South Texas Civil Air Patrol Military Band holds 2nd Practice in Kingsville

Kingsville, Texas— The South Texas Civil Air Patrol Military Band held its second practice at Memorial Middle School in Kingsville, Texas on 3 February 2009. The instrumentation was settled up. The Band will function with a base instrumentation of two trumpets played by C/SSgt Jonathan Garza and C/Amn Estrellita Silguero, 1 tenor saxophone played by C/A1C Kayma Rose, trombone played by Major Joe Ely Carrales, mallets/bells played by C/A1C Matthew Spencer, and Guitar played by C/CMSgt Bryce A. Nix.

The Band practiced The Star Spangled Banner for the bulk of its practice. The rehearsal was led by Major Joe Ely Carrales and Capt Sandra Phelps. Capt Phelps is the assigned director.

Additional instrumentation will be added within the upcoming months including a three piece percussion section (snare, base drum and cymbal). C/SSgt Shane Barnes and C/Amn Mark Archer have also expressed interest in these areas. It is hoped that more rehearsals can be held that involve the whole group, however, that is logistically difficult since the unit is spread over 70 square miles of South Texas.