12/12/09 Cary Parade

Cary Parade was great! Wall to wall people and beautiful weather. I really enjoy the warm up area where all the bands get to see each other up close.

12/5/09 Apex Parade

Great Parade! We always enjoy this parade... tons of friends and parents. It is so important for us to give back to the communities that support us. Great turnout considering the weather. We were just a few degrees from some snow.

11/7/09 USSBA

This was a great trip and one of my favorite memories fro 24 years of teaching band!

We had no idea that we would finish 3rd place. I am so proud of this band, our students, parents and staff! We're having way too much fun.

Last Home Game Post Game Performance

I love our stand still performances of our show...especially with a little edge to the sound. Not this much edge...my ears are still ringing.

11/6/09 Senior Night

Our seniors were treated to a great dinner at Daniels and a night of celebration. We are going to miss their talent and leadership.

Evening Practices

Some of my best memories from marching band would have to come from the evening rehearsals.

My favorite was the evening rehearsal in our stadium!

10/17/09 Sanderson Competition

It wet with a forcast of getting wetter. We were very glad that we were able to perform both PreLims and Finals.

Drying feathers by the warm-up field lights... It worked!

We could have never predicted that we would make finals more or less win Grand Champions at the Capitol City Band Expo!

We were very happy...

Cowboy Coffee!!

We have great pit crew parents who have taken the craft of moving equipment and married it to the art of tailgating.

From designing to building to moving sets... First Class All the Way!

10/17/09 Fuquay Varina Competition

Panther Creek's 1st Grand Champion Trophy.

This Trophy now becomes the standard by which we measure all future drum majors.

Even though we finished the entoire show we still have not had the time to clean the jazz run!

It was a great night for PC.

Home Game vs Green Hope

Homecoming Game! 1st time we performed the entire show at home. I enjoy the home games. We need to work on playing more in the stands. Still I enjoy watching the band have fun, especially when Taffrey does his dance.

Wakefield Competition

This was our first competition of the season. We were very confident that we would have a great show, but not yet sure how it would read. We were very pleased with making finals and finishing 3rd to Sanderson and Cary High Schools.

Congratulations to Paul Broderick

For doing an incredible job Chairing the Panther Creek Invitational.

This is Paul's Trophy. I'm sure it's on his mantel with a special spotlight on it.

PCI 2009

We had another great event, wet but great. We can still see the potential of a great event in beautiful sunset in our stadium. None the less I am so proud of the parents and students of the Panther Creek Band for putting on a first rate event.

Believe it or not we will begin having meetings for PCI 2010 in a couple of months. Set your calendars for 9/25/2010!

One week from now...

One week from now we wear the uniform and begin our competition season. We did a great job working through the rain. Thank you. We will try to finish the show next week. This means that you will need to work this weekend on memorizing your dots and music. Which means that if you are looking at this blog you probably have some time to review your music. Possible line your backyard and run through some hip/switches.

This picture is a sample from the photo shoot for our program. We only have 6 weeks of Marching Band left.

Goodbye Victoria

We are very proud of you a will miss you. You were dedicated to every ensemble and were a great friend to so many. We wish you the best and hope that you come back and see us soon. Keep in touch.

A good week

Believe it or not I am actually very pleased with the progress we made this week. I can feel my blood pressure rising as we get closer to PCI. We can now play 7 minutes of the show and it sounds great! So... thank you for your hard work this week. Work on your music this week and get ready to finish by next Friday... "Judgment Week". Don't forget to twist your parents arm into volunteering or sponsering a trophy for PCI. With West Carteret added in we are at full capacity and will need all they help we can get.