TMEA Region 26 Program 2024
TMEA Region 26 Program 2024
4:00 PM
Raymond E. Hartfield Performing Arts Center
PROGRAM
MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND
(SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING)
MS. VICKERS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF STUDENT TEACHING AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL
UNDER GERALD BABBITT AND SUPERVISOR JOHN STANSBURY. SHE BEGAN HER
TEACHING CAREER AT AUSTIN ISD AND REMAINED THERE FOR 2 YEARS. SHE THEN
MOVED ON TO LOCKHART ISD WHERE SHE REMAINED FOR 12 YEARS IN WHICH SHE
WAS THE DIRECTOR OF BANDS FOR THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL
HEAD BAND DIRECTOR. WHILE UNDER HER DIRECTION THE BAND IN LOCKHART
EARNED THEIR FIRST SWEEPSTAKES AWARD IN 37 YEARS AND CONTINUED TO
RECEIVE SWEEPSTAKES THROUGHOUT HER STAY. DURING HER TIME WITH THE
LOCKHART BAND, THEY WERE FEATURED IN 3 MAJOR FILMS (1998- THE FACULTY,
2003 SCREEN DOOR JESUS, AND 2007- STOP LOSS).
HER CAREER THEN BROUGHT HER BACK TO HER HOMETOWN OF SAN ANTONIO
WHERE SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE HIRED AS A DIRECTOR OF BANDS AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FOR SAISD AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
DURING HER TIME AT THOMAS JEFFERSON THE BAND RECEIVED CONSECUTIVE
SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS AND CAME IN FIRST PLACE AT THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS
PARADE AND FLAMBEAU PARADE. HER BAND WAS ALSO NAMED AS A FEATURE
BAND HER LAST YEAR FOR THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS BAND FESTIVAL. THE BAND
ALSO HAD 6 ALL-STATE BAND MEMBERS DURING HER STAY THERE. MS. VICKERS'S
WIND ENSEMBLE ALSO SUBMITTED A TAPE, WHICH WAS CHOSEN AND WON A
GRAMMY IN THE SCHOOL AWARD FOR THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM.
MS. VICKERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN A NEW SCHOOL AND WAS HIRED AT
NISD AS THE FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR OF BANDS AT A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AT
WILLIAM J. BRENNAN HIGH SCHOOL. DURING HER TIME AT BRENNAN, THE BAND
RECEIVED CONSECUTIVE SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL
COLORGUARD ACHIEVEMENTS AS WELL AS IN THE PERCUSSION AREAS. WE HAD
THE PLEASURE OF HAVING ALL-STATE BAND MEMBERS. THE BAND CAME IN FIRST
AT THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE AND WAS CHOSEN AS THE FEATURE BAND IN
2012 FOR THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS BAND FESTIVAL. IN THE FALL OF 2013, THE
BRENNAN MARCHING BAND MADE IT TO THE STATE LEVEL AND PERFORMED AT THE
UIL 4A STATE MARCHING CONTEST AT THE ALAMODOME.
MS. VICKERS WAS HIRED AT KISD AS THE FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR OF BANDS AT A
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AT TIVY HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE IN KERRVILLE SHE CREATED A
COMMUNITY JAZZ BAND FOR THE CITIZENS OF KERRVILLE TO PARTICIPATE
ALONGSIDE SEVERAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM TIVY HIGH SCHOOL.
DURING HER TIME AT TIVY, THE BAND RECEIVED CONSECUTIVE SWEEPSTAKES
AWARDS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL COLORGUARD ACHIEVEMENTS.
KEVIN KNIGHT
SYMPHONIC BAND CLINICIAN