Badger Band goes Brazilian

Lampasas High ready to embrace authentic samba sounds this marching season
  • The Lampasas Badger Band practices its new fall marching show, “Rio – City of Rhythm,” after school on Tuesday. The band will debut some of its performance at tonight’s football game in Gatesville. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    The Lampasas Badger Band practices its new fall marching show, “Rio – City of Rhythm,” after school on Tuesday. The band will debut some of its performance at tonight’s football game in Gatesville. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

    The Lampasas High School Badger Band is ready to bring the sights and sounds of the Amazon rainforest to the Texas Hill Country.

    While the band aims for marching contest success, head director Eduardo Zambrano’s number-one priority is pleasing the crowd. This year’s show, “Rio – City of Rhythm,” harnesses authentic Brazilian sounds that will have the Badger Field crowd shaking their hips to the rhy…