Bradford High School from Starke, Florida is the 8th show completed for 2025. Starke is about the midway point between Jacksonville and Gainesville in North Central Florida. Their director is Melanie Riley-Gonzalez. This is the 2nd time I have done their show. Three shows are being worked on at the moment; Stafford, Central City, and…
New Waverly High School from New Waverly, Texas is the 7th school completed for 2025. New Waverly is in southeast Texas about 45 miles north of Houston. Their director is Stephanie Wlodkowski. This is the 2nd time I have done their show. This has been an unusal year. At this point last year, I had…
Hitchcock High School from Hitchcock, Texas, becomes the 6th show completed for 2025. Hitchcock is near the Gulf Coast about 40 miles southeast of Houston. Their director is Kelly Brunson. This is the 1st time I have done their show. Nothing much has changed since yesterday other than New Waverly has approved their 2nd movement…
Dunbar High School from Fort Worth, Texas, becomes the 5th show completed for 2025. Fort Worth is the western part of the DFW Metroplex, about 30 miles west of Dallas. Their director is David Johnson. This is the 1st time I have done their show. Things are starting to hum now. Hitchcock is waiting for…
So, right before graduation, we have a show completed. Runge High School becomes the 4th show completed for 2025. Runge is about 70 miles southeast of San Antonio and about 40 miles west of Victoria. Their director is Coral Charles. This is the 4th time I have done their show. Things have really picked up…
St. Joseph’s High School from Victoria, Texas, becomes the 3rd school completed for 2025. St. Joseph’s is a Catholic private school and Victoria is about 140 miles southwest of Houston. Their director is Evan Woodson. This is the first time I have done their show. Things are starting to get warmed up here. I have…
So, some good news: I will preface this by saying that I have extremely little to do with this but it is noteworthy. The Texas UIL Concert and Sightreading evaluations are starting to wind down and all the groups that I wrote drill for have gone. The goal for most high school bands in the…
The 2nd show completed for 2025 is for Brackett High School from Brackettville, Texas. Brackettville is about 130 miles west of San Antonio and about 40 miles east of Del Rio. Their director is Marvin Willis. This is the 2nd time I have done their show and the first time in quite a while. And…
The first show completed for 2025 is for Kathleen High School from Lakeland, Florida. Lakeland is roughly halfway between Orlando and Tampa. Their director is Anithio Miller. This is the 1st time I have done their show. This is very early to complete a show. Last year, the first show was not completed unitl June…
So, we are getting ready for 2025. At the moment, I can confirm 30 shows that I will be writing drill for, which I am very excited about. There are another 5 schools that I am awaiting an answer from for confirmation. These are subject to change as directors do change schools and so this…