Hallsville Band Alumni & Friends

Celebrating 60 Years of Tradition!!

Remember how you felt the first time you stepped out on the Hallsville High School football field? The excitement of the crowd, your heart beating so fast you thought the person beside you could hear it! A voice that said, “Now entering from the far side of the field,

‘The Roarin’ Band from Bobcat Land’, the Hallsville High School Sweepstakes Band!” The whistle sounds, then the beat of the drums and there was no turning back. Weeks of practice took over and for the next few minutes you and your friends were transformed into a musical team that impressed the football fans and inspired the next generation of Bobcat Band members.

As a result of our band experiences, we were all transformed in ways well beyond the football field that have and continue to impact our lives today. Lifelong memories, lifelong friends and lifelong lessons that continue to enrich our lives. Whatever your personal experience I'm sure there still remains a special place in your heart today that still can feel the beat of the Bobcat band.

Whether you're recent alumni or one of the original 1949 band members, you are part of a 58-year tradition that the newly formed Bobcat Band Alumni & Friends Association would like to preserve and continue to build. The association's purpose is to reconnect all alumni, former Band Booster parents, and friends of the Bobcat Band, and provide opportunities for both social and civic activities. We also believe we share an obligation to our current Bobcat Band and future alumni. The association will support them through scholarships, needed equipment/instrument purchases and other support activities to ensure that the tradition of excellence of the Bobcat Band experience can be as meaningful to their future as it has been to ours.

Whether you are still in the Hallsville area or across the country, your support is vital to the success of the association's goals. Annual membership dues are $25.00 and will allow us to provide for the basic operating essentials of the association such as postage, website hosting and general operating costs. With your initial membership you will receive a piece of Bobcat Band history as a gift for joining.

We are also in need of additional financial support through personal as well as business sponsorships. Special recognition of sponsors will be noted and donations can be specified for use in scholarship, equipment, and concession stand storage building or general fund support. Please help however you can. Any donation will help, especially now during the infancy of the association.

This is an exciting time to be Bobcat Band Alumni. I hope we've managed to touch that special place in your heart and spark a special memory or two. The association needs your support; let's begin a new tradition together.

One of the new slogans at Hallsville ISD is Tradition + Pride + Hard Work = Success .   Let’s make this tradition of pride that we have for our wonderful band program live on for all of the children that will become members of “The Roarin’ Band From Bobcat Land” and help us continue the “winning tradition.”

The Hallsville Band Booster Organization provides five major scholarships for band students that want to continue their education in college.  The recipients are awarded these scholarships based in band participation, band honors, academics, and an essay explaining how the Bobcat Band has made a difference in their life. 

The Scholarships are :

Tommy Morton Memorial

Bobby Goff Memorial

Hutcherson Honorary

Nelson/Young Memorial

Sherri Morgan Honorary

If you would like to contribute to the scholarship fund, please send donations to: 

Hallsville Band Booster

C/O Sherri Morgan, Band Director

P.O. Box 810

Hallsville, TX 76550