Uil 6A Area D Contest

[Band1234556]

Date: November 2,2024

Location: Heroes Stadium- San Antonio Tx

The UIL Area contest is less than 1 month away! This year, it's expected to be one of the most competitive areas in the state. 5 spots available for state and the state spots are always up for grabs, no school is safe. Will we see McNeil make their first state appearance or will Ctj come back and make yet another appearance at state, will dripping springs avenge their loss to Westwood last year or will Westwood get in the top 3? Will Cedar Ridge go to state after a strong showing at Round Rock? Follow this Forum to find out on November 2nd

 

Area qualifiers from last year: Ronald Reagan HS Claudia Taylor Johnson HS,  Round Rock HS Westwood HS Moe and Gene Johnson HS Dripping Springs HS Cedar Ridge HS Bowie HS McNeil HS Churchill HS Hutto HS Weiss HS Austin HS Copperas Cove HS Madison HS New Braunfels HS Anderson HS San Marcos HS Stony Point HS Midway HS Bryan HS Legacy of Educational Excellence Temple HS Harker Heights HS Roosevelt HS. 
 

Tell me if I missed anybody that could potentially make area: My incredibly early state qualifier predictions are Reagan, Round rock, Cedar ridge, Westwood, Dripping springs. My next 3 area Ctj, McNeil, Bowie

 

Predictions and talk about schools down below

[quenslays]

 

1-Ronald Reagan

2-Dripping Springs

3-Cedar Ridge

4-Round Rock

5-Bowie

[Band1234556]

TMC is actually insane, 6 finalists from TMC will be coming to this Area, in addition Cedar Ridge and CTJ will also be coming. In my opinion the hardest area bc in other areas results can be predicted super easily, not here

[Bandmanio]

Possible bands at Area D - There are a total of 28 bands. Bold shows those that made a 1st division last year. (*was a 112 rating in 5A)

Region 8 (7) (7)

Midway, Bryan, Temple, Copperas Cove, Shoemaker*, Harker Heights, Killeen*

Region 12 (8) (8)

Reagan, CTJohnson, Madison, LEE, Roosevelt, Churchill, San Marcos, Canyon

Region 18 (6) (4)

Del Valle, James Bowie, Akins, Austin, Dripping Springs, M&G Johnson

Region 26 (7) (6)

Round Rock, Cedar Ridge, Westwood, Stony Point, McNeil, Hutto, Manor

 

If it were based off of last year's results, 25 bands would be at Area with 5 advancing to State. There is a possibility of only 4 bands advancing to State! Let's hope that everyone has fantastic Region Marching runs!

[rouseglazer1]

kinda scared for ctj here, hopefully they'll pull through ..

 

[Band1234556]

  On 10/15/2024 at 3:44 PM, rouseglazer1 said:

kinda scared for ctj here, hopefully they'll pull through ..

 

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I agree, Ctj will have a very tough time, last year it was scary and they got 3rd but man did all those bands who were outside state like Bowie, Mcneil, and Cedar ridge come back strong. I don't see CTJ making finals, probably 8th place here. The only problem is Area judges are not that professional and the scores can vary so much based off of one judge due to the way it works so if one judge just hates on CTJ or Mcneil or Bowie or Westwood then the are probably not making it, this is the reality of area if you don't believe me look at last year and look at cedar ridge, do you really think they deserve the rankings C. Moon gave them

[rouseglazer1]

  On 10/15/2024 at 4:00 PM, Band1234556 said:

I agree, Ctj will have a very tough time, last year it was scary and they got 3rd but man did all those bands who were outside state like Bowie, Mcneil, and Cedar ridge come back strong. I don't see CTJ making finals, probably 8th place here. The only problem is Area judges are not that professional and the scores can vary so much based off of one judge due to the way it works so if one judge just hates on CTJ or Mcneil or Bowie or Westwood then the are probably not making it, this is the reality of area if you don't believe me look at last year and look at cedar ridge, do you really think they deserve the rankings C. Moon gave them

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i agree to a certain extent, yes cedar ridge was kinda robbed last year and i feel like based off the score sheets it seems like a lot of the judges have bias for/against certain bands but in general I would trust their judgment as they know a lot more about the arts than we do. also all area d finalists are state caliber and there's no denying that, and that's where i think a lot of the variety in judging happens tbh

[rouseglazer1]

also i think they'll definitely make finals but i think the last few spots will be between them, bowie, and westwood this year unless mcneil, moe and gene, or churchill surprise us (which i would love to happen, I've watched mcneil's and churchill's programs in person and loved both). 

[Band1234556]

  On 10/15/2024 at 4:35 PM, rouseglazer1 said:

i agree to a certain extent, yes cedar ridge was kinda robbed last year and i feel like based off the score sheets it seems like a lot of the judges have bias for/against certain bands but in general I would trust their judgment as they know a lot more about the arts than we do. also all area d finalists are state caliber and there's no denying that, and that's where i think a lot of the variety in judging happens tbh

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I agree, I believe all of the finalists could go to state and they would fit right in, very tough area to advance in and it can sometimes be harder to make state from area d then it is to make state finals, super excited to see the result of this contest, the region contest is today so we will find out how many state spots will be available soon, should be 5, if its 4 that unfortunate and it will be so much harder for all the bands

[FaultLineBlues]

Region 26 results, in case anyone was curious:

Round Rock JV 1

Stony Point 1

Hutto 1

Westwood 1

Cedar Ridge 1

Manor 2

McNeil 1

Round Rock 1

[Band1234556]

Congrats to RR Jv, really cool to see them in the area contest, already 7 qualifiers from area one, if this keeps up through the other 4 regions there will be 5 state spots, still incredibly competitive to make state.

[Bandmanio]

  On 10/16/2024 at 5:10 PM, Band1234556 said:

Congrats to RR Jv, really cool to see them in the area contest, already 7 qualifiers from area one, if this keeps up through the other 4 regions there will be 5 state spots, still incredibly competitive to make state.

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RR JV will not be at Area. They are registered as a NV group and do not advance.

[rouseglazer1]

  On 10/16/2024 at 10:24 PM, Bandmanio said:

RR JV will not be at Area. They are registered as a NV group and do not advance.

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are they still part of the count of how many bands make it to state from area?

[Oboeish20]

  On 10/16/2024 at 10:35 PM, rouseglazer1 said:

are they still part of the count of how many bands make it to state from area?

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No

[Nny14]

  On 10/16/2024 at 10:24 PM, Bandmanio said:

RR JV will not be at Area. They are registered as a NV group and do not advance.

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Disappointing but makes sense. Still an amazing accomplishment and season for those young marchers!

[Band1234556]

If this keeps up and only 6 make per region only 4 spots will be available for state

[Bandmanio]

  On 10/13/2024 at 2:10 PM, Bandmanio said:

Possible bands at Area D - There are a total of 28 bands. Bold shows those that made a 1st division last year. (*was a 112 rating in 5A)

Region 8 (7) (7)

Midway, Bryan, Temple, Copperas Cove, Shoemaker*, Harker Heights, Killeen*

Region 12 (8) (8)

Reagan, CTJohnson, Madison, LEE, Roosevelt, Churchill, San Marcos, Canyon

Region 18 (6) (4)

Del Valle, James Bowie, Akins, Austin, Dripping Springs, M&G Johnson

Region 26 (7) (6)

Round Rock, Cedar Ridge, Westwood, Stony Point, McNeil, Hutto, Manor

 

If it were based off of last year's results, 25 bands would be at Area with 5 advancing to State. There is a possibility of only 4 bands advancing to State! Let's hope that everyone has fantastic Region Marching runs!

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Sorry, Hutto should have been bold (last year's results)

[Band1234556]

Anybody know when the other regions preform, I know its not this week but just curious to see how many state spots we are going to see

[seafoodbuffet]

  On 10/16/2024 at 10:35 PM, rouseglazer1 said:

are they still part of the count of how many bands make it to state from area?

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despite what the other poster said, I believe getting a 1 at region automatically adds to the count of bands for purposes of state advancement regardless of if that band competes at area. this is as recent change for UIL

[Bandmanio]

  On 10/18/2024 at 11:50 AM, seafoodbuffet said:

despite what the other poster said, I believe getting a 1 at region automatically adds to the count of bands for purposes of state advancement regardless of if that band competes at area. this is as recent change for UIL

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That is true for all Varsity groups entered. However, RR JV is entered as a NV group and therefore does not count toward the number of bands for the purposes of advancement. Non-Varsity groups are not allowed to advance to the Area Contest.

[seafoodbuffet]

Oh I didn’t realize there was even an NV designation. My mistake. 

[lost]

Those Round Rock JV kids should be proud of their designation regardless! The future of this program is bright.

[lost]

  On 10/17/2024 at 1:05 AM, Band1234556 said:

If this keeps up and only 6 make per region only 4 spots will be available for state

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Do you have records of the other regions and the region scores for each bands in previous years? I'm curious to see if any of the groups that pulled a 2 last year are in contention to get a 1 this year so that this area may hopefully take 5.

Taking four would be brutal, and would undoubtedly leave out a potential SMBC finals lock.

[Bandmanio]

  On 10/18/2024 at 3:55 PM, lost said:

Do you have records of the other regions and the region scores for each bands in previous years? I'm curious to see if any of the groups that pulled a 2 last year are in contention to get a 1 this year so that this area may hopefully take 5.

Taking four would be brutal, and would undoubtedly leave out a potential SMBC finals lock.

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You can find past resultsall the way back to 2004 on www.texasmusicforms.com. Clicking on Results, Region Marching and then select the YEAR, REGION NUMBER and then the CONTEST. You should be able to find all of the results there.  Happy searching!

[Bandmanio]

Region 12 had 7 out of 8 make a first division today.