The Pebble Hills High School marching band in the Socorro Independent School District has advanced to the 2023 UIL State Marching Band Championship on Oct. 30 and 31 after earning high marks Oct. 21 at the UIL Area A-6A Marching Band Contest at the SISD Student Activities Complex.
The Spartan marching band will compete against 43 high school marching bands across Texas at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Bands will march in the preliminary performance round on Oct. 30. The top 14 performing bands will compete in the finals on Oct. 31.
“Our students have worked really hard, and I’ve seen them grow and mature a lot as performers, especially this year,” said Pebble Hills band director Maximo Sierra. “When they announced that we were advancing to state, they were super happy. They’ve been working toward this goal since we started practice in July.”
The band’s 240 members will perform the show titled “Letter from the Heart” about a soldier named Daniel and his sweetheart, Sarah, exchanging letters during World War II. They will be under the direction of Sierra, Cecil Crabtree and Maria Carbajal.
The Spartans were one of seven bands that advanced to the finals in the Area A-6A marching contest, which also included Eastlake and Montwood high schools.