Dave609 Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 New Contest Alert! Melissa High School will be hosting their first annual Marching Contest on September 23rd of the 2023 season! Also a very stacked judge panel (There was an update to the judge panel) OFFICIAL SCHEDULE- 9:00 a.m.- Melissa HS (5A)- EXHIBITION 9:15 a.m.- Whitewright HS (2A) 9:30 a.m.- Kemp HS (3A) 9:45 a.m.- Quitman HS (3A) 10:00 a.m.- Gran Saline HS (3A) - BREAK 10:30 a.m.- Westwood HS (3A) 10:45 a.m.- Mineola HS (3A) 11:00 a.m.- Sunnyvale HS (4A)- WON'T BE AT FINALS DUE TO HOCO 11:15 a.m.- Farmersville HS (4A) 11:30 a.m.- Western Hills HS (4A) 11:45 a.m.- Community HS (4A) 12:00 p.m.- Queen City HS (3A) - LUNCH BREAK 1:15 p.m.- Anna HS (4A) 1:30 p.m.- Van Alstyne HS (4A) 1:45 p.m.- Sulphur Springs HS (4A) 2:00 p.m.- Kaufman HS (4A) 2:15 p.m.- Aubrey HS (4A) 2:30 p.m.- Canton HS (4A) 2:45 p.m.- North Lamar HS (4A) 3:00 p.m.- Celina HS (4A) 3:15 p.m.- China Spring HS (4A) - BREAK 3:45 p.m.- Frisco Liberty HS (5A) 4:00 p.m.- Independence HS (5A) 4:15 p.m.- South Hills HS (5A) 4:30 p.m.- Princeton HS (5A) 4:45 p.m.- Boswell HS (6A) 5:00 p.m.- Lonestar HS (5A) 5:15 p.m.- Garland HS (6A) 5:30 p.m.- Lakeview Centennial HS (6A) 5:45 p.m.- Naaman Forest HS (6A) 6:00 p.m.- Rowlett HS (6A) 6:15 p.m.- Northwestern State University & The Boston Brass 6:30 p.m.- ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRELIM RESULTS AND ADVANCERS TO FINALS J-Mike16 1 Quote
Tubalord11 Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 I really wonder what the lineup is going to look like! I definitely could see this mainly being the programs around the Melissa area all coming here like Denison, Sherman, maybe the McKinney schools? I’m hoping it’s not just all smaller 4A schools, and we get some good 5A/6A programs, but I wouldn’t be too surprised if it was a lot of smaller bands. Exciting regardless! Quote
aer06 Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 It would be awesome to see some smaller programs get a chance to shine here! Really interested in the lineup for this one Quote
TrenBS Posted February 21, 2023 Posted February 21, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 3:41 PM, Tubalord11 said: I really wonder what the lineup is going to look like! I definitely could see this mainly being the programs around the Melissa area all coming here like Denison, Sherman, maybe the McKinney schools? I’m hoping it’s not just all smaller 4A schools, and we get some good 5A/6A programs, but I wouldn’t be too surprised if it was a lot of smaller bands. Exciting regardless! Expand McKinney High is going, North and Boyd staff dont like doing comps that early so they wont, could see happening in the future if the yearly UIL thing doesnt work out and we get the “BOA” years Tubalord11 and Dave609 2 Quote
Dave609 Posted February 26, 2023 Author Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 3:02 PM, TrenBS said: McKinney High is going, North and Boyd staff dont like doing comps that early so they wont, could see happening in the future if the yearly UIL thing doesnt work out and we get the “BOA” years Expand Can't wait to see how McKinney High does here! Quote
Dave609 Posted May 4, 2023 Author Posted May 4, 2023 14 Bands have been confirmed for this contest! Also the judge panel has been complete! Tubalord11 1 Quote
Tubalord11 Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 This is gonna be a hard comp to predict for sure! My current top 3 would probably be McKinney Celina and Rowlett, but I definitely could see Canton sneaking in there with Princeton rounding out the current top 5. Quote
J-Mike16 Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 My Top 5 currently: McKinney Celina Canton North Lamar Mineola Rowlett or Princeton could also swap out with Mineola. Tubalord11 1 Quote
Dave609 Posted May 8, 2023 Author Posted May 8, 2023 new bands have been added to the list, making it 18 at the moment- Added- China Spring HS (4A) Queen City HS (3A) Sunnyvale HS (4A) Van Alstyne HS (4A) Quote
Dave609 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Posted May 12, 2023 new bands have been added, making this contest have 21 bands so far- Added- Eustace HS (3A) Westwood HS (3A) Whitewright HS (2A) Quote
Tubalord11 Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 While there are many strong bands like Canton and Celina going, I currently feel like this is McKinney's to lose. While making area finals has continued to be a struggle recently, they always seem to do very well at the beginning of the season, and with what their schedule is looking to be like next season, and also, it does seem like it takes the 4A programs a little longer to get going, I’d be pretty surprised if they don’t walk out on top. Dave609 1 Quote
Dave609 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Posted May 12, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 6:27 AM, Tubalord11 said: While there are many strong bands like Canton and Celina going, I currently feel like this is McKinney's to lose. While making area finals has continued to be a struggle recently, they always seem to do very well at the beginning of the season, and with what their schedule is looking to be like next season, and also, it does seem like it takes the 4A programs a little longer to get going, I’d be pretty surprised if they don’t walk out on top. Expand definitely don't want to count out China Spring! Quote
Dave609 Posted May 23, 2023 Author Posted May 23, 2023 New bands have been added to the contest lineup- Anna HS (4A) Western Hills HS (4A) This means there are now 25 bands, with a possible 26th band that hasn't been announced yet Quote
Dave609 Posted May 26, 2023 Author Posted May 26, 2023 Bands Added- Lakeview Centennial HS (6A) Quitman HS (3A) With 27 bands now, there will now be 12 finalist's for this contest Tubalord11 1 Quote
Tubalord11 Posted May 28, 2023 Posted May 28, 2023 On 5/26/2023 at 8:27 PM, Dave609 said: Bands Added- Lakeview Centennial HS (6A) Quitman HS (3A) With 27 bands now, there will now be 12 finalist's for this contest Expand Definitely watch out for Lakeview Centennial! They’ve definitely been on this ride recently, could definitely see them in the top 5! Quote
J-Mike16 Posted May 29, 2023 Posted May 29, 2023 Top 5?! That is a little too high in my opinion. Quote
Tubalord11 Posted May 29, 2023 Posted May 29, 2023 On 5/29/2023 at 1:06 AM, J-Mike16 said: Top 5?! That is a little too high in my opinion. Expand Idk man! I’d say definitely behind Mckinney, Celina, Boswell, and maybe Anna, but yeah, they’d be my pick for 5th right now. They seem to have a good amount of their show out early on, and while they haven’t had a ton of success with UIL, they are competing at one of if not the hardest Areas and still placing okay. And again, I feel like it takes the smaller 4A programs to really get going. Heck, last year Krum beat Celina but then didnt even get top 5 at area. Quote
J-Mike16 Posted May 29, 2023 Posted May 29, 2023 On 5/29/2023 at 1:29 AM, Tubalord11 said: Idk man! I’d say definitely behind Mckinney, Celina, Boswell, and maybe Anna, but yeah, they’d be my pick for 5th right now. They seem to have a good amount of their show out early on, and while they haven’t had a ton of success with UIL, they are competing at one of if not the hardest Areas and still placing okay. And again, I feel like it takes the smaller 4A programs to really get going. Heck, last year Krum beat Celina but then didnt even get top 5 at area. Expand My top 5 for the event are McKinney, Celina, Boswell, Canton, & Anna. With Sulphur Springs right behind in 6th. Quote
BandNerd07 Posted June 8, 2023 Posted June 8, 2023 Boswell will actually be at USBands Saginaw now. Quote
Dave609 Posted June 8, 2023 Author Posted June 8, 2023 On 6/8/2023 at 11:23 PM, BandNerd07 said: Boswell will actually be at USBands Saginaw now. Expand so they removed this contest from their calendar? Quote
Tubalord11 Posted June 9, 2023 Posted June 9, 2023 On 6/8/2023 at 11:57 PM, Dave609 said: so they removed this contest from their calendar? Expand Yeah Quote
Dave609 Posted June 9, 2023 Author Posted June 9, 2023 On 6/9/2023 at 12:10 AM, Tubalord11 said: Yeah Expand Alright! Thank you! Tubalord11 1 Quote
Tubalord11 Posted June 14, 2023 Posted June 14, 2023 Okay it looks like Boswell will actually be coming here…maybe. They aren’t listed on the US Bands site anymore for the comp they were planning on attending this day, so guessing they are coming here? Quote
J-Mike16 Posted June 14, 2023 Posted June 14, 2023 On 6/14/2023 at 2:27 PM, Tubalord11 said: Okay it looks like Boswell will actually be coming here…maybe. They aren’t listed on the US Bands site anymore for the comp they were planning on attending this day, so guessing they are coming here? Expand Yes. They are on the participant list for this contest. Tubalord11 1 Quote
Popular Post Dave609 Posted June 18, 2023 Author Popular Post Posted June 18, 2023 with Boswell most likely attending this contest now, and the addition of Redwater HS (3A) and Community HS (4A), this contest now has 30 bands for the contest! Tubalord11, J-Mike16 and BandNerd07 3 Quote
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