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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
DetailsI am starting to get the results from bands that I wrote for who went to contest yesterday. I spent the day in Edna for their competition and after 12 hours and 40 performances, it was a great day. Some reflections:1. The weather was perfect; the best that I have ever dealt with there. 70…
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The twenty-second show that was completed for 2019 was for Needville High School from Needville, Texas. Needville is about 45 miles southwest of Houston and about 20 miles from where I work in West Columbia. They are our friendly rivals. The school has 1,010 students and is classified as 4A in UIL Region 13. Their…
DetailsFred’s Bands at UIL. School, Times, and Sites. Louise 10-19 10:30 Ganado, Region 13Danbury 10-19 11:00 Ganado, Region 13Ganado 10-19 11:45 Ganado, Region 13Boling 10-19 12:00 Ganado, Region 13Rice 10-19 12:30 Ganado, Region 13Tom Moore 10-19 1:35 San Antonio Farris, Region 29Van Vleck 10-19 1:45 Ganado, Region 13Coahoma 10-19 2:00 Odessa, Region 6Palacios 10-19 2:15…
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The twenty-first show that was completed for 2019 was for Carlinville High School from Carlinville, Illinois. Carlinville is about 60 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. The school has 434 students. Their director is Ryan Pirok and this is the 2nd year I have done their show. The show is entitled Bring the Noise and…
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The twentith show that was completed for 2019 was for Bellville High School from Bellville, Texas. Bellville is about 70 miles northwest of Houston and about 130 miles southeast of Austin. The school has 698 students and would be considered Class 4A in UIL Region 27. Their director is Kenny Peters. This was the first…
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The nineteenth show that was completed for 2019 was for Pasquotank County High School from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Elizabeth City is on the Atlantic Coast about 150 miles east of Raleigh. The school has 799 students. Their director was John Russell and is now Nick Stanley. This is the 4th year I have done…
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