zach santos wears many hats. program coordinator, choreographer, clinician, leadership facilitator, adjudicator, trumpet player, realtor, former band director, husband, dad, and....golf cart flipper. we sat down with zach to yap about all of the above, plus his affinity for white monster, the flip flops that have been around the block, winning both a dci world championship and a texas state marching band championship, hunting, and more.

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who hasn’t been beaten up by the profession at some point?

we sat down with chris mclellan, a man who has held many roles in music education. as a retired band director, uil music executive secretary, band consultant, and a university supervisor for student teachers, he has a wealth of experience and knowledge. chris is a devoted family man, and a baseball fan with a goal of visiting every mlb stadium. we yapped about his presence at historic texas rangers moments, whether or not he owns a kilt, and his remarkable band director lineage.

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heavy on the band, heavy on the yap.

kat norris is a gem. she loves birds, the university of houston cougars, mahler, and of course middle school band. kat gave us the low-down on what it was like to step into her current role at henry middle school, how her high school band experience shaped her perspective on music, blockbuster video, her feelings on trash tv, and how she aged out of…several things.

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you know the guy that posts the sight-reading info? that's tim.

even if you don't know tim, you know tim. he moderates the yellowboard (iykyk) and the texas band directors facebook group. he writes drill via brynnpark productions. brynnpark's website also hosts the sight-reading information each year, uil repertoire analysis, and judge analysis. but, tim will tell you- he left band directing, and has since shifted his entire perspective on what defines success in the band hall and out of it.

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are jake heck and brett batchelor the same person? we may never know.

jake teaches at not one, but TWO different private schools. he gives us insight into the private school side of band, the texas vs. oklahoma panhandle, why peanut butter m&ms are the superior m&m, his love of travel, and what it is like to sight-read west highlands sojourn at contest.

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no really, this goes a little off the rails.

we talked with kim about...wow. a lot. her upbringing in carthage, her rock-solid dedication to her students, appropriate plumage, her coloring hobby, meat parade, and more. featuring a phone call from robert herrings, and some text-to-confirm moments with dr. kevin sedatole and jarrett lipman.

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live, laugh, yap.

we sat down with victor garza to discuss our deep connections to one another, at length. we got real about trials, tribulations, victories, failures, how he left his car running throughout an entire marching contest day, and why chick-fil-a is superior to cane's.

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the magic is in the details—just ask a marching band program coordinator.
we yapped with reid atkinson at the headquarters of ultimate drill book, where we covered texas vs. kansas city bbq, empathy, which disney park reigns supreme, and what makes texas band culture unique.

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