We have gained a few more verbal commitments for the 2019 drill writing season. They are: Rangeview High School, Aurora, CO Perquimans County High School, Hertford, NC Tolar High School, Tolar, TX Western Hartnett High School, Lillington, NC Needville High School, Needville, TX (for a 10th time!) That makes it up to 27. And, we…
This is the 4th of five shows that I am doing for fun for the off season. This one is entitled Latin Variations by several different sources. The opener is Children of Sanchez by Chuck Mangione and this arrangement is by Ralph Ford and Alfred Music. The 2nd tune is White Rabbit which is the…
This one is dedicated to Bobby Mowles. This is the third show done just for fun. The show is entitled Teamwork and it is by Luke McMillan. The show depicts a group who is seperated at first and comes together during the 2nd movement and has some fun on the closer. The idea to me…
Seven schools that I wrote for from last year have verbally committed to a show for 2019 over the past week. Overall, that adds up to 22 schools for the upcoming year. They are: Coahoma HS, Coahoma, TX Stafford HS, Stafford, TX Sweeny HS, Sweeny, TX Columbia HS, West Columbia, TX Van Vleck HS, Van…
This is the 2nd of five shows that I am planning to do for fun over the next few months. This is Americana and is a show with American music; not necessarily patriotic music though the closer is definitely patriotic. The selections are Home on the Range by Larry Kerchner, Aaron Copland’s The Promise of…
Midwest Clinic, Day 3 – Epilogue I left Chicago at noon today and was home at 4:30pm. There was very little going on as I was leaving the hotel today; most had already left. This was a great trip that I got a lot out of. I plan to do this again in the future…
Midwest Clinic – Day 2 On the final day of my journey to the Midwest Clinic, this morning I went to one more clinic, saw the US Air Force Airmen of Note, walked through the exhibit hall one more time and visited with Drew Farmer and MSC again, and closed the day watching Keith Brion…
Midwest Clinic, Day 0 I got to the hotel in Chicago around 5pm which was a little too late to go to the clinic and exhibit hall. I took the “L” (elevated train) to the Loop in Chicago and the Magnificent Mile. I had dinner at Ditka’s restaurant and had a good time. That I…
Here are the 29 shows in 40 to 50 second highlight snippets.
One final congratulations for the season goes to the Louise High School band who won Best in Class and finished 12th overall at the US Bands Western Edition Finals held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington this past weekend. Kasey Chitmon and the band have come a long way in three years. Some really good stuff.