The Fred Band schedule for the Edna Invitational which will be held November 7. 10:15 am Ganado11:30 am Sealy2:15 pm Needville2:40 pm Columbia4:55 pm Louise7:10 pm Palacios7:35 pm Industrial This is a fun contest run by the great Russell Balusek and the Edna Cowboy High School Band. Looking forward to heading that way.
What has been a down drill writing season has gotten very busy over the last few weeks. No less than 11 schools have needed rewrites and I have picked up a couple of more as well. The first of the major rewrites was Danbury High School which was completed today. With Covid-19 playing havoc on…
Columbus High School from Columbus, Texas, becomes the 12th show completed for 2020. Columbus is roughly halfway between Houston and San Antonio. This is the 7th year I have done their show. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been a bang up year for drill writing. At this point last year, I had 19 completed. But with the…
Boling High School from Boling, Texas, becomes the 11th show completed for 2020. Boling is about 60 miles southwest of Houston. They are one of my veterans; this is the 8th year I have done their show. Currently, I have completed and waiting for approval for the 2nd movements of Ganado and Palacios. Toward the…
Bellaire High School from Houston, Texas, becomes the 10th show completed for 2020. Bellaire is in the southwest part of the city of Houston whose director has a rich history with the Plano ISD (my hometown school district). This was the first year I have done their show. Nothing else has changed on the rest…
Seagraves High School from Seagraves, Texas, becomes the 9th show completed for 2020. Seagraves is in the southwest part of the Panhandle of Texas. This is the 3rd year I have done their show. Currently, we are in a bit of a lull. I am still waiting on approval of Bellaire. I have done the…
El Campo High School from El Campo, Texas, becomes the 8th show completed for 2020. El Campo is about 70 miles southwest of Houston. This is the first time I have done their show but the 7th time I have done a show for their very capable band director! Currently, I am awaiting approval on…
Heber Springs High School from Heber Springs, Arkansas, becomes the 7th show completed for 2020. Heber Springs is about 60 miles north of Little Rock. This is the 1st time I have done their show and this is the 1st show that I have done from the state of Arkansas. Nothing has changed from yesterday.…
Needville High School becomes the 6th show completed for 2020. Needville is about 40 miles southwest of Houston and about 30 minutes from where I live. They are one of my veterans; this is the 11th year I have done their show. And it keeps rolling along. Heber Springs needs instructions and will be done…
Tolar High School becomes the 5th show completed for 2020. Tolar is about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. This is the third year I have done their show. Still staying busy. Bellaire is awaiting approval for the whole thing. Needville is waiting approval on a closer. Stafford is waiting approval on their 2nd movement.…