West356

While I did not see their prelims or finals performances, with this being uncharted territory for WM I’m inferencing that not only doing two performances in one day but the pressure of possibly going to state played a big part in the drop. But the way I see it you look at WM a decade ago in 2014 when I was a freshman saxophonist where us getting a one in a non state year was huge to now just shows how much West has grown. This is apart of the process that they are on and with the trajectory that they are on I fully believe that they’ll keep improving. Mr. Gibson and Ms. Brown who are the assistant band directors and who I marched under have been at west for a long time and their hard work along with head director Jennifer Borders have taken them to heights i thought I wouldn’t see for another couple of years but those kids have a lot potential for even bigger things.

darn, was really hoping they could make history this year. As a burnt orange band alumni from 2017 us making prelims was a big deal and now there right on the cusp of making state. Still so proud of their growth and where those kids are taking the program💪🏾