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We will see, I personally want North to come out on top since its my now alma mater district, but will be happy with them qualifying for state, they are trying to fix the worst feeder in the district which is what caused their slump besides staff changes

Gonna try and revive this early along with 5A, but any of yall predicting some new faces/finalists? The senior class is now the class most effected by covid IMO for high school, with the freshman now barely effected by COVID being their 1st year (which does depend on the teaching of the middle schools but generally teachers can run them through the basics fast after a year), so Im expecting some shift in power in the middle portion of bands and curious if anyone has some takes.

No? I bet they havent even made state or even area, noone has ever really talked about them in these marching band forums at all so they probably opened recently, new directors and all that, I dont see them making finals at any BOA regional for another 10-30 years

Whos this Hebron group? Must be new to BOA or something, probably placing in the low 20s

McKinney North is on severe upward momentum from what I know with their feeders and staff, theyve got younger members stepping up alot with a really cool show in the making, would not be surprised to see them at 2nd this year for area, 4th at worst for my prediction (anything is possible but thats just my thoughts). And if they make state I can only assume they place in finals.

Also just saw Keller, this competition is looking really great

My only TRUE locks that are guaranteed to make finals are Timber Creek, Waxahachie, and Wakeland, everyone else is so close in skill that a bad or good run could mean the difference in 3rd to not making finals, going to be one of the most exciting comps due to how narrow the difference in skill is.

McKinney Boyd HS: City in The Sky Confirmed selections: Machu Picchu: City in the Sky by Satoshi Yagisawa Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla From what ive heard from people that have heard the opening is that the quality and difficulty is many times harder and better then the previous years show, not even a comparison, so will definitely be a group to look out for.

McKinney High has been working their asses off and their feeders are getting stronger which also benefits Boyd, and their new head is much more fit than the previous so they will definitely be in finals, but its gonna be 2-3 years before they can have state potential in my opinion, but once they get to that point and when North eventually becomes 6A competition is going to be extremely cutthroat and could see one of the powerhouse districts besides LISD being switched to area B. Prosper would likely swap back to Area B, McKinney North has no guarantee to become 6A until the new middle school begins and is built, so to lighten the overall competition for the bottom 3 spots it would be best as Prosper would also still be competitively viable in B (or make a new area).

Being in the DFW/Bedford area, no Austin next season is the strongest easily, at DFW theres a pretty decent gap between top 4/5 and everyone else, but from how this is shaping there isnt a gap between top 4 and the rest, its gonna be a gap between finalists and non finalists with alot of the heaviest hitters at 6A and 5A state finals, compared to the 4-5 finalists, and most to all from 6A at that.

Marcus and Flower Mound for sure, I dont know the last time either of them didnt go to this competition. Coppell and Wakeland are possible.

McKinney North and High are confirmed for Wylie via calendars

Considering McKinney North being very close to Aledo at BOA Waco and on their good run at Area last year had them well ahead of Lone Star, I can see them making finals on bottom half.

McKinney High is going, North and Boyd staff dont like doing comps that early so they wont, could see happening in the future if the yearly UIL thing doesnt work out and we get the “BOA” years

Right, got my calendar dates mixed, and its ProsperISD so they will be Area B since WEast moved from Area B 5A to Area C 6A, and for my prediction just move everyone up and is still valid.

I dont see how the current showing is gonna lead to 3 groups getting 2s frankly, only risk of a 2 I can see is maybe Allen getting field penalty at region, but they are smaller than normal so thats most likely not going to happen along with new UIL rule which allows electronics on field a bit earlier, were gonna most likely see 12 finals and 6 state spots.

Well the issue is not that they arent clean, but more that the shows are easier than recent years but are visibly sloppier, at this point in the season with the COVID year not being too much of a valid excuse considering last years success for both. And I am not saying they are bad, faaaaar from it, but its just odd to me how dirty they are with a relatively simple show FOR Flower Mound, could just be a rough start and be completely wrong come the end of the season.

Somethings going on with the Lewisville schools at least to me, Flower mound despite their easier show visually, had pretty visible errors, and impacts weren't as strong as their regular output, and Marcus scored pretty low at HEB, almost getting beat by Wakeland (no disrespect by the way, Wakeland is clearly putting in a lot of work) but Marcus’s score is lower than usual, DFW BOA is going to be pretty interesting, and I have no idea how Hebron is doing right now.

There are 32-33 bands participating to advance to area, so unless 3-4 get twos at region which is looking more unlikely with Garland and Forney schools recent success, there will be 12 area finalist spots and 6 state qualifiers spots.

Ive heard of people going from Wylie people and this is roughly the list I have: 1.Flower Mound 2.Keller Central 3.Lake Ridge 4.Lebanon Trail 5.Liberty 6.Lone Star 7.Lovejoy 8.Mansfield 9.McKinney 10.McKinney Boyd 11.Sachse 12.Summit 13.Wylie (duh) This is also not confirmed and could see more or less faces here, but these are the groups I'm fairly certain are going.