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First Somerset Football Band
First Somerset Football Band. I became the director at Somerset Canyons in 2016. In 2017 I felt it was time to put together a football band. Football Band Before I dig into the story of our first outing, let me clarify something. We never had a marching band at Somerset Canyons. We had a football…
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Memorial Day and parades
Memorial Day and parades. Tomorrow is Memorial Day and many communities will mark the day with a parade. That means that band kids will be suiting up and tuning up for their final performance of the year. Memorial Day Parade, Jr. High Memorial Day brings back memories of marching in the parade in Irwin, PA.…
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TKA 2011 Transformed
TKA 2011 Transformed. This post covers the challenges involved in writing and producing The King’s Academy (TKA) 2011 show named, “Transformed.” Leadership I truly believe in the saying, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.”. I had various failures as a leader in 2011 and those failures led to sub standard planning and performing. We went…
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TKA 2010 Classic Schizophrenia
TKA 2010 Classic Schizophrenia. It’s time to hop in the time machine and take a look at this iconic show by the King’s Academy (TKA) Marching Lions. This post will make more sense if you watch the show first: Picking a show We were coming off of a bad season. You can read about our…
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TKA 2009 Aquasonic
TKA 2009 Aquasonic. This post will delve into the King’s Academy (TKA) Marching Lion’s 2009 show entitled, “Aquasonic”. At this point the TKA band had been 2nd in the state in 2005 and 2008. We’d also been 3rd in 2004 and 4th in 2007. Add to this a best percussion award in 2007 and a…
