UIL 5A Area D

[Arstneio]

Area I'm in so obligatory topic creation

Drop early predictions or something ig

[Guest]

I believe the finalists will be largely the same with Pieper thrown in somewhere

[Tubalord11]

Early preds would be Henny winning against, with Hays and Mcallum in 2nd/3rd. Would love to see some new finalist like Pieper or LASA

[ReveriesOp24]

Wondering if the Belton bands will make finals this time? Even after Belton HS went to 5A they still seem to be very strong

[Tubalord11]

2 hours ago, ReveriesOp24 said:

Wondering if the Belton bands will make finals this time? Even after Belton HS went to 5A they still seem to be very strong

Both of them did this past year

[ReveriesOp24]

On 4/2/2023 at 8:18 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Both of them did this past year

next step state

[fluteyboi]

I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this area. Last year 22 bands competed in this area and if it's around the same amount competing this year we could see 4 bands making it this year. The top 3 seem pretty obvious with Hendrickson, Hays, and McCallum, but 4th place is a wildcard. I could see Georgetown, Comal Canyon, and the 2 Belton schools competing for this spot.  

[Dave609]

7 hours ago, fluteyboi said:

I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this area. Last year 22 bands competed in this area and if it's around the same amount competing this year we could see 4 bands making it this year. The top 3 seem pretty obvious with Hendrickson, Hays, and McCallum, but 4th place is a wildcard. I could see Georgetown, Comal Canyon, and the 2 Belton schools competing for this spot.  

it would be cool to see Georgetown return!

[roundrockhorn]

Biased opinion here, but don't sleep on Georgetown East View this year. I have a feeling. 

[bxOxAxUIL]

On 7/29/2023 at 12:02 AM, fluteyboi said:

I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this area. Last year 22 bands competed in this area and if it's around the same amount competing this year we could see 4 bands making it this year. The top 3 seem pretty obvious with Hendrickson, Hays, and McCallum, but 4th place is a wildcard. I could see Georgetown, Comal Canyon, and the 2 Belton schools competing for this spot.  

I think Lake Belton makes it to State

[ReveriesOp24]

On 8/21/2023 at 11:18 AM, bxOxAxUIL said:

I think Lake Belton makes it to State

Id bet money they make it

 

i wonder if Shoemaker will make it to area again (praying for them)

[Bandmanio]

Looks like there will be 25 bands at Area D this year with 5 advancing to State.

[TheTromboneK1NG]

3 minutes ago, Bandmanio said:

Looks like there will be 25 bands at Area D this year with 5 advancing to State.

Do you have Region 18 results?

[Bandmanio]

Region 8

Belton

Chaparral

Killeen Ellison

Killeen

Lake Belton

Shoemaker

Region 12

Alamo Heights

Canyon

Lockhart

MacArthur

Pieper

Seguin

Smithson Valley

Region 18

Bastrop

Cedar Creek

Crockett

Jack C. Hays

LASA

Lehman

McCallum

Region 26

Connally

East View

Georgetown

Hendrickson

Pflugerville

[fluteyboi]

So with 25 bands competing at Area, that means 5 bands will represent Area D at State. Really opens the door for a lot of potential state qualifiers. 

Here's how I would rank currently: 

State Locks: Hendrickson, Jack C. Hays, McCallum 

State Bubble: Georgetown, Lake Belton, Canyon, Seguin, Smithson Valley

Area Finalists: Belton, MacArthur, LASA, Alamo Heights, Pflugerville

Then again I could be entirely wrong. Any given competition!

 

[TheTromboneK1NG]

14 minutes ago, fluteyboi said:

So with 25 bands competing at Area, that means 5 bands will represent Area D at State. Really opens the door for a lot of potential state qualifiers. 

Here's how I would rank currently: 

State Locks: Hendrickson, Jack C. Hays, McCallum 

State Bubble: Georgetown, Lake Belton, Canyon, Seguin, Smithson Valley

Area Finalists: Belton, MacArthur, LASA, Alamo Heights, Pflugerville

Then again I could be entirely wrong. Any given competition!

 

I would definitely add Pieper to this mix. Definitely going to be fun to watch! 

[Tubalord11]

38 minutes ago, TheTromboneK1NG said:

I would definitely add Pieper to this mix. Definitely going to be fun to watch! 

Pieper IMO should be a lock for state. They've had an amazing season, getting 2nd at BOA McAllen and winning a Usbands comp. I could personally see them in the top 3 over Hays or McCallum. Top 8 are my solid ones while the last two are a guess as of now, need to do some more research. Here's my predictions for this one: 

1st. Hendrickson 

2nd. McCallum 

3rd. Jack C. Hays

4th. Pieper 

5th. Lake Belton/Georgetown 

6th. Georgetown/Lake Belton 

7th. Pflugerville 

8th. Belton 

9th. Seguin 

10th. Smithson Valley 

[fluteyboi]

52 minutes ago, TheTromboneK1NG said:

I would definitely add Pieper to this mix. Definitely going to be fun to watch! 

Oh wow how did I forget about Pieper. Yeah I could see them being in the run for state, it just depends how the other bands clean up during this next week. It would be very hard for me to see them not make it to state. 

[ReveriesOp24]

Honorable mention to Killeen ISD for finally sending all bands to area after Idek how many years 

[TheTromboneK1NG]

When does the schedule come out

[Bandmanio]

Here's the schedule for the 2023 Area D 5A on Oct. 28th

Area D 5A Schedule 2023.xlsx

[Jplaysclarinet]

I just saw the schedule and found out that i'm(chaparral member) right between Mccallum and Hendrickson....well i guess its time for us to show out and try our hardest to make history and try to make area finals😅

[Bandmanio]

2 hours ago, Jplaysclarinet said:

I just saw the schedule and found out that i'm(chaparral member) right between Mccallum and Hendrickson....well i guess its time for us to show out and try our hardest to make history and try to make area finals😅

Good Luck! March your best of the year!

[ReveriesOp24]

3 hours ago, Jplaysclarinet said:

I just saw the schedule and found out that i'm(chaparral member) right between Mccallum and Hendrickson....well i guess its time for us to show out and try our hardest to make history and try to make area finals😅

One year Ronald Reagan performed either right before or right after Killeen at Area I felt so bad 💀

[Karma_Savior]

On 10/18/2023 at 12:08 AM, Tubalord11 said:

Pieper IMO should be a lock for state. They've had an amazing season, getting 2nd at BOA McAllen and winning a Usbands comp. I could personally see them in the top 3 over Hays or McCallum. Top 8 are my solid ones while the last two are a guess as of now, need to do some more research. Here's my predictions for this one: 

1st. Hendrickson 

2nd. McCallum 

3rd. Jack C. Hays

4th. Pieper 

5th. Lake Belton/Georgetown 

6th. Georgetown/Lake Belton 

7th. Pflugerville 

8th. Belton 

9th. Seguin 

10th. Smithson Valley 

I’m surprised Lake Belton isn’t a lock at this point. I looked at their marching festival results and they’ve beaten: 

Georgetown (5A)

Weiss (6A)

Brandeis (6A)

Sandra Day O’Connor (6A)

Taft (6A)

Hutto (6A)

New Braunfels (6A)