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Back To School
Texas Bandmasters
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2018-19 John Morrison, 2018 19 TBA President
Board of Directors

John Morrison Welcome back! School is in full swing, High School
President your halftime shows are beginning to Band bus
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD take shape and beginners will soon be accident on
10300 Jones Road, Suite 724
Houston, TX 77065 filling your band halls with the ever their return
281-897-4042
john.morrison@cfisd.net popular “Hot Cross Buns”. Now is the to Texas from
time to mark your calendars to join a band trip to Disney World. While it
Phillip Clements
President Elect us for #TBA2019 on July 25-27, 2019. appears that the accident was the result
Texas A&M University-Commerce Highlights for #TBA2019 will include of a medical emergency that ultimately
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429 Featured Clinician Jerry Junkin from the took the life of the bus driver, the
903-886-5285
phillip.clements@tamuc.edu Dallas Winds and The University of Texas healing within that community has been
at Austin, Featured ongoing. The story of
Roland Sandoval
Vice President Composer John Mackey, If ever there was any band directors Shane
The University of Texas-San Antonio the U.S. Army Field Goforth of North Shore
1 UTSA Circle advice for me to give
San Antonio, TX 78249 Band from Washington HS and Kevin Knight
210-458-4868 my peers, it would be to
Roland.Sandoval@utsa.edu D.C. and The Boston of Crosby HS pulling
Brass. You can also “stay the course” and together to take the
Daniel Allen
Treasurer count on a fantastic continue to provide for Channelview top band
Franklin High School lineup of clinics and to UIL C&SR while the
900 N. Resler your community what
El Paso, TX 79912 performances as well director was recovering
915-236-2266 as the ever-popular they desire most—a from injuries sustained
dallenep@aol.com
Student Day and quality band experience. during the accident,
George Little
Secretary College Track offerings. Your ability to press were inspiring. Finally,
Lufkin High School Please visit the TBA forward and provide a the tragedy of the
309 South Medford Drive
Lufkin, TX 75901 website if you have place for students to school shootings at
936-630-4134 a clinic or clinician Santa Fe High School
glittle@lufkinisd.org connect with each other
recommendation. We’d at the end of the year
Reagan Brumley love to hear from you! and build a skill as a shook many of us to
Sergeant at Arms
Highland Park High School There was no musician is a necessary our core. The mere idea
4220 Emerson beginning, middle and that instruments would
Dallas, TX 75205 component for us
214-780-3737 ending to a school year need to be borrowed
brumler@hpisd.org to make progress
like there was for 2017- from surrounding
Chico Portillo 2018. As I write my as a society. schools to even be able
Past President
1412 Tamar Lane article this month it was to provide a band with
Austin, TX 78727 exactly one year ago that my community, instruments for their own graduation
512-796-9596
portillo.chico@gmail.com and many of yours, was in full recovery ceremonies is unimaginable. Can you
Michael Brashear mode from Hurricane Harvey. The call to imagine your band hall taped off like a
Executive Director serve was answered by many and while crime scene? Santa Fe’s was!
Texas Bandmasters Association several of you are still putting the pieces Fast forward to the start of school for
1002 Central Parkway South
San Antonio, TX 78232 back together, many are back to their 2018 and what do we come back to? New
210-492-8878
mbrashear@texasbandmasters.org routines. Spring Break of 2018 had us guidelines, policies, practices designed to
glued to the news of the Channelview create a “safer” school environment. Metal

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