How the kids at Reagan High do not have big heads, we do not know. First, their school is ground zero for the summer's coolest high school band competition, the Alvin Patterson Annual Battle of the Bands & Drumline show. Bands come from across Central Texas to join forces with the Raiders in the Austin All-Stars, our local reps at the battle, conducted by Reagan band director Ormide Armstrong. Then, bands from across the country come to compete against our home team on their field. And this year, our Austin crew took the title. Well, if that isn't enough, the Reagan band regularly wins or places in just about every contest it enters, and after the All-Stars' big win, the group was part of a select contingent that toured and played at West Coast colleges on the weeklong Southwest Bound Marching Band Caravan University and College Tour. And get this: This past spring, they got to play with Kanye. Yes, Yeezy himself. The Raiders backed him up on "All of the Lights." At Seaholm. During South by Southwest. Kid you not. Big heads: They'd be entitled to 'em.
