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Texas state minimum salary for a bachelors and 4 years experience is $30,320. My suburban district pays right at $40,000. Other districts are higher. Our band directors also get paid for some extra days. dks

I happened to see that Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering show is about this stadium this week. It is on Tuesday at 7 ET, 6 CT. "Super-Staduim View the construction of the new Arizona Cardinals' Super Stadium! The NFL is betting that the Cardinals' new home will help re-brand the 'Cards' as a winner, and kick-start a new era in sports arenas - away from the nostalgia of baseball parks." The web site for the show is http://dsc.discovery.com/tvlistings/episod...amp;channel=DSC Note that they can't spell "stadium" so googling this link may not work!! dks

I just know that one of my son's first comments after getting off the plane this morning was about getting booed by 25,000 people!! However, it didn't ruin his exhilaration over the great show and effort that the Blue Knights had at Finals! dks

Crown and BK were so close several times. In Semis, Crown pulled ahead. In Finals, BK pulled ahead. If the season continued they would probably keep inspiring each other to improve. I loved Crown's show. But I am so proud of the Blue Knights!! dks

Copied and pasted from DCI: DIVISION I 1 The Cavaliers 97.200 2 Phantom Regiment 96.850 3 Blue Devils 96.550 4 Bluecoats 93.175 5 The Cadets 93.075 6 Santa Clara Vanguard 92.350 7 Blue Knights 90.125 8 Carolina Crown 89.975 9 Madison Scouts 87.700 10 Boston Crusaders 87.325 11 Glassmen 86.000 12 Spirit from JSU 84.825 I'm a BK mom and I am speechless!! I bet they are insanely celebrating right now. Maybe I won't believe in slotting anymore. Crown lost it in percussion (16.75) to BK (17.95). dks

You should be in Austin. It is halftime of the pro football game and the local station is sponsoring a high school marching band contest. They are showing the drumlines for each high school right now! dks

I did really love the Madison Alum group! You have probably discussed this already, but are they holding all the scores until the end tonight? dks

It's just so quiet after listening to the shows last night! dks

Season pass has the short video clips. Will they have those tonight? Also, where it says "Shots from the box and game time commentary" I have not been getting any commentary. Are they still doing that part? dks

I lost the feed on both PC and Mac at the same time. I was really thinking they were going to let me see my son's age out ceremony! I was going to forgive Season Pass for all there other problems over the last 2 years! dks

Crown 90.275

BK has been scoring pretty consistently in this range for awhile, with a number of different judging panels. I don't pretend to understand the system, but I think you have got to accept that they're doing something right! dks

Getting it on a PC with IE and on a Mac with Safari! BK 89.350 dks

I've seen them several times in person this year. I'm a teacher and it is the first of school and I'm exhausted. And it was good because when I left I was able to give my stub to another mother who couldn't get in to see her daughter because it was sold out! It is different in the theater. For example, Crossmen were much more entertaining on the big screen than when I saw them from the upper deck in San Antonio. On other shows, though, I didn't like when they went in close and I couldn't see the overall pattern. Maybe it would have been different if the close-ups where of my son! dks

Way to go BK! I saw them at the theater and thought their show looked really good, cleaner than the last time I saw them in Charlotte when they beat Crown. dks