This year the band will compete in the UIL Concert Band Contest where they placed 2 nd in the State in 1999. Bands can only compete in each contest every other year. This year, you may use lay-away plans to take advantage of the sales tax holiday. One city, Sunset Valley, opted out of the holiday this year. It does not include all items that may qualify for exemption during the sales tax holiday.
New lockers are available for both boy and girl athletes.
Thompson is a Texan from Waco, but has appeared all over the world and entertained millions for over sixty years. Hank Thompson became the first entertainer to take Western Swing into the domain of fashionable ballrooms such as the Meadowbrook in New York, and The Prom in St. Paul. Stages that held names like Glenn Miller, Lawrence Welk, and the Dorseys were surrounded to capacity when Hank and the band arrived in town. In a music until then populated by males, Hank Thompson's music directly opened the floodgates for major women artists to claim their share of country music stardom. Continued next week.