West TN Marching Arts

We go over the results of the Division I and Division II State Championships as well as the Bandmasters Championships at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.  We also talk about how the rain and cold affected our performance and our experience on the last marching day of the year.  
As a bonus we brag about the band family in Texas that came together when Vandegrift's equipment trailer got hit by a train on the way to their state championships and how the other bands helped them out!

Wow!  There are so many competitions happening!  It's great!
 
We recap the Crockett County Marching Invitational, the Choctaw Classic, Contest of Champions and take a quick look at the results from the BOA Indianapolis Super Regional.
 
Then we preview Championship weekend - The Division I and II State Championships and the Bandmasters Championship at the Liberty Bowl.  What a whirlwind to end the season!  Good luck everyone!!!!

We are in the middle of the competitions season with multiple competitions happening in West Tennessee and across the nation.  We try to keep up by recapping the Gibson County Marching Invitational, the Bethel University Renaissance Marching Invitational, and BOA Regionals across the Nation.  Then we look ahead at this weekend's equally busy slate of competitions!  
It is exhausting and exhilarating at the same time - Welcome to Band-tober!

We are back from Fall Break!  We recap not only the Huntingdon Invitational, but also the BOA Memphis and BOA Chattanooga Regionals.  Then we preview the Gibson County Marching Invitational and try to pick the favorites from each class.
 
We also realized after the recording that we missed previewing the Bethel University Competition this weekend.  Sorry we missed it!  We will make sure that we recap that competition in our next episode.

In this episode we do a recap of the Union City Invitational and the Championships at Bartlett Station.  Then we do an in depth preview of the Huntingdon Marching Invitational, which is happening this weekend with 19 bands!  We also go ahead and do a quick preview of which Tennessee bands will be at the BOA Memphis and Chattanooga Regionals because we will not be here next week because of Fall Break.
It's October!  It's the most exciting part of Marching Season!  Good Luck to everyone wherever you may be going the next few weeks!

In this episode we do a quick recap of the Hornet Invitational and the Arlington Invitational.  Then we do an in depth preview of the Union City Invitational and take a quick look at the Championships at Bartlett Station.  We finish the episode with a discussion on if there should be a minimum amount of the show a band must perform to qualify for awards.  Good luck to all the bands competing this weekend!

It's the second set of interviews with students during the Hornet Invitational.  In this episode, we hear from students from Lakeland Prep and Union City High School.

The Hornet Invitational was this past weekend!  Throughout the day we brought students into the studio.  In this episode, we had some great interviews with band members from Jackson Christian School and Camden.

We go through the 22 bands performing at the Hornet Invitational, previewing what their shows are and all the things we are excited to see!  It's competition season!

A special quick episode of interviews from the Pete Evans Showcase.  We interview the Announcer - WBBJ Meteorologist Moe Shamell - and learn about his experiences in Marching Band.  And we also interview lots of students who brought the energy to this event - Josh Hansburg from Milan, Peabody students, SGC students, and Gibson County seniors, freshmen, and middle school students who march with the high school band.  
The excitement coming from the students will get you hyped for competition season!