clarinet77

I would research the UIL scoring guidelines to understand more about the visual scores. Choreo is not as much of a factor in UIL judging because the UIL judging doesn’t include a visual general effect category which is mainly what choreo and recognizable shapes fits under. Instead, UIL judging is based heavily on timing and the flow of visual concepts, and the difficulty of the drill while marching and playing. This means that even if a band has no choreo, as long as they have consistent timing and a clean performance of high visual demand, they can score well. I’m not saying that the visual scores were perfect as judging is very subjective, but there is reasoning behind rankings. Also bringing up the idea of visual scores being all over the place and mentioning only one example seems a little personal. https://www.uiltexas.org/files/music/UIL_5A-6A_State_Judge_Manual_(7-judge).pdf

Unfortunately area judging is usually like this, especially because the prelims judging is mainly focused on getting the “right bands” into finals, meaning that as the bands get further from the finals mark, the scores tend to get more inconsistent. Additionally, you referenced a contest that was over a month before the area contest. Many bands didn’t have their full shows on the field at that time, or changed them drastically in the month between contests. It is also a bad habit to compare results from contests with entirely different judging panels especially over a long period of time. Although the judging may not have been perfect (it never really is), saying one group got underscored is highly opinionated. Congrats to all the bands that competed this past weekend and remember that the results don’t define you or your program!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S20zGhg-GZM Dawson @ 2:01:10 Pasadena Memorial @ 2:13:30

I would love some recaps too please

Same here please if anybody has a video of Hebron.