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2025 Dance Solo & Small Ensemble Registration

Fine Art Directors and Dance Directors: Good morning! Thank you to those who have completed their Dance Team Registration for the upcoming Dance Championships on Saturday, January 18, 2025.  If you HAVE NOT registered, please use the link below to enter your team’s...

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Ready Writing Registration

Good afternoon, As spring continues to fly by, it is time to get your Ready Writing competitors registered in Rank One so they will be ready for competition.  The following link takes you to the directions for this year’s competition. Ready Writing Entry Instructions...

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Art Update 4/8/2024

Good afternoon! TAPPS 2024 State Art is upon us!  We are looking forward to a great day! Things are a little different this year due to the eclipse, so here are a few “housekeeping” items to remember: Please make sure you show up at the check-in time you scheduled,...

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Band Performances at Football Games

Athletic Directors, Fine Art Directors and Band Directors: As we approach the beginning of the football season, Friday Night Lights comes into full focus.  A big part of each game revolves around the performance of auxiliary groups including the drum lines and bands....

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CHEER

CHOIR

DANCE

DRUMLINE

Official Music Provider of TAPPS Cheerleading Championships

View this email in your browser View this email in your browser Official Music Provider of the TAPPS Cheerleading Championship CheerSounds is so excited to sponsor the TAPPS and to provide members with licensed cheer music from a team of expert producers and top-rated...

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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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2024 Dance Championships Reminder

Happy New Year! The 2024 TAPPS State Dance competition is just a few days away. Please check the tentative schedule that is posted on the Dance page on the TAPPS website. Please make sure your school is listed if you registered to compete. Additionally, check to make...

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Fine Art Overview

Good afternoon, Oh how the time does fly, and we are right back doing what we love! Welcome back to the 2024-2025 school year. As we move forward with our planning, we wanted to give you a heads up on all fine art contest dates and venues (where possible).  We are...

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FIELD BAND

LD DEBATE

MARCHING BAND

OAP

Band Performances at Football Games

Athletic Directors, Fine Art Directors and Band Directors: As we approach the beginning of the football season, Friday Night Lights comes into full focus.  A big part of each game revolves around the performance of auxiliary groups including the drum lines and bands....

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22-23 Fine Art Of The Year Nominations

Good afternoon! As the year winds down, (can you believe it!?), it is time to make nominations for those who we think have excelled and risen to the top in their respective areas.  Please click the links below to nominate someone for Fine Art Director/Teacher of the...

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Band Performances at Football Games

Athletic Directors, Fine Art Directors and Band Directors: As we approach the beginning of the football season, Friday Night Lights comes into full focus.  A big part of each game revolves around the performance of auxiliary groups including the drum lines and bands....

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TAPPSCON23 Reminder

As the school year comes to an end, we are looking forward to seeing you at TAPPSCON23.  This is being held June 7-9 at the BASE at Extraco Events Center in Waco.  Wednesday, June 7 is strictly focused on the Fine Arts side of TAPPS. If you have not registered to...

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ORCHESTRA

ROBOTICS

SPEECH

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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September Robotics

Good morning, As we move quickly toward October, we wanted to take a minute to wish you the best as you embark upon your journey for the FIRST Robotics competitions for 2023-2024.  While you work on your robots, document your progress and develop strategies, we are...

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Academic/Speech Update

Good afternoon, Competition time is upon us! All of the schedules for Academics/Speech/LD Debate are now posted on the TAPPS website if you have not yet seen them. Proctor/Grader, Speech Judges, and LD Judges sign up sheets are also posted on their respective pages on...

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