Stafford High School from Stafford, Texas, becomes the Lucky 13 show completed for 2019. This is the 11th year that I have done Stafford, the longest one that I have worked with the exception of Columbia. They have traditionally been the largest group that I write for and should be again this year. Sweeny and…
Columbia High School in West Columbia, Texas, becomes the 10th school completed for 2019. This is my home school and this is the 15th year I have done the show there. Currently, openers are done for Stafford and Needville High Schools, charting for Tatum and Palacios are done. Sweeny is roughly halfway done. I am…
Seagraves High School from Seagraves, Texas, becomes the 9th show completed for 2019. This is the 2nd year I have done this school which is near the Texas Panhandle. Charting for Columbia, Tatum, and Palacios, has been finished pending approval. Sweeny is about half way done. I have started Needville High School today. Over the…
I have been out the last few months posting as there was a problem. That problem apparently has been fixed and so I will start posting again starting with the New England Adventure posts from the last few days and any completion of shows. Great to be back on!!
New England Adventure – Day 1 Today was quite a better day than yesterday. Temperature was 60 degrees this morning and did not get above 75. Great information and some shortcuts that I was not aware of were brought into today’s plans. In the meanwhile, I finished up Seagraves High School and started Columbia High…
Congratulations to Boling HS, Columbia HS, Danbury HS, and Industrial HS for their 1st Divisions in both Concert and Sightreading at UIL this week. These are schools that I wrote drill for last fall.
TMEA Convention 2019 – Day 3, Epilogue We made one more run through the exhibit hall, talked one more time to the folks at MSC and to David Bozeman, then to the great Luke McMillian. I had the opportunity to talk to several marching music composers this week. On top of Luke, I got to…
TMEA Convention 2019 – Day 2 Day 2 of the TMEA Convention had me in the exhibit hall quite a bit today looking at some music and a few other things for next year. I got some extra supplies to finish up this year. I had a sit down meeting with the newest member of…
TMEA Convention 2019 – Day 1 A belated Happy Valentine’s Day to all. Today was a day of clinics, time in the exhibit hall, seeing some old friends and new clients, and to close it with my alma mater, the North Texas Wind Symphony with a tour de force performance. Overall, a generally good day.…
TMEA Convention 2019 – Day 0 I arrived in San Antonio at about 4:30 today. I have registered and will be ready for tomorrow. This is the 99th year of the Texas Music Educators Association and this convention is by far the largest single state convention in the country. Registration was very easy this year…