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UIL Patch Orders
 
Patches may be ordered on an individual basis from Southwest Emblem.  You can order online through their website: http://www.southwestemblem.com/products/patches/music.html.  Our bands earned the following this year:

 

TX-1M78	1st Division Marching	All Marching Band Members
TX-1C78	1st Division Concert	Symphonic Band
TX-1S78	1st Division Sight-Reading	Symphonic Band
TX-S78	Sweepstakes	Symphonic Band
AMC-07	Area Marching Contest	All Marching Band Members
RMC-07	Regional Marching Contest	All Marching Band Members
RCS-08	Regional Concert/Sight-Reading	All Concert & Symphonic Band Members

 

More patches are available on the Southwest Emblem site, including Texas State Solo & Ensemble patches as well as patches from previous years.

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Lake Travis Symphonic Band Scores Another UIL Sweepstakes Award!
 
At the UIL competition on April 16, 2008 at Georgetown High School, the LT Cavalier Symphonic Band received Superior ratings in both sight-reading and concert performances, earning a ‘1’ rating from all judges is both arenas. This, combined with the Cavalier Band's Superior rating at the fall UIL Marching Competition, merited them the prestigious Sweepstakes "A" - the highest honor achievable in UIL music competition. The "A" trophy is awarded to only those bands who achieve First Division "Superior" ratings in all three categories: Marching, Concert Performance, and Sight Reading.

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Pre UIL Concert

   The Cavalier Bands will perform their Pre UIL Concert on Thursday, April 10th, 7:00 p.m. in the Lake Travis High School Performing Arts Center.  Please join us!

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UIL Concert/Sight-Reading Contest | Georgetown High School

Concert Band: April 15th | Symphonic Band: April 16

   This is the staple competition for UIL, occurring every year in the spring in all regions of the state. Bands prepare a concert program of three pieces chosen from the Prescribed Music List and perform for a panel of three judges who rate the bands with one of five ratings, just as in regional marching competition. Again, the comparison is only with a standard of excellence, not with other bands in the contest. Theoretically, every band could earn a First Division or a Fifth Division. Immediately following the concert, bands move to another room to sight-read a piece of music chosen to be read by all the bands within a class statewide. The music for sight-reading is composed specifically for the contest and addresses certain fundamentals that are aligned with the curriculum for each classification. This is the musical equivalent of a statewide achievement test for Band.

    Bands who receive a First Division for Marching, Concert Performance, and Sight-Reading are awarded the prestigious Sweepstakes Award.