UIL 6A Area J 2024

[BbMarching]

6 hours ago, ChristopherRoden said:

I think everyone is pretty confident in LISD taking all three medals here this year. I'm really curious who will take that 4th (and last?) spot to state. I'm really enjoying Wylie East and Rock Hill this season and haven't seen enough of the McKinney's yet. I'm sure Prosper will be up there too though. 

As a Wylie East member (and soloist (twice)) our entire season is structured to meet Area J head on. I can confirm we’ll be fighting tooth and nail for that 4th spot

[ChristopherRoden]

3 hours ago, BbMarching said:

As a Wylie East member (and soloist (twice)) our entire season is structured to meet Area J head on. I can confirm we’ll be fighting tooth and nail for that 4th spot

I loved y’all’s show Saturday!!! Keep it up and best of luck this season  

[pillowzzz]

Does anyone have an itinerary for area?

[TrenBS]

47 minutes ago, Codystall_ said:

Does anyone have an itinerary for area?

The area itinerary will be released after the region contests are finished as any bands receiving a second division will not participate in area prelims (99% certain not a single band here will get a 2, I promise you lol), so making a schedule now would be redundant, although the draw order is what the full schedule would look like, so you can kinda guess about when each performance will happen through there

Also, go Broncos lmao

[BbMarching]

9 hours ago, TrenBS said:

The area itinerary will be released after the region contests are finished as any bands receiving a second division will not participate in area prelims (99% certain not a single band here will get a 2, I promise you lol), so making a schedule now would be redundant, although the draw order is what the full schedule would look like, so you can kinda guess about when each performance will happen through there

Also, go Broncos lmao

Yeah barring disqualification by field timing or otherwise, every band in this area should get a 1, agreed. Hoping we dont have a Wakeland 2022 (2021?) or Lovejoy 2023 situation with anyone, that would suck

[MarchingMafia]

Saw both Hebron and Marcus tonight at halftime and Wow! 

Marcus Band is legend and they're bringing it this year. I thought last year's show was captivating, but this one jumps up and grabs you with its boldness. The brass and percussion are so clean and the overall sound was amazing. Some really aggressive parts musically and they're practically sprinting around the field while playing. Definitely not a march, stop, play kind of show. Can't wait to see it with the finished props. I hope Vandegrift is ready cause I think they're coming for you.

Hebron's size is always impressive and gives their formations big visual impact. There was a nice piccolo solo, and some cool brass and percussion features. I liked the full band sound, it was really nice, but it seemed like there were more small ensembles sprinkled throughout and not a lot of the powerful sound you expect from a band that size. Maybe not quite as dynamic as I was expecting. However, there's still more to come so we'll see what it looks like when it's time for UIL on 10/19.

Overall these two killed it on the field tonight. I can only imagine how much better it's going to get as they fine tune these shows in the coming weeks.

[bandfromplanoarea]

doesnt mckinney stadium have a big texas covering up hashes on their field

[Dave609]

21 minutes ago, bandfromplanoarea said:

doesnt mckinney stadium have a big texas covering up hashes on their field

There is a big texas yes. But it's only on the center on both 40's and the 50. So it only covers those hashes

[Band Nerd 360]

On 3/25/2024 at 2:43 PM, crunchycookie3 said:

If I’ve done my research correctly, I count only 18 6A bands, indicating only 3 advancers to state (which is practically set in stone at present, barring a MASSIVE upset on an LISD school.) I’m a bit surprised that UIL set this area up in a way that allows for this, but I suppose that anything can happen with UIL Area!

I’m from Wylie and my band directors are saying 4 are qualifying for state not 3. It’s really a fight between us and prosper.

[JFNDOWBFAN]

On 10/8/2024 at 3:06 PM, Band Nerd 360 said:

I’m from Wylie and my band directors are saying 4 are qualifying for state not 3. It’s really a fight between us and prosper.

Isn’t it one state spot for every 5 bands that makes area?

[TrenBS]

2 hours ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

Isn’t it one state spot for every 5 bands that makes area?

Yeah thats how it is (6A should be 4 for every spot with how overly competitive 6A is but ssshhhhhh)

[BbMarching]

11 hours ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

Isn’t it one state spot for every 5 bands that makes area?

Yes and there are 21 bands in this Area

[Tubalord11]

27 minutes ago, BbMarching said:

Yes and there are 21 bands in this Area

Goodness, such small room for error at region. 2 bands get a 2 for some reason and that’s only 3 to state, which we all know who’d they almost 100% would be 

Still plenty of time for bands looking to take that last spot to grow. With the Wylies McKinneys and and Prospers being at boa this weekend, plus Rockwall and Braswell, we basically have a somewhat showing of whose looking for that last spot, with many of these programs already being in a roll. Ofc it’s boa, but it’s definitely still something as we look to this contest 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

26 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

Goodness, such small room for error at region. 2 bands get a 2 for some reason and that’s only 3 to state, which we all know who’d they almost 100% would be 

Still plenty of time for bands looking to take that last spot to grow. With the Wylies McKinneys and and Prospers being at boa this weekend, plus Rockwall and Braswell, we basically have a somewhat showing of whose looking for that last spot, with many of these programs already being in a roll. Ofc it’s boa, but it’s definitely still something as we look to this contest 

Rockwall is still in C, but will be fighting for that last C spot probably. 😂 

 

[TrenBS]

34 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

Goodness, such small room for error at region. 2 bands get a 2 for some reason and that’s only 3 to state, which we all know who’d they almost 100% would be 

Still plenty of time for bands looking to take that last spot to grow. With the Wylies McKinneys and and Prospers being at boa this weekend, plus Rockwall and Braswell, we basically have a somewhat showing of whose looking for that last spot, with many of these programs already being in a roll. Ofc it’s boa, but it’s definitely still something as we look to this contest 

I agree, although I dont really think it will be much of an indicator unless a generally successful BOA band does very poor or a generally successful UIL band does REALLY well, or if one of them places really really bad, the scoring is just so different that its more of a foundation to start making proper guesses

[Tubalord11]

27 minutes ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

Rockwall is still in C, but will be fighting for that last C spot probably. 😂 

 

I forgor 🤦‍♂️

18 minutes ago, TrenBS said:

I agree, although I dont really think it will be much of an indicator unless a generally successful BOA band does very poor or a generally successful UIL band does REALLY well, or if one of them places really really bad, the scoring is just so different that its more of a foundation to start making proper guesses

I completely agree! I’ll only be using the music and visual parts of the scores if I decide to use this in the future for predictions, but even then the bands will have had a few more weeks to clean, especially with how late area is this season, but I thinks it’s a little something 

[BbMarching]

On 3/25/2024 at 2:34 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Dang wow okay this is crazy but exciting! 

Thanks I hate it😭

[JFNDOWBFAN]

On 10/3/2024 at 5:35 PM, BbMarching said:

As a Wylie East member (and soloist (twice)) our entire season is structured to meet Area J head on. I can confirm we’ll be fighting tooth and nail for that 4th spot

So many people want to hand LISD schools the top 3 spots but this year seems more wide open than people realize. Good luck!

[BoneGuy4]

I think these bands should get together and intentionally get a 2 so that there is only 1 spot to the state contest. Just a thought…

[JFNDOWBFAN]

6 hours ago, BoneGuy4 said:

I think these bands should get together and intentionally get a 2 so that there is only 1 spot to the state contest. Just a thought…

Can you imagine….

[TrenBS]

7 hours ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

Can you imagine….

In a similar vain, the judges should totally have a 2-3 way tie for 4th so we get the representation we deserve from this area at state lol

[ReginaPhalange]

Prediction

1. Marcus
2. Hebron
3. Flower Mound
4. Prosper
5. Wylie
6. McKinney
7. Rock Hill
8. Braswell
9. Wylie East
10. McKinney Boyd
11. Byron Nelson
12. Plano Sr
13. Lewisville
14. Little Elm
15. Plano East
16. Plano West
17. Allen
18. Eaton
19. Guyer
20. Princeton
21. Northwest

[BandNerd07]

Here's how i rank these bands. You may have seen me do this in other areas, but I've finally made my round to this one.

1. Marcus

2. Hebron

3. Flower Mound 

4. Prosper 

5. Wylie

6. Braswell

7. Mckinney 

8. Rock Hill 

9. Wylie East 

10. Mckinney Boyd 

11. Plano East

12. Lewisville 

13. Byron Nelson 

14. Allen

15. Little Elm 

16. V.R. Eaton

17. Guyer

18. Plano West

19. Plano

20. Princeton 

21. Northwest

[JFNDOWBFAN]

4 hours ago, BandNerd07 said:

Here's how i rank these bands. You may have seen me do this in other areas, but I've finally made my round to this one.

1. Marcus

2. Hebron

3. Flower Mound 

4. Prosper 

5. Wylie

6. Braswell

7. Mckinney 

8. Rock Hill 

9. Wylie East 

10. Mckinney Boyd 

11. Plano East

12. Lewisville 

13. Byron Nelson 

14. Allen

15. Little Elm 

16. V.R. Eaton

17. Guyer

18. Plano West

19. Plano

20. Princeton 

21. Northwest

Not a bad list at all. Having seen many of these bands already this year…..I would probably agree Marcus of Hebron right now….but honestly, probably a best 2 of three paper, rock, scissors with a few ties in there. 
 

I would flip 7-8, 10-11, 14-15

But would not be shocked at all to see your lisy unfold. 
 

 

[TrenBS]

Here is my final list going into region/5A area, and Im fairly confident on the gaps that will dictate the bubbles:

1. Hebron
2. Marcus
-- (mini gap)--
3. Flower Mound
---(gap)---
4. Prosper
5. Wylie
--(mini gap)
6. McKinney High
7. McKinney Boyd
8. Wylie East
---(gap)---
9. Braswell
10. Little Elm
11. Rock Hill
12. Plano East

  I think the gaps will hold up, with variation in the gaps being completely up to the judges, and I don't see much movement between gaps happening besides either Braswell moving up or McKinney High moving up.
  I don't really see Boyd placing below 8th here, even with their less-than-stellar Prosper score compared to 2023, they did not have their closer on the field which certainly docked them points in performance captions when (to my knowledge) every other band had a completed show, as well as the sheets being fundamentally different in regards to prioritizing pure cleanliness and clarity, as opposed to General Effect which is more of the full package of music and visual performance, but again we will have to see how the contest turns out.
Placements besides Hebron 1st are just their to dictate gaps, not what I think will personally happen, and I think Hebron will win due to musical difficulty and achievement, if we were to put more judges on visuals, Id say Marcus wins this pretty-handedly.