Sideswiperr

Agreed, It sucks how ONE judge can ruin a bands chances at state or finals, when the rest of the judges had them there/or it’s more consistent across the page.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but who would’ve been a finalist between cy ranch and Katy?

Anything thoughts on the bands that performed?

Anything thoughts on the bands that performed?

That was you???!

Some of my personal favorite predictions, some not so much...seeing some repeats of last year with exact same bands/placements. Seeing some interesting ones for sure tho..

If were to rank most likely out of the bunch: Highest Chance of 9th/10th: Cy-Ranch and Katy 2nd Highest: Langham Creek/Parks/maybe JV 3rd highest: Springs/Paetow/waller

Preach! And I know this is unfortunate for the kids that are at our finalist schools That could have gone to state, and our state bubble groups as well as a school that has hasn’t missed state in this area before (7L). But at the very LEAST they will get to march at area Saturday and most likely march at finals. The kids at Cy-Lakes had their season end the second they walked into that band hall today; no figuring out they didn’t make finals, no knowing that prelims was likely gonna be their last run, but “we’ve been disqualified from area, our season is over.” And it really sucks in general, it’s just a sucky situation. I hope we can do the best with what we’ve got Saturday.

I really think its best to not slash or bash Cy-Lakes right now, they are probably getting messages and emails and lots of controversy from parents as well as the school district and the school itself, if they did out themselves, then they did the honorable thing like @JFNDOWBFANsaid, they are already dealing with the things that I've mentioned plus the reputation, other schools/directors that are on the bubble of state, upset students, plus they also must deal with the fact that they are responsible for a school not going to state, as well as a new area schedule. Respectfully, I don't think adding any more stress onto them is going to do any good for anybody. I would imagine the band that gets 5th won't be too happy with Cy-Lakes, so they will have to deal with this on Saturday as well. So many factors, changed schedules...all of the things, so with that said, I hope we have some great band showings and performances on saturday!!!!

its still 10 in finals, just 4 state spots.

anyone know how this rain affects our cy-fair state contenders and cy-fair bubble bands/Katy? wonder if the visuals will decline?

If that ain’t the truth..

It’s not gonna rain…it’s not gonna rain…it’s not gonna rain…everybody now!

Gonna be some funky rankings going on if prelims are finals results, really hope it doesn’t pour on Saturday. Is there a thing where maybe Cy-Fair can help out with the Katy busses? If the entire district is off then Cy-Fair can for sure help out.

“Cy-Fair ISD Marching Contest”

Well, it can be argued that certain shows might not be poised to do as well as other shows in a UIL setting, for example, in 2023, Cy-Fairs show was much more of a BOA show than a UIL show, however, they placed ahead of other groups of a similar skill level/caliber who had a show that was poised to do well at UIL at UIL Area that year, the only difference between Cy-Fair and those other groups is the difference in "performance level", while of similar Caliber Cy-Fair's performance level is above theirs. So essentially, all in all what I am saying is that as far as Langham Creek and Cy-Ranch go, it comes down to who has the best/cleanest performance that day.

Rooting for Cy springs on Saturday!!

Can you contact BOA? Been tryna get a hold of him but he’s not responding, USBands tried earlier but they didn’t get back to them either, might need to ask cypress showcase and battle at the berry

I enjoy their show, it’s pretty nice, really a big fan of the ballad with the woodwind thing as well, it’s a really fun show and they are performing it fairly well, I think UIL judges should reward that nicely

Interesting how the last two blocks contain majority of our potential finalists lol

I wouldn’t say they don’t have atleast some of the wow factor, their percussion feature visuals in the rest of the ensemble should score some good points, it’s good staging as well

Could be, could be not but we will get a few yk

Maybe tell cy-fair to not build so many high schools jeez😭

My only concern for cinco ranch is the visual, that REALLY shows up from the press box at the berry center, here are my final predictions for area. 1. Cy-Woods(bold but I think there’s a chance, with area judges are more concerned with how cleanly one can perform usually, at state difficulty also comes into factor, go bears! Really enjoyed this show yesterday, the crowd LOVED it) 2. Bridgeland(I just think they need to clean up some things visually/musically, other than that very solid, and I will look forward to their show at GRAND NATS!!! Go wildcats! Enjoyed this show yesterday!) 3. Cy-Fair( cool show, most likely very clean right now, should look good, really enjoy the paper cranes!!! Go mustangs! Enjoyed this show yesterday) 4. Jordan(I think this show is a show headed to San Antonio this Saturday, love this group and their improvement man. Go rams!!) 5. Cinco Ranch(I think this show has great visual continuity, with the lemons, the impact moments are fairly clean and can be really effective with these judges, it’s just the cleanliness of the visual that bothers me a lot, could switch with seven lakes but I would love to see them get to state after what happened in 21’, go panthers! 6. Seven lakes( great show, just a step down from last year IMO, state is possible but the energy isn’t as “high” although I will say it’s SOLID, it’s a neat show overall, go cougars!) 7. JET( GREAT show, love the colors man lol, this could be a dark horse for state, really clean musically man, love the clarity and finesse, judges should score this well hopefully, go tigers!) 8. Tompkins( that opening hit is amazing, but the rest of the show doesn’t have the glimmer and shine that the opening does, but it’s nice nonetheless, overall I think it’s a step down from last year but that’s okay, I could see this switching with Cy-Ranch or Katy, go cubs!) 9. Cy-Ranch( I enjoyed this show yesterday, cool effective things going on generally, a possible dark horse with lots of potential, just needs to clean some things overall, go Spartans!) 10. Katy(I enjoy this show, nice show overall, I do understand freeman took some students from Katy so band size may have decreased just a bit, but overall it’s nice show, I really like the closer, could see langham creek switching out with Katy depending on how Saturday goes) ——————— 11. Langham Creek(it’s a nice show, things to clean of course but it’s definitely a dark horse to push into finals, wouldn’t be surprised to see them advance to area finals, I just think they need to have some more glimmer/shine in their shows to really make a huge statement to judges, go eagles) 12. Cy-Park(cool show, area finalist is possible 100% I really like the eyes haha, go lobos!) 13. JV(cool show, seems like they are taking it back a bit and just “laying low” for a bit, go cougars!)

All 12 groups of cy-fair, plus memorial, and Waller.