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


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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??

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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.

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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

 

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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! 

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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

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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.

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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. 

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