2025 Melissa Marching Showcase (Sept. 27)

[JFNDOWBFAN]

3 minutes ago, TexasStrangers said:

I would always vote for experience which is why I would go someplace where I had a good chance at getting 2 runs in. Yes, I'm sure a lot of these schools would say the judge quality was probably really good at Melissa. 

I'm not saying you need to go to some place where there is only a couple of 4A bands. Yes, most bands in the 1st week only do up to Movement 3 and yes there were probably some who didn't want to travel far. Those are all factors but for me I want to get as many runs as possible and as much feedback as possible. We all know shows in the middle of the afternoon are different then the ones under the lights which is why I would want to see both. 

There is no perfect answer.

True….I definitely think all bands have a different vibe at night and fan energy is different when not sweltering. Good luck rest of the way to all the bands!

[poopsicle]

prelims

Melissa Prelims.pdf

[poopsicle]

finals

Melissa Finals .pdf

[TexasStrangers]

30 minutes ago, poopsicle said:

prelims

Melissa Prelims.pdf 1.36 MB · 20 downloads

Yeah, Canton, Farmersville and North Lamar I think need to start looking for another place to go. You can't justify trying to be a possible 4A State Band and end up getting 19th, 20th and 22nd at a contest.

[Gpk1968]

10 minutes ago, TexasStrangers said:

Yeah, Canton, Farmersville and North Lamar I think need to start looking for another place to go. You can't justify trying to be a possible 4A State Band and end up getting 19th, 20th and 22nd at a contest.

The thing is, they knew they weren’t going to do great here, which is why most went to another contest after. Farmersville went on to win the whitesboro contest later yesterday. I’m positive they all go to Melissa to get an early comparison to bands like Celina. 
 

it’s all about balance from a director perspective. Take the kids to some contests to challenge them, but take them to some they can rank high in order to not discourage the kids.

 

that being said, I 100% think north Lamar’s contest choices are bizarre

[TexasStrangers]

4 minutes ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

The thing is, they knew they weren’t going to do great here, which is why most went to another contest after. Farmersville went on to win the whitesboro contest later yesterday. I’m positive they all go to Melissa to get an early comparison to bands like Celina. 
 

it’s all about balance from a director perspective. Take the kids to some contests to challenge them, but take them to some they can rank high in order to not discourage the kids.

 

that being said, I 100% think north Lamar’s contest choices are bizarre

Oh didn't know Farmersville went to Whitesboro later that day. Which makes alot more sense in performing early leave to perform later in the afternoon at Whitesboro. 

[Tubalord11]

 What happened with Mckinney North in prelims, 20th in overall music? Ik they are normally late bloomers but that seems a bit too low 

[Gpk1968]

33 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

 What happened with Mckinney North in prelims, 20th in overall music? Ik they are normally late bloomers but that seems a bit too low 

That was just their woodwind score. They scored high in brass. I honestly missed their performance both times but I’m assuming they don’t feature them enough because I’m sure their wws are solid. 
 

but I also think that judge was the most inconsistent of the day.   
 

edit: woodwinds scored fine in finals

[diabolicallyintersted]

does anyone have judges' scores

[sulfrxvi]

17 hours ago, WanderingTraveler said:

North Forney: This might be my favorite show thematically. Really committed to the snake theme, including the props and the cool uniforms. Definitely a show that doesn’t lack GE. Spacing in the opener was a bit inconsistent. Woodwinds have an amazing presence in the opener, before the opening hit. Loving some of these sustained chords and sounds from the low brass. Love that there is not a stale moment in this show. Impressed by the dynamic control of this group, but sometimes its hard for the trumpets to keep up with how soft the dynamic is. Also, welcome back The Bluecoats!!! Difficult show!!

Also am I tripping or is this like the third show with bass 4 missing.

So we had 5 basses this year, last year we only had 4, jus our bass 4 failed his first grading period meaning he couldn’t play.

[Walton]

2 hours ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

The thing is, they knew they weren’t going to do great here, which is why most went to another contest after. Farmersville went on to win the whitesboro contest later yesterday. I’m positive they all go to Melissa to get an early comparison to bands like Celina. 
 

it’s all about balance from a director perspective. Take the kids to some contests to challenge them, but take them to some they can rank high in order to not discourage the kids.

 

that being said, I 100% think north Lamar’s contest choices are bizarre

North Lamar later competed at Plano East, where they made finals.

[Gpk1968]

25 minutes ago, sulfrxvi said:

So we had 5 basses this year, last year we only had 4, jus our bass 4 failed his first grading period meaning he couldn’t play.

I almost commented last night that it looked like all the bass 4s failed the six week mark. Poor percussionists…

 

I bet it was math. lol. 

[SaxGuy19]

Does anyone have a video of Lebanon trail and/or Mckinney North that they would be willing to share?

[Stronghold88]

6 hours ago, poopsicle said:

finals

Melissa Finals .pdfUnavailable

Would you mind taking a screenshot and sending it please? Pdf aint working for me

[JFNDOWBFAN]

5 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

 What happened with Mckinney North in prelims, 20th in overall music? Ik they are normally late bloomers but that seems a bit too low 

👀 

[Tubalord11]

Just now, JFNDOWBFAN said:

👀

It was actually just for WWs I thought it was overall music but it just wasn’t labeled, but still. Probably just not a strong run as finals was much better 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

24 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

It was actually just for WWs I thought it was overall music but it just wasn’t labeled, but still. Probably just not a strong run as finals was much better 

All good. What would be a first or second weekend if comp season without a chance for us all to predict shake ups. Haha

[Pmsmarch]

Anyone got the scores for prelims and finals??

[Tubalord11]

5 minutes ago, Pmsmarch said:

Anyone got the scores for prelims and finals??

Scroll up some 

[ScaryTrumpetMan]

Definitely a good competition with a lot of good bands. Congrats to Hebron, as usual. Really tough competition!

[ScaryTrumpetMan]

On 9/27/2025 at 7:42 PM, WanderingTraveler said:

Rock Hill: Idk if these are new uniforms, but I really liked them. Props are cool, and love the percussion wraps. Opening duo was super nice. I think this group does articulation very well. Brass sound gets kind of lost in certain moments because of horn angle, but the long sustained chord moments are very nice!! Excited to see when this show is finished.

They've used the same outfits... every year... since 2020...

[WanderingTraveler]

20 minutes ago, ScaryTrumpetMan said:

They've used the same outfits... every year... since 2020...

Lol, realized the next morning. Was tired so I confused them with Rockwall.

[Pmsmarch]

Anyone got Memorial's and North Forney's? Im curious to what happened to memorial this year

[crown_glazer]

How do y'all feel about the LC and Liberty tie, LC beat them in music and perc, and guard, and Liberty only beat them in guard. Did Liberty win a coin toss or what lol.

[Gpk1968]

1 hour ago, crown_glazer said:

How do y'all feel about the LC and Liberty tie, LC beat them in music and perc, and guard, and Liberty only beat them in guard. Did Liberty win a coin toss or what lol.

I believe it was broken using judges’ preference. From UIL:

”the tie can always be broken by determining which band was ranked highest by at least three judges.”