SharksAreCool Posted March 30 Posted March 30 (edited) The McKinney Marching Invitational will be held at McKinney ISD Stadium on October 4. As of 6/18/25 1. Allen 2. Argyle 3. Colleyville Heritage 4. Frisco Emerson 5. Frisco Independence 6. Frisco Memorial 7. Frisco Reedy 8. Grapvine 9. JJ Pearce 10. Lebanon Trail 11. LoveJoy 12. Melissa 13. Plano East 14. Plano West 15. RockHill 16. Rockwall-Heath 17. Rockwall 18. Wylie 1. McKinney* 2. McKinney Boyd* 3. McKinney North* *=Exhibition Edited August 11 by SharksAreCool Quote
Tubalord11 Posted March 30 Posted March 30 On 3/30/2025 at 6:29 AM, OWB_Nation said: The McKinney Marching Invitational will be held at McKinney ISD Stadium on October 4. As of 3/30/25 1. Rockwall 2. Wylie 3. McKinney* 4. McKinney Boyd* 5. McKinney North* *=Most likely exhibition Expand All 3 McKinney schools will be in exhibition! Also here’s some others schools going per their calendar: Lovejoy Grapevine Frisco Reedy Frisco Emerson Frisco Memorial Melissa Plano East Plano West Plano Senior SharksAreCool 1 Quote
bobbyporter Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Rockhill (Prosper Tx) is also attending this competition and is skipping BOA Bedford this year after a impressive run last year!!! Tubalord11 and SharksAreCool 2 Quote
Mike McBandiel Posted April 9 Posted April 9 Looks like Argyle is attending this according to their calendar SharksAreCool 1 Quote
SharksAreCool Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 The defending champions are returning as JJ Pearce has been confirmed Per their band calendar Tubalord11 1 Quote
BandDad11 Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Rockwall-Heath has this on their calendar too SharksAreCool 1 Quote
SharksAreCool Posted June 11 Author Posted June 11 On 6/10/2025 at 2:24 PM, BandDad11 said: Rockwall-Heath has this on their calendar too Expand Interesting they do this contest instead of Donna Hanna. I think they can sneak into finals with this. BandDad11 1 Quote
dfwhorn Posted June 11 Posted June 11 On 6/11/2025 at 2:24 AM, SharksAreCool said: Interesting they do this contest instead of Donna Hanna. I think they can sneak into finals with this. Expand Seems like North DFW will one day just be Melissa and McKinney as the non BOAs in town, at least Don Hanna is still going strong, cant say the same about Plano East though, from what I think multiple are dropping from an already tiny contest. I think don hanna will live to see past it though it is a good contest for medium sized programs. SharksAreCool and Tubalord11 2 Quote
TexasStrangers Posted June 18 Posted June 18 On 6/11/2025 at 5:38 AM, dfwhorn said: Seems like North DFW will one day just be Melissa and McKinney as the non BOAs in town, at least Don Hanna is still going strong, cant say the same about Plano East though, from what I think multiple are dropping from an already tiny contest. I think don hanna will live to see past it though it is a good contest for medium sized programs. Expand Yup, there seems to be more and more schools starting to host their own competitions and the some schools just don't have the budget to compete in a lot of contests every year now that state is a yearly thing (smaller schools) and not to mention so many band programs that are up and down year to year. I know there were a couple of competitions last year where lots of schools dropped to go somewhere else that in their eyes was more competitive. Quote
dfwhorn Posted June 18 Posted June 18 On 6/18/2025 at 8:54 PM, TexasStrangers said: Yup, there seems to be more and more schools starting to host their own competitions and the some schools just don't have the budget to compete in a lot of contests every year now that state is a yearly thing (smaller schools) and not to mention so many band programs that are up and down year to year. I know there were a couple of competitions last year where lots of schools dropped to go somewhere else that in their eyes was more competitive. Expand Yeah, it seems like it will get to the point where its just the really big and known contests remaining because of those factors. Sad to see it happen to some contests like the Plano East contest that was doing good a couple years ago to being a bit empty now, and the plenty of schools that have dropped contests in the past. Quote
BugWub24 Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Allen will be attending per their calendar SharksAreCool 1 Quote
SharksAreCool Posted June 19 Author Posted June 19 On 6/18/2025 at 10:42 PM, BugWub24 said: Allen will be attending per their calendar Expand Thanks. Added to the list. Quote
BugWub24 Posted June 30 Posted June 30 Colleyville Heritage is attending! I am interested in seeing how they will place here. SharksAreCool and 5abands 2 Quote
SharksAreCool Posted June 30 Author Posted June 30 On 6/30/2025 at 4:27 AM, BugWub24 said: Colleyville Heritage is attending! I am interested in seeing how they will place here. Expand Updated now. Seems like this competition gets more competitive as more of these bands confirm. It’s gonna be a close battle for sure BugWub24 1 Quote
JFNDOWBFAN Posted July 22 Posted July 22 Side note, I think this is one of the nice venues for contest imo Quote
Tubalord11 Posted July 23 Posted July 23 On 7/22/2025 at 10:02 PM, JFNDOWBFAN said: Side note, I think this is one of the nice venues for contest imo Expand It is but the mainly bleacher seats..wish they had chairs JFNDOWBFAN 1 Quote
JFNDOWBFAN Posted July 23 Posted July 23 On 7/23/2025 at 5:13 PM, Tubalord11 said: It is but the mainly bleacher seats..wish they had chairs Expand Maybe I shall write to the School Board and get some more comfy chairs, better yet give me a 50 yard line suite until my kids all graduate the band world! Tubalord11 1 Quote
SharksAreCool Posted July 25 Author Posted July 25 Just added Frisco Independence who I believe was a finalist here last year. Quote
BugWub24 Posted July 27 Posted July 27 Celina has on their calendar “McKinney And/Or Princeton Contest”. Possibly an interesting addition 👀 SharksAreCool 1 Quote
SharksAreCool Posted July 27 Author Posted July 27 On 7/27/2025 at 7:02 PM, BugWub24 said: Celina has on their calendar “McKinney And/Or Princeton Contest”. Possibly an interesting addition 👀 Expand 👀 Quote
PSHSMom Posted August 2 Posted August 2 I don't see this on Plano Seniors calendar, looks like they added Duncanville instead. BugWub24 and SharksAreCool 1 1 Quote
Popular Post BugWub24 Posted August 10 Popular Post Posted August 10 Lebanon Trail confirmed for McKinney! JazzRun, SharksAreCool and Tubalord11 3 Quote
Tubalord11 Posted August 10 Posted August 10 On 8/10/2025 at 8:01 PM, BugWub24 said: Lebanon Trail confirmed for McKinney! Expand Def adding some serious competition here. This is probably the strongest lineup this comp has seen Quote
JFNDOWBFAN Posted August 11 Posted August 11 On 8/10/2025 at 11:16 PM, Tubalord11 said: Def adding some serious competition here. This is probably the strongest lineup this comp has seen Expand Definitely going to be a strong warm up for area for these bands Tubalord11 1 Quote
SharksAreCool Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 On 8/10/2025 at 8:01 PM, BugWub24 said: Lebanon Trail confirmed for McKinney! Expand Added to the list. This is probably one of the most stacked McKinney comps I’ve seen in a while. This is gonna be good. Quote
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