun area, praying that all the bands get 1’s!

First off, do we know where this comp is being held, just wondering? I’m guessing the new Prosper or McKinney Stadium, and yeah, this is gonna be a bloodbath of an area. Area B, C and J are just now like 5A area B, and things are just now more competitive than ever. I think it’s safe to say we know the first 3 spots, thank the lord there is a 4th, which could do to either of the Wylie, McKinney or Prosper schools. We should have 10 to finals, so here’s my way to early predictions: 1st-3rd: LISD schools an any order 4th-7th(any order): Wylie/WE/Prosper/Mckinney Boyd 8th: Rock Hill 9th: Mckinney 10th: Braswell/Byron Nelson/Lewisville

Great breakdown! I think your predictions are spot on, and with programs on the rise, it will be very fun to see how things shake up, but my predictions are in line with yours

Dang wow okay this is crazy but exciting!