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KIDS did that with only 8 hours allowed a week. And months of constant rain. Everything to be proud of, whether you played last night or not. It was absolutely stellar, all of it. Hold your heads high.
 
Be humble and be kind.

One of the best things I’ve read in a long time! You had a fantastic show. A great attitude will carry you farther in life than any accolades, I promise you that. This competition is extremely deep and we have fantastic bands in Texas. Period.

KIDS did that with only 8 hours allowed a week. And months of constant rain. Everything to be proud of, whether you played last night or not. It was absolutely stellar, all of it. Hold your heads high.
 
Be humble and be kind.

Leander’s colorguard leaves me speechless. My word they are phenomenal!

If nothing else this contest is very humbling. I'm sure the scores are insanely close. A testament to how fantastic our school programs are. Texas bands really are amazing. Can't wait for finals!

If nothing else this contest is very humbling. I'm sure the scores are insanely close. A testament to how fantastic our school programs are. Texas bands really are amazing. Can't wait for finals!

If nothing else this contest is very humbling. I'm sure the scores are insanely close. A testament to how fantastic our school programs are. Texas bands really are amazing. Can't wait for finals!

If nothing else this contest is very humbling. I'm sure the scores are insanely close. A testament to how fantastic our school programs are. Texas bands really are amazing. Can't wait for finals!

As sad as it is to see Cedar Park, James Bowie, Round Rock, Timber Creek, Seven Lakes, Oak Ridge, Pearland, Winston Churchill, Haltom, Westwood, Coppell, Hays, and Prosper out of finals, I cannot say that it is anything surprising given how much the regional has become a monster. There is nothing to be ashamed of in not making Finals. What matters is if you gave it your all on the field, and if you did that; then you have nothing to feel but pride in your own performance. 

THIS!
 
Well, I'm not ready to share my info. But I spend hundreds of hours every year running some large parts of our group. It's exhausting, but I regret none of it.
 
If you can volunteer at all, please do it. The biggest worry anyone who runs something in band has is "do I have enough people?" Nothing gives me the shakes like not being sure I have enough people to get a job done.
 
I will say my absolute favorite is PIT CREW AND PROPS. I have chased a runaway rolling cube as fast as my stubby, chubby legs would carry me before it hit a pit train and surprisingly this lady caught it. A band dad I will never know saved me from shame and humiliation as a prop I had sailed away like the Santa Maria before it hit a car in a gusty parking lot. We're the first to say AWESOME JOB KIDS even when they don't have the best run and are gloomy and sad. We tell every group going on "Kill it!" and every group coming off "Fantastic run!" I will never forget the hosting drum majors at one competition who saluted EVERY SINGLE BAND that came off the field. There is nothing like it for the kids, to feel like kings just for that moment. No matter what happened that day, the kids have their moment good or bad right there on the field and we're all there to give them that support. I also suggest every parent do this job at least once, the perspective is quite different. It's eye-opening into what your kid experiences after a performance- the good, the bad, and the ugly. They experience it all.
 
So volunteer, cook a hot dog, sew some pants, pull a gong, push a speaker, help the CG with their amazing makeup or help with their flags. Whatever it is, I'm sure your group has a task you can do. If not, send the directors a nice email. They get plenty of pretty awfully annoying ones, don't be afraid to send a nice one that doesn't ask a single thing of them. Don't be afraid to take that first step, someone will show you what to do. Don't be afraid to ask for help or where to go to ask for help. I'm not very outgoing, but I never let fear get the best of me when I'm running a task for band.
 
You would think I'm a CEO. And I'm the furthest thing from that. And I have ZERO regrets. I love band. It goes by in a flash, I will never look back and say "I wish I had done less".

THIS!
 
Well, I'm not ready to share my info. But I spend hundreds of hours every year running some large parts of our group. It's exhausting, but I regret none of it.
 
If you can volunteer at all, please do it. The biggest worry anyone who runs something in band has is "do I have enough people?" Nothing gives me the shakes like not being sure I have enough people to get a job done.
 
I will say my absolute favorite is PIT CREW AND PROPS. I have chased a runaway rolling cube as fast as my stubby, chubby legs would carry me before it hit a pit train and surprisingly this lady caught it. A band dad I will never know saved me from shame and humiliation as a prop I had sailed away like the Santa Maria before it hit a car in a gusty parking lot. We're the first to say AWESOME JOB KIDS even when they don't have the best run and are gloomy and sad. We tell every group going on "Kill it!" and every group coming off "Fantastic run!" I will never forget the hosting drum majors at one competition who saluted EVERY SINGLE BAND that came off the field. There is nothing like it for the kids, to feel like kings just for that moment. No matter what happened that day, the kids have their moment good or bad right there on the field and we're all there to give them that support. I also suggest every parent do this job at least once, the perspective is quite different. It's eye-opening into what your kid experiences after a performance- the good, the bad, and the ugly. They experience it all.
 
So volunteer, cook a hot dog, sew some pants, pull a gong, push a speaker, help the CG with their amazing makeup or help with their flags. Whatever it is, I'm sure your group has a task you can do. If not, send the directors a nice email. They get plenty of pretty awfully annoying ones, don't be afraid to send a nice one that doesn't ask a single thing of them. Don't be afraid to take that first step, someone will show you what to do. Don't be afraid to ask for help or where to go to ask for help. I'm not very outgoing, but I never let fear get the best of me when I'm running a task for band.
 
You would think I'm a CEO. And I'm the furthest thing from that. And I have ZERO regrets. I love band. It goes by in a flash, I will never look back and say "I wish I had done less".

THIS!
 
Well, I'm not ready to share my info. But I spend hundreds of hours every year running some large parts of our group. It's exhausting, but I regret none of it.
 
If you can volunteer at all, please do it. The biggest worry anyone who runs something in band has is "do I have enough people?" Nothing gives me the shakes like not being sure I have enough people to get a job done.
 
I will say my absolute favorite is PIT CREW AND PROPS. I have chased a runaway rolling cube as fast as my stubby, chubby legs would carry me before it hit a pit train and surprisingly this lady caught it. A band dad I will never know saved me from shame and humiliation as a prop I had sailed away like the Santa Maria before it hit a car in a gusty parking lot. We're the first to say AWESOME JOB KIDS even when they don't have the best run and are gloomy and sad. We tell every group going on "Kill it!" and every group coming off "Fantastic run!" I will never forget the hosting drum majors at one competition who saluted EVERY SINGLE BAND that came off the field. There is nothing like it for the kids, to feel like kings just for that moment. No matter what happened that day, the kids have their moment good or bad right there on the field and we're all there to give them that support. I also suggest every parent do this job at least once, the perspective is quite different. It's eye-opening into what your kid experiences after a performance- the good, the bad, and the ugly. They experience it all.
 
So volunteer, cook a hot dog, sew some pants, pull a gong, push a speaker, help the CG with their amazing makeup or help with their flags. Whatever it is, I'm sure your group has a task you can do. If not, send the directors a nice email. They get plenty of pretty awfully annoying ones, don't be afraid to send a nice one that doesn't ask a single thing of them. Don't be afraid to take that first step, someone will show you what to do. Don't be afraid to ask for help or where to go to ask for help. I'm not very outgoing, but I never let fear get the best of me when I'm running a task for band.
 
You would think I'm a CEO. And I'm the furthest thing from that. And I have ZERO regrets. I love band. It goes by in a flash, I will never look back and say "I wish I had done less".

THIS!
 
Well, I'm not ready to share my info. But I spend hundreds of hours every year running some large parts of our group. It's exhausting, but I regret none of it.
 
If you can volunteer at all, please do it. The biggest worry anyone who runs something in band has is "do I have enough people?" Nothing gives me the shakes like not being sure I have enough people to get a job done.
 
I will say my absolute favorite is PIT CREW AND PROPS. I have chased a runaway rolling cube as fast as my stubby, chubby legs would carry me before it hit a pit train and surprisingly this lady caught it. A band dad I will never know saved me from shame and humiliation as a prop I had sailed away like the Santa Maria before it hit a car in a gusty parking lot. We're the first to say AWESOME JOB KIDS even when they don't have the best run and are gloomy and sad. We tell every group going on "Kill it!" and every group coming off "Fantastic run!" I will never forget the hosting drum majors at one competition who saluted EVERY SINGLE BAND that came off the field. There is nothing like it for the kids, to feel like kings just for that moment. No matter what happened that day, the kids have their moment good or bad right there on the field and we're all there to give them that support. I also suggest every parent do this job at least once, the perspective is quite different. It's eye-opening into what your kid experiences after a performance- the good, the bad, and the ugly. They experience it all.
 
So volunteer, cook a hot dog, sew some pants, pull a gong, push a speaker, help the CG with their amazing makeup or help with their flags. Whatever it is, I'm sure your group has a task you can do. If not, send the directors a nice email. They get plenty of pretty awfully annoying ones, don't be afraid to send a nice one that doesn't ask a single thing of them. Don't be afraid to take that first step, someone will show you what to do. Don't be afraid to ask for help or where to go to ask for help. I'm not very outgoing, but I never let fear get the best of me when I'm running a task for band.
 
You would think I'm a CEO. And I'm the furthest thing from that. And I have ZERO regrets. I love band. It goes by in a flash, I will never look back and say "I wish I had done less".

Best of luck to her!! Congratulations!!

THIS!
 
Well, I'm not ready to share my info. But I spend hundreds of hours every year running some large parts of our group. It's exhausting, but I regret none of it.
 
If you can volunteer at all, please do it. The biggest worry anyone who runs something in band has is "do I have enough people?" Nothing gives me the shakes like not being sure I have enough people to get a job done.
 
I will say my absolute favorite is PIT CREW AND PROPS. I have chased a runaway rolling cube as fast as my stubby, chubby legs would carry me before it hit a pit train and surprisingly this lady caught it. A band dad I will never know saved me from shame and humiliation as a prop I had sailed away like the Santa Maria before it hit a car in a gusty parking lot. We're the first to say AWESOME JOB KIDS even when they don't have the best run and are gloomy and sad. We tell every group going on "Kill it!" and every group coming off "Fantastic run!" I will never forget the hosting drum majors at one competition who saluted EVERY SINGLE BAND that came off the field. There is nothing like it for the kids, to feel like kings just for that moment. No matter what happened that day, the kids have their moment good or bad right there on the field and we're all there to give them that support. I also suggest every parent do this job at least once, the perspective is quite different. It's eye-opening into what your kid experiences after a performance- the good, the bad, and the ugly. They experience it all.
 
So volunteer, cook a hot dog, sew some pants, pull a gong, push a speaker, help the CG with their amazing makeup or help with their flags. Whatever it is, I'm sure your group has a task you can do. If not, send the directors a nice email. They get plenty of pretty awfully annoying ones, don't be afraid to send a nice one that doesn't ask a single thing of them. Don't be afraid to take that first step, someone will show you what to do. Don't be afraid to ask for help or where to go to ask for help. I'm not very outgoing, but I never let fear get the best of me when I'm running a task for band.
 
You would think I'm a CEO. And I'm the furthest thing from that. And I have ZERO regrets. I love band. It goes by in a flash, I will never look back and say "I wish I had done less".

I saw this online! So great for them, that's just awesome! 

Cedar Park is very similar to Leander. Fundraising through both the parents and kids has been a godsend. 

OTOH, Leander is neither a wealthy nor impoverished school. We have our wealthy areas, but for the most part, we are a very middle class school. Typical band fees for us run around $450 to $500 per year. Leander does a lot of fundraising, and amazingly, just raised over $106K at their annual March-a-thon. I remember back when the goal in 2013 or 2014 was only like $20K. They keep setting the fundraising bar higher, and the students and parents keep surpassing it. Very impressive to see how hard they work on raising the needed funds without raising fees.

I think its not that the band kids shouldn't care about how they place at all. I think it's more that they shouldn't get so focused on how others are doing that they lose sight of the things they are trying to accomplish themselves. Competition is healthy, but there needs to be an element of personal growth for each band first and foremost.

Must be? I only see Weiss, Sherman, and Dripping Springs at St. Louis, maybe I am missing something?
 
Agreed. 7th at state is definitely not lucky.

How often does Leander go? CTJ will be fun to watch at GN again, they blow my mind with the amount energy they put on the field!

I'm dying at their Facebook page with the trapped judge "every band kid's dream"

I'm dying at their Facebook page with the trapped judge "every band kid's dream"

I'm dying at their Facebook page with the trapped judge "every band kid's dream"

Everyone I was around loved Poteet! It was great. So much good stuff! And can I say Highland Park h o l y c o w can they play for a small group. Thought I was listening to a small drum corps. That is some crazy brass. You go guys! Dang!