On Monday, November 12th, the Wylie Junior High Pure Gold Band competed for the first time with Abilene ISD in the All-City Honor Band auditions. Wylie Junior High earned 29 spots in the Honor Band, including 7 first chairs. Congratulations to the following students who made the Honor Band – Averi Ohnheiser, flute Lexi […]
Senior Makes State In Band And Football
When Beau Bunnell made the varsity football team last year as a junior, he had a choice to make – play football or continue in the drumline. He chose not to choose. He decided to do both. “That was the year that the band decided that 7 a.m. practices were going to become standard,” Beau […]
October Busy For Pure Gold Band
The Wylie Pure Gold Marching Band has seen phenomenal success over the years, yet the program just keeps getting bigger and better. The band has grown to 215 students; the Band Boosters have expanded into a registered 501c3 nonprofit, and the month of October promises to be a very busy and, hopefully, successful month for […]
Pure Gold Gets Personal Trainer
Pure Gold Gets Bennie Wylie As Trainer The Wylie Pure Gold Band is all in on its goal of winning a state championship this year, so much so that band directors even got a personal trainer to work the band out during summer rehearsals. Personal trainer Bennie Wylie, who recently won the television show […]
Wylie Band Camp
Wylie band students have been busy this summer, attending a variety of summer camps. Seventeen Wylie percussion students participate in the McMurry marching percussion camp, 14 Guard-Vision students enjoyed the McMurry Guard Camp and the band’s four drum majors attended the Texas Tech drum major camp. Wylie students also attended the University of North Texas […]