The second show completed for 2021 was for Tolar High School from Tolar, Texas. Tolar is about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. They are a smaller size school. Their director is Aaron Noland and this is the 4th time I have done their show. Their show is entitled Caliente! and it is by Luke…
The first show completed for 2021 was for El Campo High School in El Campo, Texas. El Campo is about 60 miles southwest of Houston and about 30 miles northeast of Victoria. They are a medium size school. Their director is Rolando Cantu and this is the 2nd year I have done their show. The…
The 2020 competition season ended today at the 2A State Marching Band Contest. Ganado High School finished 18th with the most fun show of the day. Their director, Mandy Keen, is in her first year there and dealt with a great deal of stuff from the Covid bug. Her kids represented the community and Region…
Two bands went to UIL Contest today in a non-advancing year in Class 3A. They were: Industrial High School – Houston Cummings, Director3rd Place – UIL Area E Marching ContestIngram Tom Moore High School – Samuel Bigott, Director5th Place – UIL Area D Marching ContestGood stuff by these two bands. Also, a great showing by…
Here are the times, dates, and sites for the seven bands going to UIL Area Contest: Area D 2A @ Whitney, December 3 – Tolar High School 5:56pm 4A @ Buda, December 5 – Sealy High School 5:16pm 3A @ Bastrop, Decmber 12 – Tom Moore High School 6:16pm Area E 2A / 4A @…
Two bands went to UIL Region Contest today and though I don’t have the official results from Region 29, from what I have seen on Facebook, this will be accurate. Both bands made 1st Divisions. They are: Sealy High School – UIL Region 27Director – Oscar CanoProgram – Chess, The Art of Strategy – Gary…
So, after a day of review and almost two hours putting back together my computer, here are the more formal results from yesterday’s contests: From Region 13 – 1st Divisions Ganado High School – Mandy Keen, DirectorProgram – Rock and RollThis is the 5th year I have done their show and 5th 1st DivisionIndustrial High…
Here is the upcoming schedule for Fred bands going to UIL over the next two and a half weeks. The only one that doesn’t have a time is Tom Moore High School. Region 29 has not put out their schedule as of yet. November 7 – UIL Region 6 West, Ratliff Stadium, OdessaMonahans High School…
With this crazy year, about half the bands that I wrote for are not competing and the others are dealing with later contests. So, there is no “Super Saturday” this year. I believe 12 bands will be going to the Texas UIL Regional Contests (I need to recheck that but it is pretty close). The…
Yesterday, I posted all the bands that I wrote for that are going to UIL Region 13 contest in El Campo on November 14. A few more dates and times to look for: Seagraves High School – October 24 @ Lowrey Field, Lubbock 12:15 pm Region 16 Pottsboro High School – Novemeber 18 @ Bobcat…