Some more results from UIL and beyond. First, my first band from Arizona, Morenci High School performed at their first contest last Saturday, the Eastern Arizona College Band Day and performed to an excellent rating. Good stuff for their first time out. Two more shows happened today and both were 1st divisions. From Arkansas: Piggott…
It was a good day as far as the drill writing side of things. I am going to include the 2 out of state bands on this listing that received 1st divisions or that equivalent that went last week. They are in the order they received them: South Walton High School, Santa Rosa Beach, FL…
Here is Fred’s UIL Schedule for 2024 in chronological order (all are tentative at the moment): Tom Bean 10-16 2:45pm Region 25 Celina Big Spring 10-16 7:45pm Region 6 Abilene Crosbyton 10-19 9:05am Region 16 Lubbock Palacios 10-19 9:45am Region 13 El Campo Jayton 10-19 9:50am Region 16 Lubbock Boling 10-19 10:15am Region 13 El…
So, in my somewhat nerdy self who loves statistics, here are the populations to the cities of the schools that I wrote drill to. This has nothing to do with the sizes of the bands or how good they are, just the populations of the cities. Houston, TX 2,314,157 San Antonio, TX 1,434,625 Jacksonville, FL…
For those that are interested in learning about Pyware, I recommend this retreat. I have done it twice. You will get great information not just about Pyware but drill writing in general with the great Craig Harms and Brantley Douglass. It is also a great place to meet and collaborate with others in the field…
So, there is one more band to go but this is worth celebrating (though admittily, I had very little to do with this). Nine of the bands that I wrote for received the esteemed UIL Sweepstakes trophy. To earn this award, the marching band needs to make a first division or superior rating and the…
As of February 25, these are the shows that I will be doing for 2024 with reasonable assurances: Luling High School, Luling, TX – 1st Time Bellaire High School, Houston, TX – 5th Time Mathis High School, Mathis, TX – 2nd Time Hastings High School, Alief, TX – 2nd Time Columbia High School, West Columbia,…
This is the 2nd Just for Fun drill for 2024. For lack of a better title, I have created The Edge. I did this music for MSC back in 2011. The tunes are Hal Leonard Publications and are arranged by Jay Bocook. The movements are Jump by VanHalen, The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats,…
This is another one of those just for fun videos. This one is entitled Ladies Night. All three songs are from Arranger’s Publishing. The opener is Soak Up the Sun by Sheryl Crow and was arranged by Tom Wallace. The 2nd tune is Blue Bayou which was sung by Linda Ronstadt and was arranged by…
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…