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  Texas (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Texas is a pop music band from Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Texas scored a worldwide hit in 1989 with their debut single "I Don't Want a Lover." This was taken from their debut album Southside which went on to sell 2 million copies worldwide.
Although these albums sold well in France and Spain, this was not sufficient for the record company, meaning the band faced a lot of pressure with their fourth release.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_(band)   (946 words)

  
 Goin' Band From Raiderland » Welcome!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Band membership is open to all students regardless of major and a minimum amount of rehearsal time is used in preparing four different shows per season.
The Goin' Band was the recipient of the 1999 Sudler Trophy given for consistent excellence in collegiate marching bands.
The Goin' Band From Raiderland is the 400-member marching band of Texas Tech University and is under the direction of Mr.
www.goinband.org   (230 words)

  
 Texas A&M University Corps Of Cadets - Aggie Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Band members live, eat and are housed together as a unit of the corps.
The infantry and artillery bands, which form the combined band, are the two largest units in the Corps of Cadets.
The band is nationally known for its stirring renditions of patriotic tunes and precision military marching style.
www.aggiecorps.org /home/band   (528 words)

  
 Texas A&M University-Kingsville 2005 Band Camp - w w w . t a m u k . e d u   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In addition, the jazz band was a feature performer at the 2001 Midwest Clinic in Chicago and the 2004 IAJE Conference in New York City.
Bands under his direction have been consistently recognized for their achievements including eight consecutive UIL Sweepstakes Awards, Best In Class and Outstanding Band awards at various festivals as well as being chosen as a finalist in the Texas Honor Band competition in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004.
The Byrd Symphonic I Band was the 1 st Runner Up in the CCC Honor Band Division in 1998 and was also chosen as the 2004 CCC Texas State Honor Band.
www.tamuk.edu /events/bandcamp/bios.html   (648 words)

  
 YBRP - Texas & Band intro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The music for band is divided into 5 grades, "Grade 1" being the most simple (for young bands or small schools) and "Grade 5" being the most challenging (large high school bands).
The first (or only) band at a school is designated as a "Varsity" band; second and subsequent bands at the same school are classified as "Non-Varsity." These two criteria (conference and classification) determine which level of graded music a band must select for performance at contest.
Bands are allowed to choose music from higher grade levels should they desire to do so.
music.utsa.edu /~bharris/ybrp/RepResearch/IntroPML.html   (316 words)

  
 The University of Texas Longhorn Band
The 4th Anuual Longhorn Band Golf Classic will be held on April 23rd, 2006 at the University of Texas Golf Club.
The Texas Bandmasters Association has given an award to former LHB Director Tom Rhodes.
Carr was a trombonist in the Longhorn Band, and served as drum major of the band during the 1977-1978 season.
lhb.music.utexas.edu   (134 words)

  
 Texas Southern University  > Athletics  > TSU Band  > Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
D" is one of the assistant band directors at Texas Southern University.
Band Director, Theory Professor, and Fine Arts Teacher at Filmore Arts Center (Wash., D.C.); Duke Ellington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Wash., D.C.); University of the District of Columbia; and Grambling State University (Louisiana) prior to his arrival at TSU in 1993.
Gibson arranges and conducts the “Ocean of Soul Marching Band“, concert band, pep bands and brass ensembles at Texas Southern University.
www.tsu.edu /athletics/band/directors/index.asp   (903 words)

  
 TEXAS PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION PIPE BAND
The band uniform is composed of white shirts for summer, a fl sweater with white shirt for winter, and in the future, full dress white tunics with full plaid and feather bonnets for both pipers and drummers.
The Texas Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Pipe Band cap badge is made from original Mexican silver dollars, sized and cut into a "star" design (symbolizing the Lone Star of Texas), with the words "Texas Police Pipe Band" inscribed on the circular portion of the badge.
However, civilian members of the band wear the name of a Texas police officer slain in the line of duty or firefighter that has died in the performance of his/her duties on a name-tag.
www.webspawner.com /users/texaspolice   (1459 words)

  
 Texas State Bands - MAIN
For nearly a century, the bands at Texas State University have represented the university at many national and international conventions, conferences and major events in the United States.
The Symphonic Winds is a major wind band that performs in both the fall and spring semesters.
The Bobcat Marching Band has a rich history of performance excellence that spans 86 years and offers an exciting opportunity for instrumentalists, colorguard members and twirlers to continue performing in an outstanding musical organization.
www.txstate.edu /bobcatband   (226 words)

  
 Gulf Coast Community Band Houston, Texas
The Gulf Coast Concert Band was formed in 1974 by local music educators, area musicians and the City of Pasadena as the Pasadena Municipal Band.
The city was the major financial sponsor of the band until the fall of 1993.
The band is under the leadership of Ben Butler, professor of music at Texas Southern University.
www.geocities.com /gulfcoastconcertband   (455 words)

  
 Save Texas Marching Band!!! - Marching Band Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Bands of America is not all there is to marching band in the country.
Our band is consistently excellent--in the past 37 years we have failed to capture Sweepstakes only thrice--and yet we have never gone to the State marching contest.
This 4 band max thing that you are talking about should be used for inspirtation for those that don't usually make it, to push themselves to the next level to try and succeed at something.
www.marchingbandplanet.com /index.php?showtopic=309   (4216 words)

  
 Hendrickson High School Band Boosters, Pflugerville, Texas
The form and a check made payable to HHS Band Boosters should be placed an envelope and deposited in the money box at the Band Hall.
The HHS Band Boosters greatly appreciates the support and participation of sponsors for the 2nd Annual Hawk Band Golf Tournament.
Casey Hodges, HHS Band Historian, is requesting assistance in gathering digital photographs of the HHS Band during the past year.
hawksband.org   (320 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: KICKAPOO INDIANS
On two occasions-Pontiac's so-called conspiracy of 1763-69 and the crusade led by Tecumseh and his brother, the Shawnee Prophet, during the first two decades of the nineteenth century-the Kickapoos were in the forefront of unsuccessful multitribal Indian resistance movements.
On January 8, 1865, their effort to remain neutral came to an end when three Kickapoo bands, camping on Dove Creek, a tributary of the Concho River, were attacked by the Confederate cavalry in the battle of Dove Creek.
Under this statute they were officially granted lands near El Indio, Texas, and became identified to United States authorities as the Texas Band of the Oklahoma Kickapoos, thereby becoming eligible for federal aid.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/KK/bmk9.html   (2073 words)

  
 Waltz Across Texas
Your band is supposed to be located in the barracks that have the letters E and F on the outside.
For example, you have bands up around Ennis and West, a band named Eric Honza, a band by the name of Harold Strand, and Gilbert House and south of here the Majeks, south of Corpus are regarded as one of the oldest family bands in Texas that are still playing.
By horn band I mean a combination of two or three trumpets, a trombone, two or three saxes and the sax players all have to switch to clarinet.
www.roundtop.com /polka.htm   (3661 words)

  
 University of North Texas North Texan Online Spring 2001 :
Many North Texas alumni remember the Saturday Night Stage Shows, but the role of this entertainment in saving North Texas from extinction is not well known.
He conceived the idea for dance band (jazz) training at the college level while playing with a five-piece group at a dance hall near Sherman in 1931, just after graduation from high school.
Walter Hodgson, who succeeded Bain as dean, agreed to let Gene use the thesis in developing a dance band degree program to be added to the curriculum in the fall of 1947, and that was the beginning of the now famous North Texas jazz studies program.
www.unt.edu /northtexan/archives/p01/feedback.htm   (1329 words)

  
 The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band
The band doesn’t play its own interpretations of modern "classics." Instead it plays marches and military songs such as the Patton theme or the Aggie War Hymn.
You actually think that the band members are occupying the same physical space at the same time.
Whenever Texas A and M visits your local college check and see if they are bringing the band.
goinside.com /98/11/aggie.html   (802 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Texas band puts itself up for bid on eBay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The James Bowie High School Marching Band, all 250 members of it, are up for bid to raise money for a group trip to Arizona.
The band will hit up parents to fill in the gaps if it falls short of the money needed to compete in the National Band Championship and Fiesta Bowl Parade in Arizona.
Les Nichols, the band's booster club president and dad of two kids in the band, suggested that Republican Gov. Rick Perry make a bid.
www.usatoday.com /tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-09-24-band-on-the-block_x.htm   (256 words)

  
 Texas Governor Rick Perry - Texas Classical and Performing Arts
The band's performances are supported in part by the City of Arlington, Texas, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Membership in the band, which may be and is hired by cities and organizations in the area, is open to adult musicians without audition.
The band performs for Hermann Sons events, civic functions, and at various Texas-German activities and fests, such as Fasching, Oktoberfest, San Antonio Liederkrantz (chorus) concerts, New Braunfels Wurstfest, etc. Membership in the band is free and open to any advanced musician.
www.governor.state.tx.us /divisions/music/musicians/classical.htm   (9089 words)

  
 Houston Local Band Houston Wedding Band Live Band Houston Texas
One of Houston’s highest-rated RandB/smooth jazz bands according to radio 95.7 KHJZ Smooth Jazz, SUNNY 99.1, and the Houston Parks and Recreation Dept. Led by recording artist Gary-Michael Dahl who is lead vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter.
The G-MD Band is extraordinarily versatile and can perform RandB, jazz, Top-40, rock, latin, reggae, standards, zydeco and outstanding original material.
Band or members have worked with or opened for Earth, Wind, and Fire, Phil Collins, Peabo Bryson and more.
www.garymichaeldahlband.com   (283 words)

  
 New Horizons Band, Austin, Texas
The New Horizons Band offers people, approaching and over the age of 50, the opportunity to play in a large band as well as smaller ensembles such as stage bands, polka bands, Dixieland bands and chamber music groups.
The Austin New Horizons Band is affiliated with the New Horizons International Music Association that has over 100 bands, orchestras and choruses throughout the United States, Canada and Ireland.
Glenn A. Richter, former Longhorn Band Director from 1980 to 1995 and currently Professor of Instrumental Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin.
www.onr.com /nhb   (225 words)

  
 Texas State Bands - BOBCAT MARCHING BAND
They have represented Texas State at two Presidential Inaugurations, appeared in a major Hollywood film and have appeared in the 1995 video “Best of College Bands.” They are the first American marching band to have performed for a soccer game in Mexico.
Additionally, the band will perform in exhibition for both the Area E 4A Marching Competition in New Braunfels and the Area D 4A Marching Competition in Kyle on October 29.
Above all, the Bobcat Marching Band is a college marching band with its primary focus on Bobcat Football.
www.txstate.edu /bobcatband/marching_band.html   (272 words)

  
 The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
On May 17, 2004, the Texas Legislature ended a special legislative session, which the Governor called to find a solution to the public school funding crisis.
We hope that the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas will continue to be considered part of the solution to school finance.
AUSTIN (AP) _ Gambling is increasingly favored as a method of school financing, say Texans in a recent poll that shows a second special legislative session on the topic is viewed by many as a bad idea.
www.alabama-coushatta.com   (521 words)

  
 Band Bio's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Texas band Two Tons of Steel might be described as equal parts Elvis Presley and Elvis Costello, with a liberal dose of Buddy Holly and a dollop of The Ramones.
As the story goes, the band’s name change was prompted by a telephone call from Jerry Allison, drummer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
Always an important and difficult decision for any band, the groups new name would not be determined by a marketing study, but simply by looking out the window.
www.twotons.com /html/band_bio.html   (2053 words)

  
 The Pride of South Texas: Javelina Marching Band - w w w . t a m u k . e d u / b a n d   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Band members living on campus in University Housing during the Fall Semester are eligible to live on campus during band camp.
In the event that Texas AandM University-Kingsville accepts a bowl game invitation or continues in NCAA Division II Playoff games, the regular marching band rehearsal schedule will continue through the remainder of the semester.
It is a policy of the Texas AandM-Kingsville Marching Band that all members participate in any university sanctioned bowl game activity or NCAA Division II Playoff game as part of the course requirements, although some exceptions may be allowed.
www.tamuk.edu /band   (468 words)

  
 Fightin' Texas Aggie Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Members of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, embodying the spirit, camaraderie, and excellence of the school they represent, have marched and played proudly for one hundred years.
Illustrated with 121 fl and white photographs and eight pages of color pictures of bands and band members past and present, this lively history pays tribute to the bandmasters and musicians who have made the organization the pulse of the spirit of Aggieland.
From the birth of the band, through the development of its marching style and its stirring, distinctive music, to its most recent triumphs of precision maneuvers and military music, the story is as bold and bright as the band itself.
www.aggiebooks.org /fightintx.html   (337 words)

  
 Marcus High School Band - Flower Mound, Texas
Since the beginning of summer marching camp, the students of the Marcus Band have spent many long hours in the hot Texas sun learning marching technique and drill, as well as countless hours perfecting the musical aspects of their field production entitled "Fowl Play - Music for the Birds".
For the last competition of the season, the Marcus Band travelled to the BOA Super-Regional Competition in San Antonio, Texas, on November 5th, 2005, to compete with 57 other great bands.
Feathers, wings, chirps and bird walks were in full force, along with "world-class" musicianship, as the band earned 4th place in preliminary competition and 3rd place in finals.
www.marcusband.com   (601 words)

  
 Constitution of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
We, the members of the Texas Band of Kickapoo, by virtue of our sovereign rights as an Indian Tribe and pursuant to the authorities conferred by the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, (48 Stat.
Upon acceptance of enrollment in the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, the member shall provide evidence that his or her name has been stricken from the rolls of such other Tribe.
All members of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas residing within the jurisdiction of the Tribe as defined in Article I shall enjoy equal rights to life, liberty, industrial pursuits, and the economic resources and activities of the Tribe.
thorpe.ou.edu /constitution/kickapoo   (3201 words)

  
 Texas Governor Rick Perry - Indie Band Packet
Texas Radio (a list and description of all Texas radio stations specific to the type of music a band plays, arranged by city);
Texas Record Distributors (a list and description of record distributors with offices in Texas);
Please include a general, one-sentence description of the type of music your band plays and the address you would like the packet shipped to.
www.governor.state.tx.us /divisions/music/musicians/indie.htm   (350 words)

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