2026 Melissa Marching Invitational

[ti-84]

11 hours ago, SharksAreCool said:

Crazy line up for this event. Results for this will for sure be out at least 4 of my windows. Seriously who allowed this lineup? Anyway super excited for this competion!

i allowed for it thank you for asking. 

[SaltySynth]

Sheesh this contest got competitive. Are the judges better this year or something? Why did the contest ramp up this much? I'm excited for marching season to start back up soon and people to announce their shows.

[TrenBS]

19 minutes ago, SaltySynth said:

Sheesh this contest got competitive. Are the judges better this year or something? Why did the contest ramp up this much? I'm excited for marching season to start back up soon and people to announce their shows.

Its a nice stadium with solid judges and good logistics, and bedford wasnt on this date originally so for an early season performance its a no brainer

Wylies stadium is on the older end and HEB is a BOA oriented competition, so for UIL priority groups Melissa is the only option in DFW with all the perks

[LakeviewCentennialMello]

37 minutes ago, TrenBS said:

Its a nice stadium with solid judges and good logistics, and bedford wasnt on this date originally so for an early season performance its a no brainer

Wylies stadium is on the older end and HEB is a BOA oriented competition, so for UIL priority groups Melissa is the only option in DFW with all the perks

I remember playing at the Lakeview Centennial VS Wylie East game last year and the stadium felt smaller than it was (I was on the visitors side). The size of the Melissa ISD stadium is larger than bigger school districts' stadiums. Both CKD stadium and Mesquite Memorial stadium is large, but Mesquite Memorial stadium is bigger than CKD stadium.

[SaltySynth]

1 hour ago, TrenBS said:

Its a nice stadium with solid judges and good logistics, and bedford wasnt on this date originally so for an early season performance its a no brainer

Wylies stadium is on the older end and HEB is a BOA oriented competition, so for UIL priority groups Melissa is the only option in DFW with all the perks

I've been in band for 3 years now and love DCI and go to marching contest on my days off but I still don't quite understand how BOA works. Like are shows longer for BOA? How is the scoring different from UIL? I'm super in touch with how the UIL side works but I'm lost with BOA.

[Tubalord11]

2 hours ago, SaltySynth said:

I've been in band for 3 years now and love DCI and go to marching contest on my days off but I still don't quite understand how BOA works. Like are shows longer for BOA? How is the scoring different from UIL? I'm super in touch with how the UIL side works but I'm lost with BOA.

So the main scoring difference is the impact of GE. It’s 20% music (10% individual, 10 ensemble), 20% visual (same individual and ensemble split). And 60% GE (2 20% music and 1 20% visual). IMO, they are the most fun and strongest overall comps around the nation. They do tend to last longer bc there’s normally more bands and they each have 15 minutes (some early ones are like 10?) but that’s really the main differences. Definitely worth going to then if you can!!

[LakeviewCentennialMello]

Here's my top 5 as of 2/10/2026

1. Lone Star
2. Argyle
3. Prosper
4. Rock Hill
5. Lebanon Trail
 

[Tubalord11]

I’ll take a crack at preds based off enrollment per the website: 

1. Hebron (all but Perc)

2. Lone Star 

3. Prosper 

4. Lebanon Trail/Argyle 

5. Argyle/LT 

6. Wylie East 

7. Braswell 

8. Rock Hill 

9. Forney 

10. Burleson Centennial (Perc) 

11. McKinney North 

12. The Colony/Another Frisco school/North Forney 

 

 

So I’m only really confident on my top half. Bottom half could be so different, lots of band could be higher or lower but this is my best guess of now. Also left McKinney out since I’m 99% sure they are going to Bedford now.