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Ohh I'm not judging an entire band by one person...If someone just had our freshmen to judge our band on, I would be pretty embarassed. I just don't like the whole "Good bands have those too" comment....but whatever I'll get over it... Anyways I'm gonna leave now by saying congrats to all that made state, and Sherman I have nothing but respect for you so don't take my comment as me "freaking out."

haha wow...overeaction I wasn't like ticked or anything. I'm just saying a show that makes 1st usually doesn't suck, I get what you're saying but I think you were basically reserved a spot from the beginning.... ohh no I didn't know good bands underperformed too...I thought it was just the bad ones like the one I'm obviously in...

I hate when people in great bands talk about their show sucking... Anyways congrats to Centennial...a young band making state is always a cool deal. I'm hoping that Heath will be the Centennial of 2009.... The funny thing is when we didn't make state a lot of the younger kids were more upset than the older ones...which seems backwards because the younger ones get another chance in a couple years...but whatever

Yeah our band was a little upset today...I don't like the way the number of bands going to state is decided...They need to rethink their logic and create a better way.

Sweet thanks for letting me know. I told my director and he was really relieved.

I didn't know that rule about each region being required to send two bands. Are you sure it's true? Becuase if it is, our director doesn't even know about it because he was telling our band today that we need to hope at least two Region 21 bands get ones so three bands advance to state. So if you're positive that it's true...then I should probably let him know.... P.S. I'm pretty sure there are six bands in Region 21, but yeah I don't see that many advancing.

So the bands I know of from Area C going to area are Highland Park, Midlothian (spelling?), Pearce, Forney, Poteet, Waxahachie and us (Rockwall-Heath). I know there's more, I just don't know who yet.

As much as I hate to admit it, I would agree with you on the rankings. The one surprise up there is Highland Park. Nothing against them, I just didn't really expect them to be up that high in our area. It's kinda killing me right now that our band came in expecting to do well at these past two contests but then only two bands from our area don't beat us (Greenville and West Mesquite)...if this keeps up my senior high school marching season is gonna be my worst one yet...

So we got straight II's last night...needless to say I was a little surprised. I mean I didn't think we did anything amazing, I just thought we did better than last year and last year we got straight ones. But I guess this is a different year with different judges... All the judges said basically the same things, something like "You have a high demand show/drill" with the second half of the sentence left off which is "but the band isn't performing it good enough yet." Anyways, I'm hoping we use this a motivational factor to prove that we are anything but a second division band...but I guess we'll see. So if anyone has the results I would love it if they posted them...not the captions but the actual rankings and all that. Thanks

Does anyone have the actual schedule? I keep on checking Plano East's website, but it still says "coming soon".

So I saw Poteet's show last night (granted it was from the sideline) but I can honestly say that I feel the same about their show this year as I did about their show last year. I have loved the opener both years and then not really liked the ballad or closer regardless of how well they are executed. But yeah, it was a pretty cool show.

Wow...I'm excited now...this competition should be very interesting to say the least...

So I get to see Poteet's show this friday as we are playing them...has anyone already seen it and/or know what it is. One of my friends that use to go to Poteet said it's something about New York or Manhattan right? Also anyone seen and/or know what Pearce's or Sherman's shows are this year. I have tried to find video of any performances this year but have been unable to locate any. Thanks

We know all of our sets and are marching them all this Friday for the first time. We have added a couple visuals, but mainly right now we're cleaning drill.

Mainly I'm gonna be focusing on the 4A bands to get a feel of what bands have a chance at state. 4A bands: 1. Red Oak 2. Greenville 3. West Mesquite 4. Terrell 5. Sherman 6. Forney 7. Highland Park 8. Rockwall Heath 9. North Lamar 10. J.J. Pearce and of course 11. Poteet Should be interesting to see if anyone's predictions change after this contest.

ohh well our general crowd is always very appreciative. They always applaud both bands, even when the other band leaves something to be desired. It's just a very small number of kids at my school that annoy me.

Wow...we don't have to deal with any of that. There are a *select* few varisty football players that use to like to run over our cones and park on our field even though we had that part of the parking lot coned off, but after our director called the towing company and the football kids came out after practice to see their cars about to be taken away by a tow truck...they stoped parking there . Also there are the kids that like to mess with the drumline (which I'm in) by dancing around us and stuff when we're in block playing outside the gym before a pep rally, but after we totally ignore them they stop. And if we are marching there are people that like to stand in front of us because they think we will go around them...how wrong they are... Besides those few idiots, our friday night crowd and school are pretty supportive.

haha...Rockwall-Heath...our school board decided to call our school a longer, annoying to say name because they wanted to make it clear that it's part of Rockwall School District. They said if they had just called it Heath High School (which is much easier to say), then people would get confused and stuff...I think it's dumb reasoning...

same here....except it was 2006, but we only had fish, sophomores and juniors. This is our first year to have seniors and I'm in the first graduating class

This will be my last, first contest of the year also. That's why I'm really hoping we do well and show everyone how far we've come in the past couple of years (my school just opened in 2005).

I was talking with several of my band friends today, discussing how marching band can be a little tedious until contests start. I mean playing for the crowd at football games is cool and everything, but at band contests, the entire crowd is there for band, so you know they're gonna be watching intently and not being noisy ( like at games). Anyways that just made me think about how I *can't wait* for Oct. 6th to get here as that is my band's first contest. We're gonna be at the Mesquite contest...anyone else going and/or excited for their first contest performance?

Haha...I understand...Heath doesn't have much of a history to base anything on

Ok I'm not saying you're wrong and I'm not trying to be cocky...but if Pearce *and* Waxahachie beat us (Heath) to advance to state...I would be a little upset (especially because Waxahachie's old director is now ours, it creates interesting drama ). I'm not cutting these bands down, they're both really really good bands, but last year we came sooo close to beating Pearce at Mesquite and we did beat Waxahachie at Duncanville that if both of them placed in front of us, this year would be a disappointment. Again, I haven't seen their shows this year and I'm not saying these bands don't deserve to go to state. I know they do...so no one freak out at me. I just want to be able to compete at a level as high as them.

4A State Marching Contest Finals at Duncanville Those are my two goals for marching season...concert season is too far away to think about for now...