Please read the Tiger Band Handbook
​before signing ​the contract
IMPORTANT DATES
  • October 4th Middle School Invitational
  • November 6th Homecoming Parade
  • December 10th Christmas Concert
  • December 13th & 14th Middle All-Region Auditions
  • January 24th & 25th Middle School Clinic/Concert
  • February 25th & 26th Golden Tiger Band Festival 
  • ​March 11th & 12th UIL Concert & Sight-reading Evaluation
  • March 13th Middle School Trip

​If you're participating with the high school marching band for the 2019 marching season, please look below for practices and competition dates. Also please turn in your medical form ASAP.

Dates:
​Football and Contest Schedule 2019
  • August 30:  Hidalgo Pirates (Away)
  • September 6:  Port Isabel Tarpons (Away)
  • September 13:  Brownsville Rivera Raiders (Away)
  • September 20:  Donna North Chiefs (Home/Parents Night)
  • September 21:  Bands of America Regional Competition (McAllen)
  • September 27:  Roma Gladiators (Away)
  • October 4:  Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets (Home)
  • October 5:  tentative marching contest
  • October 11:  Sharyland Pioneer Diamondbacks (Away)
  • October 12:  Edinburg Marching Festival
  • October 18:  Mercedes Tigers (Home)
  • October 19:  UIL "Pigskin" Marching Competition
  • October 25:  Open Week (No Game)
  • October 26th:  UIL Area Competition (Weslaco Stadium)
  • November 1: Sharyland Rattlers (Away)
  • November 4-6: UIL State Marching Contest Alamodome, San Antonio
  • November 8: Laredo Cigarroa Toros (Home/Homecoming)
                                                    SUPPLIES
​woodwind instrument: cork grease, reeds, reed case, swab cloth
brass instrument: slide grease, valve oil, rotor oil (french horn), cleaning snake,  polishing cloth
percussion instrument: snare sticks, mallets, drum pad, drum stick bag

These items can be purchased at the following music stores:
Melhart's Music Center                                       Texas Band and Orchestra       
3325 N. 10th Street                                               301 N. McColl Rd.                      
McAllen                                                                     McAllen                                       
melhart.com                                                              tbomusic.com