Frisco ISD has released its season-end tally for high school marching band, and the headline numbers are two state medals, three bands at the state championships and a long list of regional awards spread across all 12 of its high schools.
The district's Nov. 9 summary puts more than 2,100 students in marching band, which it says is often the biggest student group on a campus.
Silver and bronze in San Antonio
The season peaked at the UIL 5A State Marching Band Championships at the Alamodome. Lone Star took second place and the silver medal with its show "Endeavor." Lebanon Trail placed third for the bronze with "Carmina." The district said it was the first state medal for either school. Reedy, appearing at the state contest for the first time, finished 10th with "Drawn Together."
All three advanced out of the UIL 5A Area B contest, where every Frisco ISD 5A school competes. The district noted that each 5A state medalist this year came out of Area B, and that Texas has about 250 schools in the classification.
"This is a historic moment for our district," Pete Hazzard, the district's managing director of fine arts, said in a Nov. 4 announcement, pointing to the silver and bronze coming home in the same year.
The rest of the fall
The bands that did not reach state also collected hardware. Lone Star was named grand champion at the Don Hanna Marching Contest and finished second in Class AAA at the Bands of America Prosper regional. Reedy won the Wylie Marching Invitational outright.
