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…
The tentative UIL Region 13 Band Schedule for Fred Bands on November 14 at Ricebird Stadium in El Campo: 10:30 Ganado10:45 Louise12:00 Boling12:47 Industrial2:15 El Campo2:32 Columbia3:15 Stafford3:30 Needville
Ganado High School and Monahans High School are now completed. Stafford High School is in need of instructions and they will be completed as well. That leaves three more schools. As of the moment, I have not heard about Pasadena High School but I have a feeling there will be one more drill involved. Columbia…
The Fred Band schedule for the Edna Invitational which will be held November 7. 10:15 am Ganado11:30 am Sealy2:15 pm Needville2:40 pm Columbia4:55 pm Louise7:10 pm Palacios7:35 pm Industrial This is a fun contest run by the great Russell Balusek and the Edna Cowboy High School Band. Looking forward to heading that way.
What has been a down drill writing season has gotten very busy over the last few weeks. No less than 11 schools have needed rewrites and I have picked up a couple of more as well. The first of the major rewrites was Danbury High School which was completed today. With Covid-19 playing havoc on…
Columbus High School from Columbus, Texas, becomes the 12th show completed for 2020. Columbus is roughly halfway between Houston and San Antonio. This is the 7th year I have done their show. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been a bang up year for drill writing. At this point last year, I had 19 completed. But with the…