Posted in Band on Nov 4th, 2008
Duncanville performed at their very best tonight,. surpassing any other performance of the show that I have seen. Kathryn nailed every note of her solos and the band performed with excellent sound and visual.
It’s a state level show - it just remains to be seen what the final rankings are. Go Duncanville - you have [...]
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Posted in Band on Nov 4th, 2008
Results from the State Marching Competition in San Antonio. The following advance to finals. Listed in performance order….
L.D. Bell - 7:30 pm
Haltom - 7:45 pm
Duncanville - 8:00 pm
Coppell - 8:15 pm
Churchill - 8:30 pm
break
Bowie - 9:00 pm
Marcus - 9:15 pm
Cedar Park - 9:30 pm
Richland - 9:45 pm
Westlake - 10:00 pm
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Posted in Band on Nov 4th, 2008
Waiting for the results is the hard part. The kids want to know, the adults want to know… and annoyingly the directors do know but they will not tell us. Or at least they say that they know!
It’s a long fifteen or twenty minutes. The kids are doing the wave, singing short parts of songs. [...]
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Posted in Band on Nov 4th, 2008
Excellent prelim performance from DHS. Kathryn did excellent on her solo and the band was awesome. On the bus now going to a local high school to rest and do a short practice. Writing from phone so more later.
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Posted in Band on Nov 4th, 2008
Four in the morning when people are starting to arrive, coffee in hand, to begin the process of getting the Duncanville Band into travel mode. Looking at the things coming out of cars, you would think that we are mounting an expedition to the other side of the world. However, it’s just a “day trip” [...]
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