UIL 6A Area I 2024

[bassboneman]

Where did the Katy hype come from? 

[fsc]

Could we see 12 finalist?

[Sideswiperr]

  On 10/21/2024 at 3:11 PM, ruben_f said:

Hey yall! Some people haven't seen other school's shows, so I will post the most recent videos of them! (possible finalist)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUe2lzqj2E (Bridgeland)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTg4GTsjAPk&t=12s (Jordan)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDq_71JnaPY&t=2s (Langham Creek)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjSPdXgWmKM (Paetow)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccBVX08wF7U (Cinco Ranch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmsuWUX3KGg (JET)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX1IcgZ1mYo (Katy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dUWN-TwXOyE (Seven Lakes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB09DZgfSa4 (Cy Fair)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_S1ZUW5a5I (Cy Woods)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM-v8GQciWc (Tompkins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9pY-pHAnCi4 (Cypress Ranch)

https://youtu.be/BzuoGB5kXyw (Cypress Park) - video got cut sorry about that

 

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I remember doing this last year with the videos 😂, really fun.

[Oboeish20]

  On 10/21/2024 at 4:49 PM, bassboneman said:

Where did the Katy hype come from? 

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Them getting 4th at Berry Contest and having 3/5 judges put them above James E. Taylor.

[Sideswiperr]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:05 PM, fsc said:

Could we see 12 finalist?

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If 30 bands qualify for area, we very well could, meaning cypress park, cypress ranch, and langham creek would maybe be “locks for finals”

[ruben_f]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:18 PM, Sideswiperr said:

If 30 bands qualify for area, we very well could, meaning cypress park, cypress ranch, and langham creek would maybe be “locks for finals”

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also 6 STATE SPOTS 🥳🥳🥳

we see after region!!

 

[Sideswiperr]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:21 PM, ruben_f said:

also 6 STATE SPOTS 🥳🥳🥳

we see after region!!

 

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I hope with the Addition of freeman and Dunham pointe HS in the coming years from cy-fair and Katy, 12 finalist spots and 6 state spots are possible.

[Cwill2606]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:15 PM, Oboeish20 said:

Them getting 4th at Berry Contest and having 3/5 judges put them above James E. Taylor.

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Katy also beat Taylor by getting 3rd in music after only a week of cleaning 

[skibidiwarrior]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:05 PM, fsc said:

Could we see 12 finalist?

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it’s like almost impossible. There are only 31 varsity 6A’s in the area which barely leaves any room for error.

[kodml000]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:25 PM, Cwill2606 said:

Katy also beat Taylor by getting 3rd in music after only a week of cleaning 

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I'm not going to lie these music judge ordinals are very confusing, Jordan music content > Bridgeland content?

One judge also put William B Travis' music content at 85 while the other put it at 59, two DRASTICALLY different scores.

I wouldn't take Berry results as end all be all, or even a great indicator for the season.

Just my opinion!

[ruben_f]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:26 PM, skibidiwarrior said:

it’s like almost impossible. There are only 31 varsity 6A’s in the area which barely leaves any room for error.

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he right!

and a lot of Houston ISD bands usually don’t attend area  

[TigerJ948]

I think we'll get 25 or 26 bands to Area, with 10 or 11 coming from 23 and 15 from 27.

[tubapop]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:46 PM, kodml000 said:

I'm not going to lie these music judge ordinals are very confusing, Jordan music content > Bridgeland content?

One judge also put William B Travis' music content at 85 while the other put it at 59, two DRASTICALLY different scores.

I wouldn't take Berry results as end all be all, or even a great indicator for the season.

Just my opinion!

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Bridgeland's brass has historically been a weak link and the woodwinds outperform them. Last year state UIL finals, the woodwinds came in ahead of Pearland, Coppell, Reagan and TWHS. The brass lost to everyone but Cy Fair and Keller. And this year, the sounds coming from the brass section, particularly high brass, are weak, uncontrolled, and shrill. I'm not imagining it; the music scores this year have been a problem for us at each contest, with music being a factor at Webster, losing the music caption at Lone Star Preview, and losing one music judge at Berry. Unfortunately, it's not something that's easy to fix - you can't magically transform your brass section into a powerhouse overnight. It takes years and starts at the feeder middle schools. Bridgeland has established relationships now with the feeder schools and I'm hoping that translates to great things from the brass a few years down the line.

I think an exception is the percussion. Mr. Ngyuen has transformed that section into a beast, and now he works (part time?) at the feeder school, so by the time they are marching freshmen at BHS, they've already been trained for 3+ years by ex-phantom regiment member obsessed with winning.

[kodml000]

  On 10/21/2024 at 6:45 PM, tubapop said:

Bridgeland's brass has historically been a weak link and the woodwinds outperform them. Last year state UIL finals, the woodwinds came in ahead of Pearland, Coppell, Reagan and TWHS. The brass lost to everyone but Cy Fair and Keller. And this year, the sounds coming from the brass section are weak, uncontrolled, and blatty. I'm not imagining it; the music scores this year have been a problem for us at each contest, with music being a factor at Webster, losing the music caption at Lone Star Preview, and losing one music judge at Berry. Unfortunately, it's not something that's easy to fix - you can't magically transform your brass section into a powerhouse overnight. It takes years and starts at the feeder middle schools. Bridgeland has established relationships now with the feeder schools and I'm hoping that translates to great things from the brass a few years down the line.

I think an exception is the percussion. Mr. Ngyuen has transformed that section into a beast, and now he works (part time?) at the feeder school, so by the time they are marching freshmen at BHS, they've already been trained for 3+ years by ex-phantom regiment member obsessed with winning.

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I was mainly pointing out that Bridgeland's musical demand is much higher than Jordan's, unless I'm mistaken and Music Performance content is based on something different.

To me, the content is the demand of the music and of which bridgeland should have like a miles higher score in content than any other program at the comp.

[bassboneman]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:46 PM, kodml000 said:

i'm not going to lie these music judge ordinals are very confusing, Jordan music content > Bridgeland content?

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Jordan is playing music thats in know in the band world to be famously hard. Its also knowen and they will get good points for doing it well.

[bassboneman]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:05 PM, fsc said:

Could we see 12 finalist?

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Maybe. I would love to.

[tubapop]

  On 10/21/2024 at 6:49 PM, kodml000 said:

I was mainly pointing out that Bridgeland's musical demand is much higher than Jordan's, unless I'm mistaken and Music Performance content is based on something different.

To me, the content is the demand of the music and of which bridgeland should have like a miles higher score in content than any other program at the comp.

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OK, I misunderstood

[Sideswiperr]

  On 10/21/2024 at 7:07 PM, tubapop said:

OK, I misunderstood

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Do you think there’s a chance that Cypress Woods could steal a caption from Bridgeland at UIL Area? 

[tubapop]

  On 10/21/2024 at 7:19 PM, Sideswiperr said:

Do you think there’s a chance that Cypress Woods could steal a caption from Bridgeland at UIL Area? 

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I don't remember which captions they do at Area, but I feel pretty good about Bridgeland taking home all but music (non-percussion). Cy Woods just makes great sounds.

[Cy-fairTUBA]

  On 10/21/2024 at 7:33 PM, tubapop said:

I don't remember which captions they do at Area, but I feel pretty good about Bridgeland taking home all but music (non-percussion). Cy Woods just makes great sounds.

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From what I remember from my last 2 areas I don't think they do captions at area

[Sideswiperr]

  On 10/21/2024 at 7:33 PM, tubapop said:

I don't remember which captions they do at Area, but I feel pretty good about Bridgeland taking home all but music (non-percussion). Cy Woods just makes great sounds.

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  On 10/21/2024 at 8:42 PM, Cy-fairTUBA said:

From what I remember from my last 2 areas I don't think they do captions at area

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My apologies, I should have worded that better, I meant maybe a music judge or two that woods could steal?

[BandFan2025]

  On 10/21/2024 at 6:49 PM, kodml000 said:

I was mainly pointing out that Bridgeland's musical demand is much higher than Jordan's, unless I'm mistaken and Music Performance content is based on something different.

To me, the content is the demand of the music and of which bridgeland should have like a miles higher score in content than any other program at the comp.

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Bridgeland should be able to get their music more quality sounding and up to their visual rapidly as well they peak late season always.

[ndndbfjfj]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:21 PM, ruben_f said:

also 6 STATE SPOTS 🥳🥳🥳

we see after region!!

 

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wait how do they decide how many finalists and state spots?

[Sideswiperr]

  On 10/22/2024 at 2:18 AM, ndndbfjfj said:

wait how do they decide how many finalists and state spots?

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Scroll, for days, backwards, don’t stop..

[11BandMan11]

  On 10/21/2024 at 5:05 PM, fsc said:

Could we see 12 finalist?

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Absolutely not - 0% chance of happening

There's 31 groups who can qualify for area, only 27 have CONSISTENTLY received 1's at region and advancement to Area, so unfortunately not gonna happen unless the judges decide to hand out 1's to everyone this year