A trumpet player in the Pearsall High School Maverick Marching Band lifts her horn high to the stadium grandstands during the school’s varsity football game halftime show on Friday, September 2, at Mack Laxson Field. High school marching band season has gone into full swing this month across South Texas as students prepare for their annual University Interscholastic League Marching Band Contest, which is held at Hondo High School every October. Performances are judged on effect, musical proficiency, selection and difficulty, overall execution and marching technique.Although early-season halftime shows and those performed in bad weather do not include the formal band marching uniform, full dress rehearsals are part of the varsity show before contest.
(CURRENT Photo: Manuel Azocar III)
