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2006 TKA Bon Voyage
2006 TKA Bon Voyage show. This post will give an overview of the King’s Academy’s (TKA) 2006 Marching Lions show, “Bon Voyage”. History Before I get into the 2006 year, it’s important to get a little history of the band. I came to TKA in the 2000 season. We started attending state championships in 2002,…
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2005 TKA Magic Show
2005 TKA magic show. Today’s post will document The King’s Academy (TKA) Marching Lion’s 2005 marching band show called, “Cirque du Magic”. If you haven’t read last week’s post, I encourage you to read it before moving on. The 2005 show is possible due to the success of the 2004 show. Getting started Music comes…
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2004 TKA The Chase
2004 TKA The Chase. This post will chronicle the 2004 season of the TKA Marching Lions and the show that we called “The Chase”. Background 2004 marked my fourth year directing The King’s Academy (TKA) band program. We had some success in 2002 + 2003 at our local/county competitions. The band was seeing modest growth…
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Musical Theater and Me
Musical theater and me. A handful of my chorus students asked me if I was planning on seeing the movie Wicked. I told them that I wasn’t a fan of musicals and wouldn’t be going. They looked at me like I just killed their cat. This post will lay out some of my personal history…
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2000 – 2003 growth
My time at The King’s Academy (TKA) from 2000 – 2003 saw great growth, but most of that growth was unseen. We were establishing strong roots for the years to come. I believe that the key to success is developing a plan and then working that plan. If you don’t like your results then you…
