Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Lancaster Football Game and UIL Area Marching Contest Updates

The MHS vs Lancaster Football game is tomorrow at Hanby Stadium.

Meet time is 6:00pm.

Students will remain with the band until the end of the game.

As of now (Wednesday), the UIL Area Marching Contest on Saturday is proceeding as planned.

Here are three possible options for Saturday:

  1.  The forecasted weather of thunderstorms holds off, and the contest proceeds as scheduled.  We follow our MMB schedule as posted.
  2. We have one or more weather delays due to lightning within ten miles of Memorial Stadium or heavy rain.  In this case, it takes as long as it takes to complete the contest.  UIL will conclude the contest prior to midnight on Saturday.  The Area Marching Contest is a Prelims-Finals format.  We have 22 bands in Prelims.  The top 10 performs in Finals.  The top 4 in Finals qualify for the State Marching Contest.  If the weather delays are such that a finals round cannot be concluded by midnight Saturday, then the Prelims will count as Finals.
  3. On Saturday UIL decides to delay the contest until Monday, October 27 which is the designated Bad Weather Day for the contest.

If there are delays due to thunderstorms/heavy rain, the most likely outcome will be that UIL exercises option number 2.  

What does this mean for the MMB Students/Parents/Directors involved?

The MMB will meet on Saturday at 8:15am as scheduled.  If the weather prevents us from rehearsing outside, we will rehearse inside.  If the contest is delayed prior to our scheduled depart time, then we will remain at MHS and “hang out” as a group until the contest has started/resumed.  We perform 9th out of the 22 bands.  Once the contest starts/resumes, we will depart at MHS and arrive at Memorial Stadium approximately 1 hour 45 minutes prior to our performance time.  If the contest is delayed while we are the stadium we will wait on buses, underneath the stands, or inside West Mesquite High School dependent upon where we are in the process of unloading, warm-up, or performance.  Regardless of when we perform, we will be returning to MHS as listed on our schedule. 

Once we have returned to MHS, we will remain at MHS to “hang out” together until such time that we will return to Memorial Stadium for prelims results and finals performance.  If UIL decides at any point during the contest that there will not be Finals and we have concluded our prelims performance, then students will be released to go once we have returned to MHS, unloaded the trailer, stored gear, and put up uniforms.

Currently we are planning to feed the students dinner on Saturday, and students will have time to eat lunch upon return from Memorial Stadium (see current schedule).  ALL STUDENTS NEED TO BRING SNACKS WITH THEM FOR THE DAY.  It would be best for the students to bring a SACK LUNCH with them to eat at MHS prior to departure (if we have a late departure) or while we are waiting at Memorial Stadium.  In these situations, students are allowed to eat while with the Band.  Students leaving campus to get food is not a good idea.  The reason we would be waiting at MHS is due to inclement weather.  We will  reasse the meal plan situation on Friday.  

Updates will be provided as needed.

Thank you for being flexible.