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Well, it's set now.  Here are the 6A finalists:

 

Frenship

Coronado

Keller Central

Coppell

Flower Mound

Wylie

Duncanville

McNeil

Claudia Taylor Johnson

Vandegrift

College Park

Cy-Fair

Judson

Hanna

Dawson

James E. Taylor

 

I'll stick to my 1-2 prediction of Flower Mound/CTJ, not sure of order.

 

One poster criticized me for guessing the Area E results.  Well, this is TX Bands, and about 1/2 this website is predicting contest outcomes!

 

I feel bad for Reagan and Westlake.  They would have advanced in most of the other areas.  But, with marching/all-state/honor band - there are always 1 or 2 areas that are just harder than the others.

 

I'm very excited to see so many programs advance to the state round that haven't gotten there before or not for a very long time.  Bravo!

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  On 6/22/2018 at 9:46 PM, beowulf said:

I'll stick to my 1-2 prediction of Flower Mound/CTJ, not sure of order.

 

I personally loved FloMo's recording and they did end up 1st in Area C, but very oddly it wasn't by any real clear margin. The performances were technically brilliant and full of amazing tone and depth of color across all sections (especially the clarinets!) but the only place it was relatively lacking in any way was with emotional musicality. And it seems like more than a few of the judges today didn't take too well to that.

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  On 6/22/2018 at 11:29 PM, Danpod said:

 

Always great to see some new names up there! Area B was a total beast with some amazing concert programs.

Who is moving to State from Area B?

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  On 6/23/2018 at 3:12 PM, Danpod said:

Keller Central and Coppell advanced from Area B.

Thanks. What happened to Keller? Were they at Area? Is there any way we can see the ratings?

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  On 6/23/2018 at 10:50 PM, bandit said:

Thanks. What happened to Keller? Were they at Area? Is there any way we can see the ratings?

Keller Central advanced over Keller last year as well. Nothing happened to Keller. They still have an amazing concert program; this is just what the judges decided. I believe Keller was 4th out of 8 in area B.

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  On 6/21/2018 at 8:45 PM, jmj said:

A couple of Areas appear to be done today and reporting results already:

 

6A Area A - Frenship and El Paso Coronado advancing to state

6A Area E - CTJ and Vandegrift advancing to state

Anyone attend Area E session and can offer commentary?

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  On 6/24/2018 at 1:06 AM, Bandwoww said:

 

Keller Central advanced over Keller last year as well. Nothing happened to Keller. They still have an amazing concert program; this is just what the judges decided. I believe Keller was 4th out of 8 in area B.

Didn’t mean to say anything happened to Keller- was just curious about how they placed. Also it is interesting to see how concert band stacks up compared to marching season- if I’m not mistaken, Keller was ahead of Coppell and KC at Area and BOA for the music caption. Just shows the depth of this area. Insanely difficult. October is going to be so exciting
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  On 6/24/2018 at 1:06 AM, Bandwoww said:

Keller Central advanced over Keller last year as well. Nothing happened to Keller. They still have an amazing concert program; this is just what the judges decided. I believe Keller was 4th out of 8 in area B.

Who was third
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  On 6/24/2018 at 4:49 AM, bandit said:

Didn’t mean to say anything happened to Keller- was just curious about how they placed. Also it is interesting to see how concert band stacks up compared to marching season- if I’m not mistaken, Keller was ahead of Coppell and KC at Area and BOA for the music caption. Just shows the depth of this area. Insanely difficult. October is going to be so exciting

Yeah, Keller is pretty far ahead of KC and Coppell in terms of music in marching season.

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  On 6/24/2018 at 5:49 AM, Bandwoww said:

 

Not sure. I only know Keller was 4th cause they announced it on their Twitter.

I know that 3rd spot must sting . That is like the worse place to be lowkey

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  On 6/24/2018 at 5:49 AM, Bandwoww said:

Yeah, Keller is pretty far ahead of KC and Coppell in terms of music in marching season.

Not sure I would agree with that.  All are strong programs in both parts of the year.  

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  On 6/24/2018 at 3:14 PM, bancl said:

Not sure I would agree with that. All are strong programs in both parts of the year.

Yeah sorry, “pretty far” was the wrong phrase to use. I was just trying to say that I’ve heard a slightly more noticible difference in sound quality and music difficulty in marching season.

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  On 6/24/2018 at 4:49 AM, justabandkid94 said:

Anyone attend Area E session and can offer commentary?

1st Johnson

2nd Vandegrift

3rd Reagan

4th Westlake

 

Very tough competition - the top 4 entries were excellent.

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  On 6/27/2018 at 1:26 AM, Vidal28 said:

Would anyone have the complete results for Area B, I’m curious to see how the finalists stack up with each other

1. Coppell

2. Keller central

3. Plano East

4. Keller

5. Plano West

Not sure about the order for Haltom, Mansfield, and Martin

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  On 6/30/2018 at 11:05 PM, BrewersGrill2319 said:

Does anybody actually know when the state listenings will take place?

July 26, 8:30am at the Texas Bandmasters' Convention at the convention center in San Antonio.

 

6A room 205

4A room 206

1A/2A room 207

1C room 213

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The Honor Band Finalist List has been updated:

 

Frenship

Coronado

Keller Central

Coppell

Flower Mound

Wylie

Duncanville

McNeil

Claudia Taylor Johnson

Vandegrift

College Park

Cy-Fair

Judson

Hanna

Clements (Dawson has withdrawn)

James E. Taylor

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  On 7/17/2018 at 4:44 PM, TXClarinet20 said:

The Honor Band Finalist List has been updated:

Frenship

Coronado

Keller Central

Coppell

Flower Mound

Wylie

Duncanville

McNeil

Claudia Taylor Johnson

Vandegrift

College Park

Cy-Fair

Judson

Hanna

Clements (Dawson has withdrawn)

James E. Taylor

Predictions??

I think top 3 will be Vandegrift, Coppell, Flower Mound, not necessarily in that order

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