West TN Marching Arts

This week we recap the Gibson County Marching Invitational and then preview 3 West Tennessee Contests as part of a busy October weekend of competitions!  

We recap the Huntingdon Invitational and talk about who made finals, who won each class, and see how our picks fared from last week.  We also look at how the Tennessee bands fared at the Chattanooga BOA Regional.
Then we preview the Gibson County Invitational and see which bands might win their class and have a shot at finals.  
The cooler weather is almost here!

We recap who won each class at the Bethel University and Union City competitions and preview this weekend's Huntingdon Marching Invitational. 
Plus we talk about another example of Band families helping each other out after an unfortunate incident happened to Covington this past weekend.

We recap who won each class at the Hornet Invitational and reflect on some of our favorite moments from the shows we saw.  
Then we preview who is going to be at the Bethel University Renaissance Invitational and the Union City Invitational this coming weekend.
Plus, we celebrate the long awaited arrival of... cooler weather!!!!  Good luck this weekend everyone!

A special episode where our student hosts interviewed other students at the 2026 Hornet Invitational!  Special shoutout to Danny for staying up extra late Saturday night to edit these interviews down.
Here are the time stamps to each interview:
0:00 - Gibson County students interview
7:45 - West Carroll students interview
9:30 - Jackson Christian school students interview
11:40 - South Gibson County students interview

It's competition season!  We preview each band in the Hornet Invitational, try to guess what their show is about, and gush over the fantastic song selections we see!  
In response to so much missed rehearsal because of the heat, we ask how much of their field show a band is expected (or required?) to have on the field by this point and whether they are expected to even wear uniforms in this heat.
Good luck this weekend everyone!

In this episode we talk about the fantastic field show we saw at an away game this week.  Plus we discuss how to get prepared for the first competition.  It is so important that you eat, rest, and hydrate to make it through those long, but exciting, competition days!

What are the different phases of the Marching Season?  The hardest, the most stressful, the most fun?  What do you think?
Also, we talk about our experience at the Pete Evans Showcase and how hot it has been this week!

We preview the Exhibition in Milan called the Pete Evans Showcase.  Plus we talk about what we like about performing about football games and how it is different than performing at competitions.

This week we talk about this extreme heat wave and how it's been keeping us inside!  We take that into how the heat feels different, almost worse, we school starts compared to Band Camp.  Then we discuss our band's first public performance of the season and how freshmen and new members can prepare for how that feels.