TMEA Convention 2019 – Day 1 A belated Happy Valentine’s Day to all. Today was a day of clinics, time in the exhibit hall, seeing some old friends and new clients, and to close it with my alma mater, the North Texas Wind Symphony with a tour de force performance. Overall, a generally good day.…
TMEA Convention 2019 – Day 0 I arrived in San Antonio at about 4:30 today. I have registered and will be ready for tomorrow. This is the 99th year of the Texas Music Educators Association and this convention is by far the largest single state convention in the country. Registration was very easy this year…
We have gained a few more verbal commitments for the 2019 drill writing season. They are: Rangeview High School, Aurora, CO Perquimans County High School, Hertford, NC Tolar High School, Tolar, TX Western Hartnett High School, Lillington, NC Needville High School, Needville, TX (for a 10th time!) That makes it up to 27. And, we…
Seven schools that I wrote for from last year have verbally committed to a show for 2019 over the past week. Overall, that adds up to 22 schools for the upcoming year. They are: Coahoma HS, Coahoma, TX Stafford HS, Stafford, TX Sweeny HS, Sweeny, TX Columbia HS, West Columbia, TX Van Vleck HS, Van…
Midwest Clinic, Day 3 – Epilogue I left Chicago at noon today and was home at 4:30pm. There was very little going on as I was leaving the hotel today; most had already left. This was a great trip that I got a lot out of. I plan to do this again in the future…
Midwest Clinic – Day 2 On the final day of my journey to the Midwest Clinic, this morning I went to one more clinic, saw the US Air Force Airmen of Note, walked through the exhibit hall one more time and visited with Drew Farmer and MSC again, and closed the day watching Keith Brion…
Midwest Clinic, Day 0 I got to the hotel in Chicago around 5pm which was a little too late to go to the clinic and exhibit hall. I took the “L” (elevated train) to the Loop in Chicago and the Magnificent Mile. I had dinner at Ditka’s restaurant and had a good time. That I…
One final congratulations for the season goes to the Louise High School band who won Best in Class and finished 12th overall at the US Bands Western Edition Finals held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington this past weekend. Kasey Chitmon and the band have come a long way in three years. Some really good stuff.
The record tying 13th show that received a 1st division for 2018 happened today. They are: Hawley High School, Region 6, Freddy Verastegui, Director Program: Chicago by Mike Story This has been a great run and it continues Saturday with a record 9 bands at area contests.
Tomorrow is Super Saturday and 20 bands that I wrote for will be going to their University Interscholastic League (UIL) Regional Contests. I have a bands that will be going from as far east as Nacogdoches to as far west as Odessa, from as far north as Amarillo to as far south as Corpus Christi.…