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Leander- Alright, Leander coming out here with a really groovy kind of show! That opener has become one of my favorites for the year so far. The music is really fun and the visuals are really fascinating to watch. If I'm being honest with everyone, it feels like I'm watching The Bluecoats from 2019-2023. This show is going to be very fun to watch throughout the season. And this is just another example of why Leander HS is one of my favorite bands to watch each season. Congratulations to Leander HS on making it into Finals!!

I believe this show could get them into Area D finals.

Hutto- HELLO HUTTO!! That opening hit caught me off guard! I'm really liking the visuals for this show. The music is really fun to listen to. Its very well balanced throughout the band! The bassoon duet in movement 2 was a really cool feature since we don't get to see them very often. The solo in movement 3 was played very well as well! I know there is still cleaning and stuff to do for the show, but overall, I really like this show and can't wait to see how Hutto does this season! Congratulations to Hutto HS on making Finals!!!

Westwood- Alright, the music for their show is so much fun to listen to! Definitely a change of pace from last year's show. The slow movement is very unique imo. Overall, I really like this style of show and can't wait to see how this season goes for them! Congratulations Westwood on making finals!

Round Rock- First off, I want to say that opening Saxaphone solo was SOOOO GOOD! The musical features are really good and being played very well this early in the season! The uniforms look really interesting as well! Overall I really loved the performance! Congratulations on making finals Round Rock!!

https://www.melissaband.com/melissashowcase Go to this website and click on the 2024 contest schedule (it's in bold letters)

Here are the 12 finalists for Las Cruces 2024- Del Valle HS Volcano Vista HS Andress HS Bel Air HS Centennial HS Las Cruces HS Organ Mountain HS Eastlake HS Fossil Ridge HS Loveland HS Americas HS Pecos HS Congratulations to all bands who have advanced to finals and best of luck!

Prelims Results: 4A: 1st: Eastlake HS Outstanding Musical Performance: Eastlake HS Outstanding Visual Performance: Eastlake HS Outstanding General Effect: Eastlake HS 3A: 1st: Fossil Ridge HS 2nd: Organ Mountain HS 3rd: Volcano Vista HS Outstanding Musical Performance: Fossil Ridge HS Outstanding Visual Performance: Fossil Ridge HS Outstanding General Effect: Fossil Ridge HS 2A: 1st: Loveland HS 2nd: Pecos HS 3rd: Centennial HS Outstanding Musical Performance: Loveland HS Outstanding Visual Performance: Loveland HS Outstanding General Effect: Loveland HS 1A: 1st: Thatcher HS Outstanding Musical Performance: Thatcher HS Outstanding Visual Performance: Thatcher HS Outstanding General Effect: Thatcher HS

Overall, each of these bands have put on one great performance after the other! Below will have my overall rankings of the bands- Overall- Eastlake Organ Mountain Loveland Volcano Vista Fossil Ridge Andress Las Cruces Del Valle Americas Pecos Bel Air Los Alamos - Cutoff for Finals - Centennial Cienega Valencia Mayfield Alamogordo Thatcher I would say my top 3 favorite shows were Eastlake, Organ Mountain, and Andress

I really enjoyed each performance for prelims today! Below will be my group 2 ranking imo: Group 2- Organ Mountain Loveland Fossil Ridge Las Cruces Americas Pecos Centennial Cienega

I'm super excited for Hutto!!!! Can't wait to see their performance tonight!

When i get home I'll send you the link for it

I've had the chance to watch Group 1 (group before the break) and here is my personal rankings- Eastlake Volcano Vista Andress Del Valle Bel Air Los Alamos Valencia Mayfield Alamogordo Thatcher I really enjoyed Eastlake's show! I could see them having a chance to advance to State if they keep performing as well as they did in prelims! Volcano Vista had a really fun show and I really loved the Egyptian theme for Andress! Can't wait to see group 2!

Let me know how it goes if your watching! I'll be back in for finals. I'm watching Las Cruces prelims

Yeah. But the stuff I dealt with came from events outside of Marching Bands. I learned about band copyright stuff when I was a freshmen in High school in like 2015

I'm not surprised. Copyright isn't something to mess with. I've learned the hard way with it.

Well today marks the beginning of competitions for Texas Bands! I'll be watching finals for this competition, and I can't wait to see how everything plays out! To anyone competing at this competition, I wish you all the best of luck!!!

I know next Friday will have Anna since they face Melissa who is livestreaming all their games.

I'll be able to see both North Lamar and Canton in 2 weeks, so it will be interesting to see how both do.

I got another chance to watch Melissa and they sound really good musically. But I feel that they have a lot of work to do for marching though, specifically in individual marching (I know it's week 3). Overall though, I'm really enjoying the show!

I had the chance to watch Frisco Memorial's 2024 show and I have to say it's really good!!! I could legit see Memorial making finals. I get to see the show again at Melissa Marching Showcase.

It's mostly a mix of everything you mentioned plus what we feel could happen based on previous year placements. But the predictions people have up now are more of pre-competiton predictions since everyone will change where they could see a band place once more competitions have been held. But everyone will always be cheering for every band at the end of the day.

It still shows they are on the schedule. But they also haven't updated it since August 13th, so it could be possible

Congratulations to North Crowley who was able to defeat DeSoto HS 57-51! Having to face a team that is ranked #5 in the Country in High School Football is not an easy task, but North Crowley was able to take the win! Congratulations again.

I'm very curious to see how Rockwall does this season!