6A UIL State

[Statebound]

I'm a Hebron fan and have enjoyed watching their rise since they won 5A Honor Band a few years ago, but I'm not sold that they can win UIL until I see how their closer is going to come together.  I saw BOA Denton live and have now seen video of the HEB contest finals and as good as their show is (and it's darn good), the closer feels chaotic and disjointed to me with some drill thrown together behind some huge dark brass hits.  To be fair, the ballad segment where the spinsters turn into princesses is absolute magic.

 

On the other hand, Marcus is still yet to field a significant amount of their closer and I am very anxious to see their complete show because that show has big potential.  I haven't had the "Wow" moment yet with their music, but their is much more complexity in their drill this year and the visuals are back to their normal gold standard.  They know how to win and normally don't put anything on the field until its perfect.

 

I also think that The Woodlands show is more UIL friendly than CTJ.  I love the power of their low brass and they appear to have also stepped up their drill.  I simply think that UIL is still very wide open.

[snares]

Unfortunately I was not in town this weekend (I'm actually in St Louis, congrats broken Arrow!). But can anyone give me a comparison of what they saw this weekend from hebron marcus and flower mound at region?

[alyglad87]

UIL

[JNT]

  On 10/19/2014 at 3:40 PM, alyglad87 said:

[unclassy comment about Round Rock]

Round Rock has to make it out of Area this Saturday first.  RR learned 2 years ago that expectations don't always happen.  Please don't assume anything for Round Rock.

Edited October 20, 2014 by takigan

[Marcato]

  On 10/19/2014 at 3:40 PM, alyglad87 said:

[unclassy comment about Round Rock]

As I have said before...

 

If you are a member of the Round Rock band, i would advise you to check out the band handbook available on the website,

Page 34 under Student expectations:

"11. Stay off the internet. Avoid posting comments on forums unless it’s to congratulate another band"

 

If you are a parent i would advise you to follow the same rule, if you care about your childs band program.

 

Either way I would  appreciate it if you deleted your comments, and stayed off the forums. Round Rock has worked hard for decades to develop a good reputation, and I certainly did not contribute 4 years of blood, sweat and tears so someones comments on the internet could give my Alma Mater a bad name.

 

Alyglad87, you are tarnishing Round Rock's reputation.

Edited October 20, 2014 by takigan

[dylan123]

Any Area F band comments? Nobody seems to be talking about Area F

[GBMELLO]

So after looking at all the area schedules, 37 bands will be advancing to State.

 

Area A - 4

Area B - 4

Area C - 4

Area D - 6

Area E - 4

Area F - 7

Area G - 8

[JTApex]

Does Area A advance 4 schools or 3? Near as I can tell, Area A has 18 schools participating in 2 zones (10 in the West zone and 8 in the East). In any other Area, 18 bands = 3 advancing to state. Am I missing something?

[LKendrick]

  On 10/22/2014 at 9:51 PM, JTApex said:

Does Area A advance 4 schools or 3? Near as I can tell, Area A has 18 schools participating in 2 zones (10 in the West zone and 8 in the East). In any other Area, 18 bands = 3 advancing to state. Am I missing something?

 

Area A also includes the Ft. Worth Area, which includes Keller, Keller Central, Timber Creek, ect.  

[JTApex]

Actually what I was looking at was Area A East Zone (Fort Worth, Keller, etc.) and Central Zone (Lubbock, Amarillo, etc.). There is apparently a West zone (El Paso), but I'm not seeing any information about an Area competition for that zone. If there is a competition in that zone and they send 1 band, that gets Area A to 4 bands as reported above.

[nalyd8991]

My only prediction, is that all of Area B will make finals.

[LKendrick]

  On 10/23/2014 at 12:26 PM, JTApex said:

Actually what I was looking at was Area A East Zone (Fort Worth, Keller, etc.) and Central Zone (Lubbock, Amarillo, etc.). There is apparently a West zone (El Paso), but I'm not seeing any information about an Area competition for that zone. If there is a competition in that zone and they send 1 band, that gets Area A to 4 bands as reported above.

 

They're not on the UIL Area Webpage for some reason, but they do have a contest this weekend.  Eastwood, Americas, Franklin, Socorro, El Dorado, and Montwood.  1 advances.  I'd look for Americas or Coronado to advance, Americas has an especially enjoyable show this year.  

[Lynn]

Can anyone give me a rough time schedule for UIL?  Is this going to be another 'finish at midnight' type thing?

[CrownMan18]

So now that we all know who will be heading to state, does anyone have any thoughts as to what might happen? I think the top three will most likely be  Marcus, Bowie, and Hebron. But then again.. this is UIL so I wouldn't be willing to put money on any specific band taking state this year.

[principalagent]

Agreed on Marcus, Hebron and Bowie. I don't think anyone's really touching those three on sheer cleanliness and execution. Bowie has to be itching for a medal after two years in 4th.

[snares]

I think bowie in third, purely because Marcus and Hebron are just too good. Then I have no clue which one of those sister bands will win. Both Marcus and Hebron have extremely difficult shoes. I think Hebron has a harder musical performance, but Marcus has a little harder visual performance, and they basically perform to the highest degree possible, like always. I could see either band taking state

[CrownMan18]

  On 10/26/2014 at 9:17 PM, SnareSnare13 said:

 Both Marcus and Hebron have extremely difficult shoes. 

 

Woah... remind me never to go shoe shopping at wherever those bands get shoes   

[CrownMan18]

  On 10/26/2014 at 9:08 PM, principalagent said:

Agreed on Marcus, Hebron and Bowie. I don't think anyone's really touching those three on sheer cleanliness and execution. Bowie has to be itching for a medal after two years in 4th.

 

Especially after Bowie technically tied for third both of those years. Imagine the agony they would feel if the same thing happened again this year.

[Brassman82]

Duncanville has really surprised me. They tied with Coppell at Area C competition yesterday. Duncanville got 14th last state year, but I believe they have a very good chance of coming back this year.

[Donezo]

I would love to see Duncanville make a State finals comeback, and I see no reason why they can't do it.....other than the field being absolutely stacked, of course. I wanted to put together finals predictions, but I honestly don't know where to start. This just gets harder every year as Texas bands push their quality higher and higher. 

 

I do ultimately think it will be Marcus and Hebron duking it out for the title. Bronze is anyone's game. I would love to see Bowie medal after being painfully close twice in a row. 

[band78254]

He's O'Connor high school band's prelim show for Area G "2014 Area G Champs":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtd9DiSem9g

 

Link to PantherBand site:

http://thepantherband.com/

[crazyhornkid]

I'm gonna go out there and say that Flower Mound can move up to the top. They had it in 2012 but couldn't make it out of the fist fight of area B. LISD is ready to take the entire podium back to north Texas and Bowie and CTJ are the threats.

[principalagent]

Although I want to see an Austin area band medal in 5A/6A for the first time since 2004, it would be entertaining to see a (different) LISD medal sweep two years in a row!

[Xenon]

Different LISDs, but yes, that would Definitely be one for the record books.

[ZombieRaptor]

Any predictions?

My own thoughts:

1) Marcus

2) Hebron

3) The Woodlands

4) Claudia Taylor Johnson

 

Dark Horse) Ronald Reagan