HighSchoolBandNerd212

ASBOA (Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association) also covers at least some of the same events as LMEA and SLBDA. And is UIL a rarity in that it governs both athletic, academic, and some music activities as opposed to either just athletic/academic or music activities?

Here's a partial list of some states that have state marching contests, with their respective hosting organizations. California: WBA Colorado: CBA Florida: FMBC Illinois: University of Illinois Bands Indiana: ISSMA Kansas: KBA (New) Kentucky: KMEA Nebraska: NSBA Oklahoma: OBA/OSSAA South Carolina: SC Band Directors Association Texas: UIL Wisconsin: WSMA Trying to make this list was a pain because there is no certain type of organization that sponsor state marching contests, making it hard to know what to search for in the many trenches of the Internet.

Storylines: - Like Ronald Reagan and (to a lesser extent) L. D. Bell, it remains to be seen how Cedar Ridge and Westlake will rebound this season after having to undergo director changes. - How competitive will the middle pack at BOA San Antonio be in the future? It seems like the section of bands that are within ~5-10 points of the last finalist band (basically, any bands that have the slightest chance of being a finalist) has grown and become more competitive over the past couple of years. What I'm really asking is how much more competitive can San Antonio get in the future. In ways both good and bad, that thought is scary. Predictions: - BOA Austin will become even more like a mini BOA San Antonio in terms of competitiveness* - Case in point: Westwood, who got 13th at last year's UIL 6A State Contest, will be a bubble band for BOA Austin, but will make finals at BOA Conroe and BOA Atlanta. - L. D. Bell, Winston Churchill, and Cypress Falls will also make finals at BOA Atlanta. Clements will be a possible dark horse for finals. *On a side note, this year's lineup for BOA Arlington is probably more stacked than the lineup for Austin, possibly making Arlington another mini San Antonio.

Here's some speculation similar to what principalagent did, but with the 5A bands for 2017. This scenario assumes that Vandegrift and Vista Ridge will move up to 6A, and is mainly based off of 2013. Area A: Hanks, Eastlake, Lubbock Area B: Wakeland, Lake Ridge, Newman Smith, Southwest, Liberty, Boswell/Frisco Centennial Area C: Wylie, Sherman, Poteet Area D: Waxahachie, Connally, Georgetown Area E: Leander, Cedar Park, Dripping Springs Area F: Tomball Memorial, Lumberton, Waller, Tomball Area G: Foster, Ridge Point, Barbers Hill Area H: Alice, Calallen, Rio Grande City, Roma, Gregory-Portland, Nixon, Winn (I'm kind of pulling straws for the last couple of qualifiers in Area F and for the bands below Roma in Area H) There's about 29 qualifiers, barely up from 28 in 2013. Of course, we have yet to see what 2015 yields, both in terms of what bands and how many bands emerge to be qualifiers.

2015 Honor Bands 2C: Coppell Middle School North 3C: Indian Springs Middle School 3A: New Diana High School 5A: Aledo High School Full results: http://www.tmea.org/divisions-regions/band/honor-band/history

Don't take my predictions for McAllen as a guideline for your own: a ) I never seen any of these bands at all (except for Claudia Taylor Johnson), b ) These predictions are based off of looking at multiple past contests (BOA, Independent, and mostly UIL contests) which may not represent how some of these bands will do in the BOA world. c ) This is a brand-new early-season regional, meaning that virtually anything could happen. If anything, take my predictions as a very murky picture as to how this regional could turn out (i.e. placements could be WAY different from what I'm predicting). Though, like others, I'm pretty certain that Claudia Taylor Johnson is going to win this regional. 1. Claudia Taylor Johnson (All Captions) 2. Harlingen 3. Clear Creek 4. Wagner 5. Sandra Day O'Conner 6. Lopez 7. Sharyland 8. Hanna 9. Edinburg North 10. Roma

Though Claudia Taylor Johnson came to the regional in 2013, placed second in prelims, and hasn't returned to it since. I think that this reflects the fact that bands sometimes "try out" a regional that they don't normally go to (I mean "try out" in a very loose sense).

Ronald Reagan isn't signed up for the Austin regional this year.

It will be interesting to see if Glenn high school can build itself up like Cedar Park and Vandegrift did in their early years.

I did some digging around on the internet and calculations to produce some enrollment figures for the LISD schools. I used campus improvement plans (which have enrollment numbers listed by grade) and estimated off of the current school feeder pattern to create the 2015-2016 school year figures. I also looked up data provided by LISD regarding school enrollment estimations for the 2016-17 school year. The UIL determines a school's classification using the enrollment figures from the previous school year, such that, for the 2016 realigment, the 2015-2016 enrollment of a school will determine their classification for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years and their classification will not change in the period between realignments if the student population grows. And while the UIL will probably adjust the 6A classification cutoff of 2100, historically the UIL has only made tiny adjustments to cutoffs (usually adding or subtracting 5 to 10). Vandegrift: - 2015-16: ~2278 (6A) - 2016-17: ~2426 (6A) Rouse: - 2015-16: ~2473 (6A) - 2016-17: ~2296 (6A) Vista Ridge: - 2015-16: ~2275 (6A) - 2016-17: ~2305 (6A) Cedar Park: - 2015-16: ~1925 (5A) - 2016-17: ~1846 (5A) Leander: - 2015-16: ~2215 (6A) - 2016-17: ~2098 (technically 5A under the current cutoff, but the reclassification is determined by the previous year's enrollment, so Leander would still be 6A) All of the above enrollment figures are estimates and may flucuate slightly. So really Rouse should stay 6A for the time being. Vandegrift, Vista Ridge, and Leander will move up to 6A for now, and only Cedar Park will stay 5A.

- Vista Ridge High School: Orion Promo video: Audio for the video has been muted "due to a claim by copyright holder (Open video in youtube to see full disclaimer). " - Stephen F. Austin (Sugar Land): Home of the Brave - Wakeland: Forever https://vimeo.com/117732328 https://vimeo.com/117749630

I stand corrected. Thank you for pointing that out. Though I do believe Leander has the potential to make both UIL 6A State and Grand Nationals, should they choose to attend the latter and moved up to 6A by then.

2016 might also be another UIL State year for Leander (as well as Vista Ridge and Vandegrift) if they move up to 6A (which will probably happen). That would be a unique experience for Leander to go to the UIL 6A State Marching Contest (pending area advancement) and Grand Nationals in the same marching season.

Does anyone know if this Stephen F. Austin is the band from Austin or the band from Sugar Land? It's more likely that it's the one from Sugar Land, but I'm not sure.

Bands registered as of 4/11/15, compared with last year's number of participants: Austin: 24 (25) McAllen: 27 (NA) Conroe: 32 (23) Arlington: 29 (24)

Though some of the info I originally posted could be considered: I do not know of any UIL 5A (old 4A) band that went to UIL State and Grand Nationals the same year. Unless there is a band that has done this, I will assume that none of the Leander ISD bands will go next year due to it being a UIL 5A State year.

Whoops. Sorry about that!! (I misused Winston Churchill 2010 as an example of something that they weren't). I've decided to scrap the post to simplify things; I'm making things more complicated than they should be.

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Hendrickson was already mentioned by knowisawesome348.

(Late post, but I felt like I had to point this out) Vandegrift is actually still growing (the school enrollment is currently at 2,062), though by looking at the breakdown of the middle school grades that feed into Vandegrift, it appears the growth is slowing and, therefore, the student enrollment at VHS won't exceed ~2400. Even though Vandegrift is at ~2000 kids, I still believe that Vandegrift will be 6A by the time the next UIL realignment rolls around. For now, they're going to be one big 5A school. Also, random fun fact - High School #6 now has a name: Tom Glenn High School

Numbers wise, The Woodlands had one judge rank them 8th in music at Area finals, so that partially explains Friendswood's victory there, but I will not Friendswood for placing over bands like Spring (though I did not see any of the bands from Area F with the exception of a video of The Woodlands, so I can't tell much performance-wise. But dang The Woodlands has improved a TON since BOA Conroe). I'll keep an eye on Friendswood for SA finals...

Without seeing a lot of these groups at all, here are my biased predictions as of now: (Listed by group in alphabetical order. ) 1, 2, or 3: Hebron Probable Finalists: Cedar Park Claudia Taylor Johnson Flower Mound James Bowie L. D. Bell Leander Marcus Ronald Reagan Round Rock The Woodlands Vandegrift Bubble (Last couple spots, but not necessarily 13 and 14): Aledo Anderson Hendrickson L. V. Berkner Plano East Senior Richland Spring Vista Ridge Westlake After what I witnessed at last year's BOASA, I cannot claim any band as a 100% lock for anything.

Cedar Ridge isn't going either... This is all listed on the MFA website.

Wakeland isn't attending either.

Finals Results: 1st - Vandegrift 2nd - Cedar Park 3rd - Georgetown 4th - Lake Travis 5th - San Benito 6th - Rouse 7th - McNeil 8th - Akins 9th - Taylor 10th- Liberty Hill Full Results: http://www.vrhsband.org/pdfs/2014-15/Tabulation_Sheet_10-04-2014_Prelims_Finals.pdf