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Saw Shadow Creek and Dawson tonight. Shadow Creek should comfortably be in finals and Dawson is going to be quite special. I dare say, knowing these judges, Dawson might win the whole thing.

North Lamar was 16th in Prelims Ordinals: 22,13,22 13,10 This is a classic case of judges can’t keep track of their numbers and the first band that performs gets screwed over.

Finals Ordinals 1. Pearland HS: 1,1,1 | 1,1 2. Dawson HS: 3,2,2 | 2,2 3. Dickinson HS: 5,5,3 | 5,3 4. S. F. Austin HS: 4,4,9 | 3,6 5. Clear Brook HS: 2,3,5 | 10,7——————————————— 6. Shadow Creek HS: 10,7,4 | 8,4 7. Clear Falls HS: 7,6,7 | 6,9 8. Clements HS: 9,8,8 | 7,5 9. Brazoswood: 8,10,6 | 4,10 10. Clear Lake HS: 10,9,10 | 9,8

Glad this contest had a more unified approach to judging compared to last year.

Full Placements: 1. Pearland 2. Dawson 3. Dickinson 4. Stephen F. Austin 5. Clear Brook ——————————— 6. Shadow Creek 7. Clear Falls 8. Clements 9. Brazoswood 10. Clear Lake

SFA & Dawson have been my favorites today, can’t wait to see them in finals.

Anyone at this event today?

UIL not BOA, Far more Achievement based adjudication.

Watched a run from this week, Dawson is fire. I see 2nd or 3rd, completely different band since they last competed on Oct. 1st.

I saw Brazoswood live last week, Their music scores will drag them down. Dawson arguably sounds better than Pearland this year. ARGUABLY. But enough to were Pearland going after them won’t effect their score. Clear Brook is in a similar music spot like Brazoswood, going after SFA who might win music here.

1. Dickinson 2. Brazoswood 3. Stephen F. Austin 4. Clear Brook 5. Clements 6. Shadow Creek 7. Clear Lake 8. Dawson 9. Pearland 10. Clear Falls

I don’t believe they get enough credit for how hard their music and visual responsibilities are. They definitely have a more traditional design.

They keep all of their videos hidden from the public because of copyright from the queen music.

Dickinson has the unlucky draw of first in prelims and finals, I definitely think they will be unscored here no matter what.

Taking draw time into consideration, Finals Placements should look like: 1. Pearland HS 2. Stephen F. Austin HS 3. Dawson HS 4. Dickinson HS 5. Clear Brook HS 6. Clements HS 7. Brazoswood HS 8. Clear Lake HS 9. Clear Falls HS 10. Shadow Creek HS

Dawson has gotten a lot cleaner. They sound far better than Clear Brook, Brazoswood, and Dickinson, they will make state. I saw Shadow Creek live and was not super impressed, very unbalanced sound but, they do march well!!

Curious to see how the new Frisco school, Panther Creek High School does here. I think they might make finals!!

As DanPod said, this Area is extremely unpredictable and it could go so many ways.

After seeing their UIL run, both Gulf Coast runs, they have quite a bit of dirt in their sound and feet. They still have a week left however.

I see the advancing bands being Pearland, SFA, Dickinson, Clear Brook, Dawson

Draw order doesn’t play out well for Dickinson, they perform 1st in Prelims AND Finals. Exactly what Dawson did last year. Clear Brook & Brazoswood sound very similar to me, watching their UIL performance I could hear consistent individuals in their sound, that does not bode well for them. Pearland has easy music but a really intricate Visual package and should 100% win the Visual ordinals here they don’t sound bad but are top heavy. Dawson has the hardest music book at this contest as well as drill very similar to the 1990-2000 era of marching band in general, very exposed, mostly curved forms, very very hard to clean. Their 20th place finish at BOA Katy was out-of-left field and I still can’t really understand it. Dickinson is Very clean and sound Very good, however, they have one of the easiest shows here. Most of the marching is 4x4 blocks/forms that are very fundamental. No matter what happens Pearland should win. If the judges favor Cleanliness Dawson will be the most negatively effected, Dickinson will do very well. Overall this contest should be better judged then last year.

A Lot has changed in this Area: 1. Pearland (Wins Visual) 2. SFA (Wins Music) 3. Dickinson 4. Clear Brook 5. Dawson ———————————————— 6. Clements 7. Brazoswood 8. Clear Lake 9. Shadow Creek 10. Clear Falls (11. Dulles)

*OFFICIAL* 31 Bands Qualified for Prelims, 12 will make finals, and 6 Bands will advance to The State Marching Band Contest.

*OFFICIAL* 32 bands are qualified for Prelims, 12 bands will be in finals, and 6 bands will advance to The UIL State Marching Contest.

Lied about eligibility of students.