The Hutto High School Band is advancing to the UIL Area Marching Contest for only the sixth time in school history after receving a 1st Division Superior rating in the Regional contest last Saturday in Round Rock.
The Area round contest will be Saturday, October 28, at Leander's Gupton Stadium. The Hippo band will perform between 9:00-9:30 a.m.
“The judges were very complimentary of the performance and talked about the quality of the band program at Hutto,” said Stacy Gist, Director of the Hutto HS Band.
The band is under the direction of Mr. Gist, Michael Harrison, Joe Rush, and Colorguard Instructor Ashley Wood. Since taking over as Director of the Hutto HS band 10 years ago, the band has grown from about 80 students to almost 300 this year.