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exactly. and although being a smaller BAND in the big school classifications, 5A and 6A can really hurt you-we’ve seen multiple times that small bands can compete especially in 5A. Highland park up until they moved to 6a for example, they were the silver medalist in 2019!!! their band is probably HALF the size of Cedar Park. Another example is Roma- they regularly make state finals, and they are a 2A school in BOA. Argyle is making their way up to the top of UIL 5A as well and they are like a fraction of the size all the other top schools in area B 5a.

I’m here early and ready to have my ears blown off!!

Btw I wanted to compliment SLC’s flute soloist on SLAYING his solo I mean OMG his doubling-tonguing, quality of timbre in the upper register, and dexterity were stunning! It was so professional 

If there’s a particular band you would like me to comment on, just ask and I will do my best to remember how their performance went lol. 

You always have great commentary! I’ll be following along until I can get there myself this morning! 😊

Omg marching band is so much fun (lol) and Area B is so cool because there’s so many high quality groups here. Arlington HS did awesome! 

Ok I made up my mind (sort of lol) and I’m doing Area B prelims and area C finals. I’m here now for the beginning of the area b contest! So freaking excited!!! Good luck to ALL bands at area!

It’s exciting and also exhausting! 

It’s exciting and also exhausting! 

It’s exciting and also exhausting! 

I’m thinking about the bands that performed at prelims, went to Region, and then are back at finals. Wow…what a long day! 

If this is Lovejoy’s final competitive run, they did great! After what happened at region those kids gave it their all, and I couldn’t be a prouder alumni. Great job Lovejoy! 

Such a cute show from Highland Park! Love the uniforms, and the elevator prop is so cool! I feel like they need to have a bit more serious themes to really compete well, especially now that they are 6A, but they look and sound great! Guard was very clean, and the sax soloist in the ballad was incredible. Great job Highlander band!

As a Dville band alumni and someone who grew up in Duncanville I’ll chime in a bit. Dville is not a bad place to live at all however it’s nowhere near as well off as some of the other parts of the state and money can prove to be an issue for many. Consequently, many students (myself included when I was there) required financial assistance in some way shape of form. Thankfully, the program has an INCREDIBLE booster program, culture/traditions, and a high standard of education/teaching. Rather than using the money raised to go to a bunch of competitions every season, it is invested into the students themselves so that any student can have private lessons despite their situation and to ensure that no student ever has to pay a “band fee” just to be a member of the band. Despite the circumstances, Dville has 3 state championships to their name, a music caption at Grand Nationals, and one of if not the longest streaks of any 6A band for consecutive advancements to state going every cycle from 1984-2018 (missed it in 2021 but returned in 2022). Although Dville is not at the peak of where they used to be, they’ve always stuck around and are a program that can never be counted out. (I am extremely biased towards this program so sorry if this comes across as a little preachy 😭)

Region 20 is complete. All 6A bands except Skyline made 1's. We will indeed have 7 state spots considering Keller ISD and Region 31 get all 1's.

Congratulations to Wylie on getting yet another W at this competition! If were excluding 2018, they have won 3 of the 4, getting second in 2021 behind Highland Park. It's gonna be fun to watch throughout the years if someone is able to "take them off their throne" in the coming seasons, assuming they continue to come here. Argyle at 3rd is no surprise, it seems they've really stepped it up now that they are 5A, BIG congrats to Walnut Grove on 7th, really happy for them. Surprised to see Melissa at 10th a little, I'm guessing that they just are either having an off year, or they just haven't made that step up quite yet to do well against these 5A/6A schools like Argyle, but I doubt it will take them to long. Congratulations to all our finalist! 
 

If someone could post the finals line-up when they get to that point I would appreciate it!  Trying to convince the hubby to go tonight!

I think HP could take percussion caption. We’ll see! Good luck to all! 

Does anyone have scoresheets from this contest? 

Does anyone have scoresheets from this contest? 

And what's even more crazy is that it's still September and everyone is sounding like were halfway through the season! 

Wow everyone is doing great today! I am really impressed by Texas bands just pushing the level of competitiveness over the years. 

This should be a really fun competition! I hope I'm able to go. I'm also excited to see how Highland Park's new show does - it's a bit different than years past, with a heavy jazz focus. Also excited to see Prosper, Rock Hill, Lake Highlands and several other bands I haven't seen before. And I think we might get decent weather. Woot!!

Good morning everyone, and happy DCI season premiere day!!! Cant believe the new season is already here, but with how everyone is sounding and all they hype that’s been going around, I’m super excited as I’d imagine most of us are for the season to kick off! Good luck to all the cores this season, and thank you to all the members and staff for keeping this awesome activity alive!!! Let the 2023 DCI season commence!! 

Highland park is confirmed here