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Okay, so it looks like this will be a relatively small area contest. 28 bands have made Area, meaning that 10 will make finals and 5 will make State. Very competitive!

Oops, I think I put their Area finish. My bad! Fixed it lol.

Here is a list of every band that made State or their respective Area Finals last year for those who may not be that informed on the new Area: Old Area B : State - Panther Creek (2nd) Area Finals - Aubrey (7th) and Krum (9th) Old Area D : State - China Spring (4th), Gatesville (12th), Alvarado (17th), Castleberry (24th), and Robinson (25th) Area Finals - Springtown (8th), Venus (9th), and Kennedale (10th) In 3A : State - Brock (21st) Area Finals - Lorena (5th) Of note from the bands coming from 5A : Lake Dallas got 21st at Area out of 22, Terrell got 7th at Area out of 17, Southwest got 19th at Area out of 24

Here are the results of tonight's competition. Due to a scoring conflict, an eleventh band was advanced to Finals: 1st - Georgetown High School (5A) 2nd - Belton High School (5A) 3rd - Gatesville High School (4A) 4th - Temple High School (6A) 5th - Raymondville Early College High School (3A) 6th - Robinson High School (4A) 7th - East View High School (5A) 8th - Waco High School (5A) 9th - Corsicana High School (5A) 10th - Jarrell High School (4A) 11th - Connally High School (4A) Best in Class 3A - Raymondville Early College High School Best in Class 4A - Gatesville High School Best in Class 5A - Georgetown High School Best in Class 6A - Temple High School Overall Outstanding Marching Execution - Georgetown High School Overall Outstanding Music Execution - Georgetown High School Overall Outstanding Color Guard/Auxilary - Belton High School Overall Outstanding Percussion Section - Georgetown High School

The Midway Marching Preview will be at Panther Stadium in Waco, Texas on October 5th, 2024. The contest will have a UIL Area Prelims and Finals format and will feature 3 music judges, 2 visual judges, 1 percussion judge, and 1 auxiliary judge for both Prelims and Finals. The schedule is as follows, but is subject to change: 11:45 a.m.-Empty/TBA 12:00 p.m.-Empty/TBA 12:15 p.m.-Empty/TBA 12:30 p.m.-Lorena High School (4A) 12:45 p.m.-Connally High School 1:00 p.m.-Robinson High School 1:15 p.m.-BREAK 2:15 p.m.-Gatesville High School 2:30 p.m.-Jarrell High School 2:45 p.m.-Wharton High School 3:00 p.m.-Waco High School (5A) 3:15 p.m.-Belton High School 3:30 p.m.-BREAK 4:15 p.m.-Corsicana High School 4:30 p.m.-East View High School 4:45 p.m.-Georgetown High School 5:00 p.m.-Temple High School (6A) 5:15 p.m.-Raymondville Early College High School (3A) 5:30 p.m.-Midway High School Exhibition 5:45 p.m.-Prelims Drum Major Retreat 7:30 p.m.-Finals Band 1 7:45 p.m.-Finals Band 2 8:00 p.m.-Finals Band 3 8:15 p.m.-Finals Band 4 8:30 p.m.-Finals Band 5 8:45 p.m.-BREAK 9:00 p.m.-Finals Band 6 9:15 p.m.-Finals Band 7 9:30 p.m.-Finals Band 8 9:45 p.m.-Finals Band 9 10:00 p.m.-Finals Band 10 10:15 p.m.-Finals Drum Major Retreat Captions will be as follows: Overall Outstanding Marching Execution Overall Outstanding Music Execution Overall Outstanding Color Guard/Auxiliary Overall Outstanding Percussion Section Best in Class 1A/2A Best in Class 3A Best in Class 4A Best in Class 5A Best in Class 6A