Area Postponements

[Mike McBandiel]

So unfortunately, the weather on Saturday does not look very good with heavy chances of rain which could affect and delay some area competitions this week. There is also the chance that some the competitions get moved to their respective rain dates so I made this forum for updates on if competitions get postponed in any way. Hopefully the weather isn't bad this weekend🤞

[Dave609]

8 minutes ago, Mike McBandiel said:

So unfortunately, the weather on Saturday does not look very good with heavy chances of rain which could affect and delay some area competitions this week. There is also the chance that some the competitions get moved to their respective rain dates so I made this forum for updates on if competitions get postponed in any way. Hopefully the weather isn't bad this weekend🤞

If anything, they could also have a prelims only for some. Thank you for creating this topic and hopefully, there is no changes!

[J-Mike16]

31 minutes ago, Mike McBandiel said:

So unfortunately, the weather on Saturday does not look very good with heavy chances of rain which could affect and delay some area competitions this week. There is also the chance that some the competitions get moved to their respective rain dates so I made this forum for updates on if competitions get postponed in any way. Hopefully the weather isn't bad this weekend🤞

Which Area's would be affected?

[ruben_f]

9 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said:

Which Area's would be affected?

Area I,E,F 6A (Houston area) 

[Mike McBandiel]

11 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said:

Which Area's would be affected?

from what I can tell by looking at the forecasts, it looks like the DFW and Houston areas will be affected

[Gpk1968]

18 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said:

Which Area's would be affected?

Definitely Area c and d 4A. Very high chance of rain in Lindale and Pflugerville  
 

possibility of rain in Denton and Corpus for Areas b and e but not as high.  
 

edit: very small chance in Abilene for area a. Basically all of the 4a contests could potentially be impacted. It’s going to be a miserable day 

[Gpk1968]

It really makes me mad that Lindale’s rain plan is the indoor facility. Every single other area in 4a postpones the contest. 
 

this was an issue last year as well. I found some photos online of their indoor facility. It is FAR from ideal. 

[Samuel Culper]

22 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said:

Which Area's would be affected?

Which Area's what would be affected?

🤣

[Tubaplaya2011]

1 hour ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

Definitely Area c and d 4A. Very high chance of rain in Lindale and Pflugerville  
 

possibility of rain in Denton and Corpus for Areas b and e but not as high.  
 

edit: very small chance in Abilene for area a. Basically all of the 4a contests could potentially be impacted. It’s going to be a miserable day 

There’s only a 30% in Denton, way better than the 60%-70% we had last year for 4A Area B. It’s also better than the 80% chance in Lindale for 4A Area C currently and 70% in Pflugerville for 4A Area D, those Areas may look at moving or just might do a one run setup, however it’s a little early that.

[JFNDOWBFAN]

44 minutes ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

Definitely Area c and d 4A. Very high chance of rain in Lindale and Pflugerville  
 

possibility of rain in Denton and Corpus for Areas b and e but not as high.  
 

edit: very small chance in Abilene for area a. Basically all of the 4a contests could potentially be impacted. It’s going to be a miserable day 

Yall need to shush. Sunny and 72 in Area C

[JFNDOWBFAN]

29 minutes ago, Tubaplaya2011 said:

There’s only a 30% in Denton, way better than the 60%-70% we had last year for Area B. It’s also better than the 80% chance in Lindale for Area C currently and 70% in Pflugerville for Area D, those Areas may look at moving or just might do a one run setup, however it’s a little early that.

Area C is Mesquite…..right now saying 80% but mainly morning. This is Texas, it will change 3-4 times between now and then! Manifesting sunny and 72

30 minutes ago, Tubaplaya2011 said:

[Tubaplaya2011]

19 minutes ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

Area C is Mesquite…..right now saying 80% but mainly morning. This is Texas, it will change 3-4 times between now and then! Manifesting sunny and 72

I was talking about 4A, sorry, I forgot to specify.

[Clamp]

So if a contest gets moved to it’s rain date will it still have finals or will it be pre Lims only

[HagsTPT]

10 minutes ago, Clamp said:

So if a contest gets moved to it’s rain date will it still have finals or will it be pre Lims only

It’s gonna be the exact same contest just on a different day

[Clamp]

3 hours ago, ruben_f said:

Area I,E,F 6A (Houston area) 

I was looking at the chances in Houston and it looks like it’ll be raining all day 

[hsbandnerd212]

This webpage lists a table of all of the 2025 Area Contest dates/locations along with their inclement weather dates and locations: https://www.uiltexas.org/music/marching-band/area

The vast majority of the contests would be in their exact same locations on their inclement weather dates, with the exception of 2A Area C, 4A Area C, and 5A Area F. The former two list the exact same location and date for their respective inclement weather backups (October 25 at Lindale High School's Indoor Field; this is also confirmed by info on the Region 21 website). I'm really not sure what kind of scheduling hijinks might happen if both the 2A Area C and 4A Area C contests are weather-delayed...

[Dave609]

Just now, hsbandnerd212 said:

This webpage lists a table of all of the 2025 Area Contest dates/locations along with their inclement weather dates and locations: https://www.uiltexas.org/music/marching-band/area

The vast majority of the contests would be in their exact same locations on their inclement weather dates, with the exception of 2A Area C, 4A Area C, and 5A Area F. The former two list the exact same location and date for their respective inclement weather backups (October 25 at Lindale High School's Indoor Field; this is also confirmed by info on the Region 21 website). I'm really not sure what kind of scheduling hijinks might happen if both the 2A Area C and 4A Area C contests are weather-delayed...

Most likely, they would have a prelims only. 2A Area C is normally a Prelims only since most of the bands go to the Military State contest.

[Gpk1968]

1 hour ago, Dave609 said:

Most likely, they would have a prelims only. 2A Area C is normally a Prelims only since most of the bands go to the Military State contest.

This is correct. 2A area C has already announced it will be prelims only. There are only 7 non-military bands and 3 advance. There’s not really a point to have prelims and finals. 

[TexasStrangers]

8 minutes ago, GarbagePatchKid said:

This is correct. 2A area C has already announced it will be prelims only. There are only 7 non-military bands and 3 advance. There’s not really a point to have prelims and finals. 

That's not because of rain. I think there is a rule in place that you have to have so many bands perform in Area to end up having a Finals. I know in 2A Area C there has always been an agreement on not having a Finals and calling it one and done. The same thing happened in Mineola last year when 7 schools competed at 2A Area C and 3 advanced. 

[Gpk1968]

2 minutes ago, TexasStrangers said:

That's not because of rain. I think there is a rule in place that you have to have so many bands perform in Area to end up having a Finals. I know in 2A Area C there has always been an agreement on not having a Finals and calling it one and done. The same thing happened in Mineola last year when 7 schools competed at 2A Area C and 3 advanced. 

Yes. It’s stated at the end of the schedule that they got a UIL waiver already.  Not related to weather at all. 

[1234_]

If area was moved to an inclement weather date, would there still be a prelims and finals?

[J-Mike16]

Just now, 1234_ said:

If area was moved to an inclement weather date, would there still be a prelims and finals?

I doubt there would be a finals. If moved indoors, it most likely will be 1 round only.

[Karma_Savior]

This has happened on multiple occasions in the past... If an Area completes prelims and then the sky opens up and it starts to rain, they will most likely take the results of prelims as the "finals" result.

[Clamp]

I think he’s referring to the areas that are at risk of being postponed before areas even happen like take area I 6a for example there’s talk between directors and officials of postponing to Monday and not doing Saturday all together would they keep finals if they did or just do prelims 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

8 minutes ago, Karma_Savior said:

This has happened on multiple occasions in the past... If an Area completes prelims and then the sky opens up and it starts to rain, they will most likely take the results of prelims as the "finals" result.

Think bigger corner for north central Texas is even getting it started. May be a wait it out Saturday and then go late.