UIL 5A State Marching Contest 2023

[whitewing09]

These new rubrics make for such interesting results! CP basically won on percussion, content, and visual!

[MikeKyu]

12 minutes ago, BaritoneBallah said:

looks like rouse lost because of their percussion scores 🙁

It was visual and content & design where Cedar Park won this contest. Music and percussion was a dead heat between CP and Rouse

[GradDad]

That Burleson Centennial battery and front ensemble is world class!

[bsk]

13 minutes ago, BaritoneBallah said:

looks like rouse lost because of their percussion scores 🙁

I wouldn't use the word "lost" with any of these bands.

[JustaTuba]

2 minutes ago, bsk said:

I wouldn't use the word "lost" with any of these bands.

we are all winners 🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👍👍👍👍

[natertater21000]

Leander going  from 1st in brass in pre lims to 7th in finals is a pretty crazy swing. 

[celesta]

I think Area F had a strong showing this year! Although I'm disappointed about Aledo missing finals, they were very close (and they probably would've made it in if they went later.) Birdville was only 3 out and placed 15th like in 2019. I know that program has had some bumps since 2019, so I'm happy for them. This is also the second time that an Area F school placed in the top half at state, so congrats to Burleson Centennial! It was also great to see Richland make state and state finals after six long years.

Regardless of how realignments may affect this area, I'm excited to see what the future will be for Area F.

[cinnamonhoneylake]

A little visual of where our 12 finalists come from  congratulations to everyone and thank you for sharing your talent with us !! 

[GradDad]

28 minutes ago, celesta said:

This is also the first time that an Area F school placed in the top half at state, so congrats to Burleson Centennial! 

Great post and I fully agree. Only correcting this part because my kid was part of the 2019 Spartan Regiment that finished 5th in state finals. 

[Spirit]

Wow!! This certainly was a competitive and fun competition! I am a former Wakeland parent, and I am SUPER proud of them for cracking that LISD state sweep juggernaut. Also very happy for Lone Star and their highest finish ever. Their show was fantastic! And (correct me if I am wrong someone) Lebanon Trail’s first finals appearance! Their future is very bright. Three Frisco bands in finals is amazing for us, and I’m extremely proud of my district!

I feel like every band in this competition had amazing runs, and everyone should be so proud to end their seasons on such a fantastic note! 

Of course I must congratulate Cedar Park on yet another title, and Rouse for the silver! Y’all’s bands are absolute beasts! LISD is the standard all districts should aspire to. Frisco is certainly trying their best. 😉

And Forney!! Wow!! @clarinetistkai05 you must be on cloud 9 with that finish! Congratulations!! Wishing you all the best in all your future endeavors after you graduate!

[Dallas Hobbs]

Ok so I did the numbers. Here are the 5A State Finals Caption Ordinals Breakdown

 

MUSIC (Ens + WW + Brass + Perc)

(1st) Cedar Park/Rouse- 11 

(3rd) Burleson Centennial/Wakeland- 16

(5th) Forney- 17

(6th) Leander- 21

(7th) Hendrickson- 31

(8th) Richland- 33

(9th) Roma- 37

(10th) Lone Star- 38

(11th) Friendswood- 39

(12th) Lebanon Trail- 42

 

VISUAL (Ens + Ind)

(1st) Cedar Park- 2

(2nd) Rouse- 4

(3rd) Wakeland- 6

(4th) Leander- 8

(5th) Forney- 10

(6th) Burleson Centennial/Lone Star- 13

(8th) Roma- 17

(9th) Friendswood/Hendrickson/Lebanon Trail- 20

(12th) Richland- 23

 

CONTENT & DESIGN

1. Cedar Park
2. Rouse
3. Leander 
4. Forney 
5. Wakeland
6. Richland 
7. Burleson Centennial
8. Friendswood
9. Lebanon Trail
10. Lone Star
11. Hendrickson 
12. Roma

[goga]

46 minutes ago, Spirit said:

Wow!! This certainly was a competitive and fun competition! I am a former Wakeland parent, and I am SUPER proud of them for cracking that LISD state sweep juggernaut. Also very happy for Lone Star and their highest finish ever. Their show was fantastic! And (correct me if I am wrong someone) Lebanon Trail’s first finals appearance! Their future is very bright. Three Frisco bands in finals is a first for us, and I’m extremely proud of my district!

I feel like every band in this competition had amazing runs, and everyone should be so proud to end their seasons on such a fantastic note! 

Of course I must congratulate Cedar Park on yet another title, and Rouse for the silver! Y’all’s bands are absolute beasts! LISD is the standard all districts should aspire to. Frisco is certainly trying their best. 😉

And Forney!! Wow!! @clarinetistkai05 you must be on cloud 9 with that finish! Congratulations!! Wishing you all the best in all your future endeavors after you graduate!

Slight correction: LT made State Finals in 2019 (their first 5A year) after winning 1st at Area B. 2019 had 3 FISD Finals appearances (LS 12th, LT 8th, Wakeland 3rd). Very tough competition this year as the program recovers from their (relatively) weaker 15th place finish in 2021.

[clarinetistkai05]

25 minutes ago, Spirit said:

Wow!! This certainly was a competitive and fun competition! I am a former Wakeland parent, and I am SUPER proud of them for cracking that LISD state sweep juggernaut. Also very happy for Lone Star and their highest finish ever. Their show was fantastic! And (correct me if I am wrong someone) Lebanon Trail’s first finals appearance! Their future is very bright. Three Frisco bands in finals is a first for us, and I’m extremely proud of my district!

I feel like every band in this competition had amazing runs, and everyone should be so proud to end their seasons on such a fantastic note! 

Of course I must congratulate Cedar Park on yet another title, and Rouse for the silver! Y’all’s bands are absolute beasts! LISD is the standard all districts should aspire to. Frisco is certainly trying their best. 😉

And Forney!! Wow!! @clarinetistkai05 you must be on cloud 9 with that finish! Congratulations!! Wishing you all the best in all your future endeavors after you graduate!

I’m more or less shocked, but I AM SO PROUD AND HAPPY!

[Spirit]

35 minutes ago, goga said:

Slight correction: LT made State Finals in 2019 (their first 5A year) after winning 1st at Area B. 2019 had 3 FISD Finals appearances (LS 12th, LT 8th, Wakeland 3rd). Very tough competition this year as the program recovers from their (relatively) weaker 15th place finish in 2021.

Ah! I totally spaced on that! Thank you! My old brain isn’t what it used to be… 🤪

[DeadMascot]

1 hour ago, cinnamonhoneylake said:

A little visual of where our 12 finalists come from  congratulations to everyone and thank you for sharing your talent with us !! 

I find it really amazing how Roma made State Finals despite how much southern it is compared to the rest of the finalists. They did an amazing job in representing the playing and marching ability of South Texas!

[AllenBandDad]

1 hour ago, Spirit said:

Three Frisco bands in finals is a first for us, and I’m extremely proud of my district!

Four Frisco bands in state finals if you include 4A Panther Creek.

[LostChoirGuy]

9 minutes ago, AllenBandDad said:

Four Frisco bands in state finals if you include 4A Panther Creek.

Beat me to it.  I was going to say that FISD had another UIL state medalist this year.

Also unrelated, but didn't Colleyville Heritage make the top half of finals from area F a few years back?  They might have even medaled.

[Spirit]

10 minutes ago, AllenBandDad said:

Four Frisco bands in state finals if you include 4A Panther Creek.

Yesssss! This has been an amazing year for our district!

[ClutchATX]

2 hours ago, cinnamonhoneylake said:

A little visual of where our 12 finalists come from  congratulations to everyone and thank you for sharing your talent with us !! 

Rouse, Leander and Cedar Park pretty much should be one star since they are about 7 miles from each other.  Add Vandegrift and Vista Ridge to that one star.

[randomguardkid07]

congrats to every band that competed today! you should all be very very proud !!

[celesta]

28 minutes ago, LostChoirGuy said:

Beat me to it.  I was going to say that FISD had another UIL state medalist this year.

Also unrelated, but didn't Colleyville Heritage make the top half of finals from area F a few years back?  They might have even medaled.

They medaled in 2019/2021/2022. They had an good run during area finals (I heard it was equally good as prelims, which was amazing in person) but dropped two places to state alternate. I'm assuming Centennial and Birdville brought out their A+ game.

They went through major staffing changes throughout the past few months but they've had nearly as much success as in the past few years. I wouldn't be surprised to see them back in state finals within the next 2 years.

[ClutchATX]

3 hours ago, MikeKyu said:

It was visual and content & design where Cedar Park won this contest. Music and percussion was a dead heat between CP and Rouse

So weird since it's been the exact opposite in every other competition including the preliminaries. I think overall got it correct but the individual scores seem off from what I've seen. 

[Tubalord11]

Finally back home. Congratulations to Cedar Park on now the 5-peat! It's crazy how much they turn on the switch when it comes to state, was still a completely different band from the one we saw less than a week before. I do feel for those kids at Rouse, beating them by significant amounts all year just to lose by a small amount, but with state being each year for a good while, I feel like someone's bound to dethrone CP, right?? Huge congrats to Forney and @clarinetistkai05 on the 4th place!!! While hearing Leander get 5th was a bit shocking, Forney's finals performance was just SO GOOD. Bottom half was about right, although I didn't see F-wood getting 11th, and the Henny jump was a surprise but not unexpected. Really happy to see Lone Star not drop like they did in 2019 ( don't know what that was about), but yeah, other than that pretty much lined out to what I thought it would be. Finally, to all the band kids, thank you for all the hard work you did this season to allow us to be entertained, emotionally damaged, and absolutely blown away by your amazing shows! It's really crazy to think that were pretty much done with marching band here in Texas. It's the last year that I will know anyone personally in my High school's band, which kinda feels weird, but I'll be rooting for them regardless. This year was definitely one if not the most competitive all around years in Texas, and I know next season is going to be even better! But again, to all the members of all the bands, thank you for all you do for us band lovers, enthusiast, and nerds around the world! 

[clarinetistkai05]

3 minutes ago, tennertrumbow said:

also funny trend I just noticed: whenever we compete with burleson centennial, we always place right next to them.

2019 state prelims, Lone star 6th BC 5th (before LS dropped to 12th in finals)

2021 state prelims, Lone star 16th BC 17th

2023 BOA bedford prelims, Lone star 14th BC 15th

2023 state prelims and finals, Lone star 7th BC 6th

Also Forney had the same trend before it was broken i believe this year. Congrats again!

[clarinetistkai05]

2 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

Finally back home. Congratulations to Cedar Park on now the 5-peat! It's crazy how much they turn on the switch when it comes to state, was still a completely different band from the one we saw less than a week before. I do feel for those kids at Rouse, beating them by significant amounts all year just to lose by a small amount, but with state being each year for a good while, I feel like someone's bound to dethrone CP, right?? Huge congrats to Forney and @clarinetistkai05 on the 4th place!!! While hearing Leander get 5th was a bit shocking, Forney's finals performance was just SO GOOD. Bottom half was about right, although I didn't see F-wood getting 11th, and the Henny jump was a surprise but not unexpected. Really happy to see Lone Star not drop like they did in 2019 ( don't know what that was about), but yeah, other than that pretty much lined out to what I thought it would be. Finally, to all the band kids, thank you for all the hard work you did this season to allow us to be entertained, emotionally damaged, and absolutely blown away by your amazing shows! It's really crazy to think that were pretty much done with marching band here in Texas. It's the last year that I will know anyone personally in my High school's band, which kinda feels weird, but I'll be rooting for them regardless. This year was definitely one if not the most competitive all around years in Texas, and I know next season is going to be even better! But again, to all the members of all the bands, thank you for all you do for us band lovers, enthusiast, and nerds around the world! 

LETS GO! I am so glad that we got 4th, we didn’t expect it, but as i have said all season, all shocks are welcome. Congrats to Leander though! I love their show so much, and i hope they have a revenge season next year.