TubaMomof1

Excellent! We wanted to be there today but we couldn't make it.

Is being "hecka loud" a good thing or a bad thing?

Sad for those who aren't "powerhouses" though. When half the crowd gets up and leaves when a band takes the field.

I would not be surprised AT ALL if this was true after all the shenanigans that went on at Area I last year.

Totally agree with you. I wish everyone good luck this weekend at BOA Houston!

so they don't march in the band?

Yes. Parents have discussed all this and are frustrated at some of the things we see that could be done or done better but aren't happening.

This is absolutely spot on and very frustrating to both students and parents.

This for sure but I'm not sure about the oil money comment-not many kids I'm know in the Houston area are from oil money.

Not in our district. There are too many rules that restrict any sort of fundraising efforts, trucks we can have, days missed from school, etc.

It's just a shame that Houston area bands don't seem to place higher at state (other than one of course). Very difficult when 3 wealthy districts have 8 spots in finals.

It came directly from the UIL website.

I stand by my statements. I went back and looked at results from 2010 onward: 2010 finals: 1 Marcus HS, Flower Mound 2 Bell HS, Hurst 3 Duncanville HS, Duncanville 4 Bowie HS, Austin 5 Coppell HS, Coppell 6 Hebron HS, Carrollton 7 The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands 8 Berkner HS, Richardson 9 Spring HS, Spring 10 Westlake HS, Austin 2012 Finals: 1 Marcus HS, Flower Mound 2 Hebron HS, Carrollton 3 Bell HS, Hurst 4 Bowie HS, Austin 5 Coppell HS, Coppell 6 The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands 7 Westlake HS, Austin 8 Reagan HS, San Antonio 9 Berkner HS, Richardson 10 Johnson HS, San Antonio 2014 Finals: 1 Marcus HS, Flower Mound 2 Hebron HS, Carrollton 3 Johnson HS, San Antonio 4 Bowie HS, Austin 5 Reagan HS, San Antonio 6 The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands 7 Duncanville HS, Duncanville 8 Coppell HS, Coppell 9 Flower Mound HS, Flower Mound 10 Keller H S, Keller 2016 Finals: 1 Flower Mound HS, Flower Mound 2 Hebron HS, Carrollton 3 Marcus HS, Flower Mound 4 Vandegrift H S, Austin 5 Keller H S, Keller 6 Reagan HS, San Antonio 7 Leander H S, Leander 8 The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands 9 Bell HS, Hurst 10 North Shore H S, Houston 11 Coppell HS, Coppell 12 Round Rock H S, Round Rock With the exception of 1-2 spots it is the same bands year after year.

Agreed but it's the same bands year after year. Discouraging if you are not in one of those bands and you already know from the get go that you don't have a chance. And yes you then have to find some of happiness in the work you've done.

So basically only 2 other bands in the field of participants at state have a chance at finals. Sad for all the kids who work so hard for months.