2025 McKinney Marching Invitational (Oct 4th)

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Just now, Tubalord11 said:

Okay my bad guys, rock Hill was top half and Heath bottom. So great seeing Heath in finals here.

No, pretty sure Heath is top half. The guy I corrected had Rock Hill twice. The RockHill he had in top half should have been Heath

[Mike McBandiel]

Did they change it to top half/bottom half draw this year? Wylie and LT won captions but they aren’t the last ones to perform 

[OGFISD99]

Emerson is a dark horse... wow..

[bandkid67]

1 minute ago, Mike McBandiel said:

Did they change it to top half/bottom half draw this year? Wylie and LT won captions but they aren’t the last ones to perform 

yes mike

[Tubalord11]

5 minutes ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

No, pretty sure Heath is top half. The guy I corrected had Rock Hill twice. The RockHill he had in top half should have been Heath

Okay got it 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

1 minute ago, Mike McBandiel said:

Did they change it to top half/bottom half draw this year? Wylie and LT won captions but they aren’t the last ones to perform 

Top 6 were random order, so yes…. Wylie and LT are both top 6 and Likely Top 2

[Tubalord11]

Just got to the stadium 

[Tubalord11]

Okay so I’m watching Norths rehearsal for their exhibition run and ummmm they are loud af. Will comment more again and try and rank them in the the others but ummm yeah they sound pretty good 

[Bandboy]

CH did not deserve to make finals, big drop off from last year unfortunately. 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Finals will be exciting! 
 

Make sure you are ready for @Meatballmax07’s solo little after 10pm!

[JFNDOWBFAN]

20 minutes until finals…..but will probably just come back for second block!

[Mike McBandiel]

Does anyone know the prelims placements?

[BandDad11]

Here’s the official Finals schedule:

[BandDad11]

1 minute ago, Mike McBandiel said:

Does anyone know the prelims placements?

I know Heath got 5th and I believe Rockwall got 4th (could be wrong)

[Tubalord11]

Okay so Rock Hill was bottom half, very curious. Still have time to grow but wondering why after hearing their show was much more competitive , guess I’ll know here soon 

[Gpk1968]

49 minutes ago, Matchalabubu123 said:

I think the judging panel was normal uil concert band judging not marching band judges  

That explains a lot. Those results are all kinds of wonky based on what I was expecting. 

[FootballBandMom]

42 minutes ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

I could be wrong, but don’t think they stayed for prelim award announcements. Several schools didn’t. So “wonder” if possible made top 12 but did not stay for finals maybe?

They were there for prelim awards. The only one that wasn’t was Celina. 

[Tubalord11]

5 minutes ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

That explains a lot. Those results are all kinds of wonky based on what I was expecting. 

I think recently they’ve done the 5A/6A state judging panel or the 5 judge system from area for placements plus an additional Perc and guard judge for captions 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

8 minutes ago, FootballBandMom said:

They were there for prelim awards. The only one that wasn’t was Celina. 

Thanks. I probably confused the two

[Tubalord11]

North Forney: loved the theming and GE throughout. Lots of it in the drill in particular. Musically very strong, some things in the brass that need cleaning but overall a very strong run, could maybe break into area finals? They’re definitely chasing it. 
 

also phone at 12%. Will do my best to get everyone but if I can’t will post thoughts when I’m home 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

32 minutes ago, Mike McBandiel said:

Does anyone know the prelims placements?

Only who is top 6 and bottom 6 of Finals. Look at the post with schedule. Bottom 6 random order followed by top 6 random order

[JFNDOWBFAN]

1 minute ago, Tubalord11 said:

North Forney: loved the theming and GE throughout. Lots of it in the drill in particular. Musically very strong, some things in the brass that need cleaning but overall a very strong run, could maybe break into area finals? They’re definitely chasing it. 
 

also phone at 12%. Will do my best to get everyone but if I can’t will post thoughts when I’m home 

Service earlier was rough inside too. Enjoy your evening 

[Tubalord11]

Emerson: really nice show! They lowkey sound at times like a concert band, such maturity in the sound. A couple stick outs in the last cord but that was it. Visually very engaging, but I just with it was a bit more mature theme. It’s not bad but I think next year they can handle something more challenging. Great job Emerson! 

[Tubalord11]

Also just noticed JJ didn’t make finals. Wonder what’s going on bc they won this comp last year. Feels like there’s been a lot of ups and downs from these past couple seasons in terms of where certain bands are placing 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

43 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

Okay so Rock Hill was bottom half, very curious. Still have time to grow but wondering why after hearing their show was much more competitive , guess I’ll know here soon 

I wanted to see show under the lights. When I saw prelims I thought 2nd half of finals!