We got another commitment. Tom Moore High School from Ingram, Texas becomes number 21 for 2020. Some interesting notes, the number of years I have done each of these school’s shows (including 2020): Columbia HS, West Columbia, TX – 16 Stafford HS, Stafford, TX – 12 Boling HS, Boling, TX – 8 Columbus HS, Columbus,…
Let’s add three more to the list for 2020: Boling High School, Boling, TX Rice High School, Altair, TX Pottsboro High School, Pottsboro, TX That makes it an even 20! Summer is getting busy!
Four more schools to add to the 2020 list. They are: Tidehaven High School, El Maton, TX Ganado High School, Ganado, TX Sealy High School, Sealy, TX Danbury High School, Danbury, TX We’re up to 17!! 2020 is getting busy!
Another confirmed show for 2020 – Seagraves High School from Seagraves, Texas, for a third year. Good Stuff!
The following schools have at the moment confirmed for shows in 2020, including a couple of new schools: Stafford High School, Stafford, TexasIndustrial High School, Vanderbilt, TexasPalacios High School, Palacios, TexasBellaire High School, Houston, TexasColumbia High School, West Columbia, TexasCarlinville High School, Carlinville, IllinoisLouise High School, Louise, TexasTolar High School, Tolar, TexasMonahans High School, Monahans,…
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…