UIL 6A Area I 2025

[bassboneman]

2 hours ago, tubapop said:

I wish we had some kind of private database to watch everyone's videos so we're not going by word of mouth. 

@ruben_fI know you record like bands all the time... Please do this 🙏

[tubapop]

1 hour ago, bassboneman said:

@ruben_fI know you record like bands all the time... Please do this 🙏

@ruben_f if you do this, I wouldn't mind a private message invite 😄

[TigerJ948]

Katy plays Seven Lakes this Friday. I'm excited for a few more folks to see the show and excited to see parts 1-3 performed for the first time together (closer will soon be in the works). Then a 5am call for Alvin ISD. Bandtober starting early, hah.

I've retired early from the prediction game as 1) I've been bad at it and 2) this Area is too good to separate usually past the Top 2 all the way to 12-13 or so...at least for me anyway.  I think we'll have a show that is competitive and hopefully folks will like it.

[Baritone Enjoyer]

8 hours ago, bassboneman said:

Interesting... It's looking  really good. 

Looks good. Music content is nice, and it does need a bit of cleaning at some moments. Visually, it's also fairly clean except for some moments. However, I don't think this will be in the shots for state just yet. Don't get me wrong, this program has stepped up this year for sure, and Id say they have a great attempt at making it into finals and a bit deeper, but I don't think it's up at that register of beating Cinco, Jordan, Tompkins, or Jet just yet. There is still a month left, and so I do look forward to seeing them continue to polish that, and maybe I am wrong about the state chances. This area after all is the area where everything could be different than expected lol.

[Sideswiperr]

8 minutes ago, Trombone_lover17 said:

Tompkins being the “least likely” to rebound doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me when they went from 9th in 2022 to 3rd in 2023 with a few judges giving them first place… Last year Area was weird for everyone, so I don’t see the point in updating rankings until we get some updated quality videos from the upcoming BOA shows and Katy marching festival.

Agreed 

[Sideswiperr]

8 minutes ago, Trombone_lover17 said:

Tompkins being the “least likely” to rebound doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me when they went from 9th in 2022 to 3rd in 2023 with a few judges giving them first place… Last year Area was weird for everyone, so I don’t see the point in updating rankings until we get some updated quality videos from the upcoming BOA shows and Katy marching festival.

Agreed 

[bassboneman]

14 hours ago, Trombone_lover17 said:

Tompkins being the “least likely” to rebound doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me when they went from 9th in 2022 to 3rd in 2023 with a few judges giving them first place… Last year Area was weird for everyone, so I don’t see the point in updating rankings until we get some updated quality videos from the upcoming BOA shows and Katy marching festival.

to be honest the thing that I love  about marching band is that anything can happen. Someone marches a ineligible member. Someone can blow up. Someone can have the perforce of their life time 

[MazeyMiisona]

14 hours ago, bassboneman said:

to be honest the thing that I love  about marching band is that anything can happen. Someone marches a ineligible member. Someone can blow up. Someone can have the perforce of their life time 

guys im going to spontaneously combust in the middle of area finals this year that'll show em

[TrumpetDad2027]

Agreed, BOA South Houston is something I’m really excited for. 
 

And the KMF lineup is fantastic right now. I think it will really go a long way in how Area will play out. 
 

Some bands will leave motivated and some will leave confident. Last year, I think 7L losing was the turning point in their season. 
 

This year it could be a catalyst for another school!

[HagsTPT]

Here is the official schedule for the Region 27 contest if anyone is interested

[contrabasslover]

Has anyone seen Cy-Ranch yet?

[ruben_f]

56 minutes ago, contrabasslover said:

Has anyone seen Cy-Ranch yet?

 

[HagsTPT]

1 hour ago, contrabasslover said:

Has anyone seen Cy-Ranch yet?

I saw them last saturday and I get to see them again today at our game. Can't wait to see how much they improved since then 😁

[ChristopherRoden]

On 9/24/2025 at 5:41 PM, Trombone_lover17 said:

Tompkins being the “least likely” to rebound doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me when they went from 9th in 2022 to 3rd in 2023 with a few judges giving them first place… Last year Area was weird for everyone, so I don’t see the point in updating rankings until we get some updated quality videos from the upcoming BOA shows and Katy marching festival.

Yeah Tompkins sounds great this yr, I’m looking fwd to seeing them with uniforms and props (if applicable?) but they should be right up there in the running! 

[sigh]

Anybody have any new thoughts or predictions after seeing the results and performances at the boas yesterday?

[Sideswiperr]

1 hour ago, sigh said:

Anybody have any new thoughts or predictions after seeing the results and performances at the boas yesterday?

I’d say the top 4 are Bridgeland, Cy-Fair, Cy-Woods, and Seven Lakes, with Jordan  being most likely to get the 5th state spot, but cinco Ranch is very close, any one of cinco, Jordan, could IMO take the 4th spot from our consistent heavy big hitters. All I know is at UIL Area the playing ground is a bit more even than early season. But based on what I saw yesterday.

1. Bridgeland - though they got second, I can see a UIL setting still giving them edge.

2. Seven Lakes, if they keep up the momentum from last year! 

3. From a UIL Setting, Cypress Woods can do well here.

4. Cy-Fair, yes I KNOW they just won the BOA regional in Conroe, however this is UIL!! We saw how last years results completely changed from Early season to late season, some bands peak earlier than others, not to mention the UIL judging change.

5. Jordan, I’m convinced Jordan can go to state this year.

6. Cinco Ranch, such a good shown design, and they did a repeat at the Conroe regional making finals again, I’m not shocked, my only thing is, they have just got to clean, and be consistently clean, I think they may rely on design too much? The Lemons show was I think a good example of that, still a great program. 
7. James E. Taylor, I expected them to be on the bubble to be moved up into finals due to TWHS and tomball memorials homecoming, but they didn’t even need to, good job! 
8. Cypress Ranch, I can Say after what I saw yesterday I’m thoroughly impressed, their show seems to be a bit different than last year-in terms of design, but it was well performed, their energy also seems to be a bit more confident, they seem to be ahead of where they normally are, in terms of confidence of performance, but they just need to clean, like most other groups. 
9. Langham Creek, everything i said about cypress ranch, seems to apply here with langham creek, their shows are much more difficult than last year, and their energy on the field is MUCH higher, and more intense. Things to clean, and a much different show design to the year before. Solid from langham creek, amazing.

10. Likely Tompkins, i haven’t seen Katy or Tompkins but going off of a really bad inconsistent factor “reputation” I’d put Tompkins. I just can’t compare them to other groups because I haven’t nothing to compare. 
 

have fun reading my amateur analysis.
 

 

[ChristopherRoden]

1 hour ago, Sideswiperr said:

 

5. Jordan, I’m convinced Jordan can go to state this year.

6. Cinco Ranch, such a good shown design, and they did a repeat at the Conroe regional making finals again, I’m not shocked, my only thing is, they have just got to clean, and be consistently clean, I think they may rely on design too much? The Lemons show was I think a good example of that, still a great program. 

Booo cross comparing contests and whatever but…

performance captions between JHS and Cinco could not have been closer

0.05 for both of them in their respective finals

finals: 

music: Jordan 14.95 // cinco 15.00

vis: Jordan 15.10 // cinco 15.15

overall: Jordan 75.35 // cinco 75.65

prelims:

music: jordan 15.55 // cinco 15.475

vis: Jordan 14.75 // cinco 14.75

overall: Jordan 76.15 // cinco 76.875

[Sideswiperr]

32 minutes ago, ChristopherRoden said:

Booo cross comparing contests and whatever but…

performance captions between JHS and Cinco could not have been closer

0.05 for both of them in their respective finals

finals: 

music: Jordan 14.95 // cinco 15.00

vis: Jordan 15.10 // cinco 15.15

overall: Jordan 75.35 // cinco 75.65

prelims:

music: jordan 15.55 // cinco 15.475

vis: Jordan 14.75 // cinco 14.75

overall: Jordan 76.15 // cinco 76.875

Do you think the judges were secretly talking to each other from San Marcos to Conroe?  Haha 

[frntbreak]

2 hours ago, ChristopherRoden said:

Booo cross comparing contests and whatever but…

performance captions between JHS and Cinco could not have been closer

0.05 for both of them in their respective finals

finals: 

music: Jordan 14.95 // cinco 15.00

vis: Jordan 15.10 // cinco 15.15

overall: Jordan 75.35 // cinco 75.65

prelims:

music: jordan 15.55 // cinco 15.475

vis: Jordan 14.75 // cinco 14.75

overall: Jordan 76.15 // cinco 76.875

i would say at a GE standpoint i think Jordan would take it at Area even though cinco GE at BOA was higher because of cohesiveness of their show especially visually 

[frntbreak]

From seeing all the shows and being apart of one(I won't say) except never seeing Cy woods my prediction for the state spots:

1.Bridgeland: Percussion and Brass have always been elite, but Woodwind feature was so clean for being early in the season, though didn't understand what was going on visually and Cerulean, I still think they take top spot.
2. Cy fair: I feel like they just don't have a harder show than Bridgeland, but I will say, the effect Flicker has may bring it up to the top spot,
3. CyWoods: consistent being in state, not much can say, though they did technically get 1st at area so they could push for 1st
4.Seven Lakes(most likely 4, though could be between 3-7): Only having seen they're first movement/part, when its at later season at region/KMF, i heard it will just be much harder and Part 1 being very clean seeing a video from they're stadium rehearsals
5(5-7, hopefully having a 5th state spot in this Area)Jordan: I don't know how great the bands are at San Marcos, but I think this is they're first time in Finals at BOA, and Brass was just amazing, from difficult tonging being together, and Woodwind features being clean and Visually great if not better than last year, only thing holding them back is the show musically may not be as hard as other bands(Cinco, Langham Creek, tompkins, JET)
6.Cinco(5-7): I will be honest, don't understand their show at all, but, killer woodwinds and battery and brass i can see will be much cleaner by the time region and area comes along.
7. Tompkins(5-7): It's just a really cool show, nothing else I could say and will be very competitive, though it is VERY reliant on soloists, percussion actually could go for top 3 in this area, but they don't have much woodwind features that brought them over the top like last year. Visually, better than last year, though there are less music "ensemble" parts to grade in this show. Though, the futuristic effect i think can bring them very high like their 2023 show.
8.JET(long shot, but....): They made finals at North Houston, although the show is kinda boring, the music is very challenging and seeing how great they made their 2024 show early on and the music being way cooler but harder, I think by the time area rolls around they can compete for that hopeful 5th spot

[frntbreak]

On 9/26/2025 at 7:44 AM, HagsTPT said:

Here is the official schedule for the Region 27 contest if anyone is interested

is there one for region 23?

[HagsTPT]

1 hour ago, frntbreak said:

is there one for region 23?

Nothing officially confirmed by region 23 but here is the Draw order that was released to sort of get an idea on when everyone is performing  

[bassboneman]

19 hours ago, ChristopherRoden said:

Booo cross comparing contests and whatever but…

performance captions between JHS and Cinco could not have been closer

0.05 for both of them in their respective finals

finals: 

music: Jordan 14.95 // cinco 15.00

vis: Jordan 15.10 // cinco 15.15

overall: Jordan 75.35 // cinco 75.65

prelims:

music: jordan 15.55 // cinco 15.475

vis: Jordan 14.75 // cinco 14.75

overall: Jordan 76.15 // cinco 76.875

That is a good point. you cant really compare cross contests. just because its a different panel and different bands to compare. I would be very interested to see what would have happen if they went to the same contest. 

[Brahms Symphony No.3]

All uneducated speculation based on the videos and placements I’ve seen/heard! All to be taken with a grain of salt.

(Basically locks for state competing for 1st place)

Cy Fair (1 - 3)

Bridgeland (1 - 3)

7 Lakes (1-4)

Cy Woods (1-4)

(Fighting for last state spot)

Jordan (5 - 8 )

Langham Creek (5 - 9)

Cinco Ranch (5 - 9)

JET (5 - 10)

(Fighting for area finals state isn’t impossible)

Tompkins (7 - 11)

Katy (9 - 11)

Cy Ranch (9 - 13)

(Fighting for area finals state isn’t likely)

Jersey village (10 - 14)

Paetow (10 - 15)

Cy Springs (11 - 15)

[bassboneman]

On 9/30/2025 at 11:40 AM, Brahms Symphony No.3 said:

All uneducated speculation based on the videos and placements I’ve seen/heard! All to be taken with a grain of salt.

(Basically locks for state competing for 1st place)

Cy Fair (1 - 3)

Bridgeland (1 - 3)

7 Lakes (1-4)

Cy Woods (1-4)

(Fighting for last state spot)

Jordan (5 - 8 )

Langham Creek (5 - 9)

Cinco Ranch (5 - 9)

JET (5 - 10)

(Fighting for area finals state isn’t impossible)

Tompkins (7 - 11)

Katy (9 - 11)

Cy Ranch (9 - 13)

(Fighting for area finals state isn’t likely)

Jersey village (10 - 14)

Paetow (10 - 15)

Cy Springs (11 - 15)

I think this is good rankings.


Also, for the cinco game Jordan is only doing most of our part 3, I don't know why. W