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.…
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2019 UIL State Marching Contest Day 2 Recap Oh what a day. Earlier, I had mentioned that the 5A finals contest was as good a contest as I have ever seen and that still is true. Congratulations to Cedar Park and the other 11 schools who participated in this competition. As of the moment, I…
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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…
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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,…
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This is the drill for Palacios High School with the Alamodome field (though I think they have changed it) and the real “lifelike” version of the dome’s stands. They made a couple of modifications to the music and drill but for the most part, this is about it. The music is entitled I Believe and…
DetailsSuper Saturday Continues! First Division #12Big Spring High School – John Landin, DirectorProgram – The Phantom of the Opera, Jay Bocook1st year of doing their show and 1st 1st division. There are three more bands going to Region competition tomorrow and I am heading that way to see them (I am taking the day off…
DetailsSuper Saturday is over! Today, 19 bands that I wrote for went to their respective Region UIL Contests and I can say that we got 11 first divisions, a generally good day. They were (in the order they performed today): Louise High School – Kasey Chitmon, DirectorProgram – The Samurai and the Maiden, Randall Standridge2nd…
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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…
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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…
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The twenty-seventh show completed for 2019 was for Wolfson High School from Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida and is on the Northeast corner of the state, about 950 miles east from Houston. The school has 945 students. Their director is Cristina Ledford and this is the 6th time I have done…
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