COUNTY LIFE
Bowie, Nocona bands go to marching contest Saturday
The Mighty Marching Maroon and The Pride of the Tribe marching bands from Bowie and Nocona High Schools will compete in University Interscholastic League marching contest on Oct. 20.
Recent rains have made practice for the bands difficult, but early morning rehearsals have been scheduled.
Bowie will march in the UIL Region 2 contest at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Northwest High School Stadium. This is not an advancing year for 3A so bands in this category do not advance further.
The 3A programs begin at 12:30 p.m. with Callisburg, followed by Bowie at 12:45 p.m.; Pilot Point at 1 p.m.; Boyd at 1:15 p.m.; Paradise at 1:30 p.m. and Ponder at 1:45 p.m. Rating results will be announced at 2 p.m.
(Courtesy photo)
Nocona High School Band Director Erin Hanson is marching a corps of 52 students to “Rise of the Phoenix,” a take on the Greek myth of rebirth. Written by Luke McMillan the show features music from the “Firebird Suite,” by Igor Stravinsky. The band competes at UIL Region 7 contest at 2:15 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.
The 3A bands open at 1:45 p.m. with Henrietta; City View at 2 p.m.; Nocona at 2:15 p.m.; Holliday at 2”30 p.m.; and Anson at 2:45 p.m. Results will be announced afterward.
To help the band get in at least one full show before the contest, there will be a public showcase at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 at Jack Crain Stadium. Hanson said pending weather they invite parents, friends and the community to attend the show to see the band in full uniform and full dress rehearsal. She hopes this will give them more of a sense of what contest day will be like on Saturday.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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