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Lots to like this year. Loved watching online this past weekend. Had to bow out of the Independent classes, but sure there's some great stuff going on. Caught Eagle Mountain, very fun show! The Woodlands to me this year has a level of execution going into championships I haven't seen from them the last three seasons. Which of course were fantastic. But there's a confidence there this year that is just another level. I was on the Arcadia train most of the season but I think The Woodlands is my pick now. Would love Texas to bring home its first SW gold. And I think even if Avon hadn't been off this year TW would still be in the drivers seat. Scholastic Open was a blast to watch this weekend, super deep. Little Elm is just downright beautiful, this is their best IMO since they won Scholastic A in 2010 with that gorgeous Somewhere In Time show. I think they medal. The rifle sequence when the six come up front in the little block and stagger out and up to the benches is just chefs kiss awesome. Noblesville is VERY good, but I think Little Elm will be up there with them. Emerson is also an incredibly striking and gorgeous show. Adore the costumes gradually shifting throughout the whole production and the usage of the tarp. The use of space and silence is so well done. Was very interested to see how they would do with the promotion and it seems very well. Pearland also very pretty, the finals run in particular was incredibly tight. Add Westlake on to that and you have four Texas guards really pushing the top of this class. James Bowie also doing well, very exciting program from them. I hope Cy-Fair can get in, love the aesthetic of that show and just find it very unique. Scholastic A continues to be as deep as ever in Texas. Melissa will do VERY well in Dayton, super mature show from them. Katy was a surprise, it's wild how fast you can rise in that class over a few weeks, great showing from them. Also loved Wylie, that show is very Dobyns-Bennett to me. It's cheesy. But in the absolute best way. Add the heavy hitters from Austin and Houston and we could see a great Texas representation in finals in this class.

yesss, woodlands will be seeded first by just over two points over Flanagan, Carmel, Arcadia, + El Dorado. 1 1/2ish points if the DA score is indeed wrong. that 2nd thru 5th grouping is gonna be reeeeal interesting methinks. kinda like how the entire top 6 is gonna be in IW. like, messyyy ordinals probably. still wanna see Flanagan w/ my own eyes to confirm. could think they're underscored. s'ppose warren central and northview could also be in the 2-5 mix, but personally don't see it. tx open guards are kinda killin it this season. little elm will seeded 2nd, Pearland 3rd, Emerson 5th, Westlake 8th, Bowie tie for 13th, then i believe cyfair just "outside looking in" in 17th. sorry couldn't help myself LOL. considering they tied Bowie in prelims, def not out of the finals conversation. the oveido drop to 16th, i think, is pretty interesting. wondering if that holds. also if dobyns misses finals. they're all kinda right there in the standings. A class, just too many units to bother right now. they'll be released tomorrow anyway. Melissa in 3rd i think. Katy shooting up from 61st to 8th??? will that hold? veterans memorial should still be somewhere around 10th i think. they may have lucked out by NOT going to San Antonio!!

We just finished WGI Dallas (Percussion) Very proud of the kids! They got 1st in Scholastic Open!

state schedules are out and here are my thoughts going into it SAA Red Round- Reagan B guard is currently the favorite to win this round but i could see deer park or even pearland A taking it over them. SAA Blue Round- I think this is edinburg’s time to shine with a win at state but i will keep my eye on pflugerville hs becuase they are quite good this year SA Red Round-it’s gonna be between john paul steven’s and james e taylor hs, it’s gonna be close between them. both are deserving of this chance to win SA Blue Round- it’s going to be smithson valley hs who’s gonna win here fs but excited to see who the other medalists will be. SNA Red Round-this round is gonna be so exciting to see who comes out on top with tomball, jordan, and tomball memorial all such good shows. my pick rn is currently tomball but i could also see jordan taking it SNA Blue Round- dripping springs is taking this one just from their score at area alone being so high imo 2nd and 3rd will be tight tho between twhs A, brandeis and veterans memorial. SJVA- hays jv, tomball jv or dripping springs jv is gonna win this one. i would have to say my pick is hays jv IA-rgv or seven lakes is gonna win this SO- my pick would be pearland but for some reason they aren’t coming to state so my next pick is westlake but i wouldn’t mind their being a bowie upset and they take it over westlake IO-undaunted obv SW- TWHS hopefully this sets them up for a win at worlds in dayton IW- invictus. be really cool to see them back in world class finals sorry for such a long post lmao just had some thoughts going into state

MAD WORLD!!!!! Epic show reveal can’t wait to see this in person! Finals spots are looking pretty tight. 🤩🤩🏙️

I’m starting to really like the direction Cy-Springs has taken in terms of show design, they’ve improved a lot as well, and personally I could see them contending for area finals POSSIBLY, this year, more so next year.

CY SPRINGS BAND PRESENTS URBAN PLAYGROUND!!!!

Started working on a site for vista ridge inspired by the LD Bell one (www.dfife.com) https://www.vincent-lee.net/vrhsband/ All the major things are covered but there's a lot of smaller contest results and unfortunately a lot of video missing too. YouTube's compression has also not been very kind to these older videos -- those 2007 and 2008 look suspiciously crustier than I remember them being.

TWHS very solidly in first going into Dayton! Flanagan in 2nd over Carmel, but Carmel did score a bit higher in their local circuit yesterday.

That was very shocking. maybe I was a little harsh on initial reaction from TWHS, but it just didn’t have the same level of execution/energy from prelims. Still thought they did a great job, definitely deserving of the scores they are receiving, I just felt that run could’ve been a little better comparable to previous performances. Still on the hype train (plane for departures?) for them to win big in Dayton. Don’t know if they’ve ever had as talented of a group before.

Thank you for posting all of these scores! This is our third year participating in Indoor Percussion with Glenn High School. We had a little bit of a rough start this year (Pasadena Memorial), but these kids have busted their butts and remained focused on what they LOVE! We were at WGI Dallas yesterday and came in 1st in our class!

so EXCITED!!!!

We're back!! I have updated the confirmed bands as they currently stand. Lake Highlands will go to Wylie instead of Melissa.

The Woodlands: The most fire color guard in the state 🤩😍