BandNerd07

Respectable, I see how you have north Crowley back in finals. As an NC alumni now, last year was definitely a glitch. Several reasons why I think we didn’t do so well was our show was poorly designed, this show was a lot harder in both music and drill and we received music and drill music extremely late which resulted in limited preparation. But with this year’s show, they have potential to be great and the band has grown in numbers with the incoming freshmen which could result in them being moved up a group. Whatever happens, I am excited for north Crowley and I will definitely be rooting from the stands this year

The USBands Dallas Regional will be held on October 4 at the Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium. Group I Grand Saline HS Rio Vista HS Group II Everman HS La Vega HS Naaman Forest HS South Garland HS Group III Burleson HS Cleburne HS Crowley HS Garland HS Midlothian Heritage HS North Crowley HS Paschal HS Summit HS Group IV Centennial HS Fossil Ridge HS Granbury HS Joshua HS Lewisville HS North Forney HS Northwest HS Red Oak HS V.R. Eaton HS Group V Byron Nelson HS Duncanville HS Guyer HS James Martin HS John Horn HS Tyler Legacy HS Weatherford HS

The USBands Saginaw Regional will be held on September 27 at Saginaw Rough Rider Stadium. Confirmed Bands Group I Grand Saline HS Gunter HS Group II Eagle Mountain HS Group III Burleson HS Cleburne HS Crowley HS Denton HS Frisco HS Garland HS Lamar HS Midlothian Heritage HS North Crowley HS Paschal HS Ryan HS Group IV Centennial HS Chisholm Trail HS Fossil Ridge HS Richland HS V.R. Eaton HS Group V Boswell HS Richardson HS Saginaw HS Weatherford HS

Yeah SLC is another example of inconsistency. Took them 3 years to get back to state after advancing in 2021. In 2022 they must've had a rough prelims performance with them getting 12th but then losing to Dville in the tie breaker. And then last year, they tied with KC for 7th and would've made state based on prelims results but fell short in finals. It'll be interesting to see if they keep a sense of consistency as well.

Looks like no one else started this topic, so I guess I will. Anyways this is gonna be a fun area like always. Here's my early season predictions: 1. Coppell - Safe to say they are a lock, coming off of their 4th consecutive Area Championship. 2-3. Keller/Timber Creek - They always seem to go neck and neck during early season contests. TC seems to beat Keller at a lot of early season contests (HEB, BOA Bedford/Prosper) but Keller always figures it out by area. Interchangable but locks IMO. 4-7. SLC, KC, LD Bell, Lake Ridge - The last spot will come down to these 4 bands. SLC can 2-peat a SMBC appearance, KC can advance for the first time in 6A after barely missing state this year, Bell had a rough season. Can they bounce back? And then Lake Ridge, for the first time in a while, is in the state Convo. Very fun show last year and can't wait to see them build on to last year's success. Finalist Bubble - Halttom, Trinity, Boswell, Martin, Mansfield

There was also a proposal to medal ALL state finalists, so if that and D3 pass, we could see an area like area J advance SEVEN bands to state, allowing Braswell, Wylie, and McKinney advance. I do think it would kinda be crazy to only send 3 area finalists home, but it does make sense considering that this is the toughest area in the state. Every state level band should be allowed to advance without getting the short end of the stick.

Well, it looks like this area will be an absolute bloodbath this year, but here's my prediction of every band this area: 1. Marcus 2. Hebron 3. Flower Mound 4. Wylie 5. Prosper 6. Mckinney 7. Wylie East 8. Braswell 9. Mckinney Boyd 10. Byron Nelson 11. Rock Hill 12. Lewisville 13. Allen 14. Little Elm 15. Plano East 16. V.R. Eaton 17. Guyer 18. Plano Sr 19. Plano West 20. Princeton 21. Northwest

Here's my go at predicting every band at area this year: 1. Coppell 2. Timber Creek 3. Keller 4. Southlake Carroll 5. LD Bell 6. Keller Central 7. Haltom 8. Lake Ridge 9. Boswell 10. Martin 11. Trinity 12. Mansfield 13. South Grand Prairie 14. Legacy 15. Arlington 16. Weatherford 17. North Crowley 18. Crowley 19. Lamar 20. Cedar Hill

About the rain, they may end up delaying the start of prelims, which would mean the performance times would get pushed back a few hours. I remembered last year at 5A Area F, prelims didn't start til like noon or something and was supposed to start at like 8 or 9. Prelims awards ended up being at like 7 or 8, which meant some bands in prelims performed with pitch black skies, and then finals went all the way until midnight. Area contests have to be completed by midnight, so if that doesn't work they may end up making the contest prelims only, which would mean bands would be certified based on prelims results. But this is interesting as I don't think this has ever happened before, when the original date and the alternate date are rained out.

The full recap has finally been posted. Some of them did surprise me. But anyways, here you go! 1. Aledo (State Qualifier) 2. Midlothian (State Qualifier) 3. Colleyville Heritage (State Qualifier) 4. Burleson Centennial (State Qualifier) 5. Richland (State Qualifier) 6. Grapevine (Area Finalist) 7. Azle (Area Finalist) 8. Chisholm Trail (Area Finalist) 9. Fossil Ridge (Area Finalist) 10. Birdville (Area Finalist) 11. Saginaw 12. Arlington Heights 13. Timberview 14. Summit 15. Joshua 16. Burleson 17. Granbury 18. Creekview 19. Paschal 20. Brewer 21. Newman Smith 22. Cleburne 23. Midlothian Heritage 24. R.L. Turner 25. Everman 26. South Hills 27. North Side

It's top 5/bottom 5 draw.

Here's the area finals schedule: Azle - 7:15 Grapevine - 7:30 Birdville - 7:45 Fossil Ridge - 8:00 Chisholm Trail - 8:15 Richland - 8:30 Midlothian - 8:45 Aledo - 9:00 Burleson Centennial - 9:15 Colleyville Heritage - 9:30 FINALS AWARDS - 10:00 And btw was this website down for anyone else for a long period of time? It just seems like out of all of the days, it has to be area day when the site goes down... happened last year too.

Here's my ranking as of now. Not based on past results but rather based on my personal liking of the shows: 1. Forney 2. Waxahachie 3. Rockwall 4. Duncanville 5. Sachse 6. North Forney 7. JJ Pearce 8. Berkner 9. Garland 10. Rockwall Heath 11. Lake Highlands 12. Richardson 13. Royse City 14. Rowlett 15. North Garland 16. Tyler Legacy 17. Mesquite 18. John Horn 19. Nimitz 19. Irving 20. MacArthur

Yes, this is definitely a bloodbath of an area. And to think if one more band had gotten a 2, there would only be three bands for state...

Here's the schedule