This is a just for fun show entitled The Great Fantasy Adventure Album which I got from a CD of the Cincinnati Pops. In truth, it is more or less a space show. The arrangements are all by Jay Bocook. The opener is Star Trek Generations which was the first movie of the Next Generation…
Since it is New Year’s Eve and the eyes of the world will be on New York tonight, here is something for the day. This is Empire NYC. Yes, this is the music Columbia High School played for their competition show and it is who is playing in this recording. However the band size and…
These are 40 to 1 minute excerpts from the 22 shows that were done by Gulf Coast Drill Design. They were put on here in random order. Special thanks to the guys who wrote the music for these shows. Among others, they were Luke McMillan, Jair Klarfeld, Randall Standridge, Steve Rogers, and Barry Hurt.
Ganado High School finished 11th at the UIL State Marching Contest in San Antonio today. This is their best finish in 8 years. They performed Vampire Slayer by Luke McMillan. I have had the opportunity to write for them seven times under four different directors. Congratulations to Mandy Keen, Jennifer Woods, and the entire Ganado…
News from San Antonio. The Palacios High School Band finished 24th at the 3A UIL State Marching Contest. This is the 2nd time in 3 years that Palacios has gone to the state contest. They performed reIMAGINEd by Luke McMillan. Congratulations to the directors Harvey Davidson, Briana Harmon, Justin Kline and the students of the…
The results from the UIL Area Contests last week involving Fred shows: Danbury High School – 27th Place – UIL Area E 3A Stafford High School – 19th Place – UIL Area E 4A El Campo High School – 33rd Place – UIL Area E 4A Deweyville High School – 7th Place – UIL Area…
I am still working on finding the results of one other band but the other two bands that went yesterday at UIL Area Contests had a good day. Here are those two results: Pottsboro High School – Jackie Evans Deen Director 9th Place – UIL Area B ContestProgram – Fair Winds and Following Seas –…
The twenty-second and final show that was completed for 2021 was for Pasadena High School from Pasadena, Texas. Pasadena is the first suburb east of Houston, about 25 miles east of downtown. They would be considered a large school. Their director is Jason Warren. This is the 9th time that I have done their show.…
The twenty-first show that was completed for 2021 was for Brazos High School from Wallis, Texas. Wallis is about 35 miles west of Houston. They would be considered a small school. Their director is Allynn Garcia. This is the 8th time I have done their show. Their show is Return of the Samurai and it…
The twentith show completed for 2021 was for Wolfson High School from Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida in the northeast corner of the state and about 800 miles east of Houston. They would be considered a medium size school. Their director is Cristina Ledford. This is the 7th time I have…