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Wow thats a lot of directors. We only have 6 directors. I donno if thats good or bad but I can say Donna's show was pretty awesome. Keep it up, see you guys at state.

Harlingen South from Area G Finals

I haven't gotten to see many bands but stand outs so far are Edinburg, Harlingen High School, Donna, Hidalgo, La Joya (very awesome guard too), McAllen High Can't really judge on the football games since I stand backfield and never hear the music well or see drill. From what I have heard Sharyland is doing really really well and are on the path to State.

Harlingen South- A Day in the Life Music consists of: Fanfare for a New Era - Jack Stamp Nightscapes Push - Rob Smith

I gotta say from the shows I saw that night, the valley is really progressing. Stand out show of the night was Edinburg High School, it was really excellent. All the bands did a really good job. Look forward to seeing you guys at Pigskin.

3A 1st Port Isabel High School Band 2nd Progresso High School Band Best Percussion - Port Isabel Best Colorguard - Port Isabel 4A Non-Varsity 1st Valley View High School Band Best Percussion - Valley View Best Colorguard - Valley View 4A 1st Roma High School Band 2nd Weslaco East High School Band 3rd Mission Veteran's Memorial School Band 4th Mission High School Band Best Percussion - Roma High School Best Colorguard - Weslaco East 5A 1st Harlingen South High School Band 2nd Edinburg High School Band 3rd Donna High School Band 4th Rio Grande City High School Band 5th McAllen High School Band 6th Rivera High School Band 7th PSJA North High School Band 8th La Joya High School Band 9th Edinburg North High School Band 10th McAllen Memorial High School Band 11th Nikki Rowe High School Band 12th PSJA High School Band 13th Economedes High School Band 14th PSJA Memorial High School Band Best Percussion - Edinburg High School Best Colorguard - La Joya High School

I'll be there as a performer. Good luck to all of you. Hopefully we have time to watch some of the shows.

For our spring concert, we played In Memoriam Dresden and it was insane. Lots of screaming in german and the percussion was going so nuts that the bass drum fell over as the percussionist hit it. The audience was just like

Population also has alot to do with it. In big cities there are some schools that are better funded than others. Those schools can afford a quality band program. When the students come in, they have lots of people to pick from. While the ratio of superior to not so superior players/marchers may be the same as compared to other schools and if medium and large schools march the same amount of people, the large sized school will have a higher percentage of excellent players/marchers. By having a large population and good funding a school can afford better music education. This brings more families involved in music because of siblings, offspring, or friends. This helps build the backbone of a superior band.