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They have not lacked in design recently. They have one of the most respected design teams in the country.

Uh, iTunes?

So bands who don't do BOA, like Duncanville, shouldn't even bother having a guard? I just don't understand the judging system, I'm not trying to challenge you or anything..

Yeah, the rubric says it, but that doesn't mean it usually happens. Especially since UIL likes to hire judges who aren't marching band people.

Yeah, it doesn't say anything about colorguard. So technically, there could be a band without a colorguard and they could still get a high score? Doesn't make much sense to me..

Wow, Cedar Park kids are getting annoying... And we all know that the UIL judging system is purely based on execution does not take into account the difficulty of the show. BOA does. We know this. Let's move on please.

As a trumpet player, I don't claim to be any kind of a colorguard expert, but does colorguard have absolutely no effect on the overall score of a group in UIL? As a band person, I actually found my eyes watching the Churchill colorguard the entire show for prelims and finals! They are phenomenal. But it seems as though they were not rewarded at all. In finals, both visual judges gave Churchill a tenth place score. So my question is, in UIL does colorguard really effect the overall score of the group at all?

Lol it's fine I think that happens to all of us sometimes..

I still think that a vast majority of the time that concert band success translates into success on the field in UIL. One cannot argue that bands who do well in the state honor band results are almost always at the top in marching band music as well. This discussion is really going to make me root for Flower Mound tomorrow.

Haha. Ok. Yeah that's better.

Lol, I wasn't offended at all actually. I was just stating a fact..

Yep.

Wow, Marco, I have to say that hearing this come from you of all people I was surprised. I know you know your stuff, but I'm sorry but you are most definitely mistaken. Flower Mound was 4th in the state honor band results. I think that almost all band directors would agree that great concert bands do translate into good sounds on the marching field. At a high school, having a good top band is the foundation for a program that is respected in all aspects. Just look at the top honor bands in the state this past summer: 1. Duncanville 2. Marcus 3. Coppell 4. Flower Mound Flower Mound is up there with the gods of UIL marching band. Not to mention Langham Creek, who won state honor band in 2006, and they do very well at UIL marching band competitions. So, after all of this, I think it is clear that honor band success DOES indeed translate to sounding great on the field. And jbroomas, yes, they don't only judge music at UIL marching, but there are more music judges than marching judges and music is DEFINITELY a priority for UIL judging. They care about music more than anything else visually on the field.

I was a member of this site before you two. So I guess it wasn't JUST you and Brandt...

Don't fly past Flower Mound with your extremely generic statements. Their honor band was 7th in the state a few months ago. They sound terrific on the field.