mellodude

Definitely some varied judging opinions, the colony placed 12 and had 2 state qualifying placements in different captions, but got 2nd to last in another caption throwing off the placement

3-9 are definitely a toss up, it all depends on who cleans the most before area and has the best run.

Some predictions based off of past competition results and band programs’ recent history. *1. Wakeland (0.05 behind Marcus at Prosper *2. Lonestar (11th place at Prosper) ———— *3. Lebanon Trail (Although reedy beat them out at Wylie, every year they pick up their slack a lot before area and rise the ranks, but they could fall off following their 5th place in prelims last year) *4. McKinney North (They’ve performed the same style of show 3 years in a row now, but as shown by past results it works for them as UIL likes it and that’s what they’re most likely going to stick with.) 5. Argyle (I’ve heard they’re having their best year yet and also seen their show and it looks pretty great, but I don’t know if it’ll be good enough to rise above LT and MKN.) 6. The Colony (Placement could really be anywhere depending on how good their run is, TC is a very hard band to rank due to their runs in videos having different stick outs in each one. But following their cleaning before area and a good run, they could give 3-5 a run for their money.) 7. Reedy (Unfortunately haven’t been able to see their show so this is just off of how I’ve heard they’re doing and past year results, I can’t see them skyrocketing up to top 4 like some people have been saying even though they placed well at their competitions, but I could always be wrong, excited to see what happens with this band at area.) 8. Emerson (Placed right above the colony at BMI but 12 points below in prelims, unless there’s some serious cleaning and fixing with their consistency, they’ll be stuck in the bottom 5 of finals. 9. Walnut Grove (They’re too new of a school to fly up the ranks that quickly, I’d love to be proved wrong, but I can’t imagine them being above some of the bands that have been at this for 5+ years at least.) 10. Independence (although they missed finals last year I believe they got screwed over by being the first performing band and having to perform in the freezing cold with rain, I think they make it back into the top 10 but don’t fly above some of the bands wit more accomplishments this year.)