Dallas Hobbs

12th Place, 89.15- Westlake

13th Place, 88.675- Wakeland

14th Place, 87.75- Claudia Taylor Johnson

The fact that my high school’s drumline played that same cadence during parades that U of H is playing is sending me

My Predictions for finals awards. Lord have mercy this was hard to determine. 😩 I honestly just copied the caption winners from prelims Lol Vandegrift Marcus The Woodlands Vista Ridge Ronald Reagan LD Bell Rouse Cedar Park Round Rock Bridgeland Wakeland Claudia Taylor Johnson Leander Westlake Outstanding Music Performance: Vandegrift Outstanding Visual Performance: The Woodlands Outstanding General Effect: Marcus

I didn’t know i was watching the Dr. Jeremy Earnhardt high school marching band😮 I wonder when Vandegrift will come on?

That eighth note followed by two 16th note figure in the opener is one of my favorite parts of Reagan’s show. I just love the potent, dark sound the brass demonstrates throughout all of that. They time it so perfectly and do a good job at making each note clear. And that Mello high C sustain towards the end of it!😩🔥🔥

I had Cedar Ridge in over westlake. Very impressed to see the Austin program in finals! It has been a surprising season for Cedar Ridge but impressive to me nonetheless

The schedule. It shows which half each finalist performs in. Someone posted it earlier

UIL scoring is wild. Bands will be like 14th in ensemble visual then 39th in individual visual😭😭

Top half is the top 7 scoring bands from prelims (1st-7th), bottom half is the next 7 (8th-14th). This determines performance order. Bottom half finalists perform first in random order then the Top half perform last in random order

After sweeping class 4A at BOA prosper and winning prelims there as well, and finishing 3rd AREA B, it’s no wonder Bell has been so successful this season. I knew they’d be great this season ever since I first saw their show in exhibition at HEB Marching contest. Amazing!💙

I just realized, by virtue of being a top half finalist this year, Bell still would’ve made finals even if the 5 missing finalists from last year(Hebron, FloMo, Keller, Pearland, Coppell) competed this year. How they’d have placed compared to these groups we’ll never know, maybe they’d be higher than say coppell and Pearland? But regardless, What an achievement during a time when marching band is more competitive than ever before!

Ok so I correctly guessed 13/14 finalists. I got 5/7 right in the top half, and 4/7 right in the bottom half.

Do my eyes deceive me or is that LD Bell in the top half?!

Tonight’s finalists announced in random order Westlake Marcus Wakeland The Woodlands Ronald Reagan Rouse Vandegrift Cedar Park Vista Ridge Round Rock Leander Claudia Taylor Johnson LD Bell Bridgeland

Class 4A Placements Awards 🥇Vandegrift 🥈Marcus 🥉The Woodlands

Class 3A Placements Awards 🥇Rouse 🥈Cedar Park 🥉Leander

Class 2A Placements Awards 🥇Argyle 🥈Roma 🥉Grapevine

Class 1A Placements Awards 🥇Krum 🥈Pecos 🥉Manor New Tech

Class 1A Caption Awards Outstanding Music Performance: Pecos Outstanding Visual Performance: Krum Outstanding General Effect: (Tie) Pecos & Krum

Class 2A Caption Awards Outstanding Music Performance: Argyle Outstanding Visual Performance: Argyle Outstanding General Effect: Argyle

Class 3A Caption Awards Outstanding Music Performance: Rouse Outstanding Visual Performance: Rouse Outstanding General Effect: Rouse

Class 4A Caption Awards Outstanding Music Performance: Vandegrift Outstanding Visual Performance: Woodlands Outstanding General Effect: Marcus

My Finalist Predictions (alphabetical order) Top Half Marcus Ronald Reagan Round Rock Vandegrift Vista Ridge Wakeland The Woodlands Bottom Half Bridgeland Cedar Park Cedar Ridge Claudia Taylor Johnson LD Bell Leander Rouse