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We are leaving Wednesday morning. It’s always great to talk with the other Houston-area teams, color guard instructors, and enthusiasts on our same flight and at the airports. Lots of comraderie and wonderful conversation. That’s just a warm-up though to the enthusiastic response all the guards receive coming up the tunnel after their performance runs. The WGI World Championships is a such an awesome event! Let’s go get ‘em Team Texas! Best wishes to ALL!

Here’s Argyle. No idea what the music is but it looks really interesting. Im guessing it’s about Elysium from greek mythology?

ALL TEXAS GUARDS (adjusted to Central Time) Thursday, April 3 Prelims Scholastic A: Location: Truist Arena 1:40 PM - Louis D. Brandeis HS, TX 1:56 PM - Garland HS, TX 2:20 PM - Katy HS Varsity, TX 4:05 PM - Tomball Memorial HS, TX 5:50 PM - Foster HS, TX 6:14 PM - Azle HS, TX 6:22 PM - Dripping Springs HS, TX Location: Cintas Center 9:24 AM - Hutto HS, TX 9:40 AM - Veterans Memorial HS, TX 12:05 PM - The Colony HS, TX 1:48 PM - Wylie HS, TX 4:53 PM - Hendrickson HS, TX 5:33 PM - Jordan HS, TX 6:13 PM - Melissa HS, TX Independent A: Location: Dayton Convention Center 1:46 PM - RGV Winter Guard, TX 1:54 PM - Allure Independent, TX 4:35 PM - Ether, TX 5:07 PM - Black Gold, TX 6:44 PM - Redemption Guard, TX 7:24 PM - Eagle Mountain Independent, TX Scholastic Open: Location: Nutter Center 9:33 AM - Emerson HS, TX 11:27 AM - Cedar Ridge HS, TX 12:25 PM - Southlake Carroll HS, TX 1:37 PM - Pearland HS, TX 2:04 PM - Westlake HS, TX 2:22 PM - James Bowie HS, TX 3:26 PM - Little Elm HS, TX 3:35 PM - Cy-Fair HS, TX 5:15 PM - Round Rock HS, TX Independent Open: Location: University of Dayton Arena 8:09 AM - Glory Independent, TX Location: Nutter Center 7:16 PM - Undaunted, TX 7:25 PM - Industry Independent, TX Scholastic World: Location: University of Dayton Arena 2:35 PM - The Woodlands HS, TX Independent World: Location: University of Dayton Arena 3:40 PM - Ménage, TX 3:50 PM - Mirage, TX 5:35 PM - Invictus, TX

it might!! this was a fairly strong panel, 50% active wgi judges + 50% "retired" ones. dripping springs is peaking at exactly the right time, sort of like grand oaks did last yr. the 90+ crowd in the A class is quite small this year. very exclusive club. meanwhile woodlands A totally flatlined here. that's a surprising result for me, makes me wish i attended to see for myself!! others must have improved a lot!! i thought this was the best woodlands A show of the past 4 years, but they scored way worse than usual. at least they won WGI Austin i guess. they seem to always do better in wgi anyway. maybe take em to Dallas next yr instead? Westlake scoring like they could challenge for an open medal, we'll see if that holds. overtaking Pearland in the overstuffed 3rd round of Dayton prelims will be their first task. where was Pearland, speaking of? 'nother Friendswood situation?? or just a scheduling conflict?? also, cy-fair over bowie here, but it was close. cyfair wins in the three analysis captions, but Bowie takes effect. i hope they both make it into Dayton finals but could be tricky if Oviedo and dobyns have improved a lot. woodlands world up another couple points this week. 94.4. last week at wgi their downstairs scores looked like an impenetrable firewall. this week the upstairs ones look like it, too. DA scores better than expected, including 95s across the board from Pizani. i was projecting a 96-something win for em at Dayton, but that was w/ 98+ downstairs combined w/ 95ish upstairs. if these upstairs scores improve, they may do even better than i think, buuut i have trust issues w/ local circuit scores. might flatline a bit in Dayton. overall, tx high school units heading to Worlds looking very very very strong this yr. independents a lil on the weaker side unfortunately.

heres my attempt at predictions 1. Bridgeland-Cant really see anyone beating them until the new cy fair school opens up 2-4. cy woods- people thought they were starting to fade but last year they proved they are still one of the best 2-5. cy fair- last year might have been a step back but I'm still confident 2-6. seven - I loved there show last year and seeing them go from 4th in area to finals at state is crazy 3-9. cinco- LEMONS-there show was great last year and barring another disqualification I can see them making state 4-9.JET- been a pretty consistent finalist wonder if they make a push for state this year 4-9 Langham- took big steps last year musically and visually wonder if they make even more this year tied with Tompkins last year and I can see them beating them this year 5-10.Tompkins- Not the best year last year tied for 8th and seeing them move further back 3-10. Jordan- hot take but I was not really a big fan of their show last year came out the gate strong and couldn't finish the season 8-10. Ranch- Did worse than I thought they were going to but not improving must be really frustrating since many thought they were gonna push for state last year.

Gonna catch as much as I can. I should be able to catch all of SO and SW Saturday, just no award ceremony or IW. Thursday and Friday will be on and off but should be a good amount. can’t believe it’s already the end of the season, best of luck to everyone this weekend!!!

Not mine but saw it on the forum. Cy springs "urban playground"

“A” Classes Preliminary Schedule (Eastern Time) Day 1 | Thursday | April 3 Location: Northern Kentucky University Truist Arena Scholastic A - Round 1 10:00 AM - Southgate Anderson HS, MI 10:08 AM - Central Square HS, NY 10:16 AM - Houma Christian School, LA 10:24 AM - La Canada HS, CA 10:32 AM - Homestead HS, CA 10:40 AM - Mohonasen HS, NY 10:48 AM - Liverpool HS, NY 10:56 AM - Salem HS, NH 11:04 AM - Larry A Ryle HS, KY 11:12 AM - Marina HS, CA 11:20 AM - Great Oak HS Varsity, CA 11:28 AM - Break Scholastic A - Round 3 11:45 AM - Greece HS, NY 11:53 AM - Irondale HS, MN 12:01 PM - Kings HS, OH 12:09 PM - Mira Costa HS, CA 12:17 PM - South Jones HS, MS 12:25 PM - Lake Howell HS, FL 12:33 PM - Millard North HS, NE 12:41 PM - Kettering Fairmont HS, OH 12:49 PM - Carroll HS, IN 12:57 PM - Lanier HS, GA 1:05 PM - Pattonville HS, MO 1:13 PM - Lunch Scholastic A - Round 5 2:00 PM - Mt. Lebanon HS, PA 2:08 PM - Adlai E. Stevenson HS, IL 2:16 PM - Terre Haute South HS, IN 2:24 PM - Decatur HS, GA 2:32 PM - Corinth Holders HS, NC 2:40 PM - Louis D. Brandeis HS, TX 2:48 PM - Downingtown HS West, PA 2:56 PM - Garland HS, TX 3:04 PM - Corona Del Sol HS, AZ 3:12 PM - Pace HS, FL 3:20 PM - Katy HS Varsity, TX 3:28 PM - Break Scholastic A - Round 7 3:45 PM - Hempfield HS, PA 3:53 PM - Thompson HS, AL 4:01 PM - Hamilton HS, OH 4:09 PM - Belleville West HS, IL 4:17 PM - Heritage HS Varsity, TN 4:25 PM - Penncrest HS, PA 4:33 PM - Grain Valley HS JV, MO 4:41 PM - Lincoln-Way Community Schools, IL 4:49 PM - Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, MI 4:57 PM - Central Crossing HS, OH 5:05 PM - Tomball Memorial HS, TX 5:13 PM - Mt. Juliet HS, TN 5:21 PM - Dinner Scholastic A - Round 9 6:10 PM - New Hartford HS, NY 6:18 PM - Northern Valley Combined Schools, NJ 6:26 PM - Putnam City Public Schools, OK 6:34 PM - Windermere HS, FL 6:42 PM - Hudsonville HS, MI 6:50 PM - Foster HS, TX 6:58 PM - Dorman HS, SC 7:06 PM - Rockford HS, MI 7:14 PM - Azle HS, TX 7:22 PM - Dripping Springs HS, TX 7:30 PM - River Bluff HS, SC 7:38 PM - Break Scholastic A - Round 11 7:55 PM - Everett HS, MA 8:03 PM - Spring-Ford Area HS, PA 8:11 PM - Bob Jones HS, AL 8:19 PM - Beavercreek HS, OH 8:27 PM - Choctaw HS JV, OK 8:35 PM - Mesa Ridge HS, CO 8:43 PM - Unionville HS, PA 8:51 PM - West Milford HS, NJ 8:59 PM - Elizabeth HS, NJ 9:07 PM - Grain Valley HS, MO 9:15 PM - Franklin HS, OH Location: Xavier University Cintas Center Scholastic A - Round 2 10:00 AM - South Oldham HS, KY 10:08 AM - Fort Zumwalt South HS Varsity, MO 10:16 AM - Campbell County HS, KY 10:24 AM - Hutto HS, TX 10:32 AM - Elizabethtown HS, KY 10:40 AM - Veterans Memorial HS, TX 10:48 AM - Papillion-La Vista South HS, NE 10:56 AM - Catawba Ridge HS Varsity, SC 11:04 AM - Lafayette HS, MO 11:12 AM - Kennesaw Mountain HS, GA 11:20 AM - Hoover HS Varsity, AL 11:28 AM - Break Scholastic A - Round 4 11:45 AM - Bellevue West HS Varsity, NE 11:53 AM - Worthington Kilbourne HS, OH 12:01 PM - Dutchtown HS, LA 12:09 PM - Catawba Ridge HS JV, SC 12:17 PM - Fairfield HS, OH 12:25 PM - Victor HS, NY 12:33 PM - Yukon HS, OK 12:41 PM - Jenison HS, MI 12:49 PM - Gulfport HS, MS 12:57 PM - Edwardsville HS, IL 1:05 PM - The Colony HS, TX 1:13 PM - Lunch Scholastic A - Round 6 2:00 PM - Trumbull HS, CT 2:08 PM - Jamestown HS, NY 2:16 PM - Lakota West HS, OH 2:24 PM - Murray HS, KY 2:32 PM - Clover HS, SC 2:40 PM - Freedom HS, FL 2:48 PM - Wylie HS, TX 2:56 PM - Milton HS, GA 3:04 PM - Clovis North HS Varsity, CA 3:12 PM - Lassiter HS, GA 3:20 PM - Break Scholastic A - Round 8 3:35 PM - Lafayette HS, KY 3:43 PM - Elk River Combined Schools, MN 3:51 PM - New Palestine HS, IN 3:59 PM - Abington HS, PA 4:07 PM - Plainfield HS, IN 4:15 PM - Victor J. Andrew HS, IL 4:23 PM - Floyd Central HS, IN 4:31 PM - Middletown HS, OH 4:39 PM - John C. Birdlebough HS, NY 4:47 PM - Arbor View HS, NV 4:55 PM - Dinner Scholastic A - Round 10 5:45 PM - Smithfield-Selma HS, NC 5:53 PM - Hendrickson HS, TX 6:01 PM - Cumberland Valley HS, PA 6:09 PM - Baldwinsville HS, NY 6:17 PM - Mt. Vernon HS, IN 6:25 PM - Kiski Area HS, PA 6:33 PM - Jordan HS, TX 6:41 PM - Germantown HS, MS 6:49 PM - Roslyn HS, NY 6:57 PM - Castle HS, IN 7:05 PM - Mauldin HS Varsity, SC 7:13 PM - Melissa HS, TX 7:21 PM - Break Scholastic A - Round 12 7:40 PM - West Johnston HS, NC 7:48 PM - Glencoe HS, OR 7:56 PM - Springboro HS, OH 8:04 PM - Bellevue East HS Varsity, NE 8:12 PM - Huntington Beach HS, CA 8:20 PM - Fort Walton Beach HS, FL 8:28 PM - South Forsyth HS, GA 8:36 PM - Pope HS, GA 8:44 PM - Hernando HS, MS 8:52 PM - Northwest Guilford HS, NC 9:00 PM - Diamond Bar HS, CA Location: Dayton Convention Center Independent A - Round 1 10:00 AM - Plainfield Winter Guard, IL 10:08 AM - High Voltage of Haddon Heights, NJ 10:16 AM - Charles Towne Independent, SC 10:24 AM - Huron Valley Winter Guard, MI 10:32 AM - San Diego State University Aztec Winter Guard, CA 10:40 AM - Vox Artium A, CA 10:48 AM - National Avenue from Missouri State University, MO 10:56 AM - University of Nebraska Omaha Winter Guard, NE 11:04 AM - Gates Chili Independent A, NY 11:12 AM - Anesidora A, CO 11:20 AM - Oasis, AZ 11:28 AM - Break Independent A - Round 2 11:45 AM - Lake Erie Regiment, PA 11:53 AM - Montage, WI 12:01 PM - Westshoremen, PA 12:09 PM - Las Palmas Winter Guard, CA 12:17 PM - EPIC, FL 12:25 PM - Sacred Heart University Winter Guard, CT 12:33 PM - JMU Nuance A, VA 12:41 PM - Andesine of Central Missouri, MO 12:49 PM - Pegasus A, FL 12:57 PM - Sonnor, Quebec 1:05 PM - Lunch Independent A - Round 3 1:50 PM - Imperium Winterguard, Puerto Rico 1:58 PM - Lyra Winterguard, WV 2:06 PM - Forest Hills, OH 2:14 PM - Salt Lake, UT 2:22 PM - Beau Monde Independent, TN 2:30 PM - University of Nevada, Reno Winter Guard, NV 2:38 PM - Caledonia Independent, MI 2:46 PM - RGV Winter Guard, TX 2:54 PM - Allure Independent, TX 3:02 PM - Break Independent A - Round 4 3:20 PM - Sacramento State Winter Guard, CA 3:28 PM - Carolina Visual Productions, NC 3:36 PM - Indiana University, IN 3:44 PM - Meridian A, KY 3:52 PM - One Light, IN 4:00 PM - Homage Independent, OH 4:08 PM - Collage A, OH 4:16 PM - White & Gold Winterguard from Georgia Tech, GA 4:24 PM - Zephyrus Winter Guard, OK 4:32 PM - Rhapsody, WA 4:40 PM - Maharlika, CA 4:48 PM - Dinner Independent A - Round 5 5:35 PM - Ether, TX 5:43 PM - Revolutionary WinterGuard, VA 5:51 PM - Third Legend A, Quebec 5:59 PM - Winter Star, NJ 6:07 PM - Black Gold, TX 6:15 PM - Crescent City Color Guard, LA 6:23 PM - University of Missouri's Ionic Winter Guard, MO 6:31 PM - Opus Independent, SC 6:39 PM - St. Anns, MA 6:47 PM - Edge Independent A, GA 6:55 PM - Rangerettes, OH 7:03 PM - Break Independent A - Round 6 7:20 PM - Malachi A, CO 7:28 PM - Elevate A, IN 7:36 PM - Powhatan HS, VA 7:44 PM - Redemption Guard, TX 7:52 PM - Cascadia Winterguard, WA 8:00 PM - Relentless, FL 8:08 PM - River City Rhythm Winter Guard, MN 8:16 PM - Elan Winterguard, CA 8:24 PM - Eagle Mountain Independent, TX 8:32 PM - Pacificaires, Canada

Open Classes Preliminary Schedule (Eastern Times) (remember that you can watch everything on www.flomarching.com) Day 1 | Thursday | April 3 Location: Wright State University’s Nutter Center Scholastic Open - Round 1 9:30 AM - Allegany HS, MD 9:39 AM - Bartram Trail HS, FL 9:48 AM - Penn HS Varsity, IN 9:57 AM - Ben Davis HS, IN 10:06 AM - Marian Catholic HS, IL 10:15 AM - Lowndes HS, GA 10:24 AM - Mountain Ridge HS, AZ 10:33 AM - Emerson HS, TX 10:42 AM - Arlington HS, NY 10:51 AM - Byrnes HS, SC 11:00 AM - Break Scholastic Open - Round 2 11:15 AM - Saugus HS, CA 11:24 AM - Naperville Central HS, IL 11:33 AM - Greenfield-Central HS, IN 11:42 AM - Eastlake HS, CA 11:51 AM - Franklin HS, TN 12:00 PM - Choctaw HS, OK 12:09 PM - Brownsburg HS, IN 12:18 PM - Shenendehowa HS, NY 12:27 PM - Cedar Ridge HS, TX 12:36 PM - Lunch Scholastic Open - Round 3 1:25 PM - Southlake Carroll HS, TX 1:34 PM - Northmont HS, OH 1:43 PM - Cicero-North Syracuse HS, NY 1:52 PM - Southmoore HS, OK 2:01 PM - Lake Central HS, IN 2:10 PM - Bentonville HS, AR 2:19 PM - Del Norte HS, CA 2:28 PM - Dobyns-Bennett HS, TN 2:37 PM - Pearland HS, TX 2:46 PM - Mililani HS, HI 2:55 PM - Holly Springs HS, NC 3:04 PM - Westlake HS, TX 3:13 PM - Desert Vista HS, AZ 3:22 PM - James Bowie HS, TX 3:31 PM - Break Scholastic Open - Round 4 3:50 PM - Decatur Central HS, IN 3:59 PM - Dartmouth HS, MA 4:08 PM - Hamilton Southeastern HS, IN 4:17 PM - William R Boone HS, FL 4:26 PM - Little Elm HS, TX 4:35 PM - Cy-Fair HS, TX 4:44 PM - Westfield HS, IN 4:53 PM - Pendleton Heights HS, IN 5:02 PM - Dublin HS, CA 5:11 PM - Break Scholastic Open - Round 5 5:30 PM - Hardin Valley Academy, TN 5:39 PM - Franklin Central HS, IN 5:48 PM - North Gwinnett HS, Georgia 5:57 PM - E.D. White HS, LA 6:06 PM - Troy Athens HS Varsity, MI 6:15 PM - Round Rock HS, TX 6:24 PM - Lockport Township HS, IL 6:33 PM - Noblesville HS, IN 6:42 PM - Bethel HS Varsity, CT 6:51 PM - Oviedo HS, FL 7:00 PM - Palm Desert Charter MS, CA 7:09 PM - Timber Creek HS, FL 7:18 PM - Mason HS, OH 7:27 PM - Break Independent Open - Round 2 7:40 PM - Les Eclipses, Canada 7:49 PM - Emanon, NJ 7:58 PM - Top Hats, PA 8:07 PM - Reverie, GA 8:16 PM - Undaunted, TX 8:25 PM - Industry Independent, TX 8:34 PM - Blessed Sacrament, MA 8:43 PM - La Voute Performance Ensemble, MO 8:52 PM - Tampa Independent Open, FL 9:01 PM - George Mason University Winterguard, VA 9:10 PM - Revival Winter Guard, IN 9:19 PM - Purdue University, IN 9:28 PM - Break Independent Open - Round 4 9:45 PM - Crossroads, IA 9:54 PM - Anesidora, CO 10:03 PM - i-Squared, CA 10:12 PM - Noir Independent, GA 10:21 PM - Third Legend, Canada 10:30 PM - Gates Chili Independent Open, NY Location: University of Dayton Arena Independent Open - Round 1 9:00 AM - MBI, MN 9:09 AM - Glory Independent, TX 9:18 AM - Georgia State University Winterguard, GA 9:27 AM - FIU GOLD, FL 9:36 AM - Allegiance, IL 9:45 AM - Edge Independent Open, GA 9:54 AM - Pride of Utah Independent, UT 10:03 AM - Main Line Independent, PA 10:12 AM - Break Independent Open - Round 3 10:30 AM - State of Art, MI 10:39 AM - The Magnolia Project, KY 10:48 AM - ZEUS Independent, CA 10:57 AM - Gold Winterguard, CA 11:06 AM - JMU Nuance Open, VA 11:15 AM - Phoenix Independent, OH 11:24 AM - Collage Winter Guard, OH 11:33 AM - The Pride of the Netherlands, The Netherlands 11:42 AM - Emerald, CA

tompkins show is "yesterdays tomorrow"

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So incredibly proud of Liberty Hill Guard this season. First year participating in WGI and made finals in San Antonio. Made TCGC State Championships for the first time in school history and came in 4th in their round. They can’t be sad about coming in under Jordan, Tomball and Tomball Memorial. It was a fun night for sure.

Dripping Springs won SNA last night with a 91.82! Hopefully this is a good sign for them at dayton.

This stadium is a HUGE upgrade from Challenger Columbia Stadium - Clear Creek ISD in Webster...where you're seated a mile from each band (hard to hear in quiet music moments) and required to sit in "microwave" conditions from the reflected sun off the shiny seats during the day. Freedom Field is my favorite sight-line stadium in the whole state and one of my top 3 in terms of overall fan experience I've experienced. #2 is C.H. Collins Stadium - Denton ISD. #3 is Legacy Stadium - Katy ISD (no individual seatbacks though). I've not experienced the new Children’s Health Stadium - Prosper ISD or McKinney ISD Stadium so those might be great too. Hope to experience both someday soon. The protected conditions of the Alamodome has some real benefits during extreme temperatures or poor weather conditions to be sure, but sight lines and sound quality are debatable indeed.