2021 5A UIL SMBC (Nov. 1 & 2)

[Guest]

Wylie East and Lone Star are locks. Lebanon Trail has a great shot but I haven't heard as much this year.

[principalagent]

I think we still head to a Leander ISD threepeat, but I’m shakier on the prediction than I had been. There’s a lot of good band in 5A this year. Wakeland of course is happy to play spoiler to LISD’s fun, and this year is far from an exception. Not to mention Weiss and Johnson attempting to make an impact on their way to 6A next season. Not sure who else could make a meaningful challenge up top. Lone Star is very clean, Forney’s show has wheels (the design caption should treat them favorably), and Highland Park could be anywhere. 

[Tubalord11]

3 hours ago, lost said:

Wakeland is easily a lock. Wylie East, Lebanon Trail and Lone Star have decent shots. That’s about it.

What about Lovejoy? They’ve beaten LT and Wylie East, and the new judging system looks like it could favor them over LT, who got 8th at McKinney with this new judging system yesterday.

[Wendy41899]

1 hour ago, Tubalord11 said:

What about Lovejoy? They’ve beaten LT and Wylie East, and the new judging system looks like it could favor them over LT, who got 8th at McKinney with this new judging system yesterday.

Just curious, do you know what the new judging system is? 

[Tubalord11]

53 minutes ago, Wendy41899 said:

Just curious, do you know what the new judging system is? 

So according to questions I’ve asked and no research, music will be split into WWs, brass percussion and ensemble(I think), and visual set into individual, ensemble and overall product quality. Not 100% this is it but I’m fairly sure. They use this type of scoring at the McKinney marching contest on Saturday

[Wendy41899]

52 minutes ago, Tubalord11 said:

So according to questions I’ve asked and no research, music will be split into WWs, brass percussion and ensemble(I think), and visual set into individual, ensemble and overall product quality. Not 100% this is it but I’m fairly sure. They use this type of scoring at the McKinney marching contest on Saturday

Thanks! 

[Tubalord11]

Are there 12 finalist still this year? 

[ViewFromTheBox]

2 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

Are there 12 finalist still this year? 

I believe it depends on the number of state qualifiers. If there are 20-29 bands, there will be 10 bands in finals. For 30-39 bands, it's 12 bands in finals. And 40 or more, it's 14 bands in finals.

[Tubalord11]

2 minutes ago, ViewFromTheBox said:

I believe it depends on the number of state qualifiers. If there are 20-29 bands, there will be 10 bands in finals. For 30-39 bands, it's 12 bands in finals. And 40 or more, it's 14 bands in finals.

Okay thank you 

[LeanderMomma]

I think I’m going to have to get to San Antonio two days early so I can at least attend 5A state finals. I thought I could be content just watching it on Box5 but I truly don’t think I can stand missing it live!!  ?

[MikeKyu]

29 minutes ago, LeanderMomma said:

I think I’m going to have to get to San Antonio two days early so I can at least attend 5A state finals. I thought I could be content just watching it on Box5 but I truly don’t think I can stand missing it live!!  ?

That's exactly why I rented a house for the week. It's going to be an epic and unpredictable week. 

[LeanderMomma]

13 minutes ago, MikeKyu said:

That's exactly why I rented a house for the week. It's going to be an epic and unpredictable week. 

Unfortunately I live 10 hours away from San Antonio now. I have a house rented for the long BOA San Antonio weekend, but that’s it. I think I’m going to figure out how to get down there early though. I just can’t miss it!

[LeanderMomma]

This is the 5A STATE thread. Sorry if it’s gotten buried and hard to find. ?

[Tubalord11]

Do we know how many are going to state now, or are there more region contest?

[LeanderMomma]

6 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

Do we know how many are going to state now, or are there more region contest?

Good question. I was wondering the same thing!

[VinoGirl]

6 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

Do we know how many are going to state now, or are there more region contest?

There are still more region contests to go (rescheduled because of weather). There are a few that have contests Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Then Area contests next weekend. 

[Samuel Culper]

Only three State slots for Area H.  19 1's.  Brutal. 

[propsquaddad]

On 10/10/2021 at 4:19 PM, principalagent said:

I think we still head to a Leander ISD threepeat, but I’m shakier on the prediction than I had been. There’s a lot of good band in 5A this year. Wakeland of course is happy to play spoiler to LISD’s fun, and this year is far from an exception. Not to mention Weiss and Johnson attempting to make an impact on their way to 6A next season. Not sure who else could make a meaningful challenge up top. Lone Star is very clean, Forney’s show has wheels (the design caption should treat them favorably), and Highland Park could be anywhere. 

I think your pretty spot on. I have not seen Lone Star or Forney's show, However, Forney has a curse trying to make it to the finals at State. Highland Park is the BIG unknown here. 

[propsquaddad]

On 10/17/2021 at 10:06 AM, Samuel Culper said:

Only three State slots for Area H.  19 1's.  Brutal. 

So is the even money on Cedar Park, Leander, Rouse? 

[Samuel Culper]

40 minutes ago, propsquaddad said:

So is the even money on Cedar Park, Leander, Rouse? 

It would be a shocker if it is anything other than those three.

[Tubalord11]

5 minutes ago, Samuel Culper said:

It would be a shocker if it is anything other than those three.

 

46 minutes ago, propsquaddad said:

So is the even money on Cedar Park, Leander, Rouse? 

I could see Wakeland upsetting here 

[MikeKyu]

56 minutes ago, propsquaddad said:

So is the even money on Cedar Park, Leander, Rouse? 

I think we are going to see CP and Leander medal. I think Highland Park or Wakeland are going to throw down a run in finals. 

[VinoGirl]

13 minutes ago, MikeKyu said:

I think we are going to see CP and Leander medal. I think Highland Park or Wakeland are going to throw down a run in finals. 

I would like to see an interesting final. I wonder if the new scoring will shake things up. No idea! 

[Samuel Culper]

1 hour ago, Samuel Culper said:

It would be a shocker if it is anything other than those three.

So, to clarify this post.... I was thinking this was the Area H thread when I posted that. 

 

As for State - I think an LISD sweep is entirely possible, but I think Wakeland and Highland Park will both push to break into the medals.  Should be a really interesting Finals.

[jmj]

I really think Wakeland will be in the medals. IMO, they were even underscored at the very competitive BOA 2 weeks ago. There’s something about the music (loved The River Cam since Leander played it in Color Study), theme, and all the wave-y energy in the drill that just grabs you.