A train collision nearly disrupted a Central Texas high school’s performance at the Alamodome for the state title contest — and San Antonio bands stepped up to help.
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m. on Oct. 18 at East Commerce Street and Alamo Plaza for reports of gunfire.San Antonio police searching for 2 men believed to be involved in deadly downtown shooting– A train collision nearly disrupted a Central Texas high school’s performance at the Alamodome for the state title contest — and San Antonio bands stepped up to help. On Tuesday afternoon, the Vandergrift High School band from Austin took the field at the Alamodome to compete for this year’s UIL State Open Class Marching Band Contest. But a day before, the band was forced to regroup after a train smashed into the school’s semi-truck that transports their instruments and equipment. The crash happened on the train track on Carolina Street, just past Hoefgen Avenue, not far from Interstate 37.An official with Vandergrift told KSAT that most of the equipment in its transport truck remained intact after the crash — but not everything. Brett Nelson, the director of bands for San Antonio’s Reagan High School, said the news of the collision shocked band members, but the emotion was replaced with the need to help. “We contacted the band director at Vandergrift. He’s the former director at Claudia Taylor Johnson {here in San Antonio},” Nelson said. “And we said, ‘What do you need?’”Nelson said band members, their parents and Reagan High School as a whole began coordinating efforts and equipment. “We literally packed up as many instruments as we possibly could. All of our school instruments, some of the students loaned their personal instruments,” he said. “We brought about 100 instruments and several percussion, keyboard equipment to the Alamodome.”Johnson High School’s band director, Robert Lozano, and his band members also pitched in. Although all three schools were competing for a state title, Nelson happily responded to the question of why they would assist their rivals by saying, “We don’t view it as competition.” “We think of it as one gigantic band family, and our friends at Claudia Taylor Johnson, we rise to the call. We know they would do it for us,” he said. Nelson laid out that borrowing instruments among bands during competition and shows is pretty common, and that this incident truly warranted a friendly face. “This was just a circumstance we knew we needed to help out with because these kids deserved to have their best performance,” he said. He mentioned that one of the key lessons taught to Reagan students is the importance of being a good person in the broader perspective of life. “Being a good person and doing the right thing is what we’re trying to teach these kiddos,” Nelson said. Vandergrift’s state competition performance was rescheduled for around 9:15 p.m. Monday. They were able to advance to Tuesday’s round of competition, along with Reagan.Pachatta Pope joined KSAT as a news producer in 2021. She is a San Antonio native and a graduate of UTSA.The cost of saying 'I do' is rising fastBCSO: 33 firearms, $200K+ seized during South Side SWAT searchWATCH: No injuries reported in train collision with 18-wheeler, Schertz police urge cautionSA businesses donate $1.6M+ to help SNAP recipients during benefits pauseSan Antonio chef reflects on industry challenges after restaurant closureSan Antonio LGBTQ+ community unites to protect the Pride district’s rainbow crosswalkFederal, local law enforcement teams crack down on credit card skimmers in San AntonioManu Ginobili, Fabricio Oberto, family and friends attend world premiere of Tim Duncan documentarySan Antonio woman shares videos from Jamaica during Hurricane Melissa
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