We got another new school!!! Western Harnett High School from Lillington, North Carolina will be a part of the GCDD family!😊 That makes 13 confirmed for 2018. They are: Columbia HS – West Columbia, TX Needville HS – Needville, TX Stafford HS – Stafford, TX Industrial HS – Vanderbilt, TX Sweeny HS – Sweeny, TX…
This is Stand Firm and Strike Hard which sounds like a British type march. Upon research of this music (I had never heard of it before), I found that this is the motto of the Mercian Regiment which is an English Battalion that has roots as far back as the 1700’s and has battle honors…
TMEA Day 3 – February 17 This is the closing day and I said my final good byes for those that I got to see this week. It was good to see Luke McMillan, David Herring, and the boys from MSC before I left. I am guessing we should be home around mid afternoon. The…
Today was a calmer day with the clinics but I did see the Class CC Honor Band in concert today and now I want to retire (because it was really good). Had the opportunity to see some more folks including Jason Warren who made the absolutely awesome website for me and many more clients. I…
TMEA Day 0 – February 14 This was the travel day and more or less a rest day. We arrived in San Antonio around 3:30 pm. We then registered for convention and then took it easy. We had dinner and rode in a horse drawn carriage downtown. Overall, a nice day. First clinic for me…
In honor of Valentine’s Day, this was a video from Edna High School from 2015. The show is entitled Heart by Randall Standridge. This was a fun, fun show to do. Off to TMEA in about an hour. If you are heading that way, hope to see you there. www.gulfcoastdrilldesign.com.
Tomorrow, it is off to San Antonio and to the 2018 Texas Music Educators Association Convention. I am looking to learn a few things, buy a few things for the band and myself, and to meet some wonderful people that I see at this time of year. Tomorrow night, we are off to the Little…
So out of curiosity, I listed the five largest and smallest school bands that I wrote for in 2017 from overall size and wind size. Largest Overall 1. Stafford High School, Stafford, TX 170 2. Pasadena High School, Pasadena, TX 118 3. Needville High School, Needville, TX 109 4. Shepton High School, Plano, TX 104…
These are the shows I have written for Columbia High School in West Columbia, TX who I have been employed with in some form or another for 13 of the last 15 years.
This is Canons arranged by Gary Gilroy. The music is based on Johan Pachelbel’s Canon in D (a piece played mostly at weddings) with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. This is the fourth and final “fun” show for 2018 though I might put one more up if time allows. The band is 72 winds, 11 battery percussion,…