News Release
Oct. 18, 2010

Burleson High School band earns top UIL rating

The Burleson High School "Spirit of the Elks" Marching Band earned the top rating (1st division) Saturday from all adjudicators during the Region 7 University Interscholastic League East Zone Marching Band Contest held here on Saturday, October 16.  This is the sixteenth UIL top rating the BHS band has received for marching performance in the last seventeen years.

This year's Burleson UIL marching band show was entitled "H20 - Element of Life."  The musical program was based on material from Beethoven's 5th Symphony.  One of the visual highlights of the show was the giant "water flower" bud that unfolded into full bloom during the finale.  The "H20" show will be performed at half-time throughout the remainder of football season at all regular season games.

Drum majors of the band are Josh Lovejoy, Cole Morgan, and Ashton Pennington.

The show features soloists, Krystal Culbertson, mellophone, and Brittany Howard, oboe. 

The Region 7 UIL marching contest is held here each year on the third Saturday of October.  This level of music contest is held in twenty-eight regions of the state.  Twenty-one 4A and 5A schools were represented at the contest held here. 

During the region level contest, bands are rated according to a rubric which clearly states the expectations for each rating: 1st division-superior, 2nd division-excellent, 3rd division-good, 4th division-fair, and 5th division-poor.

Because of the many schools and different classifications represented in each region, and due to the geographic size of certain regions, the region level contests are zoned.  In Region 7, the UIL region level marching band contest sites include Burleson (East Zone 4A-5A), Glen Rose (Central Zone 1A, 2A, 3A), and Brady (West Zone 1A, 2A, 3A).  There are no 4A & 5A schools in the central and west zones.  The Burleson Centennial High School band performed at the Glen Rose site, earning a 1st division rating on Saturday as well.

In classifications 3A and 5A, bands which earn first division final ratings at the region level may advance to area level contests next weekend.  The UIL has determined that only 1A, 2A, and 4A bands can advance to area and state levels only on odd numbered years.  3A and 5A bands advance only on even numbered years.  The Centennial band will advance to the 3A area contest at Waco Midway stadium this Saturday, October 23.

Because Burleson High School is now classified by UIL as 4A, our band will not advance even though a first division rating of I was earned on Saturday.  Next year, the BHS band will have the opportunity to advance to the area level contest. 

At the area level contest, bands are ranked.  One band from every five participating schools at the area level will advance to the state level contest to be held at the Alamodome in San Antonio in November.  The state marching contest for 3A schools will be held on November 1, and the 5A contest will be held on November 2.

Ratings for competing bands at the Region 7 Burleson site on October 16, 2010 are below.

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