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Thanks for the recap! However, the Blondie fan in me resents crediting "Call Me" to Debbie Harry alone. *pulls out "Blondie is a Band" button*

Predictions are now up. Huzzah! Unfortunately, I submitted the list before I knew Birdville had withdrawn. Hopefully everyone remembers to take that into account.

Yeah, they consistently advanced from what used to be arguably the most competitive 4A area in the state (also containing Poteet, Sherman, Hebron, Pearce, Grapevine, Richardson, Sachse, Northwest, etc.) That's pretty serious if you ask me.

My sources tell me that Sherman was very, very impressive at the Mesquite Marching Festival. I'm hoping for a video from either MMF or their performance next week at Plano East. Their drill is supposedly much more demanding than usual. I'm interested to see it.

Really? I find it hard to believe Wylie didn't have a single student make the all region band last year, especially since they moved to Region 25. They usually have an all stater or two, even when they were in hyper-competitive Region 3. Not to take away credit from Todd Dixon, but Wylie was pretty darn good under Mike Lipe as well......

Apparently Birdville is now going here instead of Plano East. Very interesting......

Lake Highlands came in 5th. Still no word on 4th or 6th-8th. Anyone know anything else?

Well, after some very interesting results this weekend I think now is a good time to make predictions for Plano East. What I'm thinking right now: 1. Poteet 2. Wylie 3. Allen 4. Keller 5. Rowlett 6. Sherman 7. Flower Mound 8. Richardson 9. Plano 10. Naaman Forest EDIT: Apparently Birdville has pulled out and is now going to the Aledo contest. Interesting....

Wait..........Sachse is doing a PoTC show again? Wtf?

Wow. Go Colleyville. What happened to Rowlett?

Mesquite Marching Festival was today. I don't know much yet, but Sherman won Best in Class 4A. Word on the street is that they outscored Poteet's exhibition performance. It may not mean anything since Poteet wasn't being scored competitively, but you never know. I'm looking forward to next Saturday when Sherman, Poteet, and Birdville meet at the Plano East Marching Invitational.

Best in Class 3A: Canton Best in Class 4A: Sherman Best in Class 5A: Coppell Grand Champion: Coppell

Well, since no one has posted prelims results here yet............ FINALS Schedule 7:30 - Ex: Class A - Columbus H.S., TX 7:45 - Spring H.S., TX 8:00 - Lafayette H.S., LA 8:15 - Klein H.S., TX 8:30 - Leander H.S., TX 8:45 - Martin H.S., TX 9:00 - James Bowie H.S., TX 9:15 - Winston Churchill H.S., TX 9:30 - Clear Brook H.S., TX 9:45 - Ronald Reagan H.S., TX 10:00 - Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX 10:15 - Ex: Class AA - William B. Travis H.S., TX Prelims Results Class A: Outstanding Music Performance - Columbus H.S., TX Outstanding Visual Performance - Columbus H.S., TX Outstanding General Effect - Columbus H.S., TX 1st - Columbus H.S., TX Class AA: Outstanding Music Performance - William B. Travis H.S., TX Outstanding Visual Performance - William B. Travis H.S., TX Outstanding General Effect - William B. Travis H.S., TX 1st - William B. Travis H.S., TX 2nd - Waller H.S., TX Class AAA: Outstanding Music Performance - Brazoswood H.S., TX Outstanding Visual Performance - Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX Outstanding General Effect - Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX 1st - Stephen F. Austin H.S., TX 2nd - Clear Brook H.S., TX 3rd - Winston Churchill H.S., TX

Yay! I'm so glad to have our resident 4A enthusiast back! I am a bit confused about the count of Area B bands. According to the Region 7 web site, there are 31 4A bands in Area B: http://www.uilforms.com/regions/7/4A%20Dra...0order%2007.htm I think one source of confusion came from the McKinney ISD schools. McKinney is a part of the new Region 25, but the three McKinney bands performed at the Region 3 marching contest last year due to some sort of scheduling conflict. Otherwise, I agree with your analyses of the areas, though I would definitely not count out Kingsville: King in Area G. They tied for 7th in state prelims in 03, but lost the tie breaker to Brenham and were only two rank points out of the Roma/Lopez tie for first at area in 2005. I'm currently thinking Roma and King for the lucky two from that area. And I also agree that this will be Friendswood's year. As much as I would love Poteet to repeat (gotta rep the alma mater), Friendswood has just been close too many times to not win. Historically, the honor band thing also works against Poteet. For example: 1997 Honor Band: Coppell Marching Champion: Poteet 1999 Honor Band: Keller Marching Champion: Coppell 2001 Honor Band: J.J. Pearce Marching Champion: Cedar Park 2003 Honor Band: Lopez Marching Champion: Richland 2005 Honor Band: Friendswood Marching Champion: Poteet Very interesting.........

Here is the current prelims schedule (courtesy of the Rowlett Band web page): 9:00 Pottsboro 9:15 Whitewright 9:30 Tom Bean 9:45 Lovejoy 10:00 Commerce 10:15 Prosper 10:30 Whitesboro 10:45 Mineola 11:00 Argyle 11:15 Robinson 11:30 BREAK 12:00 Denison 12:15 Rockwall Heath 12:30 Sherman 12:45 McKinney Boyd 1:00 Guyer 1:15 Birdville 1:30 McKinney 1:45 Poteet 2:00 BREAK 2:15 Plano 2:30 North Garland 2:45 Naaman Forest 3:00 Arlington 3:15 John Horn 3:30 Mesquite 3:45 North Lamar (not sure why they're in the 5A block, but whatever.....) 4:00 North Mesquite 4:15 Arlington Lamar 4:30 Richardson 4:45 Wylie 5:00 Keller 5:15 Flower Mound 5:30 Rowlett 5:45 Allen 7:30 Finals Begin