Popular Post Rubisco Posted September 26 Popular Post Posted September 26 I know this thread will be buried shortly, but anyway: Winter guard units are officially signing up for the World Championships in Dayton, Ohio! The Texas contingent will be solid again. I think we could see strong medalist contenders in all three scholastic classes, if the ones listed maintain their trajectories. (Note: Some are still signing up.) The ones from Texas currently on the lists: Scholastic A Azle HS Dripping Springs HS Emerson HS Foster HS Garland HS Hendrickson HS Hutto HS Jordan HS Katy HS Louis D. Brandeis HS Melissa HS The Colony HS Tomball Memorial HS Veterans Memorial HS Wylie HS Scholastic Open Cedar Ridge HS Cy-Fair HS James Bowie HS Little Elm HS Pearland HS Round Rock HS Southlake Carroll HS Timber Creek HS Westlake HS Scholastic World The Woodlands HS Independent A Allure Independent Black Gold Eagle Mountain Independent Ether Redemption Guard RGV Winter Guard Independent Open Industry Independent Undaunted Independent World Invictus Ménage Mirage JazzRun, quenslays, packwick and 4 others 7 Quote
Tubalord11 Posted September 27 Posted September 27 On 9/26/2024 at 11:29 PM, Rubisco said: I know this thread will be buried shortly, but anyway: Winter guard units are officially signing up for the World Championships in Dayton, Ohio! The Texas contingent will be solid again. I think we could see strong medalist contenders in all three scholastic classes, if the ones listed maintain their trajectories. (Note: Some are still signing up.) The ones from Texas currently on the lists: Scholastic A Dripping Springs HS Emerson HS Jordan HS Katy HS Louis D. Brandeis HS Melissa HS Pearland HS The Colony HS Tomball Memorial HS Veterans Memorial HS Wylie HS Scholastic Open Cedar Ridge HS Cy-Fair HS Little Elm HS Southlake Carroll HS Westlake HS Scholastic World The Woodlands HS Independent A Allure Independent Black Gold Eagle Mountain Independent RGV Winter Guard Independent Open Undaunted Independent World Invictus Ménage Mirage Expand Really happy to see Emerson here!! They had an amazing season last and I think they could make a statement here during their first trip up! Quote
packwick Posted September 27 Posted September 27 round rock has been added in A and timber creek in open. no origins at all is really sad, no tarpon either, but looking forward to pride of cincinnati's return. Tubalord11 1 Quote
Popular Post LeanderMomma Posted October 10 Popular Post Posted October 10 (edited) We really need an entire WGI section on TxBands! 🥰 Here is the current information for the WGI Austin regional next March. I am SO EXCITED to finally see Leander doing WGI again. They are ready!! The Austin Regional will be held March 1-2, 2025, at Glenn High School in Leander, TX. * Added entries as of most recent update **(+/-) Class change as of most recent update Current Entries as of 11/13/2024 Scholastic Regional A George Ranch HS JV, TX Iowa Colony HS, TX Rowlett HS, TX Sachse HS JV, TX Sonia Sotomayor HS JV, TX Westwood HS JV, TX Scholastic A Azle HS, TX Canyon HS, TX Cedar Park HS, TX Churchill Fulshear HS, TX Clements HS, TX College Park HS, TX Cypress Woods HS, TX Dripping Springs, TX Edinburg HS, TX Foster HS, TX George Ranch HS, TX Grand Oaks HS, TX Hays HS, TX Hebron HS, TX Hebron HS JV, TX Hendrickson HS, TX Hutto HS, TX James E. Taylor HS, TX Jersey Village HS, TX John B. Connally HS, TX Jordan HS, TX Katy HS Varsity, TX Leander HS, TX Liberty Hill HS, TX Lockhart HS, TX Louis D. Brandeis HS, TX McNeil HS, TX New Braunfels HS, TX Pieper HS, TX Round Rock HS JV, TX* Rouse HS, TX Shadow Creek HS, TX Shadow Creek HS Silver, TX Sonia Sotomayor HS, TX Stony Point HS, TX The Woodlands HS JV, TX Tomball Memorial HS, TX Veterans Memorial HS, TX Vista Ridge HS, TX Westwood HS, TX Winston Churchill HS, TX Independent A Redemption Guard, TX Tarleton State University Purple Pride, TX Scholastic Open Cedar Ridge HS, TX Clear Brook HS, TX Cy-Fair HS, TX Dawson HS, TX Earl Warren HS, TX Friendswood HS, TX Hays HS Open, TX James Bowie HS, TX Moe and Gene Johnson HS, TX Pearland HS, TX Ronald Reagan HS, TX Round Rock HS, TX Sachse HS, TX Westlake HS, TX Independent Open Glory Independent, TX Industry Independent, TX Undaunted, TX Scholastic World Flower Mound HS, TX The Woodlands HS, TX Independent World Invictus, TX WAITLIST Ether, TX A&M Consolidated HS, TX Douglas MacArthur HS, TX Montwood HS, TX Timberview HS, TX Weiss HS, TX Edited November 18 by LeanderMomma Edited 11/17/24 Rubisco, BDC, packwick and 5 others 8 Quote
Popular Post packwick Posted October 10 Popular Post Posted October 10 yeeeah Austin is staaaacked again, even w/o Origins. twhs A is also attending this one, since Houston doesn't have a regional anymore lol. Dayton list needs updating. some additionss is tarpon not doing any WGI this yr?? no Orlando, Tampa, southeast, or Dayton. kinda surprising. unless they've signed up for a fresh location and i just missed it. Rubisco, WoodlandsMom4ever, TWHSPercDad and 1 other 4 Quote
quenslays Posted October 11 Posted October 11 On 9/26/2024 at 11:29 PM, Rubisco said: I know this thread will be buried shortly, but anyway: Winter guard units are officially signing up for the World Championships in Dayton, Ohio! The Texas contingent will be solid again. I think we could see strong medalist contenders in all three scholastic classes, if the ones listed maintain their trajectories. (Note: Some are still signing up.) The ones from Texas currently on the lists: Scholastic A Dripping Springs HS Emerson HS Jordan HS Katy HS Louis D. Brandeis HS Melissa HS Pearland HS The Colony HS Tomball Memorial HS Veterans Memorial HS Wylie HS Scholastic Open Cedar Ridge HS Cy-Fair HS Little Elm HS Southlake Carroll HS Westlake HS Scholastic World The Woodlands HS Independent A Allure Independent Black Gold Eagle Mountain Independent RGV Winter Guard Independent Open Undaunted Independent World Invictus Ménage Mirage Expand with the new list on horn rank, the scholastic groups I think have a really good shot at medaling are SA-dripping springs and azle SO-westlake and maybe james bowie and pearland SW-the woodlands Quote
LeanderMomma Posted October 22 Posted October 22 The Southwest Power Regional will be held March 22-23 at Coppell High School. * Added entries as of most recent update **(+/-) Class change as of most recent update Current Entries as of 10/17/2024: Scholastic A Aledo HS, TX Azle HS, TX Celina HS, TX Choctaw HS JV, OK Churchill Fulshear HS, TX Coppell HS A, TX Eaton HS, TX Emerson HS, TX Forney HS, TX Foster HS, TX Frisco Centennial HS, Varsity, TX Hebron HS, TX Jenks HS A, OK Joshua HS, TX Katy HS Varsity, TX La Cueva HS, NM Liberty HS, TX Liberty North HS, MO Lone Star HS, TX Lovejoy HS, TX McKinney Boyd HS, TX McKinney North HS, TX Melissa HS, TX Montwood HS, TX* Poteet HS, TX Prosper HS, TX Rockwall HS, TX The Colony HS, TX Union HS, OK Wakeland HS, TX Wylie HS, TX Wylie East HS, TX Yukon HS, OK Independent A Allure Independent, TX Black Gold, TX Eagle Mountain Independent, TX Ether, TX Proelium, TX Redemption Guard, TX Zephyrus Independent Winter Guard, OK Scholastic Open Choctaw HS, OK Coppell HS, TX Cy-Fair HS, TX Friendswood HS, TX James Bowie HS, TX Little Elm HS, TX Marcus HS, TX Pearland HS, TX Round Rock HS, TX**+ Royse City HS, TX Sachse HS, TX Southlake Carroll HS, TX Timber Creek HS, TX Independent Open Glory Independent, TX Industry Independent, TX Undaunted, TX Scholastic World Flower Mound HS, TX The Woodlands HS, TX Independent World Ménage, TX Mirage, TX Rubisco and Chippy 2 Quote
Popular Post LeanderMomma Posted October 22 Popular Post Posted October 22 We really desperately need a whole WGI category on the forum so we can create separate threads for each contest! Please please @Clarinot @Danpod @Xenon and anyone else who has the authority to do so! 🥹 Tubalord11, Chippy and JazzRun 3 Quote
Popular Post LeanderMomma Posted October 22 Popular Post Posted October 22 The San Antonio Regional will be held March 15-16, 2025 at Northside ISD Sports Gym in San Antonio, TX. * Added entries as of most recent update ** Class change as of most recent update Current Entries as of 10/17/2024: Scholastic Regional A Sonia Sotomayor HS JV, TX Southwest HS, TX William Howard Taft HS JV, TX Scholastic A Douglas MacArthur HS, TX* Dripping Springs, TX Dulled HS, TX Edinburg HS, TX Foster HS, TX Hays HS, TX Hendrickson HS, TX Houma Christian School, LA Hutto HS, TX James E. Taylor HS, TX John B. Connally HS, TX Jordan HS, TX Liberty Hills HS, TX Lockhart HS, TX Louis D. Brandeis HS, TX OConnor HS, TX Odessa HS, MO Pieper HS, TX Pioneer HS, TX Ronald Reagan HS B, TX Ronald Reagan HS JV, TX Sonia Sotomayor HS, TX Stony Point HS, TX Tomball HS, TX* Tomball Memorial HS, TX Vista Ridge HS, TX William Howard Taft HS, TX Winston Churchill HS, TX Independent A Proelium, TX RGV Winter Guard, TX Scholastic Open Cedar Ridge HS, TX Claudia Taylor Johnson HS, TX Clear Brook HS, TX Dawson HS, TX Earl Warren HS, TX Hays HS Open, TX Lake Travis HS, TX Moe and Gene Johnson HS, TX Ronald Reagan HS, TX Westlake HS, TX Independent Open Industry Independent, TX Independent World Invictus, TX Tubalord11, gregorydf01 and Rubisco 3 Quote
Popular Post J-Mike16 Posted October 22 Popular Post Posted October 22 On 10/22/2024 at 1:22 AM, LeanderMomma said: We really desperately need a whole WGI category on the forum so we can create separate threads for each contest! Please please @Clarinot @Danpod @Xenon and anyone else who has the authority to do so! 🥹 Expand You so need to be moved up into the TXBands.com Administrator Panel! 😂 LeanderMomma, Tubalord11, Chippy and 1 other 4 Quote
LeanderMomma Posted October 22 Posted October 22 On 10/22/2024 at 1:24 AM, J-Mike16 said: You so need to be moved up into the TXBands.com Administrator Panel! 😂 Expand I have asked several times. They know me dadgummit. 😜😭😭 Tubalord11 1 Quote
J-Mike16 Posted October 22 Posted October 22 On 10/22/2024 at 1:25 AM, LeanderMomma said: I have asked several times. They know me dadgummit. 😜😭😭 Expand Well, that and you are highly known in the marching arts community. Also over half of the Admins on this site have left since then. Only a few remain active (ish) Chippy and LeanderMomma 2 Quote
youraveragebandkid Posted October 22 Posted October 22 On 10/22/2024 at 1:25 AM, LeanderMomma said: I have asked several times. They know me dadgummit. 😜😭😭 Expand Wait I thought you were the actual moderator or owner of this website lollll 😭 LeanderMomma 1 Quote
LeanderMomma Posted October 22 Posted October 22 On 10/22/2024 at 1:49 AM, youraveragebandkid said: Wait I thought you were the actual moderator or owner of this website lollll 😭 Expand No, that’s an honor for the OG band nerds like Daniel “DanPod” Valdez and Daniel “Xenon” Sanchez. 🤗 Bandmanio 1 Quote
lizzard2027 Posted November 4 Posted November 4 Can someone explain to me how the classes work? I made JV at Clements last year (JV doesnt compete in WGI at our school), so I never got the classing/scoring basics explained to me. Quote
Rubisco Posted November 7 Author Posted November 7 Sorry, I've been extremely busy with work. I have NOT been paying attention. I've finally updated the World Championships attendance list at the top of this thread. Lots of awesome Texas additions, and still some units on the wait list. It's cool seeing 2024 A Class Finalist Azle making the return. Also, it looks like the Pearland guard has decided to try out the Open class this season. They've been near the top of the A class in Texas pretty consistently, so they could fare well in Open. 215 Scholastic guards and 115 Independent guards have signed up for Dayton so far. Talk about massive participation. A feast! Quote
Popular Post Rubisco Posted November 7 Author Popular Post Posted November 7 On 10/10/2024 at 8:44 PM, packwick said: is tarpon not doing any WGI this yr?? no Orlando, Tampa, southeast, or Dayton. kinda surprising. unless they've signed up for a fresh location and i just missed it. Expand No Dayton, but it looks like they've signed up for the Tampa and Orlando regionals. On 11/4/2024 at 2:45 AM, lizzard2027 said: Can someone explain to me how the classes work? I made JV at Clements last year (JV doesnt compete in WGI at our school), so I never got the classing/scoring basics explained to me. Expand Essentially, as you move up from A to Open to World, the skills become more advanced. Originally, A class was the beginner class in WGI, but now it's regarded as more of an intermediate class. That's why in the Texas Color Guard Circuit and other local circuits nationwide you've got a number of other types of A classes besides National A (like Regional A, AA, and regular ol' A) to accommodate units with more beginner-like skills. Actually, WGI has Regional A class at their regional competitions, just not at the World Championships. So then, the three WGI classes at Dayton are A - intermediate, Open - intermediate to advanced, and World - advanced to standard setting. The classes have quite similar scoring sheets and have the same judging captions (equipment, movement, design analysis, and general effect); it's just that the average model (paradigm) that you're compared against becomes more advanced as you climb up the classes, which means that a score in one class is not comparable to a score in a different class. A class scoring is interesting in particular, because WGI weights Excellence (execution) a bit more than Vocabulary (variety/range/depth of skills demonstrated). This is to encourage a solid technical foundation, and is not done in the higher classes. Guards can choose whatever class they want to compete in. They usually choose the one that they think best matches their skills and where they'll achieve some degree of success. It should be noted that if a guard is too advanced for their class, they're at risk of being reclassified by the WGI Steering Committee, which reviews videos of the top 2 guards in the A and Open classes at each WGI regional. (In Regional A, it's even possible for the chief judge at the regional to promote you to A class between prelims and finals!) It's not a perfect system, as we saw a couple years ago with Jordan HS, who was reclassified from A to Open and then didn't have "marked success" in Open, which typically means making semifinals at Dayton. (This year Jordan has returned to A, which will be interesting.) Technically, reclassification is different from a promotion, which is what happens at the very end of the WGI season, when the top 3 to 5 guards at the World Championships in the A and Open classes get automatically bumped up into a higher class for the next season. gregorydf01, LeanderMomma, TWHSPercDad and 1 other 4 Quote
LeanderMomma Posted November 7 Posted November 7 After winning the guard caption at the US Bands Southwestern Championship this week, Marcus shows us why they’re knocking on the door of World Class. WoodlandsMom4ever 1 Quote
Popular Post packwick Posted November 10 Popular Post Posted November 10 well i sure hope the adults in the room give twhs world guard the proper vehicle (staging, choreo, etc.) to get gold at WGI this season, 'cause that full fall season guard absolutely steamrolls over everyone else in the country this yr. best hs color guard ever. like, obviously so. really they've had the talent for gold for at least a couple yrs now, at least in equipment skills. TWHSPercDad, clarinote, WoodlandsMom4ever and 3 others 6 Quote
Popular Post Rubisco Posted November 10 Author Popular Post Posted November 10 On 11/10/2024 at 7:35 AM, packwick said: well i sure hope the adults in the room give twhs world guard the proper vehicle (staging, choreo, etc.) to get gold at WGI this season, 'cause that full fall season guard absolutely steamrolls over everyone else in the country this yr. best hs color guard ever. like, obviously so. really they've had the talent for gold for at least a couple yrs now, at least in equipment skills. Expand Agreed! They were magnificent at BOA San Antonio Finals. I got back to my hotel about an hour and a half ago. Those girls, an entire army of them, tossed 7s like they were triples -- not to mention all the insanely tricky phrases. And so clean throughout all of it! 🤯 TWHSPercDad, LeanderMomma and gregorydf01 3 Quote
LeanderMomma Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Yes they were absolutely stunning to watch. I could not take my eyes off of them!!!! gregorydf01 and TWHSPercDad 2 Quote
Popular Post WoodlandsMom4ever Posted November 10 Popular Post Posted November 10 On 11/10/2024 at 7:35 AM, packwick said: well i sure hope the adults in the room give twhs world guard the proper vehicle (staging, choreo, etc.) to get gold at WGI this season, 'cause that full fall season guard absolutely steamrolls over everyone else in the country this yr. best hs color guard ever. like, obviously so. really they've had the talent for gold for at least a couple yrs now, at least in equipment skills. Expand After seeing them yesterday I’m seriously considering going to Dayton this year… TWHSPercDad, LeanderMomma and gregorydf01 3 Quote
LeanderMomma Posted November 11 Posted November 11 On 11/10/2024 at 5:35 PM, WoodlandsMom4ever said: After seeing them yesterday I’m seriously considering going to Dayton this year… Expand I am tempted to go and stay a week so I can also go to WGI Winds and Percussion! TWHSPercDad and WoodlandsMom4ever 2 Quote
LeanderMomma Posted November 11 Posted November 11 On 10/10/2024 at 2:03 PM, LeanderMomma said: We really need an entire WGI section on TxBands! 🥰 Here is the current information for the WGI Austin regional next March. I am SO EXCITED to finally see Leander doing WGI again. They are ready!! The Austin Regional will be held March 1-2, 2025, at Glenn High School in Leander, TX. * Added entries as of most recent update **(+/-) Class change as of most recent update Current Entries as of 10/03/2024: Scholastic A Azle HS, TX Canyon HS, TX* Cedar Park HS, TX* Clements HS, TX* College Park HS, TX* Cypress Woods HS, TX* Dripping Springs, TX Edinburg HS, TX* Foster HS, TX* George Ranch HS, TX* Grand Oaks HS, TX* Hays HS, TX* Hendrickson HS, TX Hutto HS, TX James E. Taylor HS, TX* Jersey Village HS, TX* Jordan HS, TX Katy HS Varsity, TX Leander HS, TX* Liberty Hill HS, TX* Lockhart HS, TX* Louis D. Brandeis HS, TX McNeil HS, TX* New Braunfels HS, TX* Pieper HS, TX* Round Rock HS, TX Shadow Creek HS, TX* Shadow Creek HS Silver, TX* Sonia Sotomayor HS, TX* Stony Point HS, TX* Tomball Memorial HS, TX Veterans Memorial HS, TX Vista Ridge HS, TX* Westwood HS, TX* Independent A Proelium, TX* Tarleton State University Purple Pride, TX* Scholastic Open Cedar Ridge HS, TX Clear Brook HS, TX* Cy-Fair HS, TX Dawson HS, TX* Earl Warren HS, TX* Friendswood HS, TX* Hays HS Open, TX* James Bowie HS, TX Moe and Gene Johnson HS, TX* Pearland HS, TX**+ Ronald Reagan HS, TX* Sachse HS, TX* Westlake HS, TX Independent Open Glory Independent, TX Industry Independent, TX Undaunted, TX Scholastic World Flower Mound HS, TX* The Woodlands HS, TX Independent World Invictus, TX Expand BTW @danpod told me this weekend he will see about getting us a separate heading for all INDOOR events such as guard, winds and percussion! 😍😍 WoodlandsMom4ever and gregorydf01 2 Quote
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