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Don’t do this, man!!! Not here, man!!!! Thank you, Mother Goose

Grand Nationals Nerd-In!!! 2:02 - Grand Nationals Rules/Procedures 5:38 - TxBands.com Coverage 8:15 - Class In The Clear Bag 9:16 - Thursday Prelims 14:52 - Friday Prelims 23:45 - Advice For Team Texas 30:01 - The Final Words

Another amazing UIL State Contest all wrapped up! Let's celebrate the champions, why Cedar Park is an action movie star, and some exciting changes to UIL State Contest judging!

Exactly this. The numbers from the shadow panel are for UIL purposes only. I am certain that small changes to the sheets and processes will need to be done before everything gets finalized so that it may be fed to the judges for training.

UIL results will be OFFICIALLY posted on the UIL website AFTER the Finals contest!!! Please do not post screenshots on this website

Everything State 5A related below!!

RECORD BROKEN!!! Ronald Reagan's incredible accomplishment and why the level of depth in Texas made this weekend so difficult to evaluate.

Rest needed for tomorrow. Zzzzzzzzzz.......

BOA San Antonio Super Regional. Unmatched depth. Insane performances. Let's go over all of it and wait for the ONLY pep talk performers and parents will need!

I throw darts at balloons. Leave it to the Fates. Seriously, this is difficult to predict.

254 5A bands entered the Region Contest this year. After Monday night, 12 will be left. I have chills.

Fair enough and point well taken! Darn. I was really looking forward to some chili.

This is all getting really weird....even for me. Thread Closed.

If a judge is leaving DESTRUCTIVE comments on a tape this late in the season, to a point where the program won’t waste the kid’s time playing those comments, then that judge needs to be reassigned to a chili cookoff or something.

Good thing I built a sound proof room in these forums to rest in before the final two weeks of the season. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

UIL 5A State Schedule!! Areas are divided up as equally as possible for even representation in each block. The Area draws the number of slots they are certifying to State. After Areas name State Qualifiers, those bands draw within the numbers their Areas drew. Example: Area H drew slots 1, 8, 18, and 26. Therefore, the four State Qualifiers from Area H could only draw from those numbers.

Results, tie-breakers, and a lot of programs experiencing some new success!! Throw cherries on it!!

It has been discussed. However, when accounts are clearly made with the sole purpose of trolling the program, that's when the moderators have to step in.

Example: Many years ago, The Woodlands, unknowingly, had a student who forged their grades to become eligible to march. That student participated in the Area contest which was a violation of UIL rules. The Woodlands called the UIL immediately after it was brought to their attention and self-reported the violation. They were disqualified from the State Contest and North Shore, the alternate, was allowed to take their place.

If a band in that Area is unable to attend or is disqualified, the alternate band takes their place. Yes, it has happened before.

In order to break a two-way tie, UIL uses something called Judge's Preference. What you do here is you take the two programs that are tied and line them up by themselves. Then, you see which program had the most judges rank them over the other program. Whoever "wins" the most judges is awarded the higher placement. In this example, Porter and Galena Park were tied for the final State Qualifier spot with a total score of 18 in Finals. When you line them up side by side, Porter won two music judges and one marching judge over Galena Park. Because that is a majority of the judges, Porter wins the tiebreaker and advances to the State Contest.

Area I STATE QUALIFIERS Area I Champion - Willis 2nd Place - Tomball 3rd Place - Porter

This one is going to be one to watch tonight!!!

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Just a reminder that our TxBands Live Blog has up-to-date Area Results as they come in!!