Seguin's Favorite High School Band, The Mighty Matador Marching Band

Seguin has one public high school, two middle schools, one school for sixth graders, and many elementary schools. Students begin learning how to play a band instrument in the sixth grade, and they officially join the high school band, called the Mighty Matador Band, in the summer between their eighth grade and freshman year. The Fourth of July parade is one of the first, if not the first, event that the newbies get to play with the big kids. 

Here are some shots of the band as they wait for the parade to begin, and then as they start marching onto Austin Street. 

You may not know that my husband plays the saxophone....well, that is why I have featured the sax section. These guys were very accomodating when I asked them to pose, and then I got down on the ground to take this shot. There's no telling what was actually going through their minds. I suppose it doesn't really matter, though. All that matters to this photographer is getting the shot.