TexasStrangers

My guess is they didn't march. I just went to their Facebook page and it only looks like they might have 25 kids in their band for a 3A school.

UIL has them listed in Region 30. However, I went to the Region 30 Official Marching Contest Results and they are not listed. I am not sure. Maybe, they didn't march this year.

As of right now 10/19 27 bands have qualified for Area C. However, because 8 of them are military and get an automatic advancement to state but their number still counts for Area. Region 3 (8 bands) will perform on Tuesday 10/22 Region 9 (2 bands) will perform on Tuesday 10/22 If Area C can get 3 more bands to qualify then 12 bands will make finals and 6 will go to State.

Region 21 3A Results Arp - 1 (Advances to Area) Crockett - 2 Diboll - 1 (Advances to Area) Huntington - 2 Tatum - 1 (Advances to Area) Troup - 1 (Advances to Area) West Rusk - 1 (Advances to State as Military, Counts towards Area) Winona - 2

Region 10 3A Results Anahuac - 1 (Advances to Area) Buma - 1 (Advances to Area) East Chambers - 1 (Advances to Area) Hardin - 2 Kirbyville - 1 (Advances to Area) Kountze - 1 (Advances to Area) Orangefield - 1 (Advances to Area) Woodville - 2

Area B October 26th in Denton, TX 19 Bands Qualified - 7 Bands will make the Finals - 3 Bands will go to State Note: If 1 more band would have qualified then 10 Bands would have made Finals and 4 would have gone to State) Region 2 (Bowie/Boyd/Pilot Point/Ponder) Region 7 (Breckenridge/City View/Comanche/Dublin/Henrietta/Holiday/Iowa Park/Jacksboro/Milsap) Region 25 (Bells/Howe/Pottsboro/Whitesboro) Region 30 (Grandview/Tolar)

Region 7 3A Results Breckenridge - 1 (Advances to Area) City View - 1 (Advances to Area) Comanche - 1 (Advances to Area) Dublin - 1 (Advances to Area) Early - 2 Eastland - 2 Henrietta - 1 (Advances to Area) Holiday - 1 (Advances to Area) Iowa Park - 1 (Advances to Area) Jacksboro - 1 (Advances to Area) Milsap - 1 (Advances to Area) Vernon - 2

Region 25 3A Results Bells - 1 (Advances to Area) Blue Ridge - 2 Gunter - 2 Howe - 1 (Advances to Area) Leonard - 2 Pottsboro - 1 (Advances to Area) S&S - 2 Whitesboro - 1 (Advances to Area)

Region 30 3A Results Grandview - 1 (Advances to Area) Maypearl - 2 Peaster - 2 Tolar = 1 (Advances to Area)

Region 2 3A Results Bowie - 1 (advances to Area) Boyd - 1 (advances to Area) Callisburg - 2 Paradise - 2 Pilot Point - 1 (advances to Area) Ponder -1 (advances to Area) Valley View - 3

In Region 9 Shepherd and Tarkington went to 4A. Trinity is competing as Non-Varsity and New Waverly is a new 3A to the Region. Region 3 Kemp went to 4A this year. Region 10 Warren is no longer in the region. Region 21 Hemphill went down to 2A

I agree with you, the race is very tight. I know Redwater marched without props, Mineola didn't use some of their props and had a few things they didn't do and Atlanta has a very good show. If you go back and look at several of the State Finals in 3A over the years a good majority of the finalists are from this area.

darn, a 4?

I wish Mineola would have gone to this, it would have been nice to see the big 3A bands all going against each other.

Yup, a lot of it depends on how many bands get 1's and advance to Area.

Farmersville has been 4A for many years. The get to Area but never seem to make it to State because the 4A Area they are in is just brutal. However, I think their show has a chance. They have won overall 1st in 2 competitions this year and have gotten 2nd in 2 others. The sax solo in the show is very moving and full of emotion.

As for me, I typically find myself at a competition every weekend and go to several district/area competitions as well. When you live in East Texas like I do you pretty much know quite a bit about many of the 3A/4A bands because this area is where a good majority of the state level schools come from. I'm not really a big fan of going to BOA contests because it's just a different kind of animal.

Think I might go check this out.

Saw Farmersville/North Lamar/Van Alstyne/Community at Celina. I also seen all the shows except Paris/Lumberton Van Alstyne was top percussion in Prelims overall and #3rd going into Finals. North Lamar and Mineola (3A) jumped them in Finals. I would say the Farmersville show is very clean and sharp I could see them Top 3. North Lamar is very good as well. I don't really see a lot from Community there is such a far gap between probably the top 6. I could see Celina getting knocked from the top spot as Sulphur Springs is very good this year as well.

Saw the Farmersville show last night in Celina. Very clean and crisp I could see State Finals and maybe a Top 5 Finish.

I would lean towards Mineola as well. Yes, Mineola and Redwater went face to face at Pleasant Grove and ended up in a 3-way tie for 1st but Redwater was given the Championship for 2 of the judges had them ahead of Mineola. However, there was over a minute of the show that Mineola didn't do and not to mention it wasn't clean due to the complexity of the music/marching. Redwater did have a clean show but it was not near as complexed as Mineola's was. Mineola just went to Princeton/Celina the past two weeks and swept all the 3A awards including soundly defeating the 3A Champs last year (Whitesboro) at Princeton and almost won Celina last night. I finally saw their show and good lord the last 90 seconds is insane. (most of which they didn't do at Pleasant Grove) I think it will be close though Mineola and Redwater are always right there at the end.

Results 1A Percussion/Marching/Music = Bishop Lynch 1A Champ = Bishop Lynch 2A Guard/Music = Whitewright 2A Percussion/Marching = Collinsville 2A Champ = Collinsville 3A Guard/Percussion/Marching/Music = Mineola 3A Champ = Mineola 4A Percussion = Van Alsytne 4A Guard/Marching/Music = Farmersville 4A Champ Farmersville 5A Guard/Percussion/Marching/Music = Red Oak 5A Champs = Red Oak 6A Guard/Percussion/Marching/Music = Sam Houston 6A Champ = Sam Houston Finals 12th Place South Garland (5A) 11th Place Queen City (3A) 10th Place Denison (5A) 9th Place Wills Point (4A) 8th Place Howe (3A) 7th Place Community (4A) 6th Place Terrell (5A) 5th Place Van Alstyne (4A) 4th Place North Lamar (4A) 3rd Place Mineola (3A) 2nd Place Farmersville (4A) 1st Place Red Oak (5A)

I got a feeling this one is all over the place. There are I think 5-6 that could win and several that are far far away. I am not expert and sometimes one judge can sway things one way or the other. However, I think the Top 5 will be in no order South Garland, Farmersville, North Lamar, Mineola, Red Oak. Mineola and North Lamar both went to state last year. Mineola got runner up in Class 3A and last weekend defeated the reigning 3A Champs at Princeton pretty soundly from what a parent of Mineola told me. North Lamar finished 9th in state last year in 4A. Farmersville has had two competitions this year and I believe won the overall at Whitesboro 2 weeks ago. Red Oak I think just had a very impressive 2nd place finish as well. Terrell could sneak in as their guard is always good in competition. Sam Houston might get a nod, I don't know much about their program but if they are 6A and any good it's going to be hard for any 2A/3A (except Mineola) and most 4A's to compete on a size/sound issue.

Results Prelims Class 2A 1st Place Whitewright (Music/Visual/Auxiliary/Percussion) 2nd Place Alba-Golden 3rd Place Como Pickton Class 3A 1st Place Mineola (Music/Visual/Auxiliary/Percussion) 2nd Place Whitesboro 3rd Place Grand Saline Class 4A 1st Celina (Visual/Percussion 2nd Sulphur Springs (Music/Auxiliary) 3rd Place Canton Class 5A 1st Liberty (Music/Visual/Percussion) 2nd Sherman (Auxiliary) Class 6A 1st Prosper (Music/Visual/Auxiliary) 2nd Royse City (Percussion) FINALS 12th Pine Tree (4A) 11th Whitesboro (3A) 10th Community (4A) 9th Van Alstyne (4A) 8th Mineola (3A) 7th Sherman (5A) 6th Celina (4A) 5th Canton (4A) 4th Sulphur Springs (4A) 3rd Royse City (6A) 2nd Liberty (5A) 1st Prosper (6A) (They won 3/4 final captions just can't remember which ones)

I got a feeling this is going to be a great show even before Mineola getting added today. Can we edit our picks with the addition of Mineola? If I remember, I may be wrong but Mineola (3A) made it to Finals last year in Melissa and also was ahead of Celina last year at prelims in Royse City but eventually took 2nd at state behind Whitesboro.