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Just received news from a friend who goes to Rockwall that Area has been moved to Tuesday due to bad weather.

on the bright side i get to sleep after a game day for once

Not the Election Day and Area crossover episode...

I personally think rockwall is killing it as well and would love to see them advance this year.

UIL WILL be happening this Saturday. Yes, it's stormy, but Monday is looking like it'll be more stormy than Saturday. Right now, based on what I've heard, the plan is for bands to go nonstop (as nonstop as weather allows) to get all performances in. Once all performances are completed, if it looks like finals performances will run past midnight, state advancement will depend on prelim scores. This information has been communicated to me by my band directors.

I have been waiting for my big "500th" post to come and here it is.... I declare, predict, manifest...... THE Orange Wave Band from Rockwall, Texas will advance to the STATE MARCHING CONTEST in the 1-4th position....(the official prediction contest I have them 2....but I think anywhere 1-4 is possible! Peaking at the right time! *GO AWAY RAIN*

It’ll be better than the election

The Area C Competition has been officially moved to Tuesday, November 5

We’ve seen your numerous comments about Tyler already.

I have nothing else to contribute at this time

I would check here over the next few hours. This will most likely be where any updates are confirmed. https://www.uiltexas.org/music/marching-band/area

It does seem odd to put it on election day but I'm looking at the forcast for the week and that's currently the closest day without a high chance of pop up storms

Trust me when I say all we have done is clean, we didn't attend a competition because our director said he would rather us get cleaner. That is why we haven't been seen in a bit.

I'm not familiar with the geographical extent of this Area, but for anyone more than 60 miles or so, it makes sense to give them as much of a heads-up as possible. Waiting until the day-of, the furthest bands could already be on the road.

To those of you here who are performing, take a listen towards the end of the podcast. Just concentrate on your job so you will perform your best. There's nothing you can do about the weather, but you can be sure you are focused and ready for whatever situation you find yourself in. Good luck to everyone! See you there!

Paetow arent locks at all, theres springs, ranch, jv, langham, katy, waller. It all depends on who has the cleanest run.

Monday, November 11 : 6A Prelims (all day) Tuesday, November 12: 6A Finals (afternoon) Area A 1 Permian 2 Frenship 3 Pebble Hills Area B 1 Coppell 2 Keller 3 Timber Creek 4 Carroll Senior Area C - no results yet Area D 1 Ronald Reagen 2 Cedar Ridge 3 Round Rock 4 Claudia Taylor Johnson 5 Dripping Springs Area E 1 Pearland 2 Dawson 3 Clear Brook 4 Dickinson 5 Stephen F. Austin Area F 1 The Woodlands 2 North Shore 3 College Park 4 Tomball Memorial 5 Klein Oak Area G 1 Alexander 2 Hanna Area H 1 Vandegrift 2 Vista Ridge 3 Westlake 4 Lake Travis Area I 1 Cy Woods 2 Bridgeland 3 Cy fair 4 Seven Lakes Area J 1 Hebron 2 Flower Mount 3 Marcus 4 Prosper

Official Txbands.com average predictions (taken from the predictions page): 1. Pearland 2. Dickinson 3. Dawson 4. Stephen F. Austin 5. Clear Brook 6. Foster 7. Churchill Fulshear 8. Pasadena Memorial 9. Clear Lake 10. Brazoswood ———————————— 11. Shadow Creek

For the band parents, the suspense will be seeing who gets to eat November Nachos on the San Antonio river walk.

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/uil-closes-case-for-sharyland-marching-band-allegations/ Case has now been closed "The UIL Area G Executive Committee issued penalties deemed appropriate under UIL guidelines. Both marching bands are scheduled to perform in the 5A Preliminary Round at the UIL State Marching Band Contest in San Antonio"

Bumping for dry-sky karma!

Super excited to say what yall have been cooking!

We just found out about 20 minutes ago directly from our director.

I didn't go to any of these schools, I graduated high school years ago and the sole purpose of my post was to put my thoughts out there, not to put any other band programs down. Prosper obviously had a strong show, they wouldn't have advanced if they didn't, but I know several schools have a bit of a "ranking rivalry" so to say, like Boyd and Prosper. 2022 Boyd went to state by a tiebreaker and 2023, Prosper got really far and Boyd didn't go by one spot. Either way, I apologize for coming off as rude or anything like that, but these are just things that I have heard through others in these forums and from members of the two bands.

But isn’t that part of what makes this art form so great? These bands are all so close to each other in talent, and drive, and quality. These kids put forth so much effort and skill - and honestly do their damndest to be the best that they can be! Isn’t it awesome that we have public school teachers who dedicate themselves to, not only teaching these kids the music skills, but also the teamwork, sacrifice, dedication and commitment that it takes to to be part of something truly great!?!? I truly am impressed of all of them - (these teachers) - of the programs they have built up over time, of the lives that they have influenced and molded in countless ways, and their unwillingness to demand less than the best efforts from their pupils. It is something sorely missed from most in this day and age. I stand in awe.

Would love for Jordan to finally be able to make the trip to San Antonio. Will be even tougher now with 1 less spot and a good couple bands giving them a run for their money. Fingers crossed!

My prediction 2 days before area 1.Cy-fair 2.Bridgeland 3.Cy-woods 4.Jordan 5.Seven Lakes 6.Cinco Ranch 7.Tompkins 8.JET 9.Cy-ranch 10.Katy

I guess that's true. I'm excited for Saturday none the less. Good luck to everyone and don't let the rain get to ya

Preach! The situation is terrible for the kids, parents, directors, community, and more. I obviously can't guarantee this, but no director I've ever known would DELIBERATELY have an ineligible student march in performance - it's simply not worth it. Like what happened to a group years ago up north, if I were a betting man there was probably a student who was behind a prop on the field that was ineligible. The moment the clock starts for the start of the show, if that student was in the performance zone of the field, that's a DQ for the group. As people have already said, let's not intentionally or unintentionally add to the fire on the already terrible situation that is occurring.

be respectful to all bands. every band is trying hard and working hard. t

try not to make it obvious you go to lonestar challenge level IMPOSSIBLE

1)lonestar 2)rouse 3)Lebanon trail 4)leander 5) aledo 6)hendrickson 7)cen10 8)roma 9)friendswood 10)argyle 11) wakeland 12) cedar park

Hey guys it’s me UIL good luck Saturday 👍

yes it is both!☺️

Notice that I expanded my initial comment. It does set up an interesting scenario if this turns into a prelims only event.

The early performances might benefit if they can lay down solid prelims runs before the rain moves in.

Will not reschedule to Tuesday because Pennington Field is already booked that day. It's Saturday or Monday.

I agree the top contenders definitely have boring shows compared to other bands. However, these aren't being overlooked. Judges have shown that they will reward a clean band over a fun band. That's why the top contenders are the top contenders. They are clean on the field visually and musically.

There are some shows from some of the favorited front runners that I feel like are technically clean and have good musicality, but I am a little underwhelmed and think the shows are just kind of meh, but not in a bad way. There are also shows that I feel are more exciting and dynamic that seem to be a bit overlooked...

Very glad if this is the case; We still have a few small issues to clean up.

I believe it is just this one but I’m not 100% sure.

Well on the bright side if it is official that's an extra rehearsal day to clean the show 😅

Everyone is sleeping on waller, they could pull off and upset too.

My predictions 1. Alexander 2. Edinburg North (or 3rd) 3. Edinburg (or 2nd) 4. Weslaco (or 5th) 5. Hanna (or 4th) 6. United 7. Harlingen 8. Psja/ Los Fresnos Literally all of these could be completely wrong! Area G is always close in judging, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see an upset.

This is tough since a know a lot of schools have cancelled for Election Day. Hopefully all students are able to make it!

sorry i wasnt saying that i was just saying that they were doing well from what i've seen.

Some of my personal favorite predictions, some not so much...seeing some repeats of last year with exact same bands/placements. Seeing some interesting ones for sure tho..

It’s obvious that no one really agrees with your opinion on Harlingen, also WILKINSON just gave his thoughts on the post you quoted.

Clear Lake and Clear Brook have Thursday night lights, tonight. Rain ended in time for kickoff. It’s currently halftime.

I have heard there is a bad weather forecast for Saturday and I think it will be interesting to see how that plays out and how it effects different bands and their performances but, here are my predictions for the Area J marching competition on Saturday so far: 1. Hebron 2. Marcus 3. Flower Mound 4. Wylie 5. Mckinney 6. Prosper 7. Braswell 8. Wylie East 9. Rock Hill 10. Boyd 11. Byron Nelson 12. Lewisville 13. Plano Sr 14. Little Elm 15. Plano East 16. Plano West 17. Allen 18. Eaton 19. Guyer 20. Princeton 21. Northwest