Daniel Aleman I was the Band Director in Pearsall for 35 years. My band was me, and I was my band. I think that I can define myself better by trying to show what I did with my band rather than by trying to tell you who I am. With this slide show I will try to show this by organizing what I did with my complete program and presenting this overview in a somewhat annual chronological order: 1 Beginnings 6 All-State Band 11 Christmas 2 Sixth Grade 7 Westlake Marching Festival 12 UIL Solo-Ensemble 3 Junior High 8 UIL Region Marching: Hondo 13 Concert 4 Summer 9 UIL Area Marching 14 Honors & Awards 5 All-Region Band 10 UIL State Marching 15 Other Honors Page 1 of 136 Beginnings My older brother and I: migrant cotton-pickers Page 2 of 136 My Georgetown High School band the year before I graduated. Page 3 of 136 A cornet trio and a trombone quartet: Page 4 of 136 That’s my “cotton-picking” brother with the trombone. WOW! I almost made it to the All-State Band. After college I played with some “Chicano” groups. Page 5 of 136 They let me play a little solo. Page 6 of 136 Page 7 of 136 Sixth Grade We take our beginners very seriously: 90 minute classes daily of like-instruments two-weeks before school starts Page 8 of 136 All the way to Thanksgiving we develop technique in preparation for our Christmas concert. Page 9 of 136 After a demonstration of how we learn to play and read, we play a serious concert; check-out the program. Page 10 of 136