UIL 6A State Marching Contest 2025 (Nov 3-4)

[dullbanddad]

On the scoring sheet can someone explain the CON vs ACV columns?

[bassboneman]

8 hours ago, HagsTPT said:

No Bridgeland in finals is crazy 

Ik. I wonder what happened. I considered them a lock for finals. 

[natertater21000]

11 minutes ago, dullbanddad said:

On the scoring sheet can someone explain the CON vs ACV columns?

CON=content, how difficult/complex is the music/visual demand the performers are trying to accomplish.

ACV= achievement, how well do the performers achieve the content that has been given to them. 
 

there is a whole other layer you see in DCI where better achievement can result in higher content scores because the content becomes more clear the better it is achieved, but that’s the gist. 

[hsbandnerd212]

8 hours ago, HagsTPT said:

No Bridgeland in finals is crazy 

That is crazy, and I personally think Keller missing out on finals for the first time since 2012 is crazier.

[hsbandnerd212]

Having said that, congrats to Cy-Fair and Seven Lakes on making it back into finals! And HUGE congrats to Prosper and Dripping Springs on making it into 6A finals for the first time!!

[dullbanddad]

29 minutes ago, hsbandnerd212 said:

That is crazy, and I personally think Keller missing out on finals for the first time since 2012 is crazier.

Keller having to go super early and play between Vista and The Woodlands really hurt them IMO. 

[BlaStoFf22]

22 minutes ago, dullbanddad said:

Keller having to go super early and play between Vista and The Woodlands really hurt them IMO. 

It was also an opportunity to show that they belonged.  Vista and TW being so close together score-wise and Keller being so far away is a clear message from the panel that one of these things is not like the others.  Even then, their visual scores had them solidly in finals.  It was their music scores across the board that were what kept them out of finals.  

[littlejaw]

11 minutes ago, BlaStoFf22 said:

It was also an opportunity to show that they belonged.  Vista and TW being so close together score-wise and Keller being so far away is a clear message from the panel that one of these things is not like the others.  Even then, their visual scores had them solidly in finals.  It was their music scores across the board that were what kept them out of finals.  

I very much agree with you. Though as I haven’t seen the scores and could only speculate, I thought it would have been the reverse. They are usually solid on music (brass and woodwinds) and usually lower in visual and GE.

[natertater21000]

11 minutes ago, littlejaw said:

I very much agree with you. Though as I haven’t seen the scores and could only speculate, I thought it would have been the reverse. They are usually solid on music (brass and woodwinds) and usually lower in visual and GE.

I would say that is traditionally true of Keller but not this year. I think they still play very well but the strength of this show is visual. STUNNING visual package, I have a feeling they will do well at BOA SA. 

[HagsTPT]

1 hour ago, hsbandnerd212 said:

Having said that, congrats to Cy-Fair and Seven Lakes on making it back into finals! And HUGE congrats to Prosper and Dripping Springs on making it into 6A finals for the first time!!

No matter what everyone thinks of who makes finals and who didnt or what, MAJOR congratulations to these bands for making it after years of continuous hard work and growth and can’t wait to see how well they do in finals this afternoon (and hopefully the website won’t be that buggy 🤞)

[natertater21000]

3 minutes ago, HagsTPT said:

 (and hopefully the website won’t be that buggy 🤞)

I would gladly pay a small yearly membership to bolster the servers.

[AshTru9]

57 minutes ago, dullbanddad said:

Keller having to go super early and play between Vista and The Woodlands really hurt them IMO. 

I disagree! I thought they more than held their own with the schools they were sandwhiched between, and thought it was actually going to guarantee them a spot in finals. I hadn't seen Keller yet all season and was absolutely floored by the quality of their performance. Def the most shocking result for me.

[hsbandnerd212]

Thought I’d do some trivia here.

Total number of appearances in finals at the UIL 6A (formerly 5A) State Marching Contest, 2025 participants edition (2025 finalists are bolded) :

-12: Marcus
-11: Coppell, Hebron, Ronald Reagan, The Woodlands
-8: Flower Mound, L. D. Bell
-7: Keller, Vandegrift
-6: Permian, Vista Ridge
-5: Claudia Taylor Johnson
-4: Cedar Ridge, Westlake
-3: Pearland, Waxahachie
-2: Bridgeland, Cy-Fair, Seven Lakes
-1: Clements (2004), Dripping Springs (2025), Dickinson (1980), North Shore (2016), Prosper (2025)

Extra Notes:
- Hebron, Marcus, and Vandegrift's finals appearances have all been consecutive.
- Vandegrift has made it to 6A finals every year since they moved up to 6A. They also have not placed lower than 4th in all of their 6A State Contest appearances, including in prelims.
- Permian did extremely well in the early to mid-1980s, placing no lower than 3rd in finals from 1980 to 1985 and winning the whole thing in 1982. This was also during a time when the (formerly) 5A state contest was held every year.

This is all according to the UIL Marching Band State Archives and this year's finalists line-up. I’m excluding 2020 since that was a weird year and it only seemed to have one round of judging. I am including 2002 in these calculations since finals would have been held had it not been for inclement weather that year (this only applies to L. D. Bell and The Woodlands). Also, I’m well aware that the number of finalists on a given year has changed over time. Heck, in 2014, the number of finalists was at ten, and as recent as 2002, the number of finalists was at seven!

[FwefewF]

I'm noticing a trend, Cy-Fair makes state finals if we die at the end of the show

I'm calling our design team

[bassboneman]

2 minutes ago, FwefewF said:

I'm noticing a trend, Cy-Fair makes state finals if we die at the end of the show

I'm calling our design team

LOL

[bassboneman]

23 minutes ago, natertater21000 said:

I would gladly pay a small yearly membership to bolster the servers.

There is a spot you can donate. 

[hsbandnerd212]

2 minutes ago, bassboneman said:

There is a spot you can donate. 

Here's the link: https://www.txbands.com/#donate

[dullbanddad]

36 minutes ago, AshTru9 said:

I disagree! I thought they more than held their own with the schools they were sandwhiched between, and thought it was actually going to guarantee them a spot in finals. I hadn't seen Keller yet all season and was absolutely floored by the quality of their performance. Def the most shocking result for me.

 

14 minutes ago, bassboneman said:

There is a spot you can donate. 

 

11 minutes ago, hsbandnerd212 said:

Here's the link: https://www.txbands.com/#donate

Suggestion for what I've seen be effective on other sites.  Small membership fee to remove ads, and then for others add a small amount of advertising to try to drive some revenue to support the cost to run the servers.  Just my $0.02

[Ruprecht88]

Anyone know who all is on the judges panel for finals? I believe there is only one carryover from prelims.

[utee94]

Cedar Park band loaning our semi tractor and trailer to the Vandy band to get their gear back down to San Antonio for Finals this afternoon, and Leander Band sent their truck and trailer on super short notice to bring them back last night.  The marching band community never ceases to amaze me.

 

[SharksAreCool]

[bassboneman]

11 minutes ago, SharksAreCool said:

Wow so bridgeland got a 29th, a 20th, a 21st, a 4th, a 12th a 24th and a 13th. 

2 questions 

29TH IN MUSIC ENSEMBLE HOW??????? 

4TH IN PERC???? 

how did we love them or hate them....

[HagsTPT]

1 minute ago, bassboneman said:

Wow so bridgeland got a 29th, a 20th, a 21st, a 4th, a 12th a 24th and a 13th. 

2 questions 

29TH IN MUSIC ENSEMBLE HOW??????? 

4TH IN PERC???? 

how did we love them or hate them....

My friends in Bridgeland were saying the EXACT SAME THING LIKE HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN and there needs to be a rule for this kind of thing like they got 3 judges making them into finals and just the other 4 just had them so low 😭 

[natertater21000]

2 minutes ago, bassboneman said:

Wow so bridgeland got a 29th, a 20th, a 21st, a 4th, a 12th a 24th and a 13th. 

2 questions 

29TH IN MUSIC ENSEMBLE HOW??????? 

4TH IN PERC???? 

how did we love them or hate them....

Important to keep in mind that the judges are now judging ONLY their specific caption. Ensemble music has no bearing on the percussion score. 

[bassboneman]

Welp that PERC judge made his thoughs known.

10th to hebro

11th to RR

15th to cedar ridge.  

16th to pearland

1st to Marcus 

4th to bridgeland 

6th to prosper