Nine of my bands earned spots at the UIL State Marching Contest on Saturday. Argyle won 5A Area B and Mineola won 3A Area C, both taking 1st in prelims and finals. Harlingen South, C.C. Winn and Orange Grove each finished 2nd at Area, and Long Creek, Reedy, Hondo and...
Your last performance is behind you, and right now you remember every spot in the show that never got clean. In a month you won’t. That’s why the best planning for next season happens in the next two or three weeks, before the banquet, concert season and...
63 of the 67 bands I write for that have marched UIL Region so far came home with a Division I, and every one of those 63 moves on to Area. That covers 25 different regions, from El Paso and Amarillo down to the Rio Grande Valley, between October 8 and October 21....
Underneath the noise, something keeps beating, refusing to fade. This is a journey into the dark — not to escape it, but to find what’s been waiting there all along, where ink spreads, pressure builds, and a single red line finally breaks through. Darkness...
Every season, directors pour their hearts into creating marching band shows that tell a story, connect with audiences, and impress the judges. By the time your UIL Area marching band show rolls around, most bands have learned the drill and the...
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