(Seguin) – The Seguin Matador Varsity Football team isn’t the only group of students looking to tackle the fun and excitement of a new stadium. Members of the Seguin Matador Band are also pretty hyped about tonight’s performance on the brand new Jack Taylor Field. Now, although the COVID-19 pandemic has put a dent into the band’s usual contest routine, it won’t stop its members from entertaining the crowd.
Drum majors Isabella Garcia, Jeanne Woodlee and Maya Bobadilla shared a little about their excitement with KWED’s Linda Duncan who will be spotlighting the trio during tonight’s Halftime Show on AM 1580 KWED.
Garcia says she appreciates that the stadium was built with all students in mind particularly the band.
“When we walked in, the drum majors had an opportunity to go in first before the entire band with Mr. (Marc) Telles (band director) and it was just so amazing. I remember we were looking at each other and we were like ‘wow.’ It looked so cool. It was so nice and special to be in an area that was built for everybody. A big thing with band kids is instruments falling underneath the bleachers and it what really cool to see the bleachers having covers and things like that so it was really special to be there and see the whole band and us as drum majors participate as a drum major. It was really special,” said Garcia.
Woodlee says the stadium is not only important for the community as a whole but a place where individuals can reach milestones, and or create their own special high school memories.
“It was really amazing for me. I definitely grew up around that stadium. My family has been in Seguin for as long as I can remember since before I was born — seeing my brothers play in the old stadium — even in the past few years, it’s great to see something new and something that really represents the school so well,” said Woodlee.
Bobadilla says the students thank the community for its vision and believes the new stadium was exactly what this town needed.
“It shows how far our town has come. First, with Seguin building the high school and now our stadium. It feels really complete and I also have been here since first grade watching both of my brothers perform and do all kinds of things in the old stadium. It feels really great to have a fresh new start with something really big and huge and it’s really fun to look at. It’s really nice. It’s really pretty,” said Bobadilla.
You can hear the rest of the interview with the drum majors and more about the overall Seguin High School Band program during tonight’s half-time show on Seguin Radio KWED. A live broadcast of the game against Bastrop Cedar Creek gets underway with pre-game at 6:45 p.m. followed by kickoff at 7:30 p.m. The game can be heard on AM 1580 KWED or online at Seguintoday.com.