UIL 5A State Marching Contest 2023

[northtexasshawty]

ROUSE HOUSE 

[PenguinGuy]

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!!! I can’t wait to watch the performances when I get the chance

[Dave609]

Well Today is the Day,

35 bands from across the State of Texas will be competing for a chance to become a State Finalist and possibly take home a Medal. If you are competing, be ready to have the performance of your life! 6A is done, 4A has finished their journey, history was made in 2A, but today, it's your turn to Write History. Be that group that got the program to finals, become the first program since 2013 to win the State Title or get that Georgetown record (Cedar Park ). Overall though, enjoy the ride, make memories, and above all, be proud of your accomplishments. Today is your day, you earned it! Best of Luck to all 5A bands today, and make sure to make your program proud!

 

- David H.

[natertater21000]

Anyone having trouble finding today’s stream on NFHS? I’m only seeing options for tomorrow afternoon. 

[clarinetistkai05]

THIS IS IT! This is my last competition of the season (ever technically cause I’m a senior), and I couldn’t be any prouder of my band, Forney. We’ve been through so much this season, and I genuinely am glad I’ve had this opportunity for 4 years to be apart of this organization. I honestly regret not being in these forums sooner because y'all are genuinely the kindest people I’ve ever met. Anyway, enough with the blabbing. Good luck to every single 5A program who is competing! I genuinely love you all, and give it your best shot!

 

- Kai

 

[BaritoneBallah]

theres a lot of performers in this forum, good luck everyone!!!! 

[Dave609]

Well the event is underway!

Sharyland Pioneer-

First off, the pre-opener threw me off 😆. Took me a minute to realize that their pre-opener is them walking to their spot. The show was very fascinating! The idea of the different stages of metal put into different movements, really cool! They sounded very nice musically, and had an overall good marching performance. I really loved the use of Sound garden's Black Hole Sun in their third movement! Overall, amazing performance Pioneer and congratulations on Advancing to State!

 

Edit- Just noticed 2 things, they had a Bassoon solo, which is really unique, and also, this was a steam punk based show!

[DeadMascot]

Good luck to all the Area G Bands! Y’all are going to kill it today!!!!

[Dave609]

Foster-

GOOD MORNING FOSTER! I'm legit speechless after watching that run! They sounded amazing and were epic in the visual department as well! I really liked everything about their show! Congratulations Foster HS!

[guard4life]

Good luck to all bands today!! It’s going to be one amazing day of performances! Go Roma!!!

[TrebleMaker2]

Foster’s visuals were insane! Love the cones! Love the whole show-beautiful music and drill! Bravo!

[Tubalord11]

Good luck to all the bands competing today!! 

[Dave609]

Aledo-

I have to say, I love how they utilize the whole field, with their props on either end and then the band throughout! The music was really fun to listen to and the marching was great! Congratulations Aledo HS!

[jetliner]

Wow College Station, what an emotional performance of a well-designed show!

[Dave609]

College Station-

I really liked the show! The use of David Bowie and Pink Floyd made for a really interesting show! The ballad was really good and the closer was really nice, and paid a tribute to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon! Congratulations to College Station!

 

I'll be signing off now, best of luck to the rest of the 5A bands!!

[TrebleMaker2]

Has anyone else lost the feed? Ours dropped during Roma! Just buffering forever.

[bxOxAxUIL]

2 minutes ago, TrebleMaker2 said:

Has anyone else lost the feed? Ours dropped during Roma! Just buffering forever.

Same here.

[LeanderMomma]

3 minutes ago, TrebleMaker2 said:

Has anyone else lost the feed? Ours dropped during Roma! Just buffering forever.

Yep, exactly what happened up here in Leander as well! I really wanted to see Roma!

[ViewFromTheBox]

Same here with the buffering stream. Well, I had it for a moment there and then back to buffering.

Someone is having a really, really bad day in the Alamodome today. Would not want to be them right now.

[WakelandSuperDuperFan]

I hope the feed doesn’t cut out for wakeland so everyone can enjoy their show!

[viejo]

How are we feeling so far?

[WakelandSuperDuperFan]

4 minutes ago, viejo said:

How are we feeling so far?

Good performances so far but still very confident in Wakeland’s chances

[lost]

Next block is going to be a treat. 

[TrebleMaker2]

7 minutes ago, lost said:

Next block is going to be a treat. 

Agreed! Hoping the streaming issues are resolved soon!!

[Spirit]

4 hours ago, WakelandSuperDuperFan said:

This is it, I’m extremely confident and excited for Wakeland. They have been rocking every competition and have immense drive. They are competent, confident, and consistent. With these traits they will be a guaranteed medalist. I even believe they can beat the likes of Rouse and Cedar Park. Despite how BOA San Antonio went I’m confident that they can pull through and go for gold! Besides, the LISD schools had most of their points from GE and judge bias. I’m sure with UIL judges Wakeland will be on top!

I love your passion and enthusiasm for Wakeland (I am a former Wakeland parent myself), but whoa! You might want to curb the claim that the LISD schools received most points from GE and judges bias. That is very bold and unfounded. They are incredible programs that consistently do extremely well wherever they compete, in whatever competition format, and they do not deserve that statement. Support and cheer for Wakeland, but please do it humbly and graciously, without throwing negative shade on other programs. All you end up doing in the long run is shining a negative light on your own program instead. As a former Wakeland parent, I don’t appreciate that, because that’s never been what we are about.

 

Wishing all bands here that today they have their VERY BEST performances to date! Let’s make it a fantastic experience for all, especially those out there on that field.