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I bet these kids enjoyed playing “Cyrus The Great.” I’ve never known a band student who played it in high school who didn’t.

Perfect example of a concert band on the field. Proof that it can be done!

What I remember about the band that year was sitting in the stadium above the band as a band parent with the football team losing really big in the 3rd quarter. I had just been elected State Representative and Cathy stood up among the band, turned to me and yelled, pointing at the hapless team on the field, "Do something, Honorable!".

We’ve come a long way

This is how I remember high school ......I was just a freshman but it didn't change until after 81

WOW! I remember this great show. My last year to teach at the Intermediate school... still proud of my students in that great State UIL performance!

Alhambra Grotto March. Love it

Golden Bear March JJ Richards

3:40 Caravan Club! can't beat Karl King

I have not seen this since 1978..... It was a proud moment. All those freshmen and sophomores were my students! Loved working with the Pearland bands.... WAY back!!! GREAT bands... GREAT students... GREAT parents ....Great admin.... and GREAT directors! It was a dream job!

What was the sidestep for?

Love these! All that hard work paid off.

Thank you so much for sharing this. Wonderful job. This is a wonderful Sonata that I remember from my undergraduate around the time of this recording. I hope to play it on our Oktubafest program this fall to revive it for my students. It is a great piece that still needs to be played.

What memories! Thanks for posting this.

Who were our drum majors that year?

Steve that drum line we marched out to was a snare drum solo i learned in 8th grade for contest. Myself and few others decided to use it for drumline,was called Parade of the Clicking Sticks lol drove my mom crazy when i practiced everyday in 8th ,it stayed around awhile and was added to. Cool as a freshman to have an influence.

89-93 This was my favorite show. Favorite song was Jupiter in 1990 though. Such awesome memories from marching band. Even if our football team sucked. 2-37-1. 0-10 3 years.

I was there. Missed marching in the finals by 1 spot. My goodness 30 years ago.

Yep, I was there. Played Baritone freshman year.

This director was onto something with this drill writing! So original, different, and amazing! East Texas military marching band directors need to take note!

I marched in that!!!

This was my freshman year. Oh what a feeling it was to be at state!

Russian Easter by Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky Promenade Gnomes Catacombs Great Gate at Kiev Jack Fariss - director Doug Grice, Marcie Taylor, Chris Batchelor - assistant directors Stephanie Garner, Allison Tate, Nathan Rao - drum majors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

‘Festive Overture’ by Dmitri Shostakovich ‘Russian Christmas Music’ by Alfred Reed Jack Fariss - director Doug Grice & Marcie Taylor - assistant directors Patti Ruddock, Kristi Sealy, Allison Tate - drum majors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak Jack Fariss - director Doug Grice, Melissa Scherrep - assistant directors Mala Sundaresan, Vincent Meza, Jennifer Tate - drum majors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

‘Chichester Psalms’ mvt. 1 by Leonard Bernstein “Make Our Garden Grow” from ‘Candide’ by Leonard Bernstein ‘Gloria’ mvt. 3 - by John Rutter Jack Farris - director Doug Grice & Christy Cornell - assistant directors Jessica Brown, Laura Balkum, Jennifer Fisher - drum majors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

Jupiter is one of my favorite pieces ever. They sounded so good!

This show would have surely won State if "86 hadn't been an 'off conference' year. So great this one!

The playing in this is so good and so tight here, as is the marching - BRAVO. Percussion are kicking it! See the 1973 and 1978 shows - sentimental for a "Pride of Pearland" gone by.

Opening - Theme from ‘The Wild Wild West’ by Richard Markowitz Shenandoah, traditional Percussion/Color Guard feature Turkey in the Straw/Irish Jig (sort of) When Johnny Comes Marching Home (ala Morton Gould) Shenandoah reprise Closer - Battle Hymn of The Republic Jack Fariss - director Jeff Slepak & Toni Slepak - assistant directors Maura Hardcastle - drum major ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

I have a story to relate about the composer John Barnes Chance. My freshmen year in late Spring 1972 (the Stone Ages) Jack took some of us kids over to Baytown Lee HS for their spring concert. The director there, and our regular clinician Charles Forque, knew the trumpet god Doc Severinson personally. Each Spring he would commission a major trumpet work for Doc to perform with the band. We got to hear Doc play the premiere of the new Trumpet Concerto composed by John Barnes Chance with the Baytown Lee HS Symphonic Band. I remember at the end, a bald guy a few rows in front of us leapt to his feet cheering ecstatically - it was the composer! Both the piece AND the playing of course had us all floored. A few months later we were all shocked to hear that the composer had been killed at age 39 in a freak accident at his home by electrocution. The loss to the band world, and music in general, was incalculable. Sadly his great Trumpet Concerto was never sent to any publisher, and the manuscript remained lost/unused for decades. Recently the concerto has been revived and recorded at least a couple of times I believe. The piece reflects Chance’s own Texas roots and presents the Trumpet in three of its well known guides, a serious “classical” guise, a “Hispanic culture” guise and a “jazz” guise. I just like to relate this story, and the fact that Mr. Fariss played the ‘Variations on a Korean Folk Song’ his very first year at PHS for concert contest. The ink was barely dry in the piece then and it had recently won the prestigious Ostwald Award - the highest prize for band composition. It remains a favorite work in the repertoire.

Solo - Variations on a Korean Folk Song, by John Barnes Chance Percussion Feature Jack Fariss - director Doug Grice, Christy Cornell - assistant directors Jennifer Fisher, Lana Robertson, Christina Perez - drum majors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

State PHS 1992 Scheherazade by Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov Baritone solo & horn solos Trumpet solo Jack Fariss - director Doug Grice, Tina Keller, Christy Kartaltepe - assistant directors Andrea Schwettmann, Lana Robertson - drum majors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

It’s too bad this was a ‘skip’ year for AAAAA at State, this show was incredibly strong and would have won, IMHO!

The Cowboys - by John Williams Silverado Amanda Besselman, Andrea Schwettmann, Dyanna Wilson - drum majors Jack Fariss - director Doug Grice, Christy Kartaltepe - Assistant directors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

Pretty sure the trumpet solo is Jason Davis.

State UIL PHS 1990 Opener - ‘Don Juan’ by Richard Strauss Toccata and Fugue, by J. S. Bach “Jupiter” from ‘The Planets’ by Gustav Holst Jack Fariss - Director Doug Grice & Scott Ashcraft - assistant directors Jeff Luna, Melissa Brown & Melissa Corley - drum majors ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

Prélude Danse bohème - pit percussion intro Trumpet solo. Full band accelerando Habanera Les Toréadors Jack Fariss director Doug Grice, Scott Ashcraft - assistant directors Ronda West, Kathy St. Lawrence - drum majors ___________ To to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

Selections from ‘West Side Story’ music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents Opener - “Overture/Tonight” Percussion Feature - “America” “Cool” “Mambo!” “Somewhere” (There’s a place for us) - Trumpet solo Jack Fariss - director Jeff Slepak & Toni Slepak - assistant directors Tami Richards - drum major ___________ To to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

Last year of the Phooba hats and plastic overlay It was COOOLD that night in Alvin

The marching may be a bit outdated, the video quality horrible, but good sound never goes out of style! Makes the hours of tuning exercises worth it. :-)

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The Way We Were, by Marvin Hamlisch Closer - MacArthur Park, by Jimmy Webb Jack Fariss - director Jeff Slepak & Toni Slepak - assistant directors Kelly Knight - drum major ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org

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Dang we were good!

The State performance is on the list too.

As much as I love all the shows from the ‘70’s this is THE ONE! And that is saying A LOT. Jack conducting MacArthur Park in the ‘73 is one for the books though!

This brought a tear to my eye......<3 Thank you Steve!!

What I love about this one is that Jack actually joined us on the field and conducted MacArthur Park. He just loved showing us off as players. I thought it was so cool to have him in the show with us!

Opener - Light Cavalry Overture by von Suppe “Russian Dance Trepek” from ‘The Nutcracker’ by Peter Tchaikovsky [Slow part from Nutcracker] Symphony No. 4 finale by Tchaikovsky [Latin tune] Trumpet solo Percussion feature Trumpet solo Jack Fariss - director Jeff Slepak & Toni Slepak - assistant directors Kim Pavlik - drum major ___________ To donate to the Jack and Pat Fariss Scholarship Endowment for Music Education at Sam Houston State University see: farissmusicscholarship.org