"Perpetual Motion" - Ronald Reagan High School (2000), with Mark Chambers (Director of Bands, 1999-2006)

In 2019, the Ronald Reagan High School Marching Band from San
Antonio, TX won the Bands of America San Antonio Super Regional for
the third time with a record score of 97.30 winning outstanding
visual performance and outstanding general effect with their show,
‘Secret World.’ After bursting onto the scene in 2000, the Reagan
Rattler Band has won countless contests & Bands of America
Regionals and placed in finals 5 times at the BOA Grand Nationals
Championships in Indianapolis, IN., including two second-place
finishes and one class AAA championship. The Reagan marching band
has also been a consistent UIL State Marching Band finalist since
2004 and was selected to march in the 2018 rose parade in Pasadena,
CA, and the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
In 2005 the Reagan Band was the recipient of the prestigious
International Sudler Shield. The wind ensemble has also been a
consistent TMEA state honor band finalist and was invited to
perform at the 2018 Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic in Chicago,
IL. In 1999 Ronald Reagan High School opened, splitting from the
nationally-known Winston Churchill High School in the North East
Independent School District, and the Ronald Reagan marching band
began competing in the year 2000. Their 2000 production featured
Smetana Fanfare by Karel Husa, Molto Ritmico & Lento for Brass,
from Dance Movements by Philip Sparke, & original music by Mark
Higginbotham. On October 7th in San Antonio’s Alamodome, the band
placed 3rd in prelims and 3rd in finals at their very first BOA
regional. And on November 4th at Alief Stadium in Houston, TX, the
Reagan band placed 2nd in prelims winning their first caption in
school history, outstanding general effect, and finished in 5th
place in finals. Joining me today is Mark Chambers who was the
director of bands for Ronald Reagan HS from 1999-2006, where he and
his team became arguably the single largest driving force in
spearheading a change in sound, visual, aesthetic, flow, design,
and theatrics within TX marching band. On this episode of
Storybook, we discuss The Ronald Reagan High School's 2000
production, “Perpetual Motion.”