Pirate Band prepares for competition
The Pittsburg Pirate High School Band is preparing for competition this month, not only in the University Interscholastic League of Texas, but also in the National Association of Military Marching Bands competition.
Mr. Austin Jesmore is the high school band director and director of bands for all of Pittsburg ISD. The Pirate Band has not won a competition since 2012 in NAMMB and 2007 in UIL but is ready to change that.
“I sat down in a meeting with the section leader earlier this year and asked them what do we want to accomplish this year?” Mr. Jesmore said. “And they told me that their biggest goal was to win at the UIL marching contest and their next big goal was to place first, second, or third at the NAMMB marching contest.”
The pre-UIL NAMMB competition will be Oct. 10.
“We’re attending the NAMMB pre-UIL because the three judges there are strictly military band judges,” he said. “These judges taught military bands, they judge military bands, and that’s all they do is military bands, so rather than judges who know corps style, we are going to three of the experts of military marching in east Texas.”
The critiques by these three judges will let the Pitt Band know how they are doing and how to improve.
The UIL completion is set for Oct. 13 in Mt. Pleasant and the main NAMMB competition is Oct. 31 in Longview, where 10 to 12 4A military bands from as far down as Houston will be attending.
By Ellis Knox, reporter@campcountynow.com -- To continue reading this article, purchase the print edition of The Pittsburg Gazette or go to our online e-edition at: http://www.etypeservices.
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