ViewFromTheBox Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 So since the other Area F thread appears to be centered on the 6A level, I thought I would go ahead and start the thread for the 5A Area F contest. As with 2019, it will be held at the Birdville Fine Arts/Athletics Complex on Oct. 23. Here are the groups (31 in total) that comprise Area F in draw order: Juan Seguin Azle Burleson Crowley Newman Smith Southwest Carter-Riverside North Side Brewer Polytechnic Colleyville Heritage Burleson Centennial Cleburne Richland Everman Arlington Heights South Hills Summit Midlothian Eastern Hills R L Turner Creekview Timberview Legacy Wyatt Birdville Aledo Joshua Saginaw Grapevine Granbury To state the obvious, this will change depending on who makes Division I's at Region. Quadmom68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIdpOOL Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Legacy is sneaky this year ViewFromTheJudgeBlockers and ViewFromTheField 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ViewFromTheBox Posted October 1, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2021 I kind of feel like the three Mansfield schools are good dark horse candidates for area this year. Legacy is way improved from this time in 2019. Summit has one of the toughest shows musically its had maybe ever. And Timberview might not make finals, but they sound a whole lot bigger than they actually are. GRIdpOOL, Quadmom68 and Spitfire78 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIdpOOL Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 This will be a great Area contest. Burleson centennial will be the heavy favorites but everyone is out for blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 How many to state? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewFromTheBox Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 There are 31 total groups in the area, so I would guess either 4 or 5 will go to state. Quadmom68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Dang this is gonna be a crazy one. I feel like there are so many bands that could make it. Aledo, B.C., Collelyville, Richland, Summit, Midlothian(thought they were in area C),Birdville, Azle(who is pretty good this year) and Grandbury! Quadmom68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band_dad_of_2 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 8:35 PM, GRIdpOOL said: This will be a great Area contest. Burleson centennial will be the heavy favorites but everyone is out for blood. "heavy favorite"? With all due respect, they'll be in the finals but there are too many really good bands to say they're the heavy favorites. Agreed, though, this will be a great contest. ViewFromTheField 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadmom68 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 5:46 PM, ViewFromTheBox said: I kind of feel like the three Mansfield schools are good dark horse candidates for area this year. Legacy is way improved from this time in 2019. Summit has one of the toughest shows musically its had maybe ever. And Timberview might not make finals, but they sound a whole lot bigger than they actually are. I agree. Of course, I'm biased for Summit, but I do know others in Mansfield sound pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band_dad_of_2 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 In no particular order, this is my finals prediction. Colleyville Herritage Burleson Centennial Mansfield Summit Richland Birdville Mansfield Legacy Azle Midlothian Aledo Granbury Quadmom68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostChoirGuy Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Thats a good list. grapevine will likely be in contention for finals as well. There are a few other notable groups but that seems about as good as I could predict. Irlmoth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickthestick Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I think y’all are sleeping on legacy, they’ve now broken 2 school records and beat out 5a state bands in the only 2 competitions they’ve gone to, and are the best in their respective school district, having beat every other band in mansfield. GRIdpOOL and ViewFromTheField 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewFromTheBox Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 I honestly don't think anyone is really sleeping on Legacy. Like I said earlier, Legacy is much, much improved from 2019. And I think everyone here would likely have them in finals. And then, let's be honest, who knows what happens in finals in terms of who goes to state. All depends on the performance that night. In terms of the Mansfield POC results, I have a hard time wrapping my head around those scores simply because I thought Martin was better than both Summit and Legacy and definitely was not the 10th place band that day. Also, the contest didn't use the UIL system, which is really what will matter come Oct. 23. I do wish Summit and Legacy would go head to head again at some point before area, especially since Summit's finals run at Midland was 1000 miles better than at Mansfield the week before. But Summit will be at McKinney and Legacy at Denton. Oh well. Area will be really fun either way. Also, just curious but what are those school records? Legacy went to state in 2009, so this isn't exactly uncharted territory for them. box5sop and Quadmom68 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickthestick Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 schools records in terms of placements at the Midlothian showcase and the POC placements. POC has only been running 9(?) years so it would cover the 2009 era, and I believe a similar situation for midlothian. I agree with the POC, I believe guard scores weren’t taken into account for rankings, and I know at the midlothian contest guard and percussion scores weren’t used, of which legacy got the caption award for percussion and as i’ve been told 3 points (midlothian uses a 1000 point score so .3 points in the 100 scale) away from getting first over Lake Highlands who didn’t have a drumline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire78 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 15 hours ago, rickthestick said: I think y’all are sleeping on legacy, they’ve now broken 2 school records and beat out 5a state bands in the only 2 competitions they’ve gone to, and are the best in their respective school district, having beat every other band in mansfield. Good. Having another great competitive band in the district just bolsters the need for fine arts funding in the district. Mansfield and Lake Ridge always bring well crafted big shows, Summit is...well, Summit. If you can beat Summit on musicality, you are really good. Legacy is a welcome addition. Lest we become like Arlington. Martin might be the only really competitive program there. I love Arlington High's shows and believe they deserve better rankings than they get, but Martin is the only consistent finalist there. Quadmom68 and box5sop 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire78 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 The south of I-20 crowd looks pretty good Cen10 and Midlo were really really good. Summit always brings it and Legacy and Timberview were performing incredibly well. Cleburne might surprise more than a few. North of, I liked Birdville and Azle's shows a lot. Definite contenders. Quadmom68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Warp Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I think Grapevine will be fighting for a spot. Irlmoth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIdpOOL Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Frustrating thing with legacy is they have refused to do any BOA since 2015 because of how miserably they performed at the Arlington contest that season. That was the year that sent them into the desert. I think they are more prepared than ever to get back into the BOA circuit. https://marching.musicforall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/2015.10.10_Arlington_TX_Prelims.pdf Spitfire78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadmom68 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 4:24 PM, GRIdpOOL said: Frustrating thing with legacy is they have refused to do any BOA since 2015 because of how miserably they performed at the Arlington contest that season. That was the year that sent them into the desert. I think they are more prepared than ever to get back into the BOA circuit. https://marching.musicforall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/2015.10.10_Arlington_TX_Prelims.pdf Gosh! Look at all the bands that are considered top bands NOW that are near the bottom of that contest! Just goes to show things can turn around quickly. Spitfire78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire78 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Can't put that much stake into one contest. Martin was 10th at Mansfield P.O.C. and they're taking that show to St Louis Super Regionals. (I'm certain they'll be finalists there too - that was a good show) Summit was consistently best in class and a top finisher overall in 2019 until they went to Duncanville. Didn't even make the finals there. The year before, Mansfield had an amazing show and ended up 10th at Area suffering the indignity of finishing behind their district rival who was in their very first year in 6A. But it was a show you remember and it was really good. I'm sure everyone here sat at announcement for finals at least once and thought, "What the heck just happened?!" One bad placing shouldn't make or break your program Quadmom68 and GRIdpOOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIdpOOL Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Well it wasn’t really just that one contest for legacy (I apologize for my wording). They had a one year band director that was forced to resign after 2015 and half the program left so their performance reflected the chaos. That’s what I was trying to get across. Spitfire78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band_dad_of_2 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 The McKinney Invitational provided some clarity. Heritage and Summit were amazing and Richland was right there with them, especially in prelims, but fell a little in finals. The Birdville contest will be really interesting because several Area F bands (Joshua, Cleburn, Creekview, Brewer, Midlothian, Aledo, Burleson Centennial, Azle and Burleson HS will all be there. Smart since that's where Area will be held a week later. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, right now, these would be my top 4 (if only 4 make it out of Area)...if it's 5, I'll add one later. Colleyville Heritage Burleson Centennial Mansfield Summit Richland Quadmom68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Band_dad_of_2 said: The McKinney Invitational provided some clarity. Heritage and Summit were amazing and Richland was right there with them, especially in prelims, but fell a little in finals. The Birdville contest will be really interesting because several Area F bands (Joshua, Cleburn, Creekview, Brewer, Midlothian, Aledo, Burleson Centennial, Azle and Burleson HS will all be there. Smart since that's where Area will be held a week later. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, right now, these would be my top 4 (if only 4 make it out of Area)...if it's 5, I'll add one later. Colleyville Heritage Burleson Centennial Mansfield Summit Richland Aledo did beat BC at dfw so I’d probably have them 1st right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band_dad_of_2 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 17 hours ago, Tubalord11 said: Aledo did beat BC at dfw so I’d probably have them 1st right now Aledo 1st in Area F? I'd tap the brakes on that one. It's Heritage or Summit...maybe Richland. Quadmom68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalord11 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, Band_dad_of_2 said: Aledo 1st in Area F? I'd tap the brakes on that one. It's Heritage or Summit...maybe Richland. Oh definitely don’t think they will win just at the moment, I’d say their better than BC, but definitely have Summit and CH in front of them, possibly Richland, but I definitely think Aledo will be at state and most likely make finals Jack_0131 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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