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Medea's Dance of Vengeance.

True, but they did beat out Lake Travis who got 7th at the most competitive BOA regional.

Completely flew past me. ?Thanks for the heads up! I will try to rank them as accurately as possible.

Thanks! And yeah I guess my thought process was giving bands with more accolades this year a slight edge against those who’s main spotlight score was BOA SA; in this instance, Coppell’s 6th place finish at the St. Louis Super Regional and Cedar Park’s 5A State Championship. Not to say that BOA SA is not a good indicator of band’s abilities, but it’s just one contest.

That’s great to hear! As a San Antonian, I would love to see more bands break out and become noticed. Some pretty crazy things can happen from one year to the next.

Awesome! Though here is where one might see Roma ranked as well. Would have loved to see how they placed at state. Finals seemed very possible this year (school year) for them.

Johnson HS (Buda) is definitely rising ranks after beating out plenty of bigger bands at last season’s Austin regional. Dripping Springs came really close to being in my “next 10”, but recent placements at the 5A SMC have plagued that.

This quarantine has given me a lot of time on my hands so my boredom crafted a quite extensive/unbiased list of what I think are the best current marching bands in Texas. Full disclaimer that this list is fully opinionated and not official at all; I just simply wanted to stir up some discussion during these boring times. Plus power rankings are kinda cool. That being said, I compiled this list using results from every marching contest I could find from the past relevant years (BOA, UIL, USBands, Texas Marching Classic, etc.) so this is not a "best BOA bands" or "best UIL bands" list; just straight up best marching bands list. If you guys want to give your two cents on the list or suggest your own modification, please feel free too; I would like to know what the consensus is on this. Again, as I was making this list I realized how volatile placements can be throughout a season; no ordinal/placement/ranking will ever decide how great a marching band is; there are so many variables that factor into every single performance; I love and respect every single band on and not on this list simply for my respect of the craft. Hope you guys enjoy. The top 9 are what I consider to be the current "powerhouse" bands. I will be updating this weekly once the season commences. ..rip Ronald Reagan Vandegrift Hebron Vista Ridge Leander Claudia Taylor Johnson Marcus Flower Mound The Woodlands L.D. Bell James Bowie Keller Round Rock Haltom Pearland Cedar Ridge Westwood Coppell Westlake Cedar Park Wylie Waxahachie Prosper Stephen F. Austin South Lake Carroll Lake Travis Highland Park Wakeland Oak Ridge Rouse Winston Churchill James Martin Brazoswood Clear Brook Dawson Hendrickson Bridgeland Cy-Fair North Shore Seven Lakes Burleson Centennial Brandeis Next 10 in Alphabetical Order Clements Friendswood James E. Taylor John B. Alexander Keller Central Klein Oak Obra D. Tompkins Stevens Weiss Wylie East ver. 1.01

Realignments have been finalized, but how will this affect marching band?

Would hate to be a judge at this comp

They were barely up incoming

nope.

Wow Centerville! Could easily make finals at any Texas regional.

Getting top half at this comp will probably be harder than any other year.

We should make different threads for 5A and 6A then, to save confusion.

hey man we don’t do that here

Goes to show how judges can get lost in the numbers when so many bands are in attendance, hence why semifinals would fix this problem.

@RoundRock

When has a non Austin finalist made SA finals and DFW champ not be top half in prelims. Crazy stuff.

Yesssss Round Rock with the comeback!

Had to leave right after Leander, but these are my rankings of all until then. More or less. Reagan Vandegrift Leander CTJ Bowie Keller Cedar Ridge Westwood Keller Central Westlake Alexander Clear Brook Hendrickson Tompkins United Forney Del Rio New Braunfels O’Connor Madison Katy Steele Paetow Waller Lehman Legacy McCollum Palmview Smithson Valley Eastview Robstown Jourdanton

Someone tell the judges haha

Tompkins was fantastic! Best band of the block

1. Churchill 2. Dripping Springs 3. Sharyland

Content breaks the tie.