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Looks like the performance schedule has been altered slightly

I think being able to see the bands up close instead of behind a track is definitely a big plus from this stadium

Here's the contest schedule

I think we'll probably see the same finalists from last year make finals this year as well. I bet it'll be something like this. - 1st: Pearland (of course) - 2nd through 4th: Dickinson, Clearbrook, and Dawson - 5th: Clements - 6th: Brazoswood - 7th through 9th: Clear Lake, SFA, and Clear Falls - 10th: Pasedena I put Pearland in 1st because we all know they'll probably win this area, but in the 2nd through 4th spot I put 3 of the best performing schools in this area behind Pearland. The reason I put them there is because as we saw through prelims and finals last year, there was a lot of movement in placements. I believe all three of these schools have what it takes to get that second place, if they have a good run of their show. I put Clements in the 5th spot because I believe that they have a excellent program that will get them into the top five, but I find it hard to see them breaking top 4 in finals. However, I wouldn't find it completely improbable for them to do that. We saw them placed 4th in prelims last year. I put Brazoswood in 6th, again because of the same reasoning for Clements. I believe they have a good enough program to stay in the top 6 and maybe break into the top 5 like they did in prelims last year, but then again they are going up against very competitive programs. For 7th through 9th, I think it would be hard to say who goes where. These spots have always been shifting around these past years, but I believe that these programs will stay in these spots and not let anyone take it from them. For 10th I put Pasadena Memorial because I believe they are a strong program that separated the finalists from the nonfinalists. Personally I wouldn't find it hard to see them get a higher placement in finals this year. With all these good programs, there are also some that we should watch out for, like Shadow Creek and Clear Springs. These bands were close to making finals last year. With a jump in the quality of their programs we might see them make finals this year. And just as a disclaimer, these predictions are very VERY early in the season and mostly based on results from previous competitions. We'll have to see how these bands do in the upcoming weeks to make any more informed predictions. With that said, I wish these programs a wonderful season a chance for the best of the best to make it to the state marching competition👍 Edit: Wow, I just wanna say that I completely forgot about Foster and Fulshear. I believe that they could be at finals this year, but it's hard to say since this in their first year in 6A. I don't want to place them in a spot and then be wrong later on, but I think they could have a good shot at being in the bottom half of finals this year based on what I've seen of their programs and how well they've done at the last 5A area and state contests. Again only time will tell. Even though I have high hopes for them, I just have a feeling that they may not even make finals. Way too often do we see exceptional programs move up a classification and then become average in that higher class of programs.

Looks like Dickinson HS will also be attending this year

Dickinson HS 2024: Confectionary Musical Slections: Pure Imagination - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Famishius Fantasticus - Michael Markowski Somewhere in Time (Main Theme) - Roger Williams Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein

Dickinson HS 2024: Confectionary Musical Slections: Pure Imagination - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Famishius Fantasticus - Michael Markowski Somewhere in Time (Main Theme)- Roger Williams Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein

I know this is kinda early, but any thoughts on who might be going to this competition?

Hopefully at least 25 bands will qualify for area this year so that 5 make it to state

I know this is pretty early, but hey might as well have this here for next season.

Does anyone know which bands advanced to area?

It'll be exciting to see if dickinson will be able to overtake clear brook at this competition. I've heard good things about them, but since they don't really compete in boa competitions it's hard to tell where they will place.

Oh okay that makes a lot more sense. Thanks for clearing that up👍

Hey I filled out a prediction thing a while ago for the Lone Star Preview but I haven't seen it on the predictions page. Did yall get it or do I need to make another one?

I don't know if I could see Clear Brook winning, but I could definitely see Dickinson taking that 3rd or 4th spot

Wow! After looking up some of these names, I'm surprised that this competition has so many well known adjudicators.

Looks like the Scores are in for this competition. 1. Dickinson 86.700 2. Pasadena Memorial 84.100 2. Grand Oaks 84.100 4. Clear Lake 82.000 5. Cinco Ranch 81.900 6. Klein 80.000 7. Caney Creek 77.900 8. Channelview 75.700 9. La Porte 74.400 10. Sam Rayburn 73.300 10. Lamar Consolidated 73.300 12. Terry 72.000 GE: Dickinson Music: Dickinson Visual: Dickinson Percussion: Dickinson Guard: Grand Oaks

It's seems that Summer Creek HS has also dropped from this contest.

Oh okay that makes sense. I was wondering why they registered then dropped so quickly.

It looks like Jordan HS and Aldine HS have both dropped from this competition.

Looks like they finally posted the schedule for prelims 10:15 AM TOMBALL HS 10:30 AM KLEIN HS 10:45 AM SHEPHERD HS 11:00 AM MAGNOLIA HS 11:15 AM CLEAR BROOK HS 11:30 AM MAGNOLIA WEST HS 11:45 AM BRAZOSWOOD HS 12:00 PM BREAK 12:30 PM DICKINSON HS 12:45 PM CANEY CREEK HS 1:00 PM KLEIN CAIN HS 1:15 PM KLEIN FOREST HS 1:30 PM GRAND OAKS HS 1:45 PM PORTER HS 2:00 PM BREAK 2:30 PM KLEIN OAK HS 2:45 PM KLEIN COLLINS HS 3:00 PM SPLENDORA HS 3:15 PM WILLIS HS 3:30 PM COLLEGE PARK HS 3:45 PM BRIDGELAND HS

It looks like Aldine HS canceled and Jordan HS dropped from the Contest.

Oh okay thanks.

Oh cool! Thank you so much man. Btw where does it say what captions will be awarded?

I'm guessing the music, ge, marching, auxiliary, and percussion would be there. Not entirely sure tho. I'm just assuming this because that's what's on the USBands Dallas Regional prediction page. Sorry this is my first time submitting a prediction, so I'm not really sure where is says what captions will be awarded.