Pictured, members of the Moe & Gene Johnson Jaguar band and color guard perform their 2026 show, Reach for the Sun.
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The 7th annual Hays CISD Bands Festival was held Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Bob Shelton Stadium. The band and color guard for each high school performed their 2026 shows, followed by a special mass band showcase performance from the high school and middle school bands together.
McCormick Middle School band members celebrate the end of a music-filled evening.
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Chapa Middle School band’s was one of nine Hays CISD bands playing together to close out the event.
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A drummer from the Simon Middle School band joins more than 1,200 Hays CISD band students to fill the stadium with game-day tunes.
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A percussionist with Lehman High School Lobo marching band plays his part of the band’s competition show called Up & Up.
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Members of the Hays High School Hawks band and color guard perform their 2026 competition show, No. 5.
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Pictured, members of the Moe & Gene Johnson Jaguar band and color guard perform their 2026 show, Reach for the Sun.
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Barton Middle School band members focus on their music.
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A Moe & Gene Johnson Jaguar band drum major leads the joint performance.
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The song selection in Hays’ show includes: “Vogue” by Madonna, “Symphony in C Minor, op 67” by Beethoven, “An American in Paris” by Gershwin, “Take 5”by Brubek, “Symphony No. 5 op. 64” by Tchaikovsky and “Pallado” by Jenkins.
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Lehman High School color guard members perform their routine to the music.
