2020 was a crazy year. I finished with 22 schools this year which is down seven from last year but I came out lucky compared to others. Here are 45 second to one minute snippets of the shows that I did. Of the 22 schools, 12 are going to UIL using these drills. Several are…
DetailsWith this crazy year, about half the bands that I wrote for are not competing and the others are dealing with later contests. So, there is no “Super Saturday” this year. I believe 12 bands will be going to the Texas UIL Regional Contests (I need to recheck that but it is pretty close). The…
DetailsYesterday, I posted all the bands that I wrote for that are going to UIL Region 13 contest in El Campo on November 14. A few more dates and times to look for: Seagraves High School – October 24 @ Lowrey Field, Lubbock 12:15 pm Region 16 Pottsboro High School – Novemeber 18 @ Bobcat…
DetailsThe tentative UIL Region 13 Band Schedule for Fred Bands on November 14 at Ricebird Stadium in El Campo: 10:30 Ganado10:45 Louise12:00 Boling12:47 Industrial2:15 El Campo2:32 Columbia3:15 Stafford3:30 Needville
DetailsGanado High School and Monahans High School are now completed. Stafford High School is in need of instructions and they will be completed as well. That leaves three more schools. As of the moment, I have not heard about Pasadena High School but I have a feeling there will be one more drill involved. Columbia…
DetailsThe Fred Band schedule for the Edna Invitational which will be held November 7. 10:15 am Ganado11:30 am Sealy2:15 pm Needville2:40 pm Columbia4:55 pm Louise7:10 pm Palacios7:35 pm Industrial This is a fun contest run by the great Russell Balusek and the Edna Cowboy High School Band. Looking forward to heading that way.
DetailsWhat has been a down drill writing season has gotten very busy over the last few weeks. No less than 11 schools have needed rewrites and I have picked up a couple of more as well. The first of the major rewrites was Danbury High School which was completed today. With Covid-19 playing havoc on…
DetailsColumbus High School from Columbus, Texas, becomes the 12th show completed for 2020. Columbus is roughly halfway between Houston and San Antonio. This is the 7th year I have done their show. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been a bang up year for drill writing. At this point last year, I had 19 completed. But with the…
DetailsBoling High School from Boling, Texas, becomes the 11th show completed for 2020. Boling is about 60 miles southwest of Houston. They are one of my veterans; this is the 8th year I have done their show. Currently, I have completed and waiting for approval for the 2nd movements of Ganado and Palacios. Toward the…
DetailsBellaire High School from Houston, Texas, becomes the 10th show completed for 2020. Bellaire is in the southwest part of the city of Houston whose director has a rich history with the Plano ISD (my hometown school district). This was the first year I have done their show. Nothing else has changed on the rest…
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