BandNerd07

Yeah SLC is another example of inconsistency. Took them 3 years to get back to state after advancing in 2021. In 2022 they must've had a rough prelims performance with them getting 12th but then losing to Dville in the tie breaker. And then last year, they tied with KC for 7th and would've made state based on prelims results but fell short in finals. It'll be interesting to see if they keep a sense of consistency as well.

Looks like no one else started this topic, so I guess I will. Anyways this is gonna be a fun area like always. Here's my early season predictions: 1. Coppell - Safe to say they are a lock, coming off of their 4th consecutive Area Championship. 2-3. Keller/Timber Creek - They always seem to go neck and neck during early season contests. TC seems to beat Keller at a lot of early season contests (HEB, BOA Bedford/Prosper) but Keller always figures it out by area. Interchangable but locks IMO. 4-7. SLC, KC, LD Bell, Lake Ridge - The last spot will come down to these 4 bands. SLC can 2-peat a SMBC appearance, KC can advance for the first time in 6A after barely missing state this year, Bell had a rough season. Can they bounce back? And then Lake Ridge, for the first time in a while, is in the state Convo. Very fun show last year and can't wait to see them build on to last year's success. Finalist Bubble - Halttom, Trinity, Boswell, Martin, Mansfield

There was also a proposal to medal ALL state finalists, so if that and D3 pass, we could see an area like area J advance SEVEN bands to state, allowing Braswell, Wylie, and McKinney advance. I do think it would kinda be crazy to only send 3 area finalists home, but it does make sense considering that this is the toughest area in the state. Every state level band should be allowed to advance without getting the short end of the stick.

Well, it looks like this area will be an absolute bloodbath this year, but here's my prediction of every band this area: 1. Marcus 2. Hebron 3. Flower Mound 4. Wylie 5. Prosper 6. Mckinney 7. Wylie East 8. Braswell 9. Mckinney Boyd 10. Byron Nelson 11. Rock Hill 12. Lewisville 13. Allen 14. Little Elm 15. Plano East 16. V.R. Eaton 17. Guyer 18. Plano Sr 19. Plano West 20. Princeton 21. Northwest

Here's my go at predicting every band at area this year: 1. Coppell 2. Timber Creek 3. Keller 4. Southlake Carroll 5. LD Bell 6. Keller Central 7. Haltom 8. Lake Ridge 9. Boswell 10. Martin 11. Trinity 12. Mansfield 13. South Grand Prairie 14. Legacy 15. Arlington 16. Weatherford 17. North Crowley 18. Crowley 19. Lamar 20. Cedar Hill

About the rain, they may end up delaying the start of prelims, which would mean the performance times would get pushed back a few hours. I remembered last year at 5A Area F, prelims didn't start til like noon or something and was supposed to start at like 8 or 9. Prelims awards ended up being at like 7 or 8, which meant some bands in prelims performed with pitch black skies, and then finals went all the way until midnight. Area contests have to be completed by midnight, so if that doesn't work they may end up making the contest prelims only, which would mean bands would be certified based on prelims results. But this is interesting as I don't think this has ever happened before, when the original date and the alternate date are rained out.

The full recap has finally been posted. Some of them did surprise me. But anyways, here you go! 1. Aledo (State Qualifier) 2. Midlothian (State Qualifier) 3. Colleyville Heritage (State Qualifier) 4. Burleson Centennial (State Qualifier) 5. Richland (State Qualifier) 6. Grapevine (Area Finalist) 7. Azle (Area Finalist) 8. Chisholm Trail (Area Finalist) 9. Fossil Ridge (Area Finalist) 10. Birdville (Area Finalist) 11. Saginaw 12. Arlington Heights 13. Timberview 14. Summit 15. Joshua 16. Burleson 17. Granbury 18. Creekview 19. Paschal 20. Brewer 21. Newman Smith 22. Cleburne 23. Midlothian Heritage 24. R.L. Turner 25. Everman 26. South Hills 27. North Side

It's top 5/bottom 5 draw.

Here's the area finals schedule: Azle - 7:15 Grapevine - 7:30 Birdville - 7:45 Fossil Ridge - 8:00 Chisholm Trail - 8:15 Richland - 8:30 Midlothian - 8:45 Aledo - 9:00 Burleson Centennial - 9:15 Colleyville Heritage - 9:30 FINALS AWARDS - 10:00 And btw was this website down for anyone else for a long period of time? It just seems like out of all of the days, it has to be area day when the site goes down... happened last year too.

Here's my ranking as of now. Not based on past results but rather based on my personal liking of the shows: 1. Forney 2. Waxahachie 3. Rockwall 4. Duncanville 5. Sachse 6. North Forney 7. JJ Pearce 8. Berkner 9. Garland 10. Rockwall Heath 11. Lake Highlands 12. Richardson 13. Royse City 14. Rowlett 15. North Garland 16. Tyler Legacy 17. Mesquite 18. John Horn 19. Nimitz 19. Irving 20. MacArthur

Yes, this is definitely a bloodbath of an area. And to think if one more band had gotten a 2, there would only be three bands for state...

Here's the schedule

So that's 20 bands qualified for area. However, 6 of these bands are military bands: Ennis, Hallsville, Jacksonville, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, and Whitehouse. So that's actually 14 bands attending that march corps style. There will be 10 finalists and 4 to state.

Thanks for the info. TMF hasn't been posting the Region 3 results at all. And nice to see Naaman Forest make Area in a long time too.

Grand Prairie just received a 2. Arlington is the last band to perform so assuming they get 1's it's pretty much official. It's 10 finalists and 4 to state from this area.