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I'm not affiliated with Duncanville, but was privileged to see their heart-tugging performance in SMC Prelims and was wowed by them. They marched and played such a different and emotional show this year. Their on-field warm-up was what got my attention--BEAUTIFUL!!! Then their opening set grabbed my attention--their drill was all over the field, which is extremely difficult to manage--but they did more than manage and their marching was outstanding! Holy Woodwind technique!! Those fingers were movin'--and together!! And that front ensemble and battery... WOW! Then there is the Colorgaurd--tons of them--with great routines! I was shocked like most others that they didn't grab a finals spot, but luckily I was there to witness such an amazing show. Glad someone posted it on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sWARkurBMQ I have to admit that was my favorite show of the night. (ahhhh.... MAHLER!!!) Congrats to all the bands that performed on Tuesday and Best of luck to all the Texas bands. :-) AND a big thanks to txbands.com for providing all they do for this website. Great job!!

Area G: 1. Calallen HS 2. Roma HS 3. Alice HS alt. HM King Scores were kinda everywhere in prelims, but finals were kinda accurate. Floresville was very impressive in various ways, but didn't advance. Area G bands are VERY much improved and should definitely be in the mix in SA! Calallen and Roma march extremely well and Alice sounds pretty darn good!!!!!

How is Duncanville HS looking this year???

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Here is Alice HS and Roma HS

Alice High School at Area G marching contest. Sound quality is not the best on this recording, but they sounded pretty amazing at Area. Still wondering how they ended up 5th??? It was extremely windy that day/night. If they improve their individual marching then they should do well. Can you imagine they have a non-varsity marching band as well???!!! At least I think they still have the other marching band. Craziness!!!

Don't count out the Area G bands by any means. They have greatly improved and it will be interesting to see how they stack up this year. At Area G, Calallen was only 3 points behind Roma after finals. They can both march extremely well. Alice HS and H.M. King (kingsville) both sound pretty darn good this year!!! Too bad Alice marches 2nd in the line up, but they can hold their own (amazing sound) and is a BIG band!!!! Edcouch is quite small and did well at Area, but having seen many state contests, I would not bet on them. We shall see....

Pretty Serious Judging Panel!!! I hope these bands eat their wheaties Saturday morning!!! ;-) UIL AREA G 4A CONTEST SCHEDULE Saturday, October 24, 2009 Calallen High School Corpus Christi, Texas PRELIMS 14 Gregory-Portland HS A 9:00 9:30 9:45 11 Boerne Champion HS B 9:15 9:45 10:00 14 Flour Bluff HS A 9:30 10:00 10:15 14 Laredo Nixon HS B 9:45 10:15 10:30 28 Edcouch-Elsa HS A 10:00 10:30 10:45 14 Port Lavaca Calhoun HS B 10:15 10:45 11:00 15 Mission Veterans Memorial HS A 10:30 11:00 11:15 11 Pleasanton HS B 10:45 11:15 11:30 BREAK 14 Rockport-Fulton HS A 11:30 12:00 12:15 15 Roma HS B 11:45 12:15 12:30 14 Beeville A.C. Jones HS A 12:00 12:30 12:45 14 Laredo LBJ HS B 12:15 12:45 1:00 28 Weslaco East HS A 12:30 1:00 1:15 11 Medina Valley HS B 12:45 1:15 1:30 14 Calallen HS A 1:00 1:30 1:45 14 Alice HS B 1:15 1:45 2:00 11 J.F. Kennedy HS A 1:30 2:00 2:15 BREAK 11 Floresville HS B 2:00 2:30 2:45 11 San Antonio McCollum HS A 2:15 2:45 3:00 11 Harlandale HS B 2:30 3:00 3:15 14 Tuloso-Midway HS A 2:45 3:15 3:30 14 Laredo Cigarroa HS B 3:00 3:30 3:45 28 Mercedes HS A 3:15 3:45 4:00 11 Southside HS B 3:30 4:00 4:15 11 Kerrville Tivy HS A 3:45 4:15 4:30 14 Kingsville H.M. King HS B 4:00 4:30 4:45 TAMU-Kingsville (Exhibition) A 4:15 4:45 5:00 Verification Period 5:15 Announce Results 5:30 FINALS Finalist Band # 1 B 6:45 7:15 7:30 Finalist Band # 2 A 7:00 7:30 7:45 Finalist Band # 3 B 7:15 7:45 8:00 Finalist Band # 4 A 7:30 8:00 8:15 Finalist Band # 5 B 7:45 8:15 8:30 BREAK Finalist Band # 6 A 8:15 8:45 9:00 Finalist Band # 7 B 8:30 9:00 9:15 Finalist Band # 8 A 8:45 9:15 9:30 Finalist Band # 9 B 9:00 9:30 9:45 Finalist Band # 10 A 9:15 9:45 10:00 Verification Period 10:30 Announce Results 10:45 Judges: Gary Faust, Austin Jeremy Strickland, Fort Worth Philip Geiger, Houston Rick Villarreal, Allen Dr. Abel Ramirez, Champaign Illinois

Here is the Gregory-Portland HS Band (very windy that day). Alice HS is very good as is HM King (Kingsville) and Calallen HS. Can't find vids of the others except a very windy version of Calallen. I believe Alice HS was ranked second in 4A music at Westlake. Gregory-Portland HS Calallen HS

Some VERY MUCH improved 4A bands here in Region 14. Alice, Calallen, Gregory-Portland, Laredo Nixon, LBJ, H.M. King (Kingsville), & Tuloso-Midway were all very strong in various areas. Alice HS sounds AMAZING and their marching has greatly improved from last weekend at Westlake, Calallen marches better than any band in the area, G-P sounds AMAZING and has a MONSTER tuba section. They will all do well next weekend at Area. Best of luck to all the 4A bands advancing to Area next week. Area G will be a very interesting contest!!! I 4A 1 12:15

I just saw this on youtube. Insane how they always sound AMAZING! Cool show and looks like they have not finished it yet. Freakin' trumpets Rock!!! This is crazy to play sitting down much less moving every which way. Awesome job Duncanville!

Duncanville should have definitely been up there. They had the best performance in my opinion. I had goosebumps throughout the show. --Definitely no where near 10th place-- The sonority and maturity of the sounds stood out from any other band. Coppell, Marcus, and Hebron sounded very good as well. Very well played and marched (not easy drill by any means)!!! The best D'ville show I have heard/seen. Kudos to those kids for a job well done!

Saw Duncanville on youtube.... HOLY CRAP!!! Amazing!!! All I can say is Bravo to those kids!!!!!! I am still in awe and completely speechless. Makes me excited about that Honor Band concert!!! Best of luck to all! Again, AMAZING!

How does Duncanville look/sound this year? What is their show? Anyone seen them?

Anyone seen or heard Duncanville??? Saw a post on another board that said they were pretty amazing this year. I really wanna see them this season, but am too far away. :-(

I beg to differ, but the judges were pretty much dead on. Austin Westlake was pretty darn good. They played better in prelims, but they put out some pretty amazing sounds that night and definitely outplayed the rest. Westlake's brass and woodwinds were pretty impressive. Then there was Lake Highlands and they were a huge surprise that day. They played and marched the heck out of their show. They sounded great for such a small ensemble. The reason some bands do well year after year is because they are good programs and work hard. One could say the same thing about competing at the State level. Why do the same bands continue to place so well at the State Marching Contest or BOA? B/c they work their butts off and are pretty darn good.

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