Texas 4A Area C 2025 marching band predictions.

[TexasStrangers]

9 hours ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

I wonder if they will still do the full band retreat? Some of these bands have a 3+ hour drive back home on a school night. 
 

I wish there was some way to compress the schedule a bit to move finals up. 
 

I imagine a lot of bands will head out after their finals performance. 

I'm sure it will be full retreat. 

[Saxtastic45]

I am trying to move my work schedule around to go. I wouldn’t probably get there until the afternoon and watch finals.

should be fun. I wasn’t gonna be able to catch the Saturday one anyways. So this makes it better.

[Gpk1968]

39 minutes ago, TexasStrangers said:

I'm sure it will be full retreat. 

I’ve been told some bands are not staying but I’m not certain if it’s true. Does anyone know of any bands not staying?

[GD_57]

Im still wondering if any of u guys have full placement predictions. Im curious to see what y’all have 

[J-Mike16]

Just now, GD_57 said:

Im still wondering if any of u guys have full placement predictions. Im curious to see what y’all have 

Like of all the bands?

[GD_57]

Yeah

[Gpk1968]

1 minute ago, GD_57 said:

Yeah

Go check the predictions section of the website and you can see dozens. 

[GD_57]

Yeah

[Saxtastic45]

1 minute ago, GD_57 said:

Yeah

Honestly, every band that made Area is a quality band program. But some are more competitive than others. Are you wondering where your band is probably going to place?

[Saxtastic45]

2 minutes ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

Go check the predictions section of the website and you can see dozens. 

I think the aggregate is fairly close.

[J-Mike16]

Bet

1. Celina
2. Sulphur Springs 
3. North Lamar
4. Lumberton
5. Bridge City
6. Farmersville
7. Wills Point
8. Canton
9. Van Alstyne 
10. Pleasant Grove
11. Pine Tree 
12. Community
13. Paris
14. Sunnyvale
15. Mabank
16. Little Cypress-Mauriceville
17. Quinlan-Ford
18. Caddo Mills
19. Tarkington
20. Huffman Hargrave
21. Jasper

[GD_57]

Im wondering mostly about the lower underground bands

[SETXgal]

6 hours ago, TexasStrangers said:

Probably just watching Finals, kind of bummed they moved it to Monday. I figured Sunday would have worked.

I would have liked Sunday better too.

[SETXgal]

4 hours ago, J-Mike16 said:

Bet

1. Celina
2. Sulphur Springs 
3. North Lamar
4. Lumberton
5. Bridge City
6. Farmersville
7. Wills Point
8. Canton
9. Van Alstyne 
10. Pleasant Grove
11. Pine Tree 
12. Community
13. Paris
14. Sunnyvale
15. Mabank
16. Little Cypress-Mauriceville
17. Quinlan-Ford
18. Caddo Mills
19. Tarkington
20. Huffman Hargrave
21. Jasper

This is pretty good. Except because of the switch to Monday combined with the placements in prelims schedule, I think the Top 6 order could be a little crazy after prelims & change quite a bit after finals round. I haven't seen Canton eithet though.

[J-Mike16]

30 minutes ago, SETXgal said:

This is pretty good. Except because of the switch to Monday combined with the placements in prelims schedule, I think the Top 6 order could be a little crazy after prelims & change quite a bit after finals round. I haven't seen Canton eithet though.

I could see that happen. I was honestly waiting for all the negative comments about me having Lumberton in 4th. I get the overall vibe in here about Lumberton and it aint good. I completely understand the show being messy at times, but they absolutely can/do clean up real fast and especially leading up to Area. Also, they outplaced everyone who had predicted in 7th - 10th last year and think they will do the same this year.

[Gpk1968]

5 hours ago, J-Mike16 said:

I could see that happen. I was honestly waiting for all the negative comments about me having Lumberton in 4th. I get the overall vibe in here about Lumberton and it aint good. I completely understand the show being messy at times, but they absolutely can/do clean up real fast and especially leading up to Area. Also, they outplaced everyone who had predicted in 7th - 10th last year and think they will do the same this year.

I honestly just think a lot of people here are not as familiar with lumberton. I can lump BC into this group as well. Being from the DFW area, I’ve been watching bands like canton and wills point for almost three decades. My only opportunity to see lumberton and BC are at area and state (and sometimes it’s only state depending on area alignments).It’s really hard for me to be able to predict how they will perform because I just don’t really know their history/style/culture as well as other bands. It’s nothing personal against them at all. I think a lot of the people on here are from the northern part of the area like me. 
 

I honestly have no clue how 4th and up will play out. I honestly think there are 9 bands who, if they have a stellar run, could grab a spot. 

My list is somewhat similar to yours, but I’m really rooting for NL to take second over SS. I honestly want this to happen more than any of my other predictions. 

[DudeBro]

1 hour ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

I honestly just think a lot of people here are not as familiar with lumberton. I can lump BC into this group as well. Being from the DFW area, I’ve been watching bands like canton and wills point for almost three decades. My only opportunity to see lumberton and BC are at area and state (and sometimes it’s only state depending on area alignments).It’s really hard for me to be able to predict how they will perform because I just don’t really know their history/style/culture as well as other bands. It’s nothing personal against them at all. I think a lot of the people on here are from the northern part of the area like me. 
 

I honestly have no clue how 4th and up will play out. I honestly think there are 9 bands who, if they have a stellar run, could grab a spot. 

My list is somewhat similar to yours, but I’m really rooting for NL to take second over SS. I honestly want this to happen more than any of my other predictions. 

We gonna do our best. 

[rocketfan86]

16 hours ago, SETXgal said:

I would have liked Sunday better too.

Still have lots of families that attend religious services on Sundays so that would be a non-starter.

[TexasStrangers]

Looks like they made a good decision in moving the contest. The rain stopped around 7AM and was misting until around 930 and the rain went away and the sun came out throughout the day until the rain came back in around 530 and rained until almost 9. If the contest would have went on then it would have probably been prelims only. 

[criscubes]

honestly happy they moved the contest. As a marcher, it finally gave me the opportunity to go watch 6a area J which we normally never can. Sooooooo, same time next year? 

[Crazybandkid08]

Just throwing this question out there, but with area c being such a big area, do we think Pine Tree is a better location for area c to be hosted at? Or is it the same if not worse?

[Gpk1968]

8 minutes ago, Crazybandkid08 said:

Just throwing this question out there, but with area c being such a big area, do we think Pine Tree is a better location for area c to be hosted at? Or is it the same if not worse?

It’s about the same for our Deep South schools. It’s worse for region 25. Better for pleasant grove. 

[DarkNight7698]

 Ngl, I can’t wait to see PT, SS, Famerville, NL, and WP as the first bunch we get to see tomorrow.

[TexasStrangers]

1 hour ago, Crazybandkid08 said:

Just throwing this question out there, but with area c being such a big area, do we think Pine Tree is a better location for area c to be hosted at? Or is it the same if not worse?

I think Pine Tree is a pretty good location. They have hosted marching events before. I don't know if they are ready for the mass insanity tomorrow. I don't think their parking lot for fans is big enough for what I think is coming. 

Pine Tree is also on the Southwest side of Longview where as the contest in Lindale is smack dab in the middle of town that is dealing with road construction.

Not many schools will benefit from the move though. Yes, Pine Tree will not have to travel and I think North Lamar/Paris/PG will have a shorter trip but that is it. Celina/Wills Point/Caddo Mills/Community/Van Alstyne/Canton/Mabank/Sunnyvale/Quinlan Ford/Sulphur Springs will have to drive an extra 45 minutes to Pine Tree.

[GD_57]

Im honestly happy they decided to move it as a marcher I was not happy about having to wake up early after a late football game the day before