FINE ART DIRECTORS

CORNER

FAD’S

ACADEMICS

ART

BAND

Esports

Good afternoon, As this school year has already taken off, TAPPS Esports is also about to take off.  We are again looking forward to working with Vanta.  Thank you to those who have already gotten your teams signed up for this fall season.  Below you will find dates...

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Day One Speech Results

DAY ONE SPEECH RESULTS Fine Art Directors and Speech Directors: The results from the preliminary speech rounds conducted on April 11 are posted at the link shown below. LINK TO DAY ONE RESULTS Congratulations to all who advanced to the next round of competition. Thank...

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Fall Photo 2023 Key Dates and Details 

Fall Photo 2023 Key Dates and Details  Teachers, The 2023 Fall Photo Contest is now open. The deadline for submission is Friday, November 3. Judging will take place through November and results will be published in mid December. We have changed the fee structure and...

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Solo & Small Ensemble Update 1/11/24

Good morning and Happy New Year! As the spring competitions begin, we are looking forward to our Solo and Small Ensemble competitions. Monday - February 19 - Houston Wednesday - February 21 - San Antonio Thursday - February 22 - Lubbock Friday - February 23 - Austin...

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CHEER

CHOIR

DANCE

DRUMLINE

Cheer & Dance TEaMs Courses Released

Good morning, The Fine Art TEaMs Courses consist of four core modules that provide important information which will assist you in meeting the expectations for participation in TAPPS competitions. These course modules must be completed by all TAPPS Fine Art Directors...

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Solo & Small Ensemble Schedules

Good afternoon, We are excited to see each of you this next week at our Solo & Small Ensemble competitions. There have been some tweaks to some of the music schedules as we were able to obtain more rooms to accommodate the number of entries we received. You can...

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Dance Championships 2023 – Recap

Fine Art Directors and Dance Directors: Thank you to all who attended and competed in the 2023 Dance Championships this past weekend in Waco. It was a full day of performance groups, both large and small, and our solos as well. As our year continues to move forward,...

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Fine Arts TEaMs Information

TAPPS is proud to announce the creation of our new TAPPS Education Modules (TEaMs). Our goal is to provide a comprehensive instructional platform for the continuing education of directors, sponsors and administrators for all TAPPS activities. The Fine Art TEaMs...

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FIELD BAND

LD DEBATE

MARCHING BAND

OAP

Fall Band Registration

Good afternoon, This year is already flying by so quickly.  With that said, Fall Band Championships are just around the corner. The competition is again at the Waco ISD Stadium on Monday, October 23. We would love to see all of you at this competition, as it is a...

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Speech/LD Participation 2023

Good afternoon, Many of you have asked about schedules for the Speech and Lincoln Douglas Debate competition coming up in April. In order for us to get a more accurate estimate of the number of rooms needed for these competitions, please take a moment and fill out the...

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Fall Band Registration

Good afternoon, This year is already flying by so quickly.  With that said, Fall Band Championships are just around the corner. The competition is again at the Waco ISD Stadium on Monday, October 23. We would love to see all of you at this competition, as it is a...

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One Act Play 22-23

Fine Art Directors and One Act Play Directors: As the 2021-22 school year comes to a conclusion, we are planning for the 2022 Fall One Act Play District and Championship competitions.  We developed the alignment linked below, based on each school’s Intent to...

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ORCHESTRA

ROBOTICS

SPEECH

Music Spreadsheet 2/20/23

Good afternoon, Music entry deadlines are approaching. Spreadsheets for entries have been shared with Band, Orchestra and Vocal program directors that were listed in Rank One. If there was no program director listed, they were sent to the Fine Arts Director. If you...

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Fine Arts – Save the Date

Fine Art Directors and Directors: The new year started fast with the Dance Championships and we look forward to all of the events to come. We continue to prepare for TAPPSCON 23 as well. We have reserved Wednesday, June 7 as our all things Fine Arts day. As our...

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TAPPSCON22 Session List – 5/25/22

TAPPS Administrators and Staff, The TAPPSCON List of Sessions  document is posted on the TAPPSCON 2022 webpage. The 2022 breakout sessions cover a variety of topics beginning with TAPPS fine arts and athletic activities. Sessions of interest to all include Sports...

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