UIL 6A Area C 2025

[JFNDOWBFAN]

6 minutes ago, clarinetistkai05 said:

MY ALMA MATER FORNEYYYYY! I’m so proud of you guys! 2nd in 6A Area in your 2nd year in 6A is no joke, and you guys did INCREDIBLE! Go blow the roof of the Dome OFF! I love you guys 💜

- (formerly clarinetist) kai

They put on a great show! The girl that does the tumbling pass on the wet turf, amazing

[WanderingTraveler]

CONGRATZ FINALISTS, and go Rockwall schools and Forney! Super excited to see y’all at state.

[clarinetistkai05]

Just now, JFNDOWBFAN said:

They put on a great show! The girl that does the tumbling pass on the wet turf, amazing

I haven’t seen that part cause I watched the HEB prelims run last (college is not fun and wont let me have free time). The show this year is so good, I was so jealous that they got to play cool country sounding music 💔

[JFNDOWBFAN]

18 hours ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

This is the day the lord has made, let us rejoice and March on it!!!!

Gut Feeling this morning…

1) Wax

2) Forney

3) Rockwall

4) Sachse (but want Heath)

5) Berkner

6) Heath

7) Duncanville 

8 Lake Highlands

9) North Forney

10) Pearce

Just going to repost this at 2:58AM, nailed the top 10 and many in right spots. 
 

Special congrats to RHHS for making state too!

[Keyboard_Fanatic]

Just wanna put it out there that I was spot on with my prediction of Dville, (mostly) everyone was doubting me when I said I didn't think they would crack top 8

[Tubalord11]

LETSSSSS GOOOO ROCKWALL AND HEATH!!! Rockwall finally back and Heath for the first time!!!! And too Forney and Waxahachie as well! Looks like there was some tense competition here

[MoBone]

7 hours ago, BandDad11 said:

Let’s go Heath! 🥳

Congrats to Rockwall and North Forney for their high placements as well. NF’s results pleasantly surprised me but they surely deserved it!

Not gonna lie I was surprised to see them up there as well. 

[MoBone]

7 hours ago, E1. said:

Do you have the full recap? I know in the past they've had a rubric and score them under different criteria under that individual caption. With the new judging system I'm not sure if there's been a change, but I'm pretty sure they use the same rubric

If the full recap is what is available on the uil website then that’s all I have. But it’s nothing like the sheets we see from a usbands or boa. 

[MoBone]

8 hours ago, MoBone said:

Just Great! we just got rid of LISD hogging all of the state spots only for Rockwall ISD to do the same lol jk Congrats to ALL of the bands that performed today 

Actually looking back on it. Waxahachie and Forney making it 2 years in a row since joining area C would be our new “LISD” smh lol 

[playero546]

How did Garland rank so low?? I really enjoyed their show.

[paradiddlesnodiddy]

34 minutes ago, playero546 said:

How did Garland rank so low?? I really enjoyed their show.

me too!! Also I hope their guard is okay.. I saw someone carrying them out and she seemed in pain. Best wishes to garland! 

[BandDad11]

Here’s the more detailed breakdown of Finals scores:

[JFNDOWBFAN]

49 minutes ago, playero546 said:

How did Garland rank so low?? I really enjoyed their show.

Agggggggggggggreeeeeeed 100%

[BumboJumbo]

15 minutes ago, BandDad11 said:

Here’s the more detailed breakdown of Finals scores:

Do you have the prelims one also?

[BandDad11]

9 minutes ago, BumboJumbo said:

Do you have the prelims one also?

I’m afraid not but I’m keeping my eye out for it

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Side note…I really hope the Tuba that fell and injured himself in the second march after the rain delay is ok! If you are him, I think you’re a badass! The way you got up, dusted your self off, realized you couldn’t get to your spot so you found a safe spot and kept playing. Sir, you are an example of heart that all these kids have!

[Cosmo]

I would like to congratulate everyone.

This area has improved so much. This year was the strongest I've seen in a while. I could definitely see any of the finalist bands make it to state in other areas. Even those that didn't make finals, y'all did amazing. 

I will say, one thing I don't like about Uil (in general, not just in area c) is the size differences. I get that they do it based on school enrollment but I feel like some of these bands are at a disadvantage. We have 6a bands with 100-150 people and others with close to 300. Sometimes this is due to a low percentage of the school being in the band BUT other times it is due to the school population itself. In Texas we have 6a schools with a little more than 2000 students but since 6a is the largest, we have multiple schools in the 4000s. Including The Woodlands with over 4500. My suggestion is treating it like football with 6a I and 6a II in the playoffs (this case it would be in area). 

As far as area c, to the bands that didn't make finals, y'all did great. I unfortunately missed a good amount of the earlier bands but one band that truly surprised me was the Garland band. Y'all did great and I think that yalls placement does not properly reflect yalls performance. I do feel bad that Skyline was not able to perform, I was looking forward to watching y'all. And to all the bands that had to perform after the rain, way to face adversity. I don't remember what band it was but I personally saw 3 people fall... and get up and continue. Way to deal with adversity. Speaking of adversity, congratulations to all the bands that had major director changes. Y'all performed great; some of y'all had the success that y'all wanted while others didn't. To those that didn't have the success y'all wanted, remember that next year will probably do better since the new directors will have time to fully run and plan the program how they want. To those that did have the success they wanted, imagine how much better y'all can be next year with stability in the leadership. 

Ok so now that I've said that, I would like to share some things that I noticed and liked from the finalist bands. I wrote these during the finals performance; I did start halfway though so I did do the bottom five from memory. Also, since all these schools made finals, it is a given that all of y'all had great shows, woodwinds, guard, brass, front ensembles, soloists, and drumlines.

Waxahachie- Great woodwinds

Forney- WOW (that's all I wrote) I mean everything was great, and to the girl that did all those flips in the wet field, amazing!

Rockwall- Marching, it was so clean!

Heath- LOUD (wall of sound). SOLID Solos.             (congrats on making state for the first time, Enjoy the trip)

Sachse- Great use of the whole field, Great Front ensemble

North Forney- Great props

JJ Pearce- Clean

Lake Highlands- Great soft spots. Great Guard

Duncanville-Great props, Great Guard

Berkner- Great show theme, Great Drumline

Also Contacts to our state qualifiers, I just know y'all will represent Area C Great. Go show everyone that Dallas has 3 great areas, not just 2. I would not be surprised if all 4 of our state qualifiers get close to the state finals, probably 1-16.

Once again, congrats to everyone.

 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Coming off the emotional roller coaster that was this past week and yesterday. 

[Tbcord140]

Love the fact the Rockwall schools will be heading to state together. Good luck to both! But for Sachse with all the director changes, and running honestly the hardest show by far they've ran in their 21 years as a school, keep y'alls heads high, because yall have so much to grow for and to become a perennial contender in 6A. On my closing note, congrats to Waxahachie, Forney and the coolest show in my opinion, Rockwall, and Heath (for the first time!)

[E1.]

13 minutes ago, Tbcord140 said:

Love the fact the Rockwall schools will be heading to state together. Good luck to both! But for Sachse with all the director changes, and running honestly the hardest show by far they've ran in their 21 years as a school, keep y'alls heads high, because yall have so much to grow for and to become a perennial contender in 6A. On my closing note, congrats to Waxahachie, Forney and the coolest show in my opinion, Rockwall, and Heath (for the first time!)

Sachse is an amazing program and is one of the most consistent programs in the state, so no matter the results from yesterday, every single one of those kids should be proud of the program they've helped build. Director changes are unfortunate, but I'm sure with more stability going into next year, they could very well take that state spot back. They had an incredibly demanding show this year, and they did amazing.

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Who we have making Finals and Advancing in 2026? 😂 

[MoBone]

2 hours ago, Tbcord140 said:

Honestly just begging for one more school to be added to this area (maybe the Wylie schools).. making this area have 5 state spots, with 6 state level bands...

Uhhhhh, nah we’re good lol

[MoBone]

10 hours ago, playero546 said:

How did Garland rank so low?? I really enjoyed their show.

There were a few that I questioned myself. High and low, like there were some pretty significant differences in their scores 

[MoBone]

1 hour ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

Who we have making Finals and Advancing in 2026? 😂 

For finals dont think Waxahachie and Forney are gonna let go of those 2 spots anytime soon. Well actually I take that back. Waxahachie does have a new school that’s expected to be opened in fall of 2027. Time will tell what will happen there. Rockwall, since their 2018 state run have stayed really close to that state qualifier so they’re probably consistent enough to stay around there. Heath ? No finals in 23’, finals in 24’ state in 25’ ….26’ To be continued. 
the dark horse or horses I feel will come out of one of the Mesquite schools. Idk if it plays a part but their 5A programs are solid. We could very well see all 3 of their 5A go to state this Saturday. Does that put pressure on the 2 in 6A?  Idk, but they’re both trending in the right direction. If not Mesquite, I’d say Royse City or Tyler would be the ones to get in.
 

As far as advancing, Waxahachie until the new school opens, Rockwall barring something crazy happening, the 3 and 4? Way too early to tell but I could see a Berkner or a JJ Pearce taking one of those spots. Should be interesting. 
 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Anyone have Royse City video? Would love to see their show. They were so close to making finals, had to be a great show!