UIL 6A Area B 2023

[BandNerd07]

The 2023 UIL 6A Area B Marching Contest will be held on Oct. 21, at Pennington Field.

[BandNerd07]

I'm actually surprised no one has even brought up the Areas yet.

[TrenBS]

1 hour ago, BandNerd07 said:

I'm actually surprised no one has even brought up the Areas yet.

I think its because people are really focused on how BOA and the SMBC are changing with Texas changing to yearly, so area is getting covered, besides 5A B with the Wakeland and overall competitive/wild card nature of this year

[loltpt]

I'm sure Keller, Waxahachie, and Coppell will advance to state, the rest of the spots can be given to any other notable band like LD Bell, Timber Creek, Duncanville, Keller Central, Southlake Carroll, or Lake Ridge.

[crunchycookie3]

On 7/19/2023 at 3:50 AM, loltpt said:

I'm sure Keller, Waxahachie, and Coppell will advance to state, the rest of the spots can be given to any other notable band like LD Bell, Timber Creek, Duncanville, Keller Central, Southlake Carroll, or Lake Ridge.

Even six slots to state isn’t enough for this area anymore. SMBC finalist-caliber bands always seem to be left behind in this area. I’m going to guess 5 or 6 to state this year. The first 5 seem pretty solid: Keller, Wax, Coppell, Bell, Timber Creek, and a bloodbath for the 6th spot between Dville, Carroll, and KC. With the new rule, I’m hoping for a 3-way tie for that last spot!

[CosmicLimbo]

14 minutes ago, crunchycookie3 said:

With the new rule, I’m hoping for a 3-way tie for that last spot!

Sorry I may be a bit out of the loop but what is the new rule?

[crunchycookie3]

2 minutes ago, CosmicLimbo said:

Sorry I may be a bit out of the loop but what is the new rule?

I believe that UIL passed a rule change that if there is a points tie for the last advancing spot to state, all groups who tie advance to state. Did I just imagine that though?

[CosmicLimbo]

4 hours ago, crunchycookie3 said:

I believe that UIL passed a rule change that if there is a points tie for the last advancing spot to state, all groups who tie advance to state. Did I just imagine that though?

Oh no I believe you lol I just haven’t got a chance to familiarize with all the rule changes. I like this rule as the bands who’ve lost tiebreakers in the recent years of this area (Southlake Carroll, Bell, and Timber Creek) were very deserving of going to state that year as much as the band that won the tiebreakers (Duncanville twice and TC once). 

[BandNerd07]

Okay, so I didn't even know there were rule changes. I like it because now it save a heartbreak that keeps happening in this Area. It happened with Dville and TC in 2028, TC and Bell in 2021, and Dville and SLC in 2022. Does this rule only apply for Area to State advancement or for Prelims to Finals at both Area and State?

[bancl]

Timber Creek and Keller both had director changes, so counting them as locks may be premature.

[Tubalord11]

38 minutes ago, bancl said:

Timber Creek and Keller both had director changes, so counting them as locks may be premature.

Keller is just getting their assist director as their new head so they should be fine, and TC is getting Martins most recent director, so I’m sure they will be fine to.

[CosmicLimbo]

1 hour ago, bancl said:

Timber Creek and Keller both had director changes, so counting them as locks may be premature.

Only bands I would personally consider locks are Keller, Coppell, and Waxahachie but even then nothing is a guarantee. 

[loltpt]

On 7/22/2023 at 1:44 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

I believe that UIL passed a rule change that if there is a points tie for the last advancing spot to state, all groups who tie advance to state. Did I just imagine that though?

Where did you read about this?

[BandNerd07]

[BandNerd07]

The draw order for Area B 6A. 

[Percplayer19]

Haltom is a dark horse. They had a good show last year but didn’t make state. Mr. Hull knows how to get this group back to form and will get them back to state even though they are not ever considered by the talking heads. 

[Tubalord11]

2 hours ago, Percplayer19 said:

Haltom is a dark horse. They had a good show last year but didn’t make state. Mr. Hull knows how to get this group back to form and will get them back to state even though they are not ever considered by the talking heads. 

I really hope they can do well this year. Ever since Covid they’ve been on a big downhill which is sad, bc I loved their recent shows, especially 2018. Could listen to that on repeat for hours. Hopefully they can at least make finals this year, but as always, it won’t be easy, not just for them but everyone. 

[Percplayer19]

15 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

I really hope they can do well this year. Ever since Covid they’ve been on a big downhill which is sad, bc I loved their recent shows, especially 2018. Could listen to that on repeat for hours. Hopefully they can at least make finals this year, but as always, it won’t be easy, not just for them but everyone. 

They were on the rise pre Covid but they are not an upper tier that could sustain through Covid. They are middle tier but with the potential to be higher with a good show. I’m a Richland alumni and we love Haltom.  

[Toasted Almond]

On 8/7/2023 at 11:13 PM, Percplayer19 said:

Haltom is a dark horse. They had a good show last year but didn’t make state. Mr. Hull knows how to get this group back to form and will get them back to state even though they are not ever considered by the talking heads. 

They're definitely taking Area seriously... so seriously that they're not even attending their own home football game the night before Area. Game location is NOT the nice BISD turf field, but the old grass field that Haltom and Richland used up until the new turf field at Birdville was built. They don't want to risk twisted ankles or ruined props due to an uneven grass field, so they got permission to not even attend this game.

[BandNerd07]

On 8/9/2023 at 9:35 AM, Toasted Almond said:

They're definitely taking Area seriously... so seriously that they're not even attending their own home football game the night before Area. Game location is NOT the nice BISD turf field, but the old grass field that Haltom and Richland used up until the new turf field at Birdville was built. They don't want to risk twisted ankles or ruined props due to an uneven grass field, so they got permission to not even attend this game.

Yes, I know what you're talking about. We had an away game vs Haltom at their old grass field freshman year, and we decided to just have a standstill performance which didn't really help considering we had a competition the next day, so we lost a performance opportunity before a comp. They really need to upgrade that stadium and replace the grass with turf.

[BandNerd07]

Noticed that this page has been dead for weeks so I decided to bring it back to life. Anyway, do y'all think it's possible for 35 bands to qualify and this area sends 7 bands to state?

[Tubalord11]

15 minutes ago, BandNerd07 said:

Noticed that this page has been dead for weeks so I decided to bring it back to life. Anyway, do y'all think it's possible for 35 bands to qualify and this area sends 7 bands to state?

I really hope so! I’d love for a band like Lake Ridge to make it in, or maybe Like Highlands. Hoping and predicting that we will see SLC back at state 

[BandNerd07]

19 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

I really hope so! I’d love for a band like Lake Ridge to make it in, or maybe Like Highlands. Hoping and predicting that we will see SLC back at state 

Yeah, hope so too. Crowley's much more improved this year over last year, so I think they might actually have a chance at making it this year. Hopefully Lamar doesn't go over the 8 minute time limit again (I think that's what happened last year) and Skyline also seems like they're doing good for themselves. Bowie might just be a hit or miss, but I honestly just don't see Sam Houston or Grand Prairie making area. But as long as 3 out of the first 4 bands make it, then we'll see 7 bands advance to state.

[BandNerd07]

I thought it would be cool to post some band videos this year in this area. So here's a few I found:

Boswell HS: 

Chisholm Trail HS: 

Trinity HS: 

Lake Ridge HS: 

North Crowley HS: 

Fossil Ridge HS: 

 

[That Bass 4 Guy Out Of DFW]

here are predictions for who I think goes on to the State Championship out of this Area (in result order)

1. Coppell (unless they pull off a Moe & Gene and pull out to go to Grand Nationals, this is in my opinion the band to beat in this area)

2. Keller (Keller is also going to Grand Nationals but I think that they will still compete for the area title)

3. Waxahachie (Waxahachie was in a weird place last year in San Antonio with them being the only band to not make BOA Finals but made 6A state finals but I think that this band is gonna do really good this year and honestly, they could make BOA finals as long as they beat some really good 5A bands like Cedar Park, Rouse, Leander, Wakeland, Argyle, etc. but they should have no problem getting past this area)

4. Timber Creek (this is a band that did really in area last year and is in the Keller ISD area so I think that they could be considered one of those wild card bands but I can see them making state)

5. LD Bell (LD Bell is one of those bands that are always there and I don't think they are going to tank by any means this year)

6. Lake Ridge (after heartbreak after heartbreak, I think this is the year that Lake Ridge finally makes state for the 1st time in 10 years when they were 4A, they were 3 points off last year from the state spot (I guess technically 2 with the rule this year) so I think that this is finally the year that they make it)