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looking like the gold is between Anderson and Sharyland

Not too familiar with this Area but I remember Permian from the 2016 SMBC and darn were they loud. Other than that, I remember Americas, Montwood, Coronado, and Pebble Hills being some of the bands that advanced in 2016 and 2018.

haven't seen SB or Weslaco either. I do remember seeing a video of Weslaco in 2019 and man how they improved from one year to the next. I expect to see them in finals. Same for San Benito, but that's what I told myself 3 years ago as well; must have been a fluke though.

In THAT case, I see Alexander or Hanna taking the chip. I’ll probably make a prediction list here if I can find some more recent performances from the 6A schools.

thanks for the clarification

Is this being implemented only at state then?

United has a good shot at winning the visual caption; however, now that GE is being considered in UIL, it's going to be interesting to see the approach that judges have in scoring that caption. 2018 was a really interesting year for area g as the top two bands had very different objectives in mind; the lack of a GE caption definitely influenced a lot of how that contest turned out. Saw a video of Hanna recently and I think they sound great; probably top two in the music caption. If you've seen Alexander's show, it's safe for you to assume they'll win the GE caption without knowing much of how it it's scored. I'm curious how San Benito will do as they have been very volatile over the last few years; from getting fourth place at 2018 BOA McAllen regional to not making area finals that same season. Ultimately, I think there's gonna be programs coming into this competition with different strengths so I'm very interested in how this will all play out.

For the first time, this is gonna be more competitive than 6A area. Let alone how much bigger this competition has gotten, these programs are hungry for success after two (four for one band specifically 😮) unfortunate years. With ~28 bands competing, the fight for finals is gonna be insane; with the bottom half of finalists being especially hard to predict. Time to make state finals, kiddos 😎 1. Roma Medal contenders (alphabetical) 2. Sharyland 3. Sharyland Pioneer 4. Rio Grande City 5. Brownsville Lopez - 6. Brownsville Veterans Memorial 7. Brownsville Pace Finals Dogfight (alphabetical) 8. Brownsville Porter/ Gregory Portland 10. Mission Veterans Memorial/ PSJA Southwest

They had another band director (Ronnie Rios) who now oversees Area G band.

looks educated to me??‍♂️

ended impressively and triumphantly!

no worries, i knew you meant it genuinely. we all want to see every program succeed and be competitive.

that's actually so cool

i think danpod made a yt video on it. not too sure

GE: Alexander/Music:Brandeis/Visual: Brandeis Brandeis Alexander Roma Weiss United Sharyland Pioneer Del Rio Georgetown Grapevine Vela Harlingen South Rio Grande City Harlingen Hidalgo McAllen/Memorial

GE: Leander/Music:Vandegrift/Visual:Leander Leander Vandegrift CTJ Vista Ridge Round Rock Bowie Westwood Cedar Park Cedar Ridge Westlake Lake Travis Rouse - - - - - - - - - 13. Burleson Centennial 14. Weiss 15. Hendrickson 16. Anderson/Pflugerville

sad; i’m pretty sure they make finals here

I will say Brandeis and Alexander have different strengths, but it’ll be such an interesting matchup.

I want to say medal lock.

For a UIL contest, I would definitely agree with this statement as the Brandeis Band executes marching and musical fundamentals at a very mature level, however considering this is a BOA contest where 60% of your score is based on GE, Alexander does not kid around when it comes to this department. Only time will tell. That being said, seeing both these bands compete again at the UIL SMBC is not a far fetched idea.

I'm really curious about the Brandeis and Alexander matchup. Should be fun to see; hopefully.

? Quite a bold statement considering they haven't made finals at a regional in recent history. Missed a pretty good opportunity on this one.

how come? ?

I meant I love seeing it be performed in shows.