lhbenlee

So much for not trying to jinx Leander again. 🤨 I've only seen American Fork and Brownsburg in video and visually clean but I can't agree musically. Perhaps it will be different live and of course it depends on how good any given run is, but I find it hard to see that there is huge gap in how clean they are, especially given technical demands and overall quality of the musical performances for CP, Leander, etc...

Anyone need tickets to finals?

Wakeland isn’t here. There are a few issues with this list to say the least.

Yes, but since that snapshot, rezoning has gone into effect that changed the feeder pattern and CP got a big influx from that.

This would mean 0 bands outside of the top 5 in panel 2 make finals and the next 4 after the top 5 from each are all in panel 1. While possible, I doubt that will happen.

Having seen the show many times, this was the cleanest I’ve seen and heard and was high energy.

Were you watching in person or on the stream? I saw it in person up high and I’m really not sure what you’re referring to. Perhaps there was stuff in the live stream.

I believe they are 6a now.

Is this a serious take? If so, username checks out.

Great performances all around. The results were quite close.

Rezoning was done to balance this out across the schools. There will be a temporary bump in some here and there but that is to offset an upcoming decline in other feeder schools. Most LISD schools will settle out in 5A although Rouse and Glenn are projected to be 6A in a few cycles prior to a 7th LISD high school opening. Vandegrift is projecting a decline while the others remain mostly consistent, especially with a 7th school. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xi13D2Qdqu1GCZkFMjik75H0ln5uvG4J/view

Schedule has been updated: https://www.uilmusicregion11.org/uploads/1/3/5/3/13535811/_final_5a_area_h_mbc_schedule_2024_updated_10-20-24_use.pdf

Friday early afternoon for Leander and CP.

Leander did it in 2016 and this time 5A UIL state is before BOASA which actually helps. CP is in the same boat.

This area was redrawn for this UIL classification cycle and includes more bands than the past few years, so definitely a decent chance of getting 5 to state.

The feeder population trend showed that would happen without any changes. The districted re-zoned to counter it.

Life zoned out of them? The rezoning is to put numbers back in Vandegrift, CP, and Vista by pulling from the growth in the north going to Rouse, Glenn, and Leander. The projections were VHS, CP, and VRHS would shrink by the end of the decade. Rezoning was done to prevent that.

From what I recall, Round Rock was late in getting their show in 2019 and then it had major issues and they ended up reworking it significantly after BOA Austin. They did an awesome job to come from behind and do well later in the season and at GNs. So that's a different situation so far. Curious when you were there and for how long. I don't gauge much from the last few runs of the longest rehearsal of the week on a hot day. Kids are wiped out by then. Friday night will be a better barometer.

I think this may be the BOA McAllen schedule by mistake. 😉

I didn't say anywhere I was happy with it, I was just calling out the reasons, pros, and cons. In fact, don't like that bands who always want to go to BOSA and sometimes GNs now have a harder time planning for that because there is never an off-year for state, but I do see why UIL is doing it. Additionally, UIL continues to evolve their rules and judging criteria in such a way that it's becoming more aligned with BOA. There are still differences but they aren't as significant as they used to be and I think the delta for the "lesser version" of the art between BOA and State will continue to shrink pretty quickly. It stinks that bands will have to opt out of State, BOASA, and/or GNs, some years just because of the schedule and it all being too much in terms of money, travel, time, etc...

I believe the logic is that UIL was losing ground to BOA for a lot of the best bands in the state and needed to curb that. Knowing that most districts will force schools to prioritize UIL over BOA, they made the move to go every year. It is also easier for many schools to participate in Area and State since the district will often cover some or all of those costs versus the booster program having to do so. The State format also allows more programs to get recognized for a level of success.

The new high school will be in the north part of the district and focused on relieving the drastic increases for Glenn and Rouse. It may pull CP and others back down some but with the extreme numbers projected for the northern LISD schools, I also expect continual rezoning to maintain balance so I don't think it's a given that it will be temporary. If 7A is introduced later this decade based on continued population growth in the state, it's all up in the air as you likely get lower cutoffs for 5A and 6A as well which would keep bubble schools in the higher class. I think predicting beyond one cycle right now is a fool's errand.

That is not necessarily true. LISD has rezoning that kicks in starting in Fall of 2024 and it will make a significant difference to all of the schools. This UIL snapshot and realignment are before any rezoning happens so it does not take it into account. The rezoning is specifically designed to address declining numbers at CP, Vista Ridge, and Vandegrift and increasing numbers at Leander, Rouse, and Glenn. The projections are that all LISD schools will be near or within 6A class sizes in the next 2 years based on the middle school populations and re-zoning. A 7th high school is being planned. Here is a link to the district projections. Note that even the 2024-2025 school year would have CP as close to 6A as Leander is now and all other LISD schools in 6A based on the new cutoff. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xi13D2Qdqu1GCZkFMjik75H0ln5uvG4J/view

Numbers are out. 2275+ for 6A

This source thinks the cutoff will be closer to 2285 since some schools will opt up into 6A although somewhere between 2265 and 2285. It will be interesting to see where it falls.