UIL 6A Area J 2025

[Tubalord11]

  On 6/23/2025 at 6:43 PM, dfwhorn said:

BIG things are happening in Area J for percussion!!! Congrats to both Braswell and Hebron HS Percussion for both being winners of PASIC 2025 International Percussion Ensemble Competition in the HS division!!! Percussion will be really strong in this area with lots of programs doing really good this spring and summer in percussion!!

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Congrats to both programs!! Hopefully this translates well into Hebron having a higher perc score at state with that seeming to be the thing that hurts them the most musically, but also might be the books aren’t anything crazy idk but still congrats to both

[dfwhorn]

  On 6/23/2025 at 11:40 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Congrats to both programs!! Hopefully this translates well into Hebron having a higher perc score at state with that seeming to be the thing that hurts them the most musically, but also might be the books aren’t anything crazy idk but still congrats to both

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Yeah, percussion can definitely affect Hebron in the scoring in the past, which makes me wonder if the new Area system will affect Hebron specifically, or if it might bring people up ranks with the new factors involved.

Also, seeing the winners of the HS division which was the 2 mentioned along with Frisco Heritage win, and also Frisco Memorial and Little Elm's percussion ensembles get invited to Midwest just really shows how much development we are getting in the performing arts over here in the North DFW area in this Sam Rayburn/380 corridor, and it is such a sight to see how developed these programs are, and how it makes your jaw drop not even just at percussion contests, but watching half time shows with band and drill team, and winterguard contests, just seeing how this area has flourished with fine arts is so incredible.

[dfwhorn]

With the new Area judging, who do you guys think will benefit from specific captions, and who might fall? I think it could be an interesting discussion especially considering how close a lot of bubble bands are in this area.

[SharksAreCool]

  On 7/5/2025 at 5:35 PM, dfwhorn said:

With the new Area judging, who do you guys think will benefit from specific captions, and who might fall? I think it could be an interesting discussion especially considering how close a lot of bubble bands are in this area.

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I think for this area it will definitely show the real strengths and weaknesses between these bands. It’s probably also gonna help people to show what needs improvement. If anyone benefits from this it will probably be FloMo and also Braswell and McKinney

Edited July 5 by SharksAreCool

[dfwhorn]

  On 7/5/2025 at 7:52 PM, SharksAreCool said:

I think for this area it will definitely show the real strengths and weaknesses between these bands. It’s probably also gonna help people to show what needs improvement. If anyone benefits from this it will probably be FloMo and also Braswell and McKinney

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I agree with your takes. I think that Flomo and Braswell could definitely benefit and McKinney too. I think this new system could possibly push Braswell to state which year which would be really sick, they were a fan favorite last year. Im interested to see the percussion caption specifically this year, Area J is one of the great percussion areas as of late, with Midwest and Pasic invites from some of the school, I'm really curious to see how it goes for not just our finalists, but our underdog bands too. This year I bet that there will be some dark horses sneaking to finals in this area.

[lemme cook]

  On 7/5/2025 at 5:35 PM, dfwhorn said:

With the new Area judging, who do you guys think will benefit from specific captions, and who might fall? I think it could be an interesting discussion especially considering how close a lot of bubble bands are in this area.

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I think I'm out of the loop. Could you elaborate on the new judging? A source if you got it.

[dfwhorn]

  On 7/6/2025 at 1:49 AM, lemme cook said:

I think I'm out of the loop. Could you elaborate on the new judging? A source if you got it.

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For some areas (I think 4A-6A but correct me if I'm wrong), captions will be similar to SMBC. Visual Individual, Visual Ensemble, WW, Brass, and Percussion. Check this link out for the judging sheets that should be usage for this year.

[lemme cook]

  On 7/6/2025 at 5:26 PM, dfwhorn said:

For some areas (I think 4A-6A but correct me if I'm wrong), captions will be similar to SMBC. Visual Individual, Visual Ensemble, WW, Brass, and Percussion. Check this link out for the judging sheets that should be usage for this year.

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So rather than 3 music, 2 visual, there's going to be a WW, a brass, and a percussion judge for music, and then visual ind. and visual ens? I still might be misunderstanding but I think I like this change and the chance for captions to be awarded. 

[SharksAreCool]

  On 7/7/2025 at 2:45 AM, lemme cook said:

So rather than 3 music, 2 visual, there's going to be a WW, a brass, and a percussion judge for music, and then visual ind. and visual ens? I still might be misunderstanding but I think I like this change and the chance for captions to be awarded. 

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Nope your spot on

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Braswell taking 1st this year. Heard it here first. I know Hebron is expected to return to state but they may not make finals of J. 
 

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[PSHSMom]

Does anyone know where Area J is taking place yet?

[BugWub24]

  On 7/29/2025 at 3:16 AM, PSHSMom said:

Does anyone know where Area J is taking place yet?

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Same as last year I believe, McKinney ISD Stadium.

[PSHSMom]

  On 7/29/2025 at 3:53 AM, BugWub24 said:

Same as last year I believe, McKinney ISD Stadium.

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Thanks!  I was hoping that was the case!

[KingSousa4Life]

Does someone know how many schools they are taking to state, because I’ve heard talks about them taking 5 due to the fact that Hebron medalled at state last year? Not sure how true that is though.

[BugWub24]

  21 hours ago, KingSousa4Life said:

Does someone know how many schools they are taking to state, because I’ve heard talks about them taking 5 due to the fact that Hebron medalled at state last year? Not sure how true that is though.

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It’s referring to a proposal that would allow for additional bands to advance to state from a single area for every group that medaled at state. In this case, since Flower Mound and Hebron medaled, the rule would’ve allowed 2 additional bands to advance to state the next season.

I wouldn’t count on the proposal passing, though. Unequal representation at state, especially when the state runs through one school district. It’s a tough issue to combat.

[dfwhorn]

  21 hours ago, KingSousa4Life said:

Does someone know how many schools they are taking to state, because I’ve heard talks about them taking 5 due to the fact that Hebron medalled at state last year? Not sure how true that is though.

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That is if that rule were to pass that was proposed at UIL's meeting. Don't count on it because like  said in the last post both FloMo and Hebron medaled this year, which would bring it up to 6. Saying if the rule doesn't go through which may be likely, we will probably see the top 4 advance to state as there's no new schools opened this year in 6A J, and everyone in this area typically will receive sweepstakes and that will probably continue.

[DrummersEcho]

Literally one of the hardest Areas and I gotta be honest based on BOA and State Scores

1. Hebron/Flomo (Hebron Most Likely
2. Flomo/Hebron (Flomo Most Likely)
3. Marcus
4. Prosper/Braswell (Prosper Most Likely)
5. Braswell/Prosper (Braswell Most Likely)
6. Mckinney

There could probably be a tie between Prosper Braswell and Flomo Hebron, The area is Kinda rigged if you wanna make state because your competing with literal 6a State medalists lol. The 4th Place Spot could maybe be possible for Mckinney, Their show had flaws and was to easy get 4th but i can see it being Possible but probably not lol

[SharksAreCool]

  17 hours ago, DrummersEcho said:

Literally one of the hardest Areas and I gotta be honest based on BOA and State Scores

1. Hebron/Flomo (Hebron Most Likely
2. Flomo/Hebron (Flomo Most Likely)
3. Marcus
4. Prosper/Braswell (Prosper Most Likely)
5. Braswell/Prosper (Braswell Most Likely)
6. Mckinney

There could probably be a tie between Prosper Braswell and Flomo Hebron, The area is Kinda rigged if you wanna make state because your competing with literal 6a State medalists lol. The 4th Place Spot could maybe be possible for Mckinney, Their show had flaws and was to easy get 4th but i can see it being Possible but probably not lol

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I feel like Marcus could compete for top 2, especially with the SMBC type scoring. Could definitely secure a possible 1st with how god their percussion is.