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Finals results: 1. Harlingen 2. Donna 3. Lopez 4. O'Connor 5. Alexander 6. Hanna 7. Taft 8. Sharyland 9. La Joya 10. PSJA North

An Area G band hasn't made state finals in at least the past 20 or 30 years I believe, for sure the past 10. But true, who knows?

Based on past years' results, I feel like you can do that without the Area G results.

Area G prelims results. 1. Harlingen 2. O'Connor 3. Donna 4. La Joya 5. Lopez 6. Sharyland 7. Hanna 8. Alexander 9. William H. Taft 10. PSJA North 11. Marshall 12. United 13. McAllen 14. Brandeis 15. Pace 16. San Benito 17. Palmview 17. Los Fresnos 17. Harlingen South 20. Clark 21. PSJA Memorial 22. Warren 23. Rivera 24. Edinburg North 25. Eagle Pass 26. McAllen Memorial 27. Southwest 28. Del Rio 29. Economedes 30. Edinburg 31. United South 32. Nixon 33. CC Winn 34. Stevens 35. LBJ 36. King 37. Carroll 38. South San Antonio This contest will be a late one. The last finalist performs at 11:15.

No, I understand. This time of the year there's always a lot of trash talking going around once certain people advance and others don't. What happened in '06? I didn't really keep up with that contest as much as this year. I just remember Lopez didn't advance...

don't get me wrong, i do strongly disagree with some of the overall rankings and advancing bands, but i am decent enough not to mention which ones. i will not be condescending of the hard work all 37 bands put in. and i must say i am slightly offended that you automatically assumed that i was upset because the contest didn't go the way i wanted it to. even so, of course i'd be upset in that situation. likewise, it would be easy for me to tell other people to quit complaining if the contest had gone my way wouldn't it?

ok ok everybody chill, don't jump to conclusions. i'm not putting anyone down here. i'm speaking about the inconsistencies between the judges' ranks. i mean look at it: one judge had psja north all the way down at 27, another had harlingen south at 24, jay at 23 and there was even a 30 for rio grande city just to name a few oddities. you can't say it's not a shame that the scores weren't at least a little more consistent. i'm putting down the uil scoring system here, not anyone's accomplishments.

http://www.region28band.org/Contests/0809r...AreaGprelim.pdf Check out the prelims recaps. Anyone else think this contest was a load of bull?

I agree. United is going to have a hard time getting into finals since they're going 2nd. Especially in a really long contest like 5A Area G (every time, not just this time around), performance order really does matter quite a bit. Take the '06 contest for example. Some of the bands that performed early in the morning ended up placing say 11-20, but had consistently outscored some of the finals bands all season long until that day.

Hanna and Lopez are the two big contenders from the Brownsville area. Rivera's program is on the rise as well from what I hear. My favorites to make finals are (in no particular order): Hanna Lopez Harlingen Harlingen South Edinburg Edinburg North Rio Grande City Taft O'Connor United but I could easily see Donna, Alexander, or Sharyland making the cut so we'll see how things turn out. Finals are a total toss-up with this mix of bands.

I should be there for the 2nd half of prelims and maybe finals depending on who advances. This is going to be one heck of a long contest. One of the longest in the state's history maybe? At least for a one-day competition I would think. 47 performances in a single day is a lot! Does anyone know who the judges are going to be?

So far in Regions 11, 15, and 28, thirty-one bands have advanced to the Area contest. If i'm not mistaken, as long as four or more bands from Region 14 received a division 1, then Area G will send 7 bands to state.

Bands that advanced to Area G: Region 11: SA Marshall SA Stevens SA Warren SA Clark Eagle Pass Winn SA Jay SA Taft Del Rio O'Connor South San Antonio Eagle Pass SA Brandeis Region 14: anyone know these results? Region 15: Rio Grande City La Joya Sharyland Edinburg Edinburg North Edinburg Economedes McAllen McAllen Memorial McAllen Rowe PSJA North Region 28: Brownsville Lopez Harlingen South Weslaco Brownsville Hanna Donna Brownsville Pace San Benito Harlingen Brownsville Rivera

City of Palms Marching Festival Results: 3A 1. Port Isabel 2. La Feria 3. La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (4A school--inaugural year) Guard: Port Isabel Percussion: Port Isabel 4A 1. Roma 2. Edcouch-Elsa ? 3. Mission Veterans Memorial ? Guard: Roma Percussion: Roma 5A-2 (smaller bands) 1. Edinburg North 2. La Joya 3. Edinburg Economedes Guard: Edinburg North Percussion: Edinburg Economedes 5A-1 (larger bands) 1. Edinburg 2. Rio Grande City 3. Laredo United Guard: Laredo United Percussion: Rio Grande City Overall (unofficial) 1. Edinburg North 2. Roma 3. Edinburg 4. Rio Grande City 5. Laredo United

Just thought I'd start a thread about the two marching contests going on in the Rio Grande Valley tonight. One is the City of Palms Marching Festival in McAllen. There are no finals for this contest, just one round. Participating bands: Brownsville Rivera La Joya Juarez-Lincoln La Joya Palmview Valley View Mission Mission Veterans Memorial La Feria Port Isabel Edcouch-Elsa Pharr-San Juan-Alamo PSJA Memorial Roma Edinburg Economedes McAllen Memorial McAllen Rowe Laredo United La Joya PSJA North Edinburg North Edinburg Rio Grande City Sharyland McAllen The other contest is the Redskin Marching Contest in Donna. There are Prelims and Finals for this contest with the top 8 bands in Prelims advancing to Finals. Participating bands: Lyford Santa Rosa Raymondville La Feria Port Isabel Rio Hondo Mercedes Weslaco East Edcouch-Elsa Brownsville Porter Brownsville Pace Edinburg San Benito Brownsville Lopez Brownsville Hanna Los Fresnos Brownsville Rivera Harlingen Harlingen South Laredo United The prelims for this contest have concluded already and finals should be starting soon. If anyone knows the results from prelims please post!