{"id":104663,"date":"2025-12-30T07:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/104663\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T07:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:16:07","slug":"south-plains-band-directors-to-march-in-rose-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/104663\/","title":{"rendered":"South Plains band directors to march in Rose Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Three South Plains educators will march in Thursday\u2019s Rose Parade as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/banddirectorsalute.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/banddirectorsalute.org\/home\">Band Directors Marching Band<\/a>, which recognizes their dedication and achievements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Morton band director Darryl Schwierjohn, Hale Center assistant band director Erin Hanson and Hale Center elementary music teacher and former band director Robert Frick will perform alongside band directors from across the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSo much fun. That\u2019s probably the best part of it, is you just feel like you get to be a kid again,\u201d Hanson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This marks the third parade for Schwierjohn, who recalled his first experience in Pasadena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cConsidering that the parade is six and a half miles long, it was an experience to be ready for something that I hadn\u2019t done in a long time,\u201d Schwierjohn said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The veteran educator said the experience allows directors to connect with colleagues from different regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cYou get to meet people from all over the United States that you\u2019ve never met before and get different perspectives on how band is different in different states and how people teach. And also learn that band directors are just as talkative as their students,\u201d Schwierjohn said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Schwierjohn met Hanson two years ago while both marched in the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Now they will march together again in the clarinet section, while Frick will perform with the tubas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think one of the biggest things that band directors would regret if they regretted anything was that they don\u2019t get to perform or play their instrument in a group as much as they used to be able to,\u201d Frick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hanson said her students have shown excitement about her participation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOur students have been really excited and have been asking a lot of questions. Like, now, when is it? And where are you going? And what, what\u2019s that music you\u2019re practicing? And, you know, so things like that, just leading up to it, they\u2019re, they\u2019re excited for us,\u201d Hanson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Schwierjohn says getting to don his band uniform once again is a good reminder that a love of music, and performing it, can last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOne of the things I always mention to my students is, while you can play sports, you don\u2019t see 60-year-old people who are in the NBA or the NFL. But you can play music all the way through your life. I mean, we have people in the band who are first-year teachers through teachers who have retired and are still doing it and still playing. And so it\u2019s a lifelong journey,\u201d Schwierjohn said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Rose Bowl Parade will air on KCBD NewsChannel 11 from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KCBD. 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