The 2nd drill for 2020 that is complete is for Industrial High School from Vanderbilt, Texas. Vanderbilt is about 80 miles southwest of Houston and just northeast of Victoria. They are a AAA school and this is the 5th year I have had the opportunity to work with them. Currently, I am working on two…
The first drill for 2020 is completed and it is for Louise High School from Louise, Texas. Louise is about 70 miles southwest of Houston and about 30 miles northeast of Victoria. They are a AA school this is the third year I have had the opportunity to work with them.Currently, I am working on…
The first opener of 2020 is completed and that belongs to Louise High School from Louise, Texas, a town about 60 miles southwest of Houston and about 35 miles northeast of Victoria. After cleaning it up a little bit, we’ll see if it gets approved. Good stuff!
So, there is a brand new text ad on the Texas Band Director’s Yellowboard and a banner ad is also there depending on what time you look at it. It can be found at https://members3.boardhost.com/TexasBands/msg/1586136110.html. Also, I worked on three schools music selections today to break down for drill writing in the future. So, I…
This is another one of those just for fun shows that I worked on this week during the Covid 19 break that we are now in. This one features the music of STYX, that band from the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The movements are AD 1928 Rockin the Paradise arranged by Jay Dawson, Too…
So, this is what one does when he hasn’t been to work in three weeks! Actually, that is not completely true. This show was a just for fun show I did several years ago. I called it Latin Variations and there is a reason for it (one of which is that I never really had…
We have started recording and breaking down of music for three schools for 2020. They are Seagraves High School from Seagraves, Texas, Pottsboro High School from Pottsboro, Texas, and Western Harnett High School from Lillington, North Carolina. Keeping busy over Spring Break!
This is another one of those “just for fun” marching show videos. This one uses the music of Dimitri Shostakovich and they were the arrangements done by Hal Leonard several years ago all arranged by Jay Bocook. The pieces are Festive Overture, Fire of Eternal Glory, and the Finale from his Symphony No. 5. The…
Tomorrow, after getting my annual physical done, I am off to San Antonio for the 25th time to attend the 100th anniversary of the Texas Music Educators Association Convention. This is one of my favorite events and hopefully I will learn a few things as I always do here. I am due to meet with…
Needville High School from Needville, Texas, becomes the 22nd show confirmed for 2020. This will be year 12 for the Blue Jays this coming year. Good stuff happening!!