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What can I say but that band as an event produces such beautiful art and steadfast friends, that all I can really take from my 4 years is some great memories, area or not. And I'm sure any band kid would feel the same way(:

Update on that. I'm still not super clear on the rules regarding time, but our band director ended up deciding that the evidence was against us and he is not going to go through with an appeal. These things happen, and even though it's a super disappointing conclusion to this year, we are very proud of our show and had lots of fun getting to the point we did. I am super excited for the kids that will do area in 2020. Allen is getting better and better every year, and I can't wait to see the new heights they reach. Top 5 in area finals would not surprise me at all.

Allen kid here. Yup, we went over the 8-minute time limit (by 3 seconds). Pretty crushing situation for us, especially the seniors who did not ever imagine region would be our last performance. Apparently, there were some issues regarding the timekeeper with other bands as well, so it's getting appealed. If you watch the performance from first to last note, it's under 8 minutes by around 20 seconds, but it's hard to tell from the rules what exactly starts the clock. Nothing is super clear right now, but it's all in the hands of UIL at this point...we shall see.