jbob43 Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Area G marching is going to be held in Laredo for the first time with a hefty 42 bands and 10 finals spots...any thoughts or predictons? Quote
inventions99 Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 I feel like a lot of the usual bands from Region 28 will be there in Finals. The last few spots are pretty much a toss-up though. In no particular order: Harlingen Hanna Lopez Donna San Benito Harlingen South O'Connor United Sharyland Alexander I don't really know much about the other Laredo or San Antonio schools, so I suppose one of them could sneak in there. I'd say these are pretty much locks for state: Hanna Lopez Harlingen Donna Harlingen South San Benito O'Connor The last spot is up for grabs. Quote
kammcam Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Here is my prediction for Finals with the * being locks at advancing: O'Connor* Harlingen* Hanna* Donna* Lopez* Sharyland Alexander San Benito Brandeis United This is of course if the prelims are judged fairly and no "median scoring" method is used for the early bands. Quote
Chupacabra1222 Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 I'll say: Finalists Harlingen O'Connor Lopez Donna Hanna San Benito Harlingen South Laredo United Brandeis Palmview State: Harlingen O'Connor Donna Lopez Hanna San Benito Harlingen South Palmview Alt. United- Great First Half of show, good band! Quote
TRBbaritone Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 (edited) Area G is a bloodbath this year. Locks are definitely Harlingen, Donna, Lopez, Hanna and O'Connor. From then on it's a big ole' mess. Any of these bands could make the cut United Alexander San Benito Taft Marshall Brandeis Warren Palmview PSJA North Sharyland Good luck to all the other bands who will be there! Edited October 25, 2012 by TRBbaritone Quote
OCPantherSnare Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 TRBbaritone said: Area G is a bloodbath this year. Locks are definitely Harlingen, Donna, Lopez, Hanna and O'Connor. From then on it's a big ole' mess. Any of these bands could make the cut United Alexander San Benito Taft Marshall Brandeis Warren Palmview PSJA North Sharyland Good luck to all the other bands who will be there! I really wouldn't consider Marshall and Warren potential finalists, there's just too many bands that are better than them at Area this year, IMO. I can see from your username that you go to Taft Best of luck in Laredo next week, I hope both our programs can represent NISD well! Quote
TRBbaritone Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 OCPantherSnare said: I really wouldn't consider Marshall and Warren potential finalists, there's just too many bands that are better than them at Area this year, IMO. I can see from your username that you go to Taft Best of luck in Laredo next week, I hope both our programs can represent NISD well! I wouldn't be too sure about Marshall. They usually don't seem like a threat early on in the season but they tend to peak right around Area, barely missing finals 2 years back. As for Warren, I've only seen their show from a backfield view so I don't really know what everything looks like, but they seem like pretty strong competition. Honestly, with all of these great bands at this contest, anything can happen. Good luck to you guys too! Only 2 more days! Quote
band78254 Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Those advancing to state in random order... (please post reply if you know the final placement order?) 5A Area G - United, O'Connor, Hanna, Harlingen, Harlingen South, Donna, San Benito, Lopez Quote
band78254 Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 "Panther Band" O'Connor had a strong finals performance and placed 2nd in finals of the 8 bands advancing to state out of Area G. The OC band has come on strong as the season has progressed. Congrats to all of the bands that participated in Area G, The Finalist and to those advancing to state. Quote
TRBbaritone Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Prelims results: 1. Harlingen 2. United 3. Donna 4. O'Connor 5. Harlingen 6. Lopez 7. SA Clark 8. Hanna 9. San Benito 10. SA Taft 11. Sharyland 12. Alexander 13. Edinburg North 14. McAllen Memorial 15. Edinburg 16. SA Brandeis 17. McAllen 18. Veterans Memorial 19. SA Stevens 20. United South 21. Rivera 22. Weslaco East 23. Los Fresnos 24. Palmview 25. Edinburg Vela 26. SA Warren 27. SA Marshall 28. SA Southwest 29. La Joya 30. Economedes 31. PSJA North 32. McAllen Rowe 33. Weslaco 34. SA John Jay 35. Laredo LBJ 36. PSJA Memorial 37. Del Rio 38. Eagle Pass 39. PSJA 40. Carroll 41. South San 42. SA Holmes Quote
OCPantherSnare Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Here's the links for the full results for those interested in the caption rankings as well: Prelims Finals Scores were definitely all over the place during prelims... But I guess that's to be expected when you have 42 bands competing over a span of 11 hours! I was really rooting for the two other NISD bands that made finals (Taft and Clark) and it's just a shame that they didn't advance to state. Quote
takigan Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 OCPantherSnare said: Here's the links for the full results for those interested in the caption rankings as well: Prelims Finals Scores were definitely all over the place during prelims... But I guess that's to be expected when you have 42 bands competing over a span of 11 hours! I was really rooting for the two other NISD bands that made finals (Taft and Clark) and it's just a shame that they didn't advance to state. Marching judging was very consistent in prelims. There were only 5 instances of the 2 judges being more than 10 ranks apart across 42 bands. Music judging was all over the place. 7 instances of divergence by 20 places or more: 3rd & 29th for Lopez 3rd & 28th for San Benito 11th & 33rd for Sharyland 9th & 36th for Edinburg North 7th & 33rd for McAllen 11th & 39th for J.P Stevens 17th & 40th for Marshall Quote
takigan Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Reposting results here for the archive since UIL doesn't keep them posted on the region sites forever Quote
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