Honor Band 2025-2026

[Fanboy]

Barbers Hill should have been close to the top but we’ll never know since TMEA gave them the death penalty and banned them for 2 years. TMEA should be ashamed of themselves. Oh, and they will be sued and will lose. Sad day. 

[TexasStrangers]

12 hours ago, Fanboy said:

Barbers Hill should have been close to the top but we’ll never know since TMEA gave them the death penalty and banned them for 2 years. TMEA should be ashamed of themselves. Oh, and they will be sued and will lose. Sad day. 

banned for what? 

[SharksAreCool]

15 minutes ago, TexasStrangers said:

banned for what? 

It’s a looooooooooong story.

[HotCrossBunsClub]

If you go to the Texas Band Director FB page you can see the drama with Barbers Hill - I will also say that is not the ONLY issue with the honor band process.. for example the 1C winner and 2nd place do not FEED small schools - yes they might be 1C by the numbers but they feed 5a and 6A programs as "magnet" type schools - I know one of them for sure is a GT academy - I find it a little unfair to true small 1C programs - BUT that is not the kids fault and I am sure they worked hard! My opinion on this has nothing to do with those programs - they are well deserved of the honor - I just personally think there are some thing that need to change to even the playing field for the true 1C programs who feed small schools - otherwise what is the point of the classification system to begin with. 

[lost]

2 hours ago, SharksAreCool said:

It’s a looooooooooong story.

Color me curious. Indulge us in the long story?

[TexasStrangers]

The Texas Band Director Page is private and I am not a band director.  I'm not too knowledgeable about the requirements of what makeups the qualifications for the Honor Band Process. If what you are saying is true then I could see numerous small schools getting snubbed because many of the GT Academies and schools like that have the money to make their program flourish. 

 

[HotCrossBunsClub]

On 7/25/2025 at 1:40 PM, TexasStrangers said:

The Texas Band Director Page is private and I am not a band director.  I'm not too knowledgeable about the requirements of what makeups the qualifications for the Honor Band Process. If what you are saying is true then I could see numerous small schools getting snubbed because many of the GT Academies and schools like that have the money to make their program flourish. 

 

I’m not a band director either- I saw it shared from a friend of a friend