A great time was had at TMEA this year, as usual!  It was great to be able to enjoy more sessions, concerts and all-around socializing.  (As opposed to last year, when I only had 36 hours to get all my meetings taken care of.

Great meetings were held with all my Texas clients, and I'm very excited about all of the shows this year.  (Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but that's not always the case every year!)

I'll be writing, once again for Georgetown, Stony Point, and Lake Highlands High Schools.  Additionally, I'll be designing for the Lake Travis H.S. Band from the Austin area this season.  It was great meeting with their staff, and planning out a show that will be entertaining for both audiences and judges.  I'm looking forward to working with this new client.

Additionally, the details of Brazoswood's 2010 show were ironed out, with our designers (Daniel Montoya & Kevin Nix).  No hints, just yet, on what the show will be, but it's an idea I've had for a while, and when I was hired at B-wood I instantly knew this would be a great production for this band.  Special thanks to the rest of the B-wood staff for eventually coming around the idea, and allowing us to take a few risks!

Speaking of Brazoswood, a note of congratulations goes out to two of our students who participated in the All-State Symphonic Band and All-State Jazz Band.  It's amazing watching such a group of talented students gather for an awesome performance having only a few days to prepare it.  Speaking of All-State Jazz, a special shout-out goes to our amazing guitar soloist from Stony Point's "Journey" show, and the monster tenor sax soloist from Lake Highlands' "Gangster" show.  It was great to witness their talents during the fall, but even cooler seeing them in their true element performing at TMEA.

Good times had all around!  I'm already starting preliminary sketches on a few fall band shows.  It should be fun!