UIL 6A State Marching Contest 2024 (Nov 11-12)

[ruben_f]

Monday, November 11 : 6A Prelims (all day)
Tuesday, November 12:  6A Finals (afternoon)
 

Area A 

1 Permian

2 Frenship

3 Pebble Hills

Area B

1 Coppell

2 Keller

3 Timber Creek

4 Carroll Senior

Area C - no results yet

Area D

1 Ronald Reagen

2 Cedar Ridge

3 Round Rock

4 Claudia Taylor Johnson

5 Dripping Springs

Area E 

1 Pearland 

2 Dawson

3 Clear Brook

 4 Dickinson

5 Stephen F. Austin

Area F 

1 The Woodlands

2 North Shore 

3 College Park

4 Tomball Memorial 

5 Klein Oak

Area G

1 Alexander 

2 Hanna

Area H 

1 Vandegrift 

2 Vista Ridge

3 Westlake

4 Lake Travis 

Area I 

1 Cy Woods 

2 Bridgeland 

3 Cy fair 

4 Seven Lakes

Area J

1 Hebron 

2 Flower Mount 

3 Marcus 

4 Prosper 

[packwick]

6A judging panel: Tim Gray, Marty Griffin, Jeff Harper, Doug Henderson, Nola Jones, Steven Page, John Phillips, Warren Rickart, and Jay Webb

music ones - marty (perc/ens), jeff (ens), nola (ens/ww?), steven (brass), john (ens), and jay (perc/ens)

visual ones - doug, warren, and... Tim? newer one for me. i'm aware of Michael Gray, not Tim Gray. apparently he judges effect for wgi winds. maybe design/content then?

actually, Nola could be either vis or music, tho she seems to always judge music these days. not sure the last time i saw her on a vis caption. 2011??

[crunchycookie3]

A - 2 bands
B - 4 Bands
C - 4 bands
D - 5 bands
E - 5 bands
F - 4 bands
G - 2 bands
H - 4 bands
I - 4 bands
J - 4 bands
Total - 38 bands at state (12 in finals)

Last year, there were 14 bands in finals
 

[Oboeish20]

10 minutes ago, crunchycookie3 said:

A - 2 bands
B - 4 Bands
C - 4 bands
D - 5 bands
E - 5 bands
F - 4 bands
G - 2 bands
H - 4 bands
I - 4 bands
J - 4 bands
Total - 38 bands at state (12 in finals)

Last year, there were 14 bands in finals
 

Area F is taking 5, it just looks like 4 because of the military groups not going to area.

[Miyazuu]

1 hour ago, crunchycookie3 said:

Total - 38 bands at state (12 in finals)

Last year, there were 14 bands in finals
 

This is going to be a very stressful prelims announcements :')

[seafoodbuffet]

1 hour ago, crunchycookie3 said:

Total - 38 bands at state (12 in finals)

Last year, there were 14 bands in finals
 

That’s stressful and sad. This contest deserves at least 14 finalists.

[TrenBS]

I wouldnt mind some artificial slots (wont happen, of course) in the hyper competitive areas since last year we had 43. Area J, B, and D in particular are leaving out really strong groups with very little wiggle for bands that would realistically place in the 18-25 range, area D is notoriously the most competitive area, usually leaving Cedar (FREAKIN) Ridge, Moe and Gene Johnson, and Bowie, who are all state finalist contending groups MAYBE besides Bowie, but they are still in the 10s nowadays imo.

If I were to add 4 (38-42) slots that keep it competitive I would do this:

area A: 2

area B: 4-5

area C 4

area D 4-6

area E 5

area F 4

area G 2

area H 4

area I 4

area J 4-5

 

[Tubalord11]

3 hours ago, crunchycookie3 said:

A - 2 bands
B - 4 Bands
C - 4 bands
D - 5 bands
E - 5 bands
F - 4 bands
G - 2 bands
H - 4 bands
I - 4 bands
J - 4 bands
Total - 38 bands at state (12 in finals)

Last year, there were 14 bands in finals
 

Wow... that prelims retreat is going to be beyond stressful! 

[JFNDOWBFAN]

Who's ready to see some new faces in San Antonio.....

[utee94]

19 minutes ago, JFNDOWBFAN said:

Who's ready to see some new faces in San Antonio.....

Probably, everyone, except for the old faces that like to make it to San Antonio.
 

 

[Oboeish20]

The EXPECTED amount of bands to advance to the state contest AS OF 10/31:

Area A: 2

Area B: 4

Area C: 4

Area D: 5

Area E: 5

Area F: 5

Area G: 2

Area H: 4

Area I: 4

Area J: 4

Expected total: 39 

Finals number: 12

 

My information is confirmed and accurate unlike some people's. We have to remember that more groups could advance to the state contest based off of the "bad judge rule" that can be found on the UIL website. If just 1 more band advances to the state contest, we would see 14 groups in finals.

[seafoodbuffet]

It was fun seeing new faces in state finals last year, I’m just struggling to imagine which incumbent finalist is going to get pushed out. cedar ridge might displace someone but they’re not exactly a “fresh face”

[quenslays]

7 minutes ago, Oboeish20 said:

The EXPECTED amount of bands to advance to the state contest AS OF 10/31:

Area A: 2

Area B: 4

Area C: 4

Area D: 5

Area E: 5

Area F: 5

Area G: 2

Area H: 4

Area I: 4

Area J: 4

Expected total: 39 

Finals number: 12

 

My information is confirmed and accurate unlike some people's. We have to remember that more groups could advance to the state contest based off of the "bad judge rule" that can be found on the UIL website. If just 1 more band advances to the state contest, we would see 14 groups in finals.

what’s the bad judge rule?

[rouseglazer1]

22 minutes ago, quenslays said:

what’s the bad judge rule?

[crunchycookie3]

32 minutes ago, Oboeish20 said:

My information is confirmed and accurate unlike some people's. 

I went through every confirmed schedule this morning and counted each and every band at area—no need to be petty about it! Thanks for clarifying though

[Asaiah]

39 minutes ago, Oboeish20 said:

The EXPECTED amount of bands to advance to the state contest AS OF 10/31:

Area A: 2

Area B: 4

Area C: 4

Area D: 5

Area E: 5

Area F: 5

Area G: 2

Area H: 4

Area I: 4

Area J: 4

Expected total: 39 

Finals number: 12

 

My information is confirmed and accurate unlike some people's. We have to remember that more groups could advance to the state contest based off of the "bad judge rule" that can be found on the UIL website. If just 1 more band advances to the state contest, we would see 14 groups in finals.

What's the deal with area F, I'm out of the loop I guess.

[quenslays]

19 minutes ago, rouseglazer1 said:

let’s hope that one extra band gets to go to state

[crunchycookie3]

16 minutes ago, Asaiah said:

What's the deal with area F, I'm out of the loop I guess.

F has military marching 6A bands that have stopped competing in area marching but still inflate the number of bands that qualify to state out of the area since they received 1s at region. 

[SpudMuffin]

3 hours ago, TrenBS said:

I wouldnt mind some artificial slots (wont happen, of course) in the hyper competitive areas since last year we had 43. Area J, B, and D in particular are leaving out really strong groups with very little wiggle for bands that would realistically place in the 18-25 range, area D is notoriously the most competitive area, usually leaving Cedar (FREAKIN) Ridge, Moe and Gene Johnson, and Bowie, who are all state finalist contending groups MAYBE besides Bowie, but they are still in the 10s nowadays imo.

If I were to add 4 (38-42) slots that keep it competitive I would do this:

area A: 2

area B: 4-5

area C 4

area D 4-6

area E 5

area F 4

area G 2

area H 4

area I 4

area J 4-5

 

It's this sort of entitled, elitist attitude that offends the other parts of the state that are trying to achieve and maintain a high standard despite the challenges they face in their communities, that may not be present in others. (Lack of funding, no private lessons, no additional techs, smaller enrollments, etc. etc.)  Why do you think those areas you mentioned deserve more representation simply based upon a pre-conceived perception of greatness?

Flame away.

[homerchap]

I'm guessing the final schedule won't be posted until Area C competes and there's not way to figure it out using the draw order schedule?

[LostChoirGuy]

So to clarify, with Area A getting a third band to qualify to state, do we now have enough bands at state for 14 finalists?  I saw some comments about area I only getting four qualifiers, but it looks like that's all that was expected. (And yes, I know we still need Area C results, but they should have at least 4 qualify)

[BandFan2025]

5 minutes ago, LostChoirGuy said:

So to clarify, with Area A getting a third band to qualify to state, do we now have enough bands at state for 14 finalists?  I saw some comments about area I only getting four qualifiers, but it looks like that's all that was expected. (And yes, I know we still need Area C results, but they should have at least 4 qualify)

I think this is right there should be 14 finalists again

[homerchap]

6 minutes ago, LostChoirGuy said:

So to clarify, with Area A getting a third band to qualify to state, do we now have enough bands at state for 14 finalists?  I saw some comments about area I only getting four qualifiers, but it looks like that's all that was expected. (And yes, I know we still need Area C results, but they should have at least 4 qualify)

I would think so but it definitely messes up the pre draw order for state so I'm not sure what they handle that.

[homerchap]

My question has been answered. Here's the schedule with placeholders for area C. https://www.uiltexas.org/files/music/6A_Prelims_2024.pdf

[TexasEx]

On 10/23/2024 at 10:54 AM, ruben_f said:

Monday, November 11 : 6A Prelims (all day)
Tuesday, November 12:  6A Finals (afternoon)
 

Area A 

1 Permian

2 Frenship

3 Pebble Hills

Area B

1 Coppell

2 Keller

3 Timber Creek

4 Carroll Senior

Area C - no results yet

Area D

1 Ronald Reagen

2 Cedar Ridge

3 Round Rock

4 Claudia Taylor Johnson

5 Dripping Springs

6 McNeil 

Area E 

1 Pearland 

2 Dawson

3 Clear Brook

 4 Dickinson

Area F 

1 The Woodlands

2 North Shore 

3 College Park

4 Tomball Memorial 

5 Klein Oak

Area G

1 Alexander 

2 Hanna

Area H 

1 Vandegrift 

2 Vista Ridge

3 Westlake

4 Lake Travis 

Area I 

1 Cy Woods 

2 Bridgeland 

3 Cy fair 

4 Seven Lakes

Area J

1 Hebron 

2 Flower Mount 

3 Marcus 

4 Prosper 

I believe Area D is only sending 5. McNeil just missed the cut.