TWHSPercDad

Well, I’m sitting in the UD Arena parking lot, looking at the heaviest rain of the week. Every team tonight will get to experience the nasty weather, trying desperately to keep everything as dry as humanly possible. It’s going to be treacherous for the unload, but am INCREDIBLY excited to be down on the floor with an AMAZING group of 32 young people attempting to finish a truly magical season. I hope everyone here and at home enjoys the performances tonight! GO THE WOODLANDS! GO TEAM TEXAS!!

We are leaving Wednesday morning. It’s always great to talk with the other Houston-area teams, color guard instructors, and enthusiasts on our same flight and at the airports. Lots of comraderie and wonderful conversation. That’s just a warm-up though to the enthusiastic response all the guards receive coming up the tunnel after their performance runs. The WGI World Championships is a such an awesome event! Let’s go get ‘em Team Texas! Best wishes to ALL!

Agreed about our Texas guards performing in San Antonio. For example, Jordan HS went from 3rd in SA seeding last week, to 23rd this week. That is a KILLER!!!!

That is a good point, @jmartin1056. Over the past three seasons, the WGI Austin Regional was TWHS’ final opportunity for a seeding score. Well, this season they are attending the Southwest Power Regional and will have a scoring opportunity in the final week of the season. Hard to say what difference that will make, if any. I can safely speak for all the parents and fans here north of Houston who are enjoying every single second to experience the amazing talent that these performers exhibit on the field and floor over these past three seasons!

Great analysis as always @packwick !!!

TWHS was the 2004 Scholastic OPEN National Champion. 2019 was their first WORLD Class Finals appearance (14th). Since COVID (2020 & 2021), TWHS finished 3rd, 4th, and 3rd in WORLD Class (2022, 2023, and 2024). TWHS World Guard will be back in Dayton this season (April 2025)!

from Avon Band’s Instagram site.

This will be The Woodlands World Guard’s first appearance at Denton in six years. Having a late-season opportunity to improve their World Championship Prelims seeding position/score will be nice!

Some of us can remember the Westfield HS Band (school opened in Fall 1981), finished second to Marian Catholic in 1985. First Texas band at GN, first Texas GN finalist. I’d say I wasn’t born yet 😂, but I was actually an oboist and color guard member at Westfield those four years.

No rest for TWHS Color Guard! Back from San Antonio late this past Tuesday night, then TWHS Winter Guard placement auditions were held 36 hours later on Thursday and Friday! Can’t wait!

As someone who has done that for the past three years, I would suggest to do that at least once! I’ve been so fortunate to be on the Floor Crew with an insanely talented TWHS World Guard, and a percussion dad and board member of Austin’s Rhythmic Force, WGI Independent World Percussion finalist 2022 and 2024. Can’t wait for April 2025!

There are essentially two different random-choice events. Prior to Area weekend, the UIL State office will conduct a random draw for each performance time being assigned to one of the ten areas. After Area finals (or prelims, in some cases), the advancing directors pick one of those randomly pre-assigned times. Area C has been assigned 8:30 AM, 1:45 PM, 7:00 PM, and 8:30 PM. The four advancing directors will have a blind-draw for those randomly pre-assigned performance times.

Bumping for dry-sky karma!

Interesting how areas/regions handle things a bit differently. Contest info for 6A Area F notes its Rain Date as Sunday the 3rd.

By the way, I don’t think the musical selections for TWHS’ show have been mentioned anywhere. So in case anyone is interested: Fantasia on Frenchman Street Liberty City - by Jaco Pastorious Invitation - by Bronislaw Kaper Interplay, for Piano Four-Hands and Orchestra - by David Gillingham Summertime, from the Opera “Porgy and Bess” - by George Gershwin Atchafalaya - by Snarky Puppy Home - by Wynton Marsalis