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The student news site of Argyle High School

The Talon

The student news site of Argyle High School

The Talon

Wind Ensemble Send-off Concert

Wind Ensemble Prepares for San Antonio

Tierney Withrow, Reporter February 9, 2023
Argyle’s own Wind Ensemble will be performing this Saturday at the TMEA concert in San Antonio. This is the fourth Texas Music Educators Association’s concert for the high school to attend as the 4A state honor band of 2022, with the last being the 3A honor band of 2009.
The Argyle band performs at their first competition of the season in Ponder, TX on Oct. 31, 2020. (Nicholas West / The Talon News)

Band to Compete in Sounds of Springtown Marching Contest

Tyler Castellanos, Graphic Desinger November 2, 2020

The marching band currently holds six state championships and is the 2-time runner-up at the state marching contest. This year they have the chance to compete for another title at the state competition. This...

Band students Micah Splain, Zach Tait, Karter Hennigan, Trinity Flaten, and Preston Rushford progress to state band. (Photo courtesy of Pam Arrington)

All State Band Students Perform in San Antonio

Nicholas West, Junior Reporter February 11, 2020

After months of preparation, five students have made the All-State band and are going to San Antonio to perform in the clinic and concert on Feb. 12 through Feb. 15.  Congratulations to bass trombone...

Putting thier hearts into the performance, stundets of the marching band preform at the Area Marching Contest prior to State. (The Talon News / Jaclyn Harris)

Band Secures Second at State

Trinity Flaten and Sarah Crowder November 17, 2018

One, two, three, four, dit, dit, dit. Voices count in tandem as the performance starts and three months of tireless work comes to fruition. After advancing to the State Marching Competition, the band...

Music blaring but unheard, band students play in the new band stands on August 31, 2018. Photo by: Grey Mashrouteh for The Talon News

Band Takes a Stand

Trinity Flaten, Reporter September 5, 2018

Football season has begun and to make room for fans and students, the band and drill team have been moved to smaller stands next to the permanent stands so the school can sell more general admission tickets. The...

Welcoming the new band director,  students Kian Nawaby and Trinity Flaten smile with Jason Bird  at Argyle High School, on August, 28, 2018. (Katy McBee / The Talon News)

New Band Director Continues Legacy

The band program is getting new life with the arrival of Jason Bird as head band director. “Mr. Bird has brought in an energy and an enthusiasm that is contagious on every level,” Assistant Band...

Color Guard member Lindsey Kennedy performs in the Argyle Marching Band show Vernal Equinox. (Photo by: Britt Flaten)

Color Guard Struggles to Fill Membership Position

Trinity Flaten, Reporter May 8, 2018

As the year gets closer to times of marching band summer rehearsals, band directors and members are struggling to get color guard numbers up. "Guard is the visual effect of the band. It's the color...

Golden Eagle, Asa Burk, directs the Symphonic Band in preparation for the Spring Concert on April 29, 2018 in Argyle, Tx. (Katie Ray / The Talon News)

Golden Eagle Award Takes Director to New Heights

Sarah Crowder, Reporter May 3, 2018

Years of clicking metronomes, countless hours of rehearsal, and a passion for teaching have lead Asa Burk to winning the Golden Eagle Teacher of the Year Award.    “I was very surprised, taken aback,...

Band members perform for members of ABA in Fort Worth, TX on March 9, 2018. (Jake Pool / The Talon News)

Band Students Perform for the Elite

Claire Burkett, Reporter March 29, 2018

On March 14 students in the Argyle Band traveled to Fort Worth to play for  the American Bandmaster Association (ABA) which, “is an honorary organization, that is a service oriented organization, perpetuated...

Senior Gabriella Cate will travel to San Antonio in Feb. as the first percussionist from Argyle High School to be a part of the All-State band for three years. (Photo by: Shelly Cate)

Six Advance to All-State

Ashlynn Roberts, Reporter January 22, 2018

School history was made this year after one senior, Gabriella Cate, qualified for the All-State band and became the first percussionist to be a three-time All-State student. Along with her, five other...

The Argyle High School Marching Band performs in the Little Elm Classic on the Lake on Oct. 7. (Photo by: Britt Flaten)

Band Rings in Competition Season with ‘Classic on the Lake’

Sarah Crowder, Junior Reporter October 17, 2017

After two months of hard work and preparation, the marching band competed at the Classic on the Lake Marching Festival at Little Elm High School on Oct. 7. “Music makes connections to people first...

Jazz band members practice during mega lunch at Argyle High school. (Photo by Brayden Ratcliff / The Talon News)

Jazz Band to Play at Fine Arts Showcase

Brayden Ratcliff, Senior Reporter February 28, 2017

After a year of absence as a formal group, the jazz band has their first performance at the school's first Fine Arts Showcase on May 4. "The format for that right now is sort of evolving, but the jazz...

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