Exciting times are happening at the end of 2019. Tomorrow, the Stafford High School Band (one of my groups) will be marching in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Parade in New Orleans. That is a pretty good deal. They competed earlier today in a field show competition. I will also be meeting with my first client…
One more post for the 2019 season and a result that I failed to mention. On November 11, Louise High School performed at the US Bands Salute to Veterans Championships which were held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington (Jerryworld!) They finished 12th overall and won Best in Class for the 2nd year in a row.…
2019 UIL State Marching Contest, Day 1 Recap I got to the Alamodome just after 4:00pm and the first band I saw was Wylie East. And it was the first wow of the day. I grew up near Wylie and it was just a little town when I moved here in 1982. It has grown…
This was only the 2nd year that I have had the opportunity to write for Palacios High School but I have had good relations with the directors there going back to Linda Adams, Rodney Bennett, Jim Popham, and Scott Simmons. Remembering back to 2011 when I was still in Van Vleck, after seeing them march,…
The twenty-ninth and final show completed for 2019 was for Monahans High School from Monahans, Texas. Monahans is the furthest west of all the bands that I write for about 35 miles southwest of Odessa. The school has 616 students and would be considered as a Class 4A high school in UIL Region 6. Their…
The last two come tonight. The twenty-eighth show that was completed for 2019 was for Pasadena High School from Pasadena, Texas. Pasadena is the first city east of Houston with the school about 20 minutes from downtown. The school has 2,793 students, the largest school that I write for and would be classified as a…
The twenty-sixth show that was completed for 2019 was for Rice High School from Altair, Texas. Altair is about 55 miles due west of Houston. The school has 349 students and is classified as 3A in UIL Region 13 (this is the last of the Region 13 drills, 11 in all). Their director is Oscar…
The twenty-fifth show that was completed for 2019 was for Hawley High School from Hawley, Texas. Hawley is in West Central Texas about 25 miles north of Abilene. The school has 209 students and is classified as 2A in UIL Region 6. Their director is Freddy Verastegui and this is the 5th time I have…
I’m going to double up tonight. The twenty-fourth show that was completed for 2019 was for The Heights High School from Houston, Texas. Houston is in southeast Texas and is the 4th largest city in America. The school has 2,348 students which is the 2nd largest school that I write for and is classified as…
The twenty-third show that was completed for 2019 was for Van Vleck High School from Van Vleck, Texas. Van Vleck is about 75 miles southwest from Houston and about 20 miles west of where I work in West Columbia. The school has 332 students and is classified as 3A in UIL Region 13. Their director…