Category: Marching arts

  • Clean is effect

    Clean is effect. I heard that saying early on in my career, but it took years for me to truly grasp the power of those three words. What does the saying mean? First off, let’s look at what “clean is effect” means. I’ll be looking at this saying through the lens of a band director.…

  • 2007 TKA Amazonian Rainforest

    2007 TKA Amazonian Rainforest. Today I’ll be talking about the 2007 TKA (The King’s Academy) Marching Lions show titled “Amazonian Rainforest”. This is a continuation of a series of posts that cover my time as director at The King’s Academy. Getting started 2006 was a disappointing season. I was pleased with the performance of the…

  • 2006 TKA Bon Voyage

    2006 TKA Bon Voyage show. This post will give an overview of the King’s Academy’s (TKA) 2006 Marching Lions show, “Bon Voyage”. History Before I get into the 2006 year, it’s important to get a little history of the band. I came to TKA in the 2000 season. We started attending state championships in 2002,…

  • 2005 TKA Magic Show

    2005 TKA magic show. Today’s post will document The King’s Academy (TKA) Marching Lion’s 2005 marching band show called, “Cirque du Magic”. If you haven’t read last week’s post, I encourage you to read it before moving on. The 2005 show is possible due to the success of the 2004 show. Getting started Music comes…

  • 2004 TKA The Chase

    2004 TKA The Chase. This post will chronicle the 2004 season of the TKA Marching Lions and the show that we called “The Chase”. Background 2004 marked my fourth year directing The King’s Academy (TKA) band program. We had some success in 2002 + 2003 at our local/county competitions. The band was seeing modest growth…