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I won’t be surprised if we see bell again tonight or we don’t see bell again tonight. I didn’t see their run but I heard it was solid.

I have to agree

good lord cedar freaking ridge

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Anyways, I just want to write a little post before I head to bed. Good luck to all performing students from all around the state over the next two days. This has been a great season to keep up with and everyone of you has put in a lot of hard work. This is your moment and you’ve all worked hard for it. As for those of you that are watching, I’m looking forward to keeping up with it over the next couple of days and maybe even bantering with some of y’all😉 haha can’t wait for tomorrow!

I arrived to the stadium before their community performance a little early to see them practice and heard them in the lot playing that and wondered what it was. It works soooooo much better and I think it will help their scores. They just gotta sell it, just like the rest of the show.

Unfortunately Coppell’s show lacks the ge needed to surpass a lot of these other bands. Sure they’re loud and it’s a good loud but that’s coppell for ya. They have these big moments that just make you say wow outloud, and then they bring out a canoe and try to be silly while there’s aggressive music playing from the winds. They’ve also scored alright in terms of visual proficiency this year. In my opinion, while it was a dorkier show I think last year’s show was much better for coppell. Cedar Ridge on the hand is a ge monster, my only complaint about them is they don’t move and play much but when they do, man they look awesome. They sound bigger and better than any year they’ve had lately and this may be their hardest music book to date. If you enjoy shosty 10 then you’ll be a fan of this show but if not then you might not like this show as much. I saw them at katy and holy heck are they good. As for Leander, great program that’s still reminiscent of what they were before covid. However their ge will probably tank them. I could see them placing anywhere from 14th to 23rd like you’ve ranked them at. I just wish they had a better show like the ones they were doing before the great plague lol, they were so awesome. As for what I think about marcus, I think they have a tough job this year coming off of last year. I’ve heard so many people comparing this years ballad to last years. No, they weren’t going to top it and I don’t think they were trying to. However I think they’ll be the typical marcus where music will score very well and visual and ge will score decently. It’s quite a bit more contemporary in terms of visual design for marcus, I wish they’d just abandoned their old formula of using classical music and go full blown contemporary like everyone else.

I love this idea!

coppell over marcus and cedar ridge? what in the world is this?

Not the Cedar Ridge satanism banter again😭

In terms of UIL yes, in terms of BOA there was quite a gap between Bell and TC. However it has been a month and all three of the ensemble’s you’ve mentioned have grown a lot. I won’t be surprised if one or two of these make it or if they all three miss. I’d love to have a newbie like TC in finals tho!

Thank you so much for the heads up! I went to a whataburger after DCI SA this past summer and holy gods it was slow. Realistically just don’t go anywhere near the stadium after a contest PERIOD lol

I saw Cy Fair at Katy and didn’t think they were all that. Cool concept and good band however. Yeah they did slip my mind but I wouldn’t consider them a lock by any means, unless they show up this weekend and are a completely different band.

Yeah, I think a lot of people (maybe including myself) are doubting vista because of last year. But their show this year is so much stronger as is their band so I don’t think things will turn out the same at all as last year.

valid. I like round rock’s rite of spring bit a lot as well as their ballad but the rest of the show is okay. I think they’ll do better than years past for sure

Jerry world IS at&t lol

100% agree.

Gonna go crazy and post a probably inaccurate prediction lol hebron vandy marcus reagan flo mo ctj cedar ridge vista ridge woodlands coppell waxahachie round rock ld bell pearland like I said, I don’t expect this to be right (knowing UIL) I think pearland and Ld Bell will make it solely because of content and design as well as visual proficiency. Bell’s drums as wells as winds scores will probably not look too great but their color guard, visual and ge scores will be pretty good I think. I think Waxahachie could place better than where i’ve put them, they were very good at area and their show has grown on me quite a lot. Woodlands is a wild card for me, they haven’t been to the state contest since they’ve switched over to their jazzy style so I’m not sure how much the uil judges will like it. (Last year was a banger tho) Their director change has also seemed to do a number on them. Oh well, I still look forward to seeing them tbh! Vista ridge is also a wild card for me, they did this thing, this thing where they won area over vandegrift. But the thing is, they did this last year and when we got to state vandy beat them by almost 10 places. I know this years band and show is much better which is why I have them higher then last year but who knows. This show is dangerous, it’s very well put together and I could very well see it doing better. Im not sure if Marcus will medal this year but knowing their past reputation with UIL i’ve got ‘em in 3rd. I don’t think their show this year is as good put together as last year and has rather bland and dull moments, but that brass can PLAY. Ok, and we know Hebron wins nothing else to add lol Now about the bubble, KINDA forgot to post about the bubble I watched dripping springs area finals run and they are CLEAN I will not be surprised if they place just right outside of finals or even snatching a bottom spot. I’ve heard good things about Wylie this year and they placed well at area so I could see them being just right on the outside. Same with Wylie East, a 5a last year and now a 6a. Still qualified for state no problem however. They were pretty freakin good at prosper. Timber creek, oh man you talk about a program that has grown in skill. With Highland park’s former director they played really in the uil circuit at area this year with their 3rd place finish. As a bell alum and someone that’s competed against them numerous times, i’m real proud of that program for rising as much as they have. Duncanville has also got some potential in their show, but also a lot of dirt. They’ve got a killer show and just such a great sound tho. I could see them placing anywhere from outside of finals or maybe even lower than that i’m not sure however. Westlake is having their best year I think in the school’s history. I won’t be surprised if they make it with relative ease and I won’t be surprised if they miss at the same time. Their show is killer and they’ve got a great sound. Hopefully they’ve grown a lot since I saw them at prosper. Keller, I don’t even know what to say about them tbh. I really did not think they were all that great at area, they’re struggling much more this time of year than years past. However the judges at area seemed to really like them so I won’t be surprised if they can snatch a spot here as well. This year will be my first year attending state as a spectator so i’m really excited to see how it all plays out!

I was a fan of the views we got from the top but I did hear the other bands warming up as well. I think it was a decent venue.

I still to this day think cedar ridge should’ve made finals that year, I watched them in my band hall on flo and thought they were for surely in.

I think so as well. TC was ahead of keller in prelims and finals so I think it would be safe to say that TC will stay above keller in terms of uil, that is unless keller gets stupid clean in the span of just this week. Their show might not have nearly the amount of musical content that keller’s has but they’re playing the snot out of it and they sound gooooooood.

Anyone have any videos of round rock?

Does anyone have a video of pearland?

it pretty much is san antonio part 2 with different judging lol

Yep! Super happy for them!