Though I have five more drills to complete, it is about time to show the 29 Pyware videos from all the shows that I did this year. This has been and will continue to be a busy year. The numbers as far as school size are approximate. The size of the bands were the original…
This is the 10th year that I will be writing for Needville High School in Needville, Texas. They are one of the bigger rivals to Columbia (where I work) but they have been some of the best folks that I have had the pleasure to work with. In the previous nine years, they have made…
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…
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…
Here are the 29 shows in 40 to 50 second highlight snippets.
The 27th show that was completed for 2018 was Wolfson High School from Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida on the northeast corner of the state on the Atlantic Coast. It is about 900 miles east from where I live. The school has about 1,119 students. The band charted for 44 members…
The 26th show that was completed for 2018 was Pasadena High School from Pasadena, Texas. Pasadena is 15 miles east of Houston. The school has about 2,695 students total which is the largest school that I wrote for. They are in UIL Region 19 classified as a AAAAAA size school. The band charted for 116…
The 24th show that was completed for 2018 was Calhoun High School from Port Lavaca, Texas. Port Lavaca is on the Texas Gulf Coast about 50 miles northeast of Corpus Christi. The school has about 1,188 students and is in UIL Region 14 classified as a AAAAA size school. The band charted for 109 members…
The 23rd school that was completed was Dimmitt High School from Dimmitt, Texas. Dimmitt is in the Texas Panhandle about 65 miles southwest of Amarillo. The school has 321 students and is in UIL Music Region 1 classified as a AAA size school. The band charted for 38 members including 35 winds. Their director is…