Jeffrey L. Gorman

I guess this region shatters the idea that anyone can get a 1 Rating. To be honest, over the years, this has been the Region that has had more Bands given lower scores than any others I can remember. You do not see many 5's. In todays contests a 3 is a Bad Rating.

Results of the UIL Region 5 Marching Contest, Oct 17, 2018 at Mansfield, TX * Advance to Area Class AAAA Benbrook 1* Diamond Hill 3 Dunbar, FW 2 Western Hills 1* Class AAAAA Arlington Hts 1 Carter-Riverside 2 Eastern Hills 2 Seguin 1 legacy 1 Polytechnic 2 South Hills 1 Southwest 1 Wyatt 1 Timberview 1 North Side 1 Class AAAAAA Arlington 1* Bowie 1* Lakeridge 1* Lamar 1* Mansfield 1* Martin 1* Sam Houston 2 Trimble Tech 2 Summit 1* Paschal 1* UIL Region 20 AAAAAA Marching Contest, Duncanvillel, TX 17 Oct 2018 *Advance to Area Cedar Hill 2 De Soto 1* Duncanville 1* Grand Prairie 2 Irving 1* MacArthur 2 Molina 3 Nimitz 1* Skyline 2 S. Grand Prairie 1* Townview 3 Waxahachie 1* White 2 UIL Region 20 AAAAA and Below Marching Contest, Dallas, TX 18 Oct 2018 Advance to Area* Class AAAA Ferris 1* Heritage 1* Hillcrest 3 North Dallas 4 Pinkston 3 Wilmer Hutchins 2 Carter 4 Roosevelt 5 Class AAAAA Adams 1 Adamson 3 Ennis 1 Jefferson 2 Kimball 4 Lancaster 3 Midlothian 1 Red Oak 1 Samuell 4 Segoville 4 S. Oak Cliff 3 Spruce 2 Sunset 3 Wilson 1 Conrad 2 Highland Park 1

Gilmer also has an indoor facility where they can host Bands. Problem is there is no seating for folks and the judges have to stand up above the Band. In Nov 2002 I sat through Rain, sleet and some snow during the State Marching Contest at Baylor University. They had several students get injured during the contest and they did not have finals due to weather(probably the worst I have ever sat through). Duncanville beat L D Bell for the Gold Medal. I agree that they should have indoor facilities probably one in each area. The probably is getting the state to fund this. They also can be used for football. November this year is looking to be cold

Results of contest as posted on the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Fine Arts Web Page Enrollment Class 1 1. Louise High School All Caption awards also given to Louise Enrollment Class 2 1. Memorial 2. Stratford 3. NorthBrook All Caption Awards to Memorial Enrollment Class 3 1. Cypress Lakes 2. Eisenhower 3. Spring Woods Music, visual, and Percussion Caption Awards to Cypress Lakes Guard Caption Award to Eisenhower Enrollment Class 4 1. Bridgeland 2. Langham Creek 3. Cypress Creek All Caption Awards to Bridgeland Enrollment Class 5 1. Cypress Ranch 2. Spring 3. Conroe Music & Percussion Caption Awards to Cypress Ranch Visual & Guard Caption Awards to Spring Grand Champion Bridgeland 2nd Place Cypress Ranch 3rd Place Spring No scores were listed for the event

You Are Correct. Sam Houston was sandwiched on the UIL Forms between two AAAAAA School listed. they are 5A. The 2 Rating is Correct

Below are the results of the UIL Region 4 A, AA, AAAA & AAAAA Marching Contest held on Oct 16 in Mt. Pleasant, TX. Class AAA Bands will perform on Oct 23rd. * Advance to Area Class A Union Hill 1 Class AA Big Sandy 1* Clarksville 1* Como-Pickton 2 Harleton 1* Hawkins 1* James Bowie 2 Linden-Kil 2 Maud 3 Rivercrest 2 Union Grove 1* Class AAAA Gilmer 1* Kilgore 2 Liberty Eylau 1* N. Lamar 1* Paris 1* Pittsburg 1* Pleasant Gr 1* Spring Hill 1* Class AAAAA Marshall 1 Mt. Plesant 1 Pine Tree 1 Sulphur Spr 1 Texas High 1 UIL Region 29 Marching Contest Results, 13 Oct 2018, Northside Stadium, San Antonio, TX * Advance to Area Class AA Center Point 2 Harper 1* Junction 1* Class AAA Comfort 2 Johnson City 2 Tom Moore 2 Class AAAA Bandera 1* Boerne 1* Fredericksburg 1* Class AAAAA Brackenridge 1 Champion 1 Edison 1 Highlands 1 Jefferson 1 Lanier 2 Burbank 1 Harlan 1 Tivy 1 Class AAAAAA Brennan 1* Warren 1* John Jay 2 Marshall 1* Stevens 1* Brandeis 1* Holmes 2 Sam Houston 2 O'Connor 1* Clark 1* Taft 1*

This is a bad weekend to get a lot of the top Bands involved. On the 20th, weather permitting, 15 of the Regions are hosting their marching contest for UIL with schools such as those in the Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Rio Grande along with West Texas and the Panhandle. Almost 700 High School Bands will be involved in UIL Regions. The lineup is heavy with Bands from the Metroplex and no other areas. US Bands just does not get the fact that going up against the UIL schedule of Region contests is not a big winner in Band Selection..

Results from the Mesquite Contest. Scores are Ordinals from the Judges. Ratings are also listed for Each School Listed in order of scoring. 2.60 Marcus I Rating 6.30 Forney I Rating 8.80 Rockwell I Rating 11:20 Rockwall Heath I Rating 16.60 North Forney I Rating 16.70 Greenville I Rating 19.70 Midlothian I Rating 20.50 Canton I Rating 22.80 N. Garland 1 Rating 33.30 Marshall II Rating 33.40 Terrell I Rating 34.50 Cooper, Abil I Rating 37.00 Commerce I Rating 37.10 Tenaha I Rating 38.10 Abilene II Rating 39.20 Mabank I Rating 40.80 S. Garland II Rating 49.50 Cayuga II Rating 49.60 Caddo Mills I Rating 54.60 Eustace II Rating 55.00 Grand Saline II Rating 56.40 Kemp II Rating 62.70 Quinland Ford II Rating 64.90 Malakoff III Rating 65.00 Palmer III Rating 67.60 Rio Vista III Rating Schools from the Mesquite ISD were Scored and Given Ratings. They were not eligible for awards North Mesquite 1 Rating Mesquite 1 Rating W. Mesquite 1 Rating Poteet 1 Rating Best Band in Class 2A Tenaha Best Band in Class 3A Commerce Best Band in Class 4A Canton Best Band in Class 5A Forney Best Band in Class 6A Marcus Best Band in Show Marcus

They just posted results from the Mesquite Contest today(only took 9 days) and Marcus cleaned up in the awards. Their Ordinal score was. 2.60 Second Place was Forney at 6:30 with Rockwell at 3rd with an 8.80 Ordinals Score. Really was not much of a contest for Marcus.

Results of Contest Numerical Scores are in Ordinals as in UIL Events Class 3A 8. Marion 10. Lago Vista 14. Poth Guard & Percussion Caption Awards to Marion 4A 9. Wimberley 10. Taylor 11. La Vernia 20. Gonzales Guard Caption Award to Taylor. Percussion Caption Award to Wimberley 5A 6. Seguin 9. Alamo Heights 16. Southwest 19. Crockett Guard & Percussion Caption Awards to Seguin 6A 5. Smithson Valley 10. Roosevelt 15. East Central 20. San Marcos Percussion & Guard Caption Awards to Smithson Valley

Results from the UIL Region 22 Marching Contest in El Paso, TX on 13 Oct 2018 and UIL Region 11 A-AAAA Marching Contest at Hondo, TX on 31 Oct 2018. Region 22 at El Paso * Advance to Area A Marching Contest Class 2A Van Horn 3 Class 3A Anthony 3 Class 4A Clint 2 Fabens 2 Mountain View 1* San Elizario 2 Decision Not made at this time on 2nd Band to represent Region Class 5A Andress 1 Austin 2 Bel Air 1 Bowie 1 Burgess 2 Canutillo 2 Chapin 1 Del Valle 1 Eastlake 1 El Dorado 1 El Paso 1 Horizon 1 Hanks 1 Jefferson Silva 2 Parkland 1 Riverside 1 Ysleta 2 Class 6A Americas 1* Coronado 1* Franklin 1* Montwood 1* Pebble Hills 1* Socorro 1* Region II Marching Contest Results Class 1A D'Hanis 3 Leakey 3 Nueces Canyon 2 Rock Springs 4 Sabinal 2 Class 2A Bracketville 2* Charlotte 1* La Pryor 3 Class 3A Cotulla 1 Dilley 2 Lytle 1 Natallia 1 Class 4A Carrizo Springs 1* Crystal City 1* Devine 1* Hondo 1* Pearsall 1* Pleasenton 2 Poteet 2 Uvalde 1*

True the stadium was not made to host a BOA type contest, however to be fair to BOA, the place got clobbered by a Tornado and very Heavy Rain in the mid afternoon and there was no way to keep ever one under cover in that stadium. Maybe next year they can rent out McLane Stadium at Baylor University. Just glad no one got hurt.

The 31st edition of the Edna Cowboy Marching Invitational will bring 28 Bands to Edna to compete in the event. This event also has a Judges critique of each Band Conducted after their performance by one of the Judges for the event. Line up is as follows 10:00 AM Edna 3A 10;15 AM Danbury 3A 10:30 AM Brazos 3A 10:45 AM Luling 3A 11:00 AM Rice Cons 3A 11:15 AM; Van Vleck 3A 11:30 AM East Bernard 3A Break 12:45 PM Pettus 2A 1: 00 PM Yorktown 2A 1: 15 PM Bay City 4A 1: 30 PM Sweeney 4A 1: 45 PM Wharton 4A 2: 00 PM Columbia 4A Break 2: 30 PM Tidehaven 3A 2: 45 PM Palacios 3A 3: 00 PM Hitchcock 3A 3: 15 PM Victoria East 5A 3: 30 PM Calhoun 5A 4: 00 PM Ganado 3A 4: 15 PM Industrial 3A 4: 30 PM Smithville 4A 4: 45 PM La Marque 4A 5: 00 PM Brazosport 4A 5: 15 PM Needville 4A 5:30 PM Stafford 4A 5: 45 PM Heights 6A 6: 15 PM Prelim Results and Finals Contestants Named 7: 30 PM Finals begin

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The Canyon High School Band will host the Comel Classic Marching Contest at Canyon High School in New Braunfels, TX on Oct 13, 2018. the event will be scored in accordance with UIL Area Scoring with 60% scoring for Music and 40% for M&M. There will also be judging for Percussion and Guard Captions. Schedule of Bands is as follows 9:00 AM Seguin 5A 9:15 AM San Marcos 6A 9:30 AM Marion 3A 9:45 AM Lago Vista 3A 10:00 AM Poth 3A 10:15 AM La Vernia 4A 10:30 AM Wimberley 4A 10:45 AM Taylor 4A 11:00 AM Gonzales 4A 11:15 AM Canyon 6A In Exhibition Only 11:45 AM 3A & 4A Awards 12:30 PM Alamo Heights 5A 12:45 PM Soluthwest 5A 1: 00 PM Crockett, Aus 5A 1: 15 PM East Central 6A 1: 30 PM Roosevelt,SA 6A 1: 45 PM Smithson Val 6A 2:15 Class 5A & 6 A Awards

Being from a Career Law Enforcement/Investigative background(43 years), I can appreciate what she went through to get this job. One of my good friends son just completed the Law Enforcement Course at the US Park Service Academy in CO and is stationed at Yellowstone National Park(Tough job but someone has to do it.). Growing up in CA, I hope she is fortunate to get assigned Up in the Armstrong Redwoods near Eureka. Most beautiful part of a beautiful state that unfortunately has far to many problems for me to want to deal with. I have a nephew just joined the Police Department in Sanger, CA. His father my brother was a career Police Officer in CA. May she have a great career serving in this dual hatted job.

Prairie View A&M University Panther Band will host its 3rd Annual Marching Festival on Oct 20th 2018. This contest was started 3 years ago to provide a contest for Bands who have not been involved in competitive style Marching to prepare for UIL Region Marching Contests. The Judges for the event are David Terrell James Dolim Mike Hardy Fred Velez Ram Estrada Rob Sullens Percussion Marty Adams, Guard Schedule for Contest 1:00 Heights 1:30 Westside 2:00 Hightower 2:30 Austin 3:00 Royal 3:30 Sterling 5:00 Willowridge 5:30 Sharpstown 6:00 Marshall 6:30 Waltrip 7:00 Elsik 7:30 Lamar 8:00 Awards and Performance of Prairie View A&M Panther Marching Band

This is an interesting contest with Bands from LA, TX and AR competing. They have done a good job trying to get more recognition for the event and I liked the fact that they had both UIL and ASBOA Judges doing to event on several occasions. Buddy Deese, the former director of Texas High School got this moving and while it is not the biggest event, I think it brings together schools from different states and communities. I think it is more fun to watch than some of our bigger shows. I concurr that judges used to dealing with contests in the Metroplex and San Antonio Area might have been a little harder on the groups. They have some differences such as far fewer kids taking private lessons and smaller staffs at the schools.

Results of the Contest are as follows Class 2A & 3A School Rank in Class Overall Rankings Troy 1 13 Bosqueville 2 18 McGregor 3 19 Wortham 4 20 Class 4A Salado 1 9 Lorena 2 15 Gatesville 3 16 China Springs 4 17 LaVega 5 21 Mexia 6 22 Class 5A Eastview 1 3 A&M Consol 2 5 Rudder 3 10 Corsicana 4 11 University, Waco 5 13 Class 6A Harker Heights 1 1 De Soto 2 2 Copperas Cove 3 3 Temple 4 6 Ellison 5 7 Killeen 6 8 Shoemaker 7 12 Music Award to De Soto Auxilary Award to A&M Consolidated Percussion Award to Eastview Finals 1. A&M Consolidated 2. De Soto 3. Harker Heights 4. East View 5. Copperas Cove 6. Ellision 7. Temple 8. Salado 9. Killeen 10. Rudder

I have to wonder when was the last time you attended a Marching Contest of strictly Class 1A-3A Bands in the rural parts of Texas. My guess is that it has been many years. Last Saturday the 6th of Oct the Irion County HS Band from a school of 181 students marched in the Concho Valley Marching Festival and received a 1st Division Rating, Best in Class Award and Drum Major Award. If you read their facebook page you would notice that the Band works with the Cross country team getting members of the Band from their meet to the contest. Coaches drive the Busses to the Band Contest, and most of the Band is involved in other activities. If you look at the Ratings sheet, none of the Bands in Class 1A were rated on Color Guard. The reason is simple they cannot afford or support a Guard program. In recent years the difference between our small schools and large schools has lengthened . Almost all class 1A-3A school Bands share their members with the football, Cross Country, FAA, and Cheerleaders. Band directors cannot demand their members devote 100% of their time to the Band. It cannot happen and would not be supported.A family with children in these schools might have to support their activities in Band, Football(yes Football players march at Half Time in These Schools(how many 6A schools would allow that. Either you are in or out of the Band program) The fact is that most students in small schools in the rural areas are involved in far more activities than students in major metro areas. Parents have to support many school actlivities and Band Directors have to work around scheduling contests due to conflicting events. Most kids in rural areas are also involved in FFA and work with their families. Tomorrow, Troy HS Band is hosting a PRE-UIL Marching contest that works with Class 1A-3A Bands. It is held on a weekday since that is one of the few times the Band Directors have total access to their people. I think you and many other folks who are into the Big Programs ought to attend Rural Marching Contests to see why these schools see things differently. My Region has 47 Class 1A-3A Schools, we have 16 5A and 6A schools.

The Troy High School Band will host it annual Pre-UIL Marching Band Festival on Tuesday Oct 9 starting at 9AM. This event which features UIL Judging and Ratings along with Judges Critiques after each Bands performance is geared to Bands in class 1A to 3A who would like a performance event prior to entering UIL Regional Contests in the next two weeks. This event has been on going for several years and has had a good response from schools who want to get a critique of their performance without entering a

Results from the Rocket Review at Judson High School, Converse, TX on 6 Oct 2018 Class 2A 58.2 Harper Class 3A 54.475 Rice Consolidated Class 4A 74.425 Fredericksburg 72.9 Taylor 62.625 Boerne 58.525 Bandera Class 5A 82.725 Wagner 82.025 Floresville 78.925 Harlan 76.7 C.C Winn 75.825 Burbank 70.25 Sw Legacy 69.425 Highlands 64.975 Edison 64.85 Kennedy Class 6A 85.65 Earl Warren 83.4 Brandeis 79.4 O'Connor 78.55 Eagle Pass 70.9 Holmes 68.8 John Jay Best in Show Earl Warren

Results of the Concho Valley Classic held at San Angelo Central High School on 6 Oct 2018 Outstanding Band Andrews High School Class 1A Best in Class Irion County Drum Major Award Irion County Percussion Award Rotan, NM Band Ratings Class 1A Irion County 1 Rotan 1 Eden 1 Menard 2 Bronte 2 Class 2A Best in Class Forsan Drum Major and Percussion Awards Forsan Color Guard Award El Dorado Band Ratings Class 2A Forsan 1 Ozona 1 Mason 1 Winters 2 Haskell 2 El Dorado 2 Christoval 2 Class 3A Best in Class Sonora Drum Major and Percussion Awards Sonora Color Guard Award Wall Band Ratings Class 3A Sonora 1 Jim Ned 1 Colorado City 1 Grape Creek 1 Wall 1 Stanton 2 Reagan Co 3 TLCA 3 Class 4A Best In Class and Contest Andrews Band Ratings Andrews 1

Final Results from the Galena Park Marching Festival Class 4A 1. Lumberton 2. Brazosport Class 5A 1. Willis 2. Barbers Hill 3. Porter (Galena Park which was a Host Band had the 3rd Highest Score in Class 5A 4. Kingwood Park 5.Terry 6.Huntsville 7.Lamar Consolidated 8.Texas City 9. Montgomery 10. New Caney Class 6A North Shore which was a Host Band Had the Highest Score of all Bands in Class 6A 1.Cy Ranch 2.Tomball Memorial 3.Kingwood 4.Deer Park 5.C E. King 6.Cy Ridge 7.La Porte 8.Channelview 9.Klein Collins 10.Clear Creek 11.Rayburn 12.Summer Creek 13.Aldine Nimitz 14.Pasadena