I am a band mom who attended Area D last night. ALL of the bands were amazing and I have no idea how you could narrow it down to just 6 for state. Congratulations to all the bands. I just wanted to say that the Connally band's show was just beautiful and aside from my kids' band (of course ) I thought your show was so entertaining and wonderful. I know you must be feeling disappointed, but you created something really wonderful and moving and you should be very proud. In the end, all of these contests come down to the opinion of a few people on any given day, and you just really have to do something that you know you can be proud of, and that makes you winners! Well done, everyone. Good luck at state!