Tiger Band finishes second at Princeton Contest
The Wills Point Tiger Band traveled to Princeton last weekend to competing against 23 of the other the best marching bands in the state of Texas at the Princeton Invitational Oct. 10.
Wills Point performed exceptionally well, according to Tiger Band Director John Young, ranking third overall in the prelims before moving up to second place overall in the finals.
“Our show is titled Infinite Love,” Young said. “ ‘Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral’ by Wagner, ‘Marriage of Figaro’ by Mozart, ‘Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet’ by Roto and selections from ‘Elephant Love Song’ from the musical Moulin Rouge. In the prelims we placed third overall with a first place in music. In the finals, we placed second overall. The first three places were Canton, Wills Point and Whitesboro. I was excited to see the band step up and perform in a final setting this year with great energy and confidence. The band played its very best that evening.”
During the early part of the school year, the band has been working on getting better sound and marching, Young said.
“The focus has been simply on improving the band sound and stronger marching,” he said. “It seems simple enough but when you have a successful program it is hard to keep the energy level up year after year. We have preached to the students that our success in years to come is dependent upon improvement on individual playing abilities and work ethic. This has been a good year thus far.”
The Tiger Band has been plenty busy recently, having already participated in Midlothian Oct. 3.
