From what I observed, United started their show during the 5-minute entrance period. During those 5-minutes, a band enters the competition field and sets up for their opening set. Even if a band starts to play or do some sort of pre-show, judges are not 'judging' anything during this time. At the 45 second mark, the announcer starts to introduce the band and their program. Once the 5-minute period is done, then you have the 8-minute field performance. A band has to stay a minimum of 5 minutes on the field and no more than the allotted 8 minutes. United was officially on the field for about 2.5 minutes. They started exiting the field with about 5:30 left on the performance clock. Normally, a band would be deducted one rating for going over or not spending enough time on the field. I think Beaumont Central back in 2002 was penalized this way. For it to be a DQ, I am not sure if something else happened. When ratings were announced, all that was said was "No Rating."
United starting early definitely is not a factor in the DQ because plenty of groups start before the announcement in the corps style world. While they would’ve been docked a rating they were on the field for 2.5 min which would have been adjudicated and given a rating. The DQ likely came from a paperwork issue, eligibility or director behavior issue.
@@Ben-zl5fcyou are correct that starting a pre show early wouldn’t affect the rating. The problem is that the UIL rule states that time begins for adjudication after the five minute set up time. If the minimum 5 minutes of performance after that set up time is not met it is ruled as a dq. If you go over the 8 minute max it is also a dq. Hope this helps. It is not a lowered rating but disqualification.
@@rocketfan86 "traditional" to what? It looks like they're trying to be like Grambling. Letting the bass drum just beat the crap out of it, with no donation or balance at all.
How about you stop being disrespectful to this band, because this band has been through a lot of stuff this year. So of I were you, I would delete this comment, because that was very disrespectful what you said. How about your band get disqualified, because from what I heard, they never got disqualified from UIL. So keep your damn mouth shut. Talkin bout you glad they were disqualified. You should be ashamed
@@rocketfan86The staff just didn’t do their job to understand what the rules of the UIL Evaluation are. There were many opportunities to stop the performance in between movements and wait for the announcement before continuing. The kids had no chance to be successful.
