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It's basically them surfing the radio waves and moving back in time, starting with modern pop (The Weeknd) moving back towards Earth, Wind, and Fire, then reaching classical with Vivaldi's Summer and then Come Sail Away to close. The prop changes indicate a new station. Basically, an "odyssey" through the eras of music, with the Greek Odyssey tying in.

Rowlett didn't make it either, wow, Lewisville took it

NO HIGHLAND PARK????

^ Results - a little inconsistent

https://www.smbc.uiltexas.org/area/results/files/area-22_5A%20Area%20C%20Results.pdf

Forney completely wiped the competition in this comp though. I am surprised North Mesquite did not place higher. They were very clean marching wise and sounded very balanced with good sounds. Their general effect and visual may have been what held them back. Forney's general effect was insane, honestly felt like I was watching a DCI corps in some parts.

Texas High and Pine Tree both beating Mount Pleasant really surprised me. I didn't think Texas High had a good run, there were several tears during the performance.

Me too, I am unsure of why they deserved the bottom spot. Their General Effect impresses me and their playing sounds great imo. Not sure what they did wrong.

I would say that every band here is looking considerably better than they were last season. Mount Pleasant's show is visually shocking (they have the Bluecoats '17 prop as well as just a ton of visuals) as well as having a cool musical selection. Marshall in my biased opinion has a very good show and is sounding way better this year. Pine Tree's brass is also honestly very powerful, though I'm not the biggest fan of their show. I haven't really seen any of the others in person to judge, Red Oak from what I saw is looking good though. North Mesquite may see some success in 5A, even though they were in the middle of Area C in 6A. I think this is going to be very interesting. P.S. 9 bands are attending; they are taking 7 bands to finals. We will see who makes finals. Also finals awards has full band retreat :))

Predictions? I don't think any of them have, Mount Pleasant and Pine Tree did go to USBands at AT&T Stadium.

Thank you!

HARD AGREE heath sounded absolutely great we walked into the lot while they were playing and their brass sounded amazing honestly.

Melissa blows me away, they moved up to 5A just this year, but they've been consistently defeating many good 6As. They are insane. Also Princeton at 3rd is crazy.

Let me fix that in mine rq

1. Melissa HS 2. Rowlett HS 3. Princeton HS 4. Rockwall Heath HS 5. ? 6. Mesquite Poteet HS 7. ? 8. ? 9. West Mesquite HS 10. ? This is all I could find by looking up Facebook pages.

No idea how finals went, but they did indeed take 10 from 5A and 6A (Division I) and 7 from 3A and 4A (Division II). I am not sure on which Division II bands made finals, but I remember the list of bands from Division I. Mesquite Poteet HS West Mesquite HS Melissa HS Princeton HS Texas HS Rowlett HS Rockwall-Heath HS Tyler Legacy HS Garland HS North Forney HS We sadly did not make finals, missed by 1 spot, we were 11th. It was really cool to see all of these great bands in one place though honestly, it was a bit scary. Any results from Finals?

Idk to be honest I've been there too and you're right but that's what he said, maybe he was wrong not sure. He knows more than I do though

Asked my band director today, he said 5a and 6a are competing separately from 3a and 4a, and 5a and 6a will have 10 in finals, while 3a and 4a have 7. This weekend is definitely going to be interesting. Will anyone be there and possibly be able to record the bands there?

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Oh okay, though maybe you might have seen us this year. I feel like Rockwall Heath will take it realistically, but Melissa is also crazy good.

Predictions? I go to Marshall, any comments on us this year?

Finals Results 1. Community HS (4A) 2. Anna HS (4A) 3. Mineola HS (3A) 4. Marshall HS (5A) 5. Denison HS (5A) 6. Winnsboro HS (3A) 7. James Bowie HS (4A) 8. Quitman HS (3A)

Any comments on bands that attended? I have the schedule and faintly remember the finals ranks.

This is looking relatively stacked, wow! The 5A division looks very stacked, considering Poteet, West Mesquite, Melissa, Princeton, T-High, Marshall, etc. Do you know how finals will work, how many they will take?