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Some 10 marching bands for the Rio Grande Valley will be competing against high schools from across the Lone Star State.

Valley schools had a strong showing at regional competitions in Laredo and Corpus Christi over the weekend.

Out of 32 Valley schools who competed, 10 of them are advancing to state:

• Harlingen
• Harlingen South
• San Benito
• Donna
• Hanna
• Lopez
• Rio Hondo
• Port Isabel
• La Grulla
• Hidalgo

UIL officials awarded the Harlingen Cardinals marching band first place at the regional competition in Laredo.

Officials have already released the schedule for the Tuesday, November 6th state competition in San Antonio.

5A School Schedule

7:30 Harlingen South
7:45 Spring
8:00 Langham Creek
8:15 Plano East
8:30 Keller
8:45 Hanna (Brownsville)
9:00 Hendrickson (Pflugerville)
9:15 Pearland
9:30 Marcus
9:45 Fossil Ridge
10:00 BREAK
10:15 United (Laredo)
10:30 Seven Lakes
10:45 The Woodlands
11:00 Duncanville
11:15 Bowie (Austin)
11:30 Harlingen
11:45 Clements (Sugar Land)
12:00 Keller Central
12:15 LUNCH
1:00 Berkner
1:15 Brazoswood
1:30 Richland
1:45 Johnson (San Antonio)
2:00 O’Connor (Helotes)
2:15 Coppell
2:30 BREAK
2:45 Westlake
3:00 Coronado (El Paso)
3:15 Cy-Fair
3:30 Donna
3:45 Clear Brook
4:00 Hebron
4:15 Reagan (San Antonio)
4:30 BREAK
4:45 Dickinson
5:00 Lopez (Brownsville)
5:15 L.D. Bell
5:30 Lake Travis
5:45 Clear Lake
6:00 San Benito
6:15 Rowlett
6:30 Drum Major Retreat & Announce Finals

3A School Schedule

9:00  Hidalgo
9:15  Henderson
9:30  Kennedale
9:45  Cooper (Lubbock)
10:00  Canton
10:15  China Spring
10:30  BREAK
10:45  Fredericksburg
11:00  Spring Hill
11:15  Wills Point
11:30  Burnet
11:45  Port Isabel
12:00  Argyle
12:15  LUNCH
1:00  Wylie (Abilene)
1:15  North Lamar
1:30  Princeton
1:45  Grulla (Rio Grande City)
2:00  Monahans
2:15  BREAK
2:30  Springtown
2:45  Rio Hondo
3:00  Atlanta
3:15  Castleberry
3:30  Exhibition Band: Texas A&M University-Commerce
3:45  Drum Major Retreat & Announce Finals
6:15  3A FINALS BEGIN

UIL officials said tickets for the competition are now on sale through Ticketmaster.