This is the 2nd of five shows that I am planning to do for fun over the next few months. This is Americana and is a show with American music; not necessarily patriotic music though the closer is definitely patriotic. The selections are Home on the Range by Larry Kerchner, Aaron Copland’s The Promise of…
Midwest Clinic, Day 3 – Epilogue I left Chicago at noon today and was home at 4:30pm. There was very little going on as I was leaving the hotel today; most had already left. This was a great trip that I got a lot out of. I plan to do this again in the future…
Midwest Clinic – Day 2 On the final day of my journey to the Midwest Clinic, this morning I went to one more clinic, saw the US Air Force Airmen of Note, walked through the exhibit hall one more time and visited with Drew Farmer and MSC again, and closed the day watching Keith Brion…
Midwest Clinic, Day 0 I got to the hotel in Chicago around 5pm which was a little too late to go to the clinic and exhibit hall. I took the “L” (elevated train) to the Loop in Chicago and the Magnificent Mile. I had dinner at Ditka’s restaurant and had a good time. That I…
Here are the 29 shows in 40 to 50 second highlight snippets.
One final congratulations for the season goes to the Louise High School band who won Best in Class and finished 12th overall at the US Bands Western Edition Finals held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington this past weekend. Kasey Chitmon and the band have come a long way in three years. Some really good stuff.
The record tying 13th show that received a 1st division for 2018 happened today. They are: Hawley High School, Region 6, Freddy Verastegui, Director Program: Chicago by Mike Story This has been a great run and it continues Saturday with a record 9 bands at area contests.
Tomorrow is Super Saturday and 20 bands that I wrote for will be going to their University Interscholastic League (UIL) Regional Contests. I have a bands that will be going from as far east as Nacogdoches to as far west as Odessa, from as far north as Amarillo to as far south as Corpus Christi.…
The 27th show that was completed for 2018 was Wolfson High School from Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida on the northeast corner of the state on the Atlantic Coast. It is about 900 miles east from where I live. The school has about 1,119 students. The band charted for 44 members…
The 26th show that was completed for 2018 was Pasadena High School from Pasadena, Texas. Pasadena is 15 miles east of Houston. The school has about 2,695 students total which is the largest school that I wrote for. They are in UIL Region 19 classified as a AAAAAA size school. The band charted for 116…