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BOSTON YOUVE DONE IT!!!! CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GET 5 BIG BOOMS!!!! BOOM 💥 BOOM 💥 BOOM 💥 BOOM 💥 BOOM 💥

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Congrats to Boston!!! It’s the first time in 34 years a corps outside the G7 has won. Very fitting that it was Boston who broke the streak. And a perfect percussion score tonight, holy moly!! Is this the first percussion group with a perfect score?

The Crown 2013 of drums!

Plano Senior has this on their calendar.

Anna HS will be attending.

August prediction: 1. Bridgeland 2. Seven Lakes 3. Cy Woods 4. Cy-Fair 5. Cinco Ranch 6. Jordan 7. JET 8. Tompkins 9. Cypress Ranch 10-11 Katy/Langham Creek 12. Jersey Village 13. Paetow

It would be a glimpse to the rivalry between Lone Star and Wakeland at the beginning of the season.... kinda like DCI this year with Crusaders and Bloo...

Lebanon Trail confirmed for McKinney!

My predictions... Will update sooner to competition. 1. Marcus 2. Coppell 3. Wakeland/Wylie 4. Wylie /Wakeland 5. Lone Star/SLC 6. SLC/ Lone Star 7. Prosper 8. Rockwall 9. Forney 10. McKinney 11. Braswell 12. Lebanon Trail Bubble 1. Mc Kinney North.. 2. Rock Hill 3. Burleson 4. Reedy... my long shot..

BOOM PERFECT DRUM SCORE!

That performance was indescribable. Literally, I couldn’t think of something to say. Too all corps no matter what tonight brings, I’m thankful for the season you gave us.

Westlake H.S. 2025 ”Urban Jungle” This sounds like a really fun concept! I’m excited to see what the costuming and field aesthetic will look like. I LOVED their 23 and 24 shows, and I’m sure I’m gonna love this one!

It seems like Bluecoats will probably win. I've had that feeling for a while now, even though I don't like their show as much as last year's. Bloo's show is a bit more complex than Boston's overall. It's also a more unique show historically, although maybe not so much when compared to other Bloo shows. At the very least, it feels contemporary. Boston's designers, like Crown's, take a bit more of a direct and, I think, simpler path to effect. The visual focus is always very clear, easy to digest; the music has nice variety and continuity; and the performers elevate the whole thing with their astounding excellence. Like, the fundamentals of a great show are all there. But then I never fully shake the feeling that I'm watching a grown-up version of a BOA show with Boston. While Boston's performers strive to set new standards, their designers seem a little more complacent artistically. I think that's part of the reason why Bloo was 1st in all the content halves in the most recent recap, except for guard and percussion. What that means is Boston's performers will have to absolutely blow the roof off of the LOS to win their first gold. It's possible, but it will be hard! Phantom Regiment actually has my favorite show this year, for the first time in forever. It's the only one that really touches me. I'm a little bit colder towards SCV than others are, probably because it's more cerebral, but their drill is well-written, and it's definitely a big performance improvement over last year.

McKinney North: Celestial Swing

Hi, I’m the band director at W.W. Samuell High School in Dallas. I was wondering if there’s any way my band could be a part of your upcoming marching festival. We’re a traditional show style band, but we’re working hard to prepare for UIL and would really appreciate the opportunity to perform and get some feedback. Let me know if that’s possible, thank you!

They are already on sale! The San Antonio EE has never sold out before BUT with the new “finals only” experience they’re also offering this year, it’s feasible that they could sell out at some point. If you buy the entire EE, which I highly recommend, literally everything is included in that $325 price tag. Parking (in our own special section), meals, all tickets, and even our own entrance.

Hello TXBands community, My name is Brandon Foskett! I am a former TX band kid, where I attended Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, TX from 2015–2019 and was a drum major in the 2018 season that brought us the closest we've ever been to a shot at 6A State finals and BOA SA finals! I went on to pursue a music education degree at the University of Texas at Austin, but I quickly switched to a degree in music history after nerding out too much in my music "core" classes. I am now a PhD student in Musicology at UT Austin! I am still a band kid at heart, going to as many BOAs each fall as possible and still playing the TXBands Predictions game religiously (where I have ranked top 10 the past 2 years, although I think I will have to sit this fall season out for the following reason...). In addition to my music studies, I am also a member of Texas 4000 for Cancer, a 501(c)(3) organization that bikes 4,000+ miles from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska every summer to raise funds for cancer research and support services. As a part of the Texas 4000 for Cancer team, I am embarking on a transformative journey, and I would like as many people in my cherished "band family" to "ride along" with me. 50 of my teammates and I will pedal in the World’s Longest Annual Charity Bike Ride to spread hope and raise awareness of cancer in numerous communities in Texas, the US, and even Canada. Each mile we ride is a testament to our commitment to positively impacting the lives of those affected by cancer. I believe in the power of my "roots" and the power of collective action! Support from people like you can help me achieve some remarkable outcomes: Funding Critical Research: Your donation supports the summer ride and contributes to groundbreaking cancer research that can lead to improved treatments, early detection methods, and, one day, a cure. Supporting Patients and Families: Donations will also aid in supporting patients and their families as they navigate the challenges of cancer treatment and recovery. Spreading Awareness: Our journey is not just a physical one—it's a journey of raising awareness about cancer prevention, early detection, and the importance of a united effort. I would be honored if anyone in the TXBands "band fam" felt generous enough to make a donation to Texas 4000 for Cancer. Texas 4000 for Cancer has raised over $4 million dollars in the past 20 years alone, which I find pretty remarkable for a student-led non-profit. Any and every little amount makes a difference! If you'd like to join us in this endeavor, you can donate by visiting my fundraising page at https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2026teamfundraising/account/2032649-brandon2alaska. To learn more about Texas 4000 for Cancer, our mission, our impact, how to donate, and/or how to receive tax exemption documentation, consider visiting https://www.texas4000.org/ or emailing info@texas4000.org. To stay connected with my personal training journey, follow our progress, and witness the change you are helping to create, please consider subscribing to my newsletter updates at http://eepurl.com/je8Yo-/. Thank you for your time and consideration! Here's to a great marching season! To Alaska and back, Brandon L. Foskett Texas 4000 for Cancer 2025–26 team PhD Student, Musicology Butler School of Music, The University of Texas at Austin T4K Rider Info Flyer FOSKETT 2025-26.pdf

As a student of neither, eh Lone Star beat Wakeland at state in woodwinds and brass which makes up 2/5 of the area sheets now, if Lone Star could pull ahead even in one visual caption they can very realistically caption Wakeland out of a win. I don't think this would be the most likely scenario since Wakeland seems to be a level ahead of Lone Star visually, but saying they're VASTLY stronger in regards to UIL is hyperbolizing the gap between the two in regards to UIL. BOA Id be inclined to agree with you If Lonestar has a killer show and they have the better run between them and Wakeland they can very realistically win area, state Id need to see it to believe it, but its really just visually and in percussion where they lag in particular. They have the winds to beat Wakeland, they just need to reach that next level in visuals and close the percussion gap

My Predictions: 1. Bridgeland 2. Seven Lakes 3. Cy Fair 4. Cy Woods 5. J.E.T 6. Cinco Ranch 7. Jordan 8. Langham Creek 9. Tompkins 10. Katy

As a Vista Ridge supporter, I'm really excited for the Boston Crusaders and Ryan George! Congratulations!

I feel like Prosper is a bit low considering they’ve been pretty high up at this contest consistently.

85 seasons...multiple time bridesmaid... locked out of the G7 ... Boston Crusaders finally climbs the mountain and stand on top with an old school throw back type of show to boot. Congrats BAC!! What a ride the last few years has been watching and cheering for them to advance. Another huge kudos goes out to Santa Clara Vanguard. "Don't call it a come back...." And they had a Texas High School link this year with SASI working with their leadership team. Some notables in SASI (Spicer, Vandoren (Vandegrift), Yee (Cedar Park), Mike Howard (Leander ISD), White (Reagan) and a lot more of extremely talented top tier staff. I was happy to see Troopers in 10th. What a season.

So happy for Boston for finally winning a gold medal, it was only a matter of time before they got there! This season was really awesome and I can’t wait to see what 2026 has in store for DCI

I was talking about this the other day, this is so fitting to their statement of the G7, I am so happy for them. They completely deserve it!!! Im not sure I agree with a perfect percussion score, but this whole show was LOCKED tonight. Excited for next year.

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BOOM!!!

IM SO HAPPY, LETS GO BOSTON!!!

OMG LFG BOSTON!!!!!!!

Bloo, 1 word Gold someone help me. Here’s my guess 1. BAC (brass, guard, perc, GE?6 2. Bloo (visual, GE if not BAC) 3. SCV 4. BD 5. Crown 6. Phantom 7. Mandarins 8. Blue Stars 9. Cavies 10. Troops 11. Colts 12. BK

I always play this quote during a finals week. With some minor changes. ”God bless our troops, God bless America, AND DRUM MAJORS, START, YOUR, COOOOOOORRRREPPPPSSSS” Happy finals day everyone

Happy finals everyone! Hoping for some crazy results and a first time winner, best of luck everyone!!

Love that a band from Louisiana is attending.

Boston wins GE👀

BAC might have just done it. also SCV will be 3rd

Alright thank you so much that clarifies it

I think Generally in the Cy-Fair district everyone for example says “Ranch” or “Ridge” or “woods”, “fair”, because usually those schools are one timers in terms of the name, but there are langham creek and Cy-creek, but everyone will say “Langham” or “Creek” for Cy-Creek. So I think generally speaking if talking about Cy-Ranch people will say “Ranch” and for cinco ranch it’s probably gonna be “Cinco”.

I'll be interested to see what happens when all the corps finally rejoin to compete against each other. If it were up to me, this year in my opinion seems like a race from the top 3 (including SCV) and not just the top 2, however I do think BAC will ultimately pull ahead. The only reason I say this is while I do think the GE race is between BAC and the Bluecoats, I think SCV is fully capable of winning Brass or Percussion in Indy. But as far as what I expect to happen, Bluecoats takes GE, BAC takes guard, and BAC takes Visual.

I feel like it definitely does. I feel like they would’ve made finals here and definitely made a good showing. Here’s what my predictions look like 1. Lone Star 2. Braswell 3. McKinney 4. Rock Hill 5. Argyle 6. McKinney North 7. Little Elm 8. Memorial 9. James Martin 10. Liberty 11. Celina 12. Lakeview Centennial I feel like Argyle is the one that could hop around spots but this is where my minds at right now.

Schedule added to the original post! Prelims Lineup as of 07/31 (all times in Central) 9:24 - Krum H.S., TX 9:36 - Belton H.S., TX 9:48 - Gatesville H.S., TX 10:00 - Cedar Ridge H.S., TX 10:12 - Round Rock H.S., TX 10:24 - Dripping Springs H.S., TX 10:36 - Westwood H.S., TX BREAK 11:12 - Cedar Park H.S., TX 11:24 - Vista Ridge H.S., TX 11:36 - Lake Travis H.S., TX 11:48 - Leander H.S., TX 12:00 - Westlake H.S., TX 12:12 - Rouse H.S., TX 12:24 - McCallum H.S., TX 12:36 - Vandegrift H.S., TX A: Gatesville H.S., TX Krum H.S., TX AA: Belton H.S., TX AAA: Cedar Park H.S., TX Leander H.S., TX McCallum H.S., TX Rouse H.S., TX AAAA: Cedar Ridge H.S., TX Dripping Springs H.S., TX Lake Travis H.S., TX Round Rock H.S., TX Vandegrift H.S., TX Vista Ridge H.S., TX Westlake H.S., TX Westwood H.S., TX

Also, I could genuinely see Bridgeland win the SMBC in 5-6 years hear me out

Hey yall..... We have DCI Predictions Game happening NOW! 😁 If interested, you can head over to https://www.txbands.com/predict/ and start suggesting events. Please note that with this being the DCI Season, captions are not normally given out to the regular events, and also the number of finalists spots should be the number of corps that will be at whatever event you are submitting. Please keep note of these small differences from fall marching to DCI. I will also be checking up with these events and making sure everything is good to go. Oh, and when submitting events, please know that if you attempt to re-submit an event over and over again, you will get a warning pop-up box. I believe that is all. I will update you all within this topic if anything changes. If yall have anything, you can message me or Clarinot and/or leave a comment/message on this topic. And with that, I am out of here for the night! Peace out "DCIholics" and "Bandaholics"!

Ur good lol, but I do agree it’s easier to clean, we just had marchers last year who didn’t put in effort sometimes that’s all

Could shake out something like this.. Moe & Gene Johnson H.S., TX Ronald Reagan H.S., TX Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX James Bowie H.S., TX Dripping Springs H.S., TX McNeil H.S., TX Westlake H.S., TX Foster H.S., TX Robert E. Hendrickson H.S., TX Jordan H.S., TX Louis D. Brandeis H.S., TX Winston Churchill H.S., TX / Tom Glenn H.S., TX

We at pearland very much do not match bent leg 😭, the white bibs from last year really made players with poor marching technique shine out in a way, it was just more noticeable in the white vs black bibs lol

Lake Hamilton is still coming, right? They should be in contention for a finals spot as well.

I’m just happy we finally got a separate forum for UIL contests! That was crazy trying to keep up with!

I agree with these placements🤣

Announcement 📣📣 Flower Mound is confirmed to be heading back to Grand Nats this year!! They have to be one of the favorites for the eagle, especially coming off of their BOA SA win.

Hello! Just in case you didn't know, there's a silly show I do about Texas marching band stuff. The link below will get you on the way to listening. Get subscribed because there's plenty more coming this season! THANKS! The Danpodcast