PSHSMom

I think Plano West has been trying the last few years as their shows appear to be getting better. As for Plano Senior, they always chose not to compete beyond the standard UIL competition as they wanted to keep things more "fun" for the kids. They qualified to move on last year after UIL, but chose not to. However, they are under a new band director this year and I wonder whether they might start getting more serious in the marching competition. They are going to Duncanville this year, so we'll see what the future holds! I had a son a Plano East, but my daughter is at Plano Senior, so it's interesting seeing the different directions for the schools, although they are both excellent music programs. I guess I will see if in another 5 years if the PSHS program develops into more of a marching program than it is when my youngest goes to school there.

Thanks for the Plano East mention Watching all the bands via the live feed. I have no idea how they choose!!

Knoxisawesome - Regarding Wednesday rehearsals. They originally planned to have some off, but ended up having quite a few of them. They had a pretty long show this year especially with the Preshow, so I think they had to have them in order to finish it. The finished with just 15 seconds left in their allotted time at the UIL Region competition, kind of added to the drama of the show! If you haven't seen PSHS show this year, just google it search on PSHS band, Batman. There is a UIL one out there somewhere. It's to bad Area B can't send 5 to state this year. It's going to be a tough cut.

There is a schedule, but I can't figure out how to paste it in here, or attach it. I just found it at www.uilforms.com/regions/24/ Enter into the section that says "Area B Marching", and then go into the 6A Area B section and you can download the official schedule. My son is coming home from college just to attend so he can watch Plano East play so I did some searching to find it! Lewisville starts at 9:15 and they go everything 15 minutes from there. A 15 minute break after Plano West, so Southlake Carroll starts back at 10:45. The Lunch break starts at Noon and Trinity will be the first band starting at 1:00. There is another 15 break between Allen and Marcus. Finals start at 7:00 pm.

My son graduated from PESH, so we did all of the marching competitions. My daughter is currently at PSHS, and although so many of us wanted them to go to the Area contest, she said they, like knoxisawesome said, they want it to remain fun. Although, they still rehearsed 8 hours a week, so not sure if the 5 hours is still followed or not . But PSHS show was so fun this year. Maybe not competition ready, but definitely a crowd pleaser! Plano West is marching at All Area this year. Here are the bands going to Area B. Since there are only 22 bands, it will mean just 4 spots. How to pick out of these schools is definitely a challenge! 1. Lewisville HS - 9:15 2. Richland HS - 9:30 3. Mansfield HS - 9:45 4. Bowie HS - 10:00 5. Plano West - 10:15 BREAK 6. Southlake Carroll - 10:45 7. Plano East - 11:00 8. Paschal HS - 11:14 9. Martin HS - 11:30 10. Colleyville Heritage - 11:45 BREAK 11.Trinity - 1:00 12. Haltom - 1:15 13. Sam Houston - 1:30 14. LD Bell - 1:45 15. Weatherford - 2:00 16. Allen - 2:15 BREAK 17. Marcus - 2:45 18. Arlington - 3:00 19. Flower Mound - 3:15 20. Hebron - 3:30 21. North Crowley - 3:45 22. McKinney Boyd - 4:00 Finals announced at 4:45 pm Finals start at 7:00 pm LOCATION: Pennington Field in Bedford