J-Mike16 Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 This contest will be held on October 30th at Lindale HS. Schedule: 2:00pm Paris 2:15pm North Lamar 2:30pm Pleasant Grove 2:45pm Livingston 3:00pm Jasper 3:15pm Spring Hill 3:30pm Little Cypress-Mauriceville Break 4:00pm Orangefield 4:15pm Liberty 4:30pm Hargrave 4:45pm Liberty-Eylau 5:00pm Lumberton 5:15pm Splendora 5:30pm Bridge City Ten bands will advance to finals, 5 bands will advance to State. Last year, 4 bands advanced out of 11 competing bands. They were: North Lamar, Lumberton, Bridge City, and Paris. 2018 5 bands advanced out of 25 competing bands. They were: North Lamar, Spring Hill, Paris, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, and Lumberton. In bold are the bands that advanced last year. In Italics are the bands who would've made Area Finals last year. This contest is really stacked as NL, Lumberton, LCM, Bridge City, Livingston, Spring Hill, and Paris all have a shot to make State. Please feel free to discuss on who you think could advance from this very stacked 4A Area. Quote
bandboosterdad Posted October 18, 2021 Posted October 18, 2021 Area C is gonna be awesome to watch on October 30th! Can’t wait to see this competition. After serving 11 years as a Band Booster (our youngest graduated last year) it’s gonna be nice to sit and watch everyone. Best of luck to all of the competing bands. BTW, keep an eye on Lumberton, Bridge City, and Little Cypress - Mauriceville!!! Quote
J-Mike16 Posted October 18, 2021 Author Posted October 18, 2021 1 hour ago, bandboosterdad said: Area C is gonna be awesome to watch on October 30th! Can’t wait to see this competition. After serving 11 years as a Band Booster (our youngest graduated last year) it’s gonna be nice to sit and watch everyone. Best of luck to all of the competing bands. BTW, keep an eye on Lumberton, Bridge City, and Little Cypress - Mauriceville!!! This year will be extremely close as 8 bands have a shot to make State. Thankfully 5 will advance but 3 bands who could make State in about every other area will not make it. I am expecting some insane finishes within the ranks. Quote
Cherish4 Posted October 18, 2021 Posted October 18, 2021 I was told only 3 of the Area C 4A bands will advance to state. Are you saying 5 will advance to state from this area? Quote
LeanderMomma Posted October 18, 2021 Posted October 18, 2021 44 minutes ago, Cherish0708 said: I was told only 3 of the Area C 4A bands will advance to state. Are you saying 5 will advance to state from this area? It looks that way! ? 26 1s in 4A Area C gives them 5 advancers. Quote
abtwitch Posted October 18, 2021 Posted October 18, 2021 The last region contest for Area C doesn't really matter because there are only 2 4A bands in Region 9. Both automatically advance to area regardless of what rating they get, only way they don't is if they DNA or get a DQ. Quote
Cherish4 Posted October 18, 2021 Posted October 18, 2021 Does it matter if some of those bands are military bands who are going to state? Quote
Dave609 Posted October 18, 2021 Posted October 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, Cherish0708 said: Does it matter if some of those bands are military bands who are going to state? I think the spots still count. Like last year when the the bands that had received a one chose the Military Contest, their spots were still counted in the contest results as a DNA Band, which allowed more bands to advance to the State Open Class Contest Quote
Dave609 Posted October 20, 2021 Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, LindseyKubsch said: Indeed- 4A Area C is pretty stacked. Will definitely be a nail biter this year. I am looking forward to seeing a relatively normal scene this year. With 5 bands advancing, there is room for bands who may not have previously made it to slip on it, but the competition for those five spots is still incredible. I know I will personally be watching Spring Hill, LCM, Bridge City, and Paris. I was surprised to see Spring Hill doing open class, but they could definitely shake things up. With Livingston, Pleasant Grove, Spring Hill, Lumberton, Bridge City, LCM, Paris, and North Lamar all gunning for that top 5, nothing is certain. It’ll be a heck of a contest this year, that’s for sure. I am glad there are five spots though. Lots of good band programs have a chance to advance this year. I can’t wait to perform come October 30th. It’ll be an honor just to be there. Good Luck to ya'll at Area! Quote
Dave609 Posted October 20, 2021 Posted October 20, 2021 My predictions for the five bands to advance to State this year are: North Lamar Lumberton Bridge City Little Cypress-Mauriceville Spring Hill Quote
J-Mike16 Posted October 20, 2021 Author Posted October 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, Dave609 said: My predictions for the five bands to advance to State this year are: North Lamar Lumberton Bridge City Little Cypress-Mauriceville Spring Hill In that order? Quote
Dave609 Posted October 20, 2021 Posted October 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said: In that order? Yes. Quote
Skillet2019 Posted October 20, 2021 Posted October 20, 2021 22 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said: In that order? What’s with the phone bro? Quote
J-Mike16 Posted October 20, 2021 Author Posted October 20, 2021 My top 5 is: 1st. Lumberton 2nd. BC 3rd. North Lamar 4th. LCM 5th. Spring Hill Quote
Cherish4 Posted October 21, 2021 Posted October 21, 2021 Have you all seen all of these bands this year? No one has put Paris in the final 5. I haven’t seen them this year and was curious. Quote
abtwitch Posted October 21, 2021 Posted October 21, 2021 30 minutes ago, Cherish0708 said: Have you all seen all of these bands this year? No one has put Paris in the final 5. I haven’t seen them this year and was curious. Paris is very good this year, I'd have them in 5th at this point in all honesty Quote
J-Mike16 Posted October 21, 2021 Author Posted October 21, 2021 15 minutes ago, abtwitch said: Paris is very good this year, I'd have them in 5th at this point in all honesty What's your top 5 prediction? Quote
abtwitch Posted October 21, 2021 Posted October 21, 2021 36 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said: What's your top 5 prediction? North Lamar Bridge City Lumberton LCM Paris J-Mike16 1 Quote
Cherish4 Posted October 22, 2021 Posted October 22, 2021 I had been thinking North Lamar and Spring Hill were lock ins for state then it would be a battle for the last 3 spots. But based on this post that may not be the case. I’ve not seen North Lamar, Paris or Spring Hill this year and can’t find videos. I was assuming based on previous competitions. I’m not a good judge because I usually think the top bands are always good. When it’s fractions of a point I can’t really say who is better at marching and playing. I do feel that Bridge City has improved each year and looked and sounded great at regionals. I know that Lumberton has had a change in band directors last year so I’m not sure how that changes things for them if at all. LCM looked good, I wasn’t a fan of the theme and overall feel, but I’m sure that has nothing to do with the judging. Quote
J-Mike16 Posted October 22, 2021 Author Posted October 22, 2021 Before 2020, I would've thought no one would be able to pass North Lamar and Spring Hill but that is no longer the case. Now, I think it's possible we may see a new Area Champion for the first time since 2014. Quote
Cherish4 Posted October 23, 2021 Posted October 23, 2021 That would be very eventful to see. Have you seen their shows this year? Quote
Dave609 Posted October 23, 2021 Posted October 23, 2021 27 minutes ago, Cherish0708 said: That would be very eventful to see. Have you seen their shows this year? I have seen Spring Hill's performance, and it is definitely different from previous year due to them not doing a Military Style show. I do believe they will make state though! Quote
Cherish4 Posted October 23, 2021 Posted October 23, 2021 Is this their first time to not march military style? Wonder the reason behind the change. Quote
Dave609 Posted October 23, 2021 Posted October 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Cherish0708 said: Is this their first time to not march military style? Wonder the reason behind the change. I think it is, I have a playlist that has a video from each year from about 2007-present, and they have marched military style every time until this year Quote
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