Somerville Yegua Band Advances to Finals at State Marching Contest
A WIND ADVISORY is in effect for Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Walker, Waller and Washington counties until 7 pm Sunday, for Milam and Robertson counties until 10 pm Saturday and for Lee county until 8 pm Saturday. Keep up to date with the latest weather developments at KBTX Media. Weather Updates Sponsored by ServPro Brazos Valley.
Save Email Print
Posted: 6:25 PM Nov 2, 2009
Somerville Yegua Band Advances to Finals at State Marching Contest
The Somerville High School Yegua Marching Band has advanced to the finals in the UIL Class 1A State Marching Band Contest.
Reporter: Sylvia Villarreal
Email Address: villarreal@kbtx.com
Font Size:

The Somerville High School Yegua Marching Band has advanced to the finals in the UIL Class 1A State Marching Band Contest.

Under the direction of Band Director, Carl Idlebird, Somerville's High School Band has advanced to the Area 1A Marching Band Contest every year since 1995 but, this is the first time the band is competing for a chance at being number one in the state.

Monday morning there were a total of 16 bands in the preliminary competition and now the Yegua Band is one of seven Class 1A bands competing to become state champs.

The band marches next at 7:15 p.m. on Monday, November 2nd at the Alamodome in San Antonio.


Latest Comments

Posted by: jo ann Location: somerville on Nov 4, 2009 at 03:45 PM

well, Somerville High School Band made it to the finals and to state and got 5th in the State of Texas in all 1A schools!!! The are 5th out of the 300 1A schools in Texas! GOOOOOOOOO Somerville Band!! We are extremely proud of all of you and of Mr. I.
AP Video
Community Media
    College Station Now
    Bryan's Living and Learning
JobSearch Recent Listings
The following list shows the 5 most recent jobs posted on the Job Board at KBTX.com. View More Jobs.