The first show completed for 2021 was for El Campo High School in El Campo, Texas. El Campo is about 60 miles southwest of Houston and about 30 miles northeast of Victoria. They are a medium size school. Their director is Rolando Cantu and this is the 2nd year I have done their show. The…
What one does over Spring Break. Actually, I started this two weeks ago but was delayed by the ice storm and resulting power outage. And then last week, I just wasn’t getting into it. But it is done now. This is the music from Fantasmic, the closing show for the Disneyland Park in California and…
So, before the crazy storm hit, I was finishing up my second show “for fun” but wasn’t able to finish it until today. And so here it is. This is Geometrics and it is by the great Luke McMillan. It is written in three movements that are connected. They are Linear, Curvilinear, and Angular. I…
In honor of this weekend being Super Bowl weekend, the show being displayed today is titled Larger Than Life. The music is Overture to Ben Hur from Alfred Publishing arranged by Ralph Ford, Beautiful from King Kong from Hal Leonard arranged by Jay Bocook, and Titan Spirit from Remember the Titans (a football movie), from…
The 2020 competition season ended today at the 2A State Marching Band Contest. Ganado High School finished 18th with the most fun show of the day. Their director, Mandy Keen, is in her first year there and dealt with a great deal of stuff from the Covid bug. Her kids represented the community and Region…
Two bands went to UIL Contest today in a non-advancing year in Class 3A. They were: Industrial High School – Houston Cummings, Director3rd Place – UIL Area E Marching ContestIngram Tom Moore High School – Samuel Bigott, Director5th Place – UIL Area D Marching ContestGood stuff by these two bands. Also, a great showing by…
Here are the times, dates, and sites for the seven bands going to UIL Area Contest: Area D 2A @ Whitney, December 3 – Tolar High School 5:56pm 4A @ Buda, December 5 – Sealy High School 5:16pm 3A @ Bastrop, Decmber 12 – Tom Moore High School 6:16pm Area E 2A / 4A @…
Two bands went to UIL Region Contest today and though I don’t have the official results from Region 29, from what I have seen on Facebook, this will be accurate. Both bands made 1st Divisions. They are: Sealy High School – UIL Region 27Director – Oscar CanoProgram – Chess, The Art of Strategy – Gary…
So, after a day of review and almost two hours putting back together my computer, here are the more formal results from yesterday’s contests: From Region 13 – 1st Divisions Ganado High School – Mandy Keen, DirectorProgram – Rock and RollThis is the 5th year I have done their show and 5th 1st DivisionIndustrial High…
Here is the upcoming schedule for Fred bands going to UIL over the next two and a half weeks. The only one that doesn’t have a time is Tom Moore High School. Region 29 has not put out their schedule as of yet. November 7 – UIL Region 6 West, Ratliff Stadium, OdessaMonahans High School…