FormerWildcat

As far as the stream is concerned, two main factors need to be considered. 1. How much does the recording equipment cost? 2. How much does the labor running the equipment cost? Camcorders start at around $100, with "professional level" camcorders going for around $1,500. Soundboards start at around $50, with the top-of-the-line selling for about $1,000. Overall, a professional recording setup consisting of all brand-new components and field microphones could cost tens of thousands of dollars, but you could theoretically have a reasonably good recoding setup for under $1,000. Let's say, for instance, you have two camera operators, one audio tech, and one visual tech. I'll assume that all four employees get paid $15/hour. Assuming that they're on the clock for 50 hours during the duration of the state contest, the cost of labor to run the competition is $3,000. I have no idea of the viewership numbers for the state contest, but I'll throw out that 1,000 parties decide to fork out the $5.99/month fee to watch. You'd receive a revenue of around $6,000, for a profit of $2,000. This is of course assuming that the equipment has never been used by the recording company and will never be used again. The factor that could be a wild card is the cost to actually stream the contest. I'm assuming the costs of transmitting it over the internet are negligible and mainly fall on the consumers, but the cost to build an interface (or, at the very least, the cost to license an existing interface) could be fairly significant. My analysis could be completely off, and I'm excluding certain factors (mainly taxes). Still, it would be interesting to know if these streaming services (TXHSFB, Box5, FloMarching) are actually profitable.

I'd like to think that areas B, C, & F will be merged into two more balanced areas, where one has the current area F bands plus the Denton County schools from area B, while the other has the remaining area B bands plus the area C bands.

I think they do random order for area finals...

5. One participant short of 6.

Advancing to state is done at the area level. Generally, if there are less than 15 bands in the area, the top 2 advance to the state contest. If there are more than 15 bands, there are three advancers plus one additional for each added group of five eligible bands. The big exception is the "bad judge" rule. If two music judges and one music judge ranks a band in the top 3, they automatically advance to the state contest. The average number of advancing bands from an area is around 4-5, although there have been 7 advancers in some instances. The total number of state participants varies with conference, with 1A-3A typically having around 15 participants, 4A with 20, 5A with 30, and 6A with 40. Hopefully I did a decent job explaining.

Reminds me of when Keller lost the area title in 2018 due to an applied rule that only worked for state, but on a much larger scale.

On another note, it is kind of sad that Emerson can't participate in area simply because they don't have a senior class. Although I might have been slightly exaggerating when I called them a top 10 band, I definitely believed they would have been competitive had they been given the chance. It's nice that 10 bands still advance to finals despite only 19 qualifiers.

I'll believe it when I see it...

This marks the third consecutive first-place finish for Brewer HS, after wins at Paluxy Valley and US Bands Godley. They are currently undefeated this season.

Brewer won, taking home the music and visual captions. They also won the percussion subcompetition and got 3rd in the guard comp. Creekkview finished 5th in finals. Kennedale made top 5 in prelims, though I'm unsure how they did in finals.

I'm pretty sure they compile a list of all the bands that attend region and just cut them out if they don't make a 1.

I think the Frisco schools tend to pop sometime after the first year of their existence. Emerson HS actually got a division 2 last season, but I think they're putting down a very nice show in spite of a lack a senior class and could soon become a substantial threat in 5A area B. I didn't hear too many great things about Lebanon Trail in their first year of existence. It took Memorial until this season to put down a semi-competitive show. I've seen Panther Creek's show, and it has some nice visual moments, especially for a first-year program. I don't think the ensemble sound is particularly great, and in a competition where 60% of the score comes down to music, that doesn't bode well. Given the stacked area and the first-year result for Emerson, I wouldn't even be sure about them making the state championship. Even if they do make it, I don't think they have a shot at winning. I'd bet the title will be a battle between Canton and North Lamar. HUGE gap between them and the other 4A bands at SOF (including PC?).

So no Rock Hill in region 24?

I'm not at the contest btw.

Not yet

Still no official schedule found. I guess we can say goodbye to making predictions. Again, if anyone has access to a copy of the schedule, FEEL FREE TO POST IT BELOW.

The 2022 Sound of Springtown Marching Showcase will take place on Saturday, October 8, 2022. One unique feature is that there are separate guard and percussion competitions (a la Lone Star) during the preliminary round. The schedule still hasn't been made public, so if you have any additional information, add it below. Only two times I managed to find: 1:45 Kennedale 3:15 Brewer

The Sound of Springtown Marching Showcase (taking place this weekend) doesn't even have a schedule posted yet.

Finals results: Music Argyle Visual Canton Percussion Argyle Auxiliary Argyle 12th Nimitz 11th Denton 10th Frisco 9th Memorial 8th Guyer 7th Emerson 6th North Lamar 5th Canton 4th Royse City 3rd Reedy 2nd Melissa 1st Argyle

Melissa HS - Bon Appétit Great theme with the Parisian restaurant. Its not often you hear a tuba soloist, and this one does a phenomenal job. Visually quite clean, if less demanding than I was expecting. Challenging stuff musically that occasionally sounds a bit rough around the edges.

Canton HS - Revolution Love all the mechanical touches! Visually spectacular: near perfect precision leads to a phenomenal impact. Musically strong yet controlled, although there were occasional phasing issues. Great shot at yet another state title.

I said top 10. If there ends up being only 7 bands in finals, I would be less confident on my prediction that Emerson will make finals.

Reedy HS - Unity Through Colors & Numbers Got to love the reed line!Ensemble sound was ridiculously crisp. Very demanding drill that could use some cleaning, but was very impactful. As with other shows I have seen throughout the day, the theme was a bit underwhelming, but that statement is a minor nitpick. This band is going places.

Argyle HS - Shades of Autumn Definitely an ambitious book. Pretty strong execution overall, but there were a few slip ups that are somewhat concerning. Definitely going to be interesting to see how they place at area.

Emerson - Maverick I didn't realize the show title corresponded to their mascot: the theme is a great nod to school spirit while being much more mature than a pep rally. That's a good way to describe this program: mature. Despite not having any seniors, the sound and visual cleanliness and execution already is top-tier 5A stuff. They are confidently a top 10 area B group in my view, and if they keep improving at this rate, they could be very dangerous come next year.