band yap

he's beauty and he's grace. he's zach sims! and he's never even been to the spoetzl brewery. we yapped with zach about his pug obsession, plucking piano strings in lila cockrell, his humble beginnings, and how much better he is because of his wife, whitney.

did you know that robert herrings graduated from mcgregor high school? now you do!

robert is a four-time (yes, FOUR-TIME) honor band winner, who sometimes does cartwheels in the name of school spirit. he is an inspiring human, and is an unimaginably talented band director. he joined us to talk about his origin story, which includes his junior high band director, robin wilson. robin has designed all of robert's program books for tmea and midwest, and still supports him in all of his band endeavors. we talked about how impactful band relationships can be, pickles, bue ridge saga, robert's preferred chuy's order, and more!

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he's the wrestler of band. and a legend in his own right.

we yapped with brian about his background, his career, and how it has culminated into this unbelievable year: finalist at state marching contest, featured small school band at the midwest clinic, AND the tmea 2a honor band. aside from that, we discussed 90s wrestling, chicago pizza, and took his dairy queen order (he's a heath man).

you can catch tenaha's honor band performance on friday, february 14, 2025 at 1pm in lila cockrell. see you there!

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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there's a lot of yapping in this one! we sat down with jesus perez and got his take on teaching in a small school environment, the dallas cowboys, the defunct sandy lake amusement park, and took his taco order. will the world ever be able to tell jesus and jose apart? we may never know.