2025 Bradford High School

Bradford High School from Starke, Florida is the 8th show completed for 2025. Starke is about the midway point between Jacksonville and Gainesville in North Central Florida. Their director is Melanie Riley-Gonzalez. This is the 2nd time I have done their show. Three shows are being worked on at the moment; Stafford, Central City, and…

2025 Hitchcock High School

Hitchcock High School from Hitchcock, Texas, becomes the 6th show completed for 2025. Hitchcock is near the Gulf Coast about 40 miles southeast of Houston. Their director is Kelly Brunson. This is the 1st time I have done their show. Nothing much has changed since yesterday other than New Waverly has approved their 2nd movement…

2025 Dunbar High School

Dunbar High School from Fort Worth, Texas, becomes the 5th show completed for 2025. Fort Worth is the western part of the DFW Metroplex, about 30 miles west of Dallas. Their director is David Johnson. This is the 1st time I have done their show. Things are starting to hum now. Hitchcock is waiting for…

Runge High School

So, right before graduation, we have a show completed. Runge High School becomes the 4th show completed for 2025. Runge is about 70 miles southeast of San Antonio and about 40 miles west of Victoria. Their director is Coral Charles. This is the 4th time I have done their show. Things have really picked up…

2025 St. Joseph’s High School

St. Joseph’s High School from Victoria, Texas, becomes the 3rd school completed for 2025. St. Joseph’s is a Catholic private school and Victoria is about 140 miles southwest of Houston. Their director is Evan Woodson. This is the first time I have done their show. Things are starting to get warmed up here. I have…

2025 Sweepstakes

So, some good news: I will preface this by saying that I have extremely little to do with this but it is noteworthy. The Texas UIL Concert and Sightreading evaluations are starting to wind down and all the groups that I wrote drill for have gone. The goal for most high school bands in the…

2025 Kathleen High School

The first show completed for 2025 is for Kathleen High School from Lakeland, Florida. Lakeland is roughly halfway between Orlando and Tampa. Their director is Anithio Miller. This is the 1st time I have done their show. This is very early to complete a show. Last year, the first show was not completed unitl June…

2025 Electronica

Here is the fourth and final Just for Fun show for 2025. When I first started doing adaptation work for Marching Show Concepts, the music of this show was given to me several times and around 2009, I wrote a show to it as practice. In recent days, I have looked back at some things…