BandNerd07

This is just an indicator of how deep and brutal the competition is in texas.

Do you by any chance have a full recap? There's for sure gonna be a huge shake up this week. And also, Colleyville beat Centennial and then Paschal beat Burleson at USBands. Definitely gonna take some time for me to fully digest this weekend.

At this rate, this has become the most predictable area in dfw (maybe even in tx) because with area B we know it's probably gonna end up being coppell, the keller schools, and potentially slc or ld bell while in area J we have the lisd trio and prosper and maybe the wylies or mckinneys. At this rate literally everyone has a chance which isn't gonna be the case for any of the other areas.

Don't forget North Garland or Rowlett either. Heck, throw Richardson and Lake Highlands in there too, this area is sooooo unpredictable!

Anyone know the full results? Here's all I know 1st - SGP 3rd - Crowley 5th - Juan Seguin

No, they didn't announce prelims results. Any info on the prelims results came from the directors.

Yes, we only had our opener up until our ballad on the field. We hope to add our closer next week.

North crowley got 9th in prelims

Something I've decided to do this year is create area rankings that are updated weekly. Rankings are changed each week based on contest results, the likelihood of beating other bands ranked ahead of them, and UIL region results. Here's where the rankings currently stand as of this week: 1. Aledo 2. Burleson Centennial 3. Richland 4. Birdville 5. Fossil Ridge 6. Azle 7. Colleyville Heritage 8. Grapevine 9. Midlothian 10. Burleson 11. Joshua 12. Granbury 13. Chisholm Trail 14. Summit 15. Paschal 16. Brewer 17. Midlothian Heritage 18. Timberview 19. Saginaw 20. Cleburne 21. Creekview 22. Newman Smith 23. Arlington Heights 24. Everman 25. Juan Seguin 26. Turner 27. South Hills 28. Trimble Tech 29. OD Wyatt 30. Polytechnic 31. North Side

Dang, I'm sorry if I offended anyone. I ranked Martin really high because they beat bands like Birdville and Fossil Ridge, who are also state tier bands, and Mansfield beat Martin. Boswell's placement was high because they finished 3rd at BOA Odessa and Trinity placed 3rd at BOA McAllen. But I guess in a way it does kind of make sense why you may be concerned about Lake Ridge's placement, given that none of the 4 bands have head-to-head beat LR yet. Is this better? 8. Lake Ridge 9. Boswell 10. Mansfield 11. Martin 12. Trinity So basically what I've done is boosted Lake Ridge up and just bumped everyone else down a spot. And again, it's my first time doing this, so I'm always looking for ways to improve this.

Just curious, do you have the prelims breakdown?

Yeah I know that 4 bands (Boswell, Mansfield, Martin and Trinity) are currently ahead of LR, but let me explain it a bit. Martin had a really good showing at USBands Saginaw, winning it all and beating bands such as Fossil Ridge and Birdville. Mansfield beat Martin at Don Hanna this past week, boosting them up several spots (and also beat LR in music at area last year). Boswell and Trinity had BOA success a few weeks ago medaling at their respective contests. Also something to keep in mind is my rankings aren't solely based on a band beating so and so, but the likelihood of beating a band. For example, James Martin beat Birdville and Fossil Ridge at Saginaw, so they would be highly likely to beat some other bands ranked ahead of them. I do realize that this isn't a "perfect system" but I'm working my best at it though.

The reasoning behind Highland Park being so highly ranked was because they finished 3rd at Mesquite and we don't really get anything put of them from MMI because they were the only band in this area to attend. But HP has historically been successful in 5A but have been struggling a bit ever since moving up to 6A, but now that they are back, hopefully we can expect to see them in SA in November.

Oh, okay and btw if something looks wrong, please let me know as I may not always look at every single contest and might possibly miss something. I'll keep a note on the changes that need to be made.

Something I've decided to do this year is create area rankings that are updated weekly. Rankings are changed each week based on contest results, the likelihood of beating other bands ranked ahead of them, and UIL region results. Here's where the rankings currently stand as of this week: 1. Coppell 2. Timber Creek 3. Keller 4. LD Bell 5. Southlake Carroll 6. Haltom 7. Keller Central 8. Boswell 9. Mansfield 10. Martin 11. Trinity 12. Lake Ridge 13. South Grand Prairie 14. Arlington 15. Legacy 16. Weatherford 17. Crowley 18. Lamar 19. North Crowley 20. Grand Prairie 21. Bowie 22. Cedar Hill 23. Sam Houston

Something I've decided to do this year is create area rankings that are updated weekly. Rankings are changed each week based on contest results, the likelihood of beating other bands ranked ahead of them, and UIL region results. Here's where the rankings currently stand as of this week: 1. Highland Park 2. Kaufman 3. Poteet 4. North Mesquite 5. Lakeview Centennial 6. Red Oak 7. Terrell 8. West Mesquite 9. Texas 10. Crandall 11. Marshall 12. DeSoto 13. Lufkin (M) 14. Nacogdoches (M) 15. Whitehouse (M) 16. Ennis (M) 17. Hallsville (M) 18. Jacksonville (M) 19. Greenville 20. Tyler 21. South Garland 22. Naaman Forest 23. Hillcrest 24. Sunset 25. Wilson 26. Adams 27. Jefferson 28. WT White 29T. Adamson 29T. Samuell 29T. South Oak Cliff 31. Molina

You are right about that. I think if you were to say that last year, I would've thought that was just a joke and would've laughed my butt off. But this year, honestly anything can happen at this point. Besides from Waxahachie and Forney, nobody's safe.

On Crowley's band calendar

I wouldnt be so soon to count out Castleberry, Robinson, or Southwest either. Castleberry and Robinson both made state out of Area D and Southwest drops from 5A, where they've been struggling the last few years coming out of COVID. I think they will do great here too. So in other words, a lot of bands can compete for state here and is probably the hardest area in 4A.

Yeah I don't know what's going on either. I'm a member of the north crowley band and we've been struggling this year. We actually beat North forney last year who got 2nd this year beating byron nelson and Richland. A lot of people in my band believe that it could be various things, such as a lack of visual moments, or just too many freshmen in the contest Blick who haven't fully developed the marching fundamentals yet, or just not enough effort being put in overall. Hopefully we can get it figured out by next week at sound of Springtown and UIL.

I just found out where this contest is being held. It will be at FWISD Clark Stadium. But here's the only bands we know will be in attendance: Crowley Juan Seguin SGP And btw is anyone attending? If so, lmk about the full lineup.

And North Forney might even be in the state convo as well. They placed 2nd at the USBands Dallas Regional last night beating Byron Nelson and Richland. Also, Garland and Rowlett look to be area finalists as they both made finals here and beat bands like Lakeview and Lovejoy. Area C is no longer the "easiest area" anymore.

I know that Juan Seguin has this on their calendar as well, but once again, no information.

I hope so too. I personally think Lamar and Grand Prairie will advance given that they both made finals at their respective contests and had a successful first contest. GP actually beat Bowie which didn't make finals, but I haven't got to see them this year yet. As for Houston, I saw a video of their performance at their game vs SGP and they are definitely taking a step up both musically and visually. Most if not all of this area should get 1's so we get 10 finalists and 4 state advancers.

Yeah just realized I had the wrong Keller on there lol. But either way, kc being that low is still a shocker