talkorpi Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 I just wanted to start off a page for this contest. It's a long way away, but looks like it's going to be an interesting one. Thoughts? Predictions? Here's the participating bands: Allen HS Byron Nelson HS Dawson HS Fossil Ridge HS Hebron HS Jack C Hays HS James Martin HS Keller HS Klein Oak HS Krum HS L.V. Berkner HS Langham Creek HS MacArthur HS Marcus HS McKinney Boyd HS New Braunfels HS Plano Senior HS Plano West HS Richardson HS Rockwall HS Rowlett HS Sandra Day O'Connor HS Southlake Carroll HS Timber Creek HS Trinity HS Quote
Xenon Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Also, this year, TCU will be performing in exhibition after Finals. Duncanville will do their exhibition after Prelims. Quote
talkorpi Posted September 27, 2015 Author Posted September 27, 2015 Anyone know how Marcus and Hebron look this year? I'm trying to think of which bands could make up finals. I've heard some good thing about some of these programs and wanted to see what anyone else thought of them. Quote
Bandbandband123 Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 On 9/27/2015 at 12:07 AM, talkorpi said: Anyone know how Marcus and Hebron look this year? I'm trying to think of which bands could make up finals. I've heard some good thing about some of these programs and wanted to see what anyone else thought of them. Based on the BOA regional, I would say that Hebron is in the lead, but honestly both programs (Hebron and Marcus) are incredibly talented and anything can happen. Quote
WestSideTrumpet16 Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 I think another school to pay attention to is Timber Creek. They didn't make finals in their debut BOA contest yesterday, but I know they are looking to surprise people at the St. Louis Super-Regional. They also missed finals at Duncanville last year, and I think they're looking to change that. Quote
talkorpi Posted October 11, 2015 Author Posted October 11, 2015 I would keep an eye on New Braunfels and Sandra Day O'Connor. From what I've heard, both bands had extremely good showings at the Westlake Marching Festival yesterday and I think they both could be contenders for finalist spots. talkorpi 1 Quote
snares Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 On 10/11/2015 at 3:21 PM, talkorpi said: I would keep an eye on New Braunfels and Sandra Day O'Connor. From what I've heard, both bands had extremely good showings at the Westlake Marching Festival yesterday and I think they both could be contenders for finalist spots. I saw both of these groups oh my they are a lot better than I would expect. I definitely have both of them in my finals predictions Quote
Statebound Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 A couple things...first please notice that Plano Senior is scheduled to be in this contest. I've always said that if the Plano schools ever reengage in marching band that they could be a force. They have a ton of state musicians every year. Also, this contest is usually a very telling barometer for the big year-end contests. I know that I'll be making a trip south for this one. Quote
snares Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 I'd normally think that this competition is a "barometer" like you said, especially in the past when Marcus was dominant. But in 2013 Marcus beat Hebron taking most of the captions except music I believe (I'm 60% sure what the caption was). But a week later, Marcus basically got creamed by Hebron and The woodlands. Maybe that was just an odd year, but the fact that that happened is making me really anxious about the next three weeks. Quote
band78254 Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 Here's the performance schedule: Band Perform MacArthur HS 10:00:00 AM Krum HS 10:15:00 AM Rockwall HS 10:30:00 AM Plan West HS 10:45:00 AM Richardson HS 11:00:00 AM BREAK Southlake Carroll HS 11:45:00 AM Timber Creek HS 12:00:00 PM Byron Nelson HS 12:15:00 PM Rowlett HS 12:30:00 PM LUNCH Trinity HS 01:45:00 PM L.V. Berkner HS 02:00:00 PM Plan Senior HS 02:15:00 PM McKinney Boyd HS 02:30:00 PM Jack C. Hays HS 02:45:00 PM BREAK Fossil Ridge HS 03:15:00 PM New Braunfels HS 03:30:00 PM Keller HS 03:45:00 PM Sandra Day O'Connor HS 04:00:00 PM Hebron HS 04:15:00 PM BREAK Marcus HS 04:45:00 PM James Martin HS 05:00:00 PM Klein Oak HS 05:15:00 PM Langham Creek HS 05:30:00 PM Allen HS 05:45:00 PM DUNCANVILLE HS EXHIBITION 06:00:00 PM PRELIM AWARDS / DINNER 06:15:00 PM FINALS FINALS 10 07:30:00 PM FINALS 9 07:45:00 PM FINALS 8 08:00:00 PM FINALS 7 08:15:00 PM FINALS 6 08:30:00 PM BREAK FINALS 5 09:00:00 PM FINALS 4 09:15:00 PM FINALS 3 09:30:00 PM FINALS 2 09:45:00 PM FINALS 1 10:00:00 PM TCU HONORED FROG BAND EXHIBITION 10:15:00 PM FINALS AWARDS 10:30:00 PM Enjoy Quote
knoxisawesome348 Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 On 10/13/2015 at 6:49 PM, Statebound said: A couple things...first please notice that Plano Senior is scheduled to be in this contest. I've always said that if the Plano schools ever reengage in marching band that they could be a force. They have a ton of state musicians every year. Also, this contest is usually a very telling barometer for the big year-end contests. I know that I'll be making a trip south for this one. While I agree on Plano Senior's potential, I've seen some videos of their performances this year and they have a bit of a ways to improve before they can make finals at a competition like this. Their shows are getting better, but it takes a lot even to make finals at a competition like Duncanville. If they somehow make it though, I'll be one incredibly happy alum. Quote
beeterater Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 On 10/11/2015 at 3:21 PM, talkorpi said: I would keep an eye on New Braunfels and Sandra Day O'Connor. From what I've heard, both bands had extremely good showings at the Westlake Marching Festival yesterday and I think they both could be contenders for finalist spots. On 10/11/2015 at 11:30 PM, SnareSnare13 said: I saw both of these groups oh my they are a lot better than I would expect. I definitely have both of them in my finals predictions I agree. Both bands were very good but Buda Hays beat O'Connor in Prelims and Finals at Westlake this past weekend. And I believe they were just below New Braunfels in the placements. It will be interesting to see if they are a competitor this year as well. Quote
PSHSMom Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 I just saw Plano Senior put on an awesome show at UIL (my daughter is in the band), but coming from the Plano East band (my son went there), I know there show isn't as competition ready as many of the bands. However, with the new band director, it is a little obvious that maybe they might start to get into the marching competitions since they are actually attending Duncanville this year. Maybe by the time my youngest son goes there they will be in the thick of marching band competitions (4 years) too. I will probably be heading to Duncanville to check it all out next week. Last time was to watch the Plano East band who made the finals but it was rained out. All these bands are just remarkable! I am looking forward to the Marcus and Hebron shows, haven't seen them yet this year! Quote
joyfulart Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 In response to the question.... "Anyone know how Marcus and Hebron look this year?" At the BOA in Arlington on Oct 3rd.... The finals results were 1. Flower Mound (their 1st ever BOA championship) 2. Hebron 3. Marcus So I would say Marcus & Hebron are again looking very good this year. Best of luck to all the banks in the Duncanville Invitational this coming Saturday..... Quote
northtexasbandfan Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Notably absent is Flower Mound. They participated two years ago during an off-state year but they're not taking part this time. Quote
Marching bandfan Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Anybody have a prediction of all 10 finalist spots. Sounds like favorites are Marcus, Hebron, timber creek? Curious who you feel are contenders for spots 4-10? Quote
bancl Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Marcus, Hebron, and Keller should lock up 1-3 (all 2014 6A state finalists). Quote
snares Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Looking at the weather, it's supposed to rain until about 2-3pm and then it drops to a below 50% chance of rain after that, hopefully it doesn't get rained out again! Quote
Chupacabra1222 Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 If the contest has finals.... Rain rain stay away, I think the following are possible finalists Marcus Hebron Keller Rowlett Dawson New Braunfels O'Connor Allen Berkner Martin Plus these bands could likely be finalists.... Boyd Trinity Hays Quote
NTXBandFan Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 On 10/18/2015 at 7:20 PM, northtexasbandfan said: Notably absent is Flower Mound. They participated two years ago during an off-state year but they're not taking part this time. It seems Flower Mound likes to rotate through the local competitions rather than hitting the same ones every year. 2011 - Birdville 2012 - Tournament Of Champions (Carrollton) 2013 - Duncanville 2014 - No local comp presumably due to Grand Nats trip 2015 - Birdville http://www.worldofpageantry.com/scores/index.php FloMoParent 1 Quote
joyfulart Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Jeepers, I think we all need to do a "rain, rain, go away" dance.... Every day I look at the forecast & it gets worse.... not looking good for Saturday.... As for non weather predictions, I find that difficult as there are so many bands I have not seen this year..... But, from what I have seen, I would say Hebron, Marcus, & Keller will all finish in the top 5. Good luck to all the participating bands Quote
PSHSMom Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Of the band I saw last weekend at UIL, the order I would put the bands in from Region 25 6A would be: Plano East (but they aren't attending) McKinney Boyd Plano Senior Allen Plano West Allen is very impressive just because of their size and sound, but I thought it was messy. But sometimes just being as big as they are and how they sound may move them up. Plano Senior has a good show but not as flashy as others. But they sound good. I am also happy to reportthat they moved back the time for them which means the many kids which weren't going to make it because of the ACT are now going to be there. The issue with having a new band director that decided to attend only to figure out many kids were scheduled for the ACT that day, LOL. McKinney Boyd has a nice show... I could see them making finals if they march well. Quote
NTXBandFan Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 On 10/20/2015 at 12:46 AM, Jellyfishes said: Flower Mound attend BISDMF last year. No they didn't. http://www.birdvilleschools.net/cms/lib2/TX01000797/Centricity/Domain/2921/BISD_Marching_2014_Results-PRELIMS.pdf Quote
takigan Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 On 10/14/2015 at 11:11 PM, beeterater said: I agree. Both bands were very good but Buda Hays beat O'Connor in Prelims and Finals at Westlake this past weekend. And I believe they were just below New Braunfels in the placements. It will be interesting to see if they are a competitor this year as well. Hays making finals at DMI is more or less implied due to their reputation at other contests (Namely Area D Finals & the 5A SMBC). The reason they mentioned New Braunfels and O'Connor is that they're lesser known bands from the San Antonio area (New Braunfels specifically) who are actually quite good that aren't typically matched up against the Dallas/Austin bands that compete in DMI. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.