The third show completed for 2018 was for Brazos High School from Wallis, Texas. Wallis is 40 miles west of Houston. The school has about 234 students and they are in UIL Region 13 and are a AAA size school. The band was written for 39 members with 29 winds. Their director is Billy Mere…
The second show that was completed for 2018 was for Louise High School from Louise, Texas. Louise is about 30 miles east of Victoria and about 60 miles southwest of Houston. The school has 140 students and is in UIL Region 13 classified as an AA size school. The band was written for 44 members…
Well, though there are still four shows to be complete, in order to show all the videos for 2018 before the major competition season, we’ll get started today. Over the next few weeks I will display the 29 shows that I did for 2018. Before I do, some thank you’s for what was a very…
Happy 242nd Birthday America! This show was from 2014. This was Palestine High School performing The Promise of Living by Aaron Copeland arranged by Jay Dawson.
This was Columbia High School in West Columbia, Texas, with their UIL show from 2016 entitled Grimm Tales. The music is by Luke McMillan. Movements for the show are entitled Hansel and Gretel, Rumplestilskin, and Little Red Riding Hood. This was Columbia’s show from their last area run.
In honor of the 10th anniversary of writing Stafford High School’s marching shows, I have for you, The Stafford Project. These are 45 to 60 second snippets of their shows for the last nine years. They have been led by the capable hands of their director Rod Rodriguez. Notice the evolution in music and drill…
This is The Crown Jewels (I always wanted to do a British show). This show is based around British band and orchestra music (as it turns out English music) and they are all arranged by Jay Bocook. These are older arrangements; the opener and closer were from Jenson Music from the 1980’s, the middle tune…
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…
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.
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.