2025 Melissa Marching Showcase (Sept. 27)

[glyde]

29 minutes ago, WanderingTraveler said:

You forgot the Blue Devils

oh shoot your right! but melissa has a better show designed anyway, it actually is about them so i give 7th to BD

[edwardthevampire]

Farmersville is vinna sweep. Vhat do you vant from me? 🤷‍♂️🧛🏿‍♂️

Bleh bleh bleh? 🧌

[glyde]

1. Hebron (duh)

2. Lone Star 

3. Braswell 

4. Rock Hill

5. Mckinney RPB

6. Lebanon Trail /Argyle

7. Argyle /LT

8. Liberty

9. Celina 

10. Mckinney North

11. North Forney

12. Memorial /Little Elm

[edwardthevampire]

6 minutes ago, edwardthevampire said:

Farmersville is vinna sweep. Vhat do you vant from me? 🤷‍♂️🧛🏿‍♂️

Bleh bleh bleh? 🧌

 

[WanderingTraveler]

Reserving myself from making a full prediction list here, but few things I am excited to see from this competition.

1. This will give us an early season indicator to Area B: I think Wakeland and Lone Star are “locks” in that area so this will give us a head to head to head insight to the main contenders for the (pending) 2 remaining spots for state. Argyle vs MN vs LT.

2. Wondering how the 4A powerhouse Celina can fit in with this slate of bands. I am expecting 9-10th.

3. This is the first non-BOA competition that the McKinney schools (minus Boyd) have competed in side-by-side in a few years (I think). Excited to see how this shakes out in a non-exhibition format.

4. From most posts, I see the top-10ish to be around the same, excited to see which bubble bands make it into finals!

[dryyellowmangos]

2 hours ago, glyde said:

1. Hebron (duh)

2. Lone Star 

3. Braswell 

4. Rock Hill

5. Mckinney RPB

6. Lebanon Trail /Argyle

7. Argyle /LT

8. Liberty

9. Celina 

10. Mckinney North

11. North Forney

12. Memorial /Little Elm

In my opinion, Liberty had a wonderful show last year but having both Celina and Liberty over Mckinney North is interesting considering MN was a State Finalist last year and have been somewhat dominant in Area B for the past few years. I know they're doing another jazz show this year and that could drop their placings, and I'm wondering if you've seen anything from Liberty or Celina this year to put them above. (No shade to Liberty or Celina, I would like to see them above I just haven't heard much about either of their shows this year and am quite interested to see how Area B plays out )

[edwardthevampire]

2 hours ago, edwardthevampire said:

 

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[wtxbd02]

Just jumping in to say let's be careful about how we talk about other programs.  Thanks.  

Regarding McKinney North, judges do not and should not care what you did the year before.  They judge what's on the field that day. 

There's nothing wrong with a band developing a very distinct style and approach in show design.  Flower Mound has been doing an art based show every year since 2013 and it hasn't hurt them.  Woodlands has been doing the very Broadway inspired jazz oriented shows pretty consistently since 2019.  

I think what McKinney North does plays incredibly well to their strengths and is a breath of fresh air personally, I always look forward to seeing their shows because it's a very distinct point of view and they pull it off.  So entertaining.  

[WanderingTraveler]

16 hours ago, dryyellowmangos said:

In my opinion, Liberty had a wonderful show last year but having both Celina and Liberty over Mckinney North is interesting considering MN was a State Finalist last year and have been somewhat dominant in Area B for the past few years. I know they're doing another jazz show this year and that could drop their placings, and I'm wondering if you've seen anything from Liberty or Celina this year to put them above. (No shade to Liberty or Celina, I would like to see them above I just haven't heard much about either of their shows this year and am quite interested to see how Area B plays out )

This is something I have sort of noticed being talked about quite a lot, regarding McKinney North. A lot of comments mentioning them having “another jazz show” really means nothing year to year when shows are scored in isolation to their predecessors. Judges probably are not in-tune with shows year to year, and they are more likely to judge shows in a black box format. If they perform the show well, they will do well, and vise versa.

I can see from an enjoyment perspective why the jazz theme could get stale after a while, but so does hearing Dies Irae in marching shows. I would be more interested to know if the students that have been in the program for a while still enjoy this style of show ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

[WanderingTraveler]

3 hours ago, LKendrick said:

Just jumping in to say let's be careful about how we talk about other programs.  Thanks.  

Regarding McKinney North, judges do not and should not care what you did the year before.  They judge what's on the field that day. 

There's nothing wrong with a band developing a very distinct style and approach in show design.  Flower Mound has been doing an art based show every year since 2013 and it hasn't hurt them.  Woodlands has been doing the very Broadway inspired jazz oriented shows pretty consistently since 2019.  

I think what McKinney North does plays incredibly well to their strengths and is a breath of fresh air personally, I always look forward to seeing their shows because it's a very distinct point of view and they pull it off.  So entertaining.  

I completely did not see this before posting, but my thoughts exactly. 

[Dave609]

1 hour ago, WanderingTraveler said:

This is something I have sort of noticed being talked about quite a lot, regarding McKinney North. A lot of comments mentioning them having “another jazz show” really means nothing year to year when shows are scored in isolation to their predecessors. Judges probably are not in-tune with shows year to year, and they are more likely to judge shows in a black box format. If they perform the show well, they will do well, and vise versa.

I can see from an enjoyment perspective why the jazz theme could get stale after a while, but so does hearing Dies Irae in marching shows. I would be more interested to know if the students that have been in the program for a while still enjoy this style of show ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

So true. MN found a great show concept and have been able to execute it well.

[hebronglazerisnotright23]

Finally excited to see Rockhill stepping away from crowd pleasers to actual competivie shows

[TmanTdog1981]

For the small band people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j1L-1XAQDg

2:32:00 - Sulpher Springs 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9e_xnr5GIQ&t=7322s

1:57:00 - Celina 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6gOgquUWw

3:26:00 - China Spring

That's all I could find, and the live stream audios aren't great.

 

[imarchedcrown]

AAANDDDD ITS THE WEEK OF THE MELISSA COMP.. WHOS HYPE FOR THISSS.WOOOO

 

 

PREDICTIONS:

 

1.Hebron

2. Lone Star 

3. Braswell/Rockhill

4. Rock Hill/Braswell/Mckinney RPB

5. Mckinney RPB/Argyle

6. Lebanon Trail /Argyle/Mckinney

7. Argyle /LT

8. Liberty

9. Celina/Mckinney North

10. Mckinney North/Celina

11. North Forney

12. Memorial /Little E

 

[Mike McBandiel]

My predictions for the competition this weekend:

1. Hebron (sweep)

2. Lone Star

3. Braswell (I could for sure see them getting 2nd over Lone Star)

4th-8th is honestly the biggest question for me but I think that it will be very close between all of them

4. Argyle

5. Rock Hill

6. McKinney

7. Lebanon Trail

8. McKinney North

9. Celina (honestly, I could see them getting 8th as well)

10. Liberty (they could also get 9th and beat Celina)

11. James Martin

12. Memorial/Lakeview Centennial/Little Elm (could be any of them)

[Gpk1968]

On 9/23/2025 at 9:26 AM, TmanTdog1981 said:

For the small band people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j1L-1XAQDg

2:32:00 - Sulpher Springs 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9e_xnr5GIQ&t=7322s

1:57:00 - Celina 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6gOgquUWw

3:26:00 - China Spring

That's all I could find, and the live stream audios aren't great.

 

I said this last year, and I will say it again this year. Sulphur has all the pieces there in front of them but I think what they are missing is color and dynamics. They are loud pretty much all the way through, unless is it a feature. I would love for them to bring in more dynamic variation and color. I think it would up their game. 

[TmanTdog1981]

11 hours ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

I said this last year, and I will say it again this year. Sulphur has all the pieces there in front of them but I think what they are missing is color and dynamics. They are loud pretty much all the way through, unless is it a feature. I would love for them to bring in more dynamic variation and color. I think it would up their game. 

What do you think the 4 small bands will end up being, now that you have seen these 3 shows?

[Gpk1968]

11 minutes ago, TmanTdog1981 said:

What do you think the 4 small bands will end up being, now that you have seen these 3 shows?

I honestly don’t know. This early in the season it’s really hard to put one show over the other. I am impressed that so many schools seem to have a lot on the field, but I’m not certain that is always a good thing, especially if it ends up sloppy at the end. Celina is the clear favorite, but so many 4A schools have upped their game. This contest is basically a mini-area. Last year I honestly didn’t think they would take the 4A awards. I gave canton the slight edge, and then canton didn’t even advance out of area. It’s just too hard to judge. My completely biased opinion is:

Celina

NL

I’m going out on a limb here to say Krum next. Again, totally biased but I would love this program to get a state run this year!

sulphur/china/farmersville

canton

I am not familiar with the other 4A programs to make a judgement call. 
 

Again, 100% biased opinion based on crappy halftime videos and performances last year. It could go any way. I would not be surprised to see any of the programs listed above take all the small school awards and one or two (maybe even three) could make finals in any order.

[rudy12]

Canton should make one of the top 4. There marching is better than most they have such a powerful sound. Maybe I’m biased, but I think this is a come back year.

[Gpk1968]

7 minutes ago, rudy12 said:

Canton should make one of the top 4. There marching is better than most they have such a powerful sound. Maybe I’m biased, but I think this is a come back year.

I hope so! I would love to see it. My reasoning was that I think there is a new director. 

[imarchedcrown]

t minus 24 hrs

[ScaryTrumpetMan]

On 9/24/2025 at 11:59 AM, imarchedcrown said:

AAANDDDD ITS THE WEEK OF THE MELISSA COMP.. WHOS HYPE FOR THISSS.WOOOO

 

 

PREDICTIONS:

 

1.Hebron

2. Lone Star 

3. Braswell/Rockhill

4. Rock Hill/Braswell/Mckinney RPB

5. Mckinney RPB/Argyle

6. Lebanon Trail /Argyle/Mckinney

7. Argyle /LT

8. Liberty

9. Celina/Mckinney North

10. Mckinney North/Celina

11. North Forney

12. Memorial /Little E

 

Honestly, not surprised RH is that high. they came through last year in last year's MMC, and I wouldn't be surprised if they did again.

[Dave609]

Anyone else going to be at this competition tomorrow? Im staying through prelims only, but can't wait to see all the bands! Also, Melissa got moved to 10:15 pm performance time, so I'll have to wait until next week to see them at MMI (McKinney Marching Invitational)

 

To anyone competing, best of luck to ya'll!

[OGFISD99]

1 hour ago, Dave609 said:

Anyone else going to be at this competition tomorrow? Im staying through prelims only, but can't wait to see all the bands! Also, Melissa got moved to 10:15 pm performance time, so I'll have to wait until next week to see them at MMI (McKinney Marching Invitational)

 

To anyone competing, best of luck to ya'll!

We'll be there from start to finish... 

[diabolicallyintersted]

TODAY'S THE DAY! WHO IS EXCITED!!!