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and NFHS just crashed...

Amazing performance from Friendswood!! Visuals were the highlights for me, SO MUCH individual bodywork demand that they are executing so unbelievably well!! Gurad was just WOW, super clean, so much up front work that they are just nailing! Such a big brass sound, really clean and clear articulation. Woodwinds were super clean, could have used a little more volume but might just be NFHS. Soloists were super clean, but the visual part of this show is wow, those kids were having so much fun, amazing job Friendswood!! This will be a fan favorite at GN's for sure!

Good luck to you and your band today!!

Happy ya'll enjoyed it!! We had a blast performing for ya'll, by far the biggest crowd I've been in front of and it was just so cool seeing everyone having a good time! Also, we are here live on NFHS for the finals of the 5A state marching band contest! Will be here for all 12 bands and awards. LETS DO THIS EVERYONE!!!

Congrats to all our finalist!!

Good luck to everyone competing here today!! Might hop on NFHS a little before 5A finals

Good luck to all of our 1A bands today!!!

Good morning everyone!! Just a little tired as we didn’t get back to Waco till around 2:30 due to rain, but we did get some Buc-ee’s on the way back! Cant wait to watch finals in a couple hours, it’s going to be spectacular!! Good luck to everyone this afternoon/evening!!

Thank you so much!!

Also happy to see Aledo back in, big shocker, and Leander 3rd, REALLY good looks going into SASR and GN’s, as well as Argyle. Also, Lake Belton, big ups!! Hopefully they maintain their momentum and can get into finals next year!!

Hello everyone!! Had a great time performing for ya’ll!! Crowd was amazing, and it was a memorable experience for my first time performing in the dome!! Congrats to all our finalist, way to represent area B!!! Argyle already in 5A finals and North for the first time 🎉🎉🎉 can’t wait to watch finals tomorrow!!

Hello everyone!!! Been keeping up via the live blog, seems everyone’s been having solid runs!!! Just got to the Dome, hope everyone else has great runs!$

Yeah, I wish they had a site or something that explained it all, or would post the raw scores so we had somewhat of a better understanding of everything, but yeah sorry again if any confusion was caused, I’m still trying to understand it all myself

Okay sorry for causing any confusion. The content does matter in terms of the raw score which is used for the specific placement from each judge. The person I was trying to help had some weird wording and was just trying to clear some things up, mainly regarding state as content and design is its own caption at state. They’ve changed up the sheets so much since the pandemic, but yes content does matter for each caption, just not to the level the other person was saying it did, that’s all.

Idk if I’d say unlikely. I think both have an equal chance considering how their seasons have been going

Hey there! Just wanted to inform you about so wrong information on your post. Area doesn't take into account content and design. It's 3 music judges (60% of the overall score), and 2 visual judges (40% of the overall score). Yes, they do have the raw score sheets, but those don't really matter as much scoring wise as the rankings from each band, as that in the end is what determines placement. For state, there's 1, no color guard caption and 2, scored, just like area, with the ranking of the bands determining placement (an example being a band gets first with a total score of 7 at state bc they got 1st from all 7 judges). Not trying to be rude, just don't want false information being spread

Looks like Argyle and some others have dropped, and some schools like Byron Nelson have been added.

8:15 am Coppell High School (JV) Coppell, TX Exhibition 8:30 am Samuel V. Champion High School Boerne, TX Exhibition 8:45 am Atoka High School Atoka, OK Group I 9:00 am Grand Saline High School Grand Saline, TX Group I 9:15 am Ranchview High School Valley Ranch,, TX Group II 9:30 am Killeen High School Killeen, TX Group II 9:45 am Waco High School Waco, TX Group II 10:00 am Sanger High School Sanger, TX Group II 10:15 am Gainesville High School Gainesville, TX Group II 10:30 am Academy High School Little River-Academy, TX Group II 10:45 am BREAK 11:00 am Pine Tree High School Longview, TX Group III 11:15 am Midlothian Heritage High School Midlothian, TX Group III 11:30 am Akins Early College High School Austin, TX Group III 11:45 am Paschal High School Fort Worth, TX Group III 12:00 pm Boerne High School Boerne, TX Group III 12:15 pm Haughton High School Haughton, LA Group III 12:30 pm Northwest High School Justin, TX Group III 12:45 pm BREAK 1:15 pm Benton High School Benton, LA Group IV 1:30 pm Harker Heights High School Harker Heights, TX Group IV 1:45 pm Byron Nelson High School Trophy Club, TX Group V 2:00 pm Guyer High School Denton, TX Group V 2:15 pm W.E. Boswell High School Fort Worth, TX Group V

seeing how they did at area I think it's possible for sure

Good morning everyone!!! Good luck to everyone today! Won’t be able to watch any of prelims but I plan on watching finals tomorrow!! See yall in the dome tonight!!

These are my locks, everything else is fair game imo (random order): Wakeland, Lonestar, Hendrickson, Cedar Park, Leander, Rouse, Friendswood,Aledo

Super excited for the exhibition performance tomorrow!! Really hoping we have to watch some groups before we perform, but it’ll be fun regardless. Good luck to everyone competing here tomorrow!!!

THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!! Love how these schools support each other despite being rivals, just the loving part of band kid!!

They are 💀 just fixed my list lol, coppell had been moved into last 2, honestly don’t think finals is as guaranteed for them as recently. I also don’t know where to put Marcus considering their season, would say as high as 5th and low as 10th/11th tbh, idk 🤷‍♂️

Alrighty ladies and gentlemen, now that area is all wrapped up (minus C but I think Waxahachie is the only big dog coming here from there), here's my final predictions for this comp. I'm not really using area results as a helper, at least a lot as we know UIL doesn't have GE, but I just wanted to wait for my personal sake. I was planning on going to this in person, but unfortunately won't be able to anymore, but I plan on watching all of Saturday prelims/finals, maybe Friday, we'll see since I've got rehearsal from 4-6, but I'll probably happen. Only have my top 12, and then the bands fighting for the last two spots, but honestly my top 10 are my only personal locks, but even then, anything could happen, especially with how good everyone is this year. Anyways, here's my guess, lines up somewhat with what the general census seems to be: 1. Vandy (visual/GE) 2. Hebron (music) 3. Flowermound 4. The Woodlands 5. Vista Ridge 6. Marcus 7. Cedar Park 8. Pearland 9.Rouse 10. Ronald Reagan 11. Cedar Ridge 12. Round Rock Last two: Coppell, Leander, Westlake, James Bowie, Keller, McNeil, CTJ Southlake Carroll, Cy-Fair, Waxahachie, Dripping Springs, Cy-Woods Super excited for next weekend, hope everyone has a great week of cleaning!