A marching band, a gas well burn off, a tennis match, a golf tournament, firefighters, a tree stump, a artist and a billboard - Its been a BUSY week!

I havent been able to post any new photos in a week, mainly because I've been so busy taking those new photos. Its been an interesting mix of assignments, ranging from a US Open Tennis tournament, to what some consider an offensive billboard. 

The Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps horn section practice during a public rehearsal at Birdville High School Sunday, June 20, 2010. The Crossmen are currently on a 22-state competition tour. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 6/20/10

Drummer Gerald Ong, 18, of Dallas, practices with The Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps during a public rehearsal at Birdville High School Sunday, June 20, 2010. The Crossmen are currently on a 22-state competition tour. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 6/20/10 Drum major Mike Roche, 18, of South Brunswick New Jersey, leads the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps during a public rehearsal at Birdville High School Sunday, June 20, 2010. The Crossmen are currently on a 22-state competition tour. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 6/20/10 Drum major Mike Roche, 18, of South Brunswick New Jersey, leads the Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps during a public rehearsal at Birdville High School Sunday, June 20, 2010. The Crossmen are currently on a 22-state competition tour. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 6/20/10 Brad Henkelman, 14, competes in the U.S. Open National Playoff tournament at the Arlington Tennis Center Monday, June 21, 2010. The winner of the nationwide tournament gets a berth into the qualifier before the actual Open. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsMark Henkelman, 59, competes in the U.S. Open National Playoff tournament at the Arlington Tennis Center Monday, June 21, 2010. The winner of the nationwide tournament gets a berth into the qualifier before the actual Open. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News

Mark Henkelman, 59, takes a break between matches during the U.S. Open National Playoff tournament at the Arlington Tennis Center Monday, June 21, 2010. The winner of the nationwide tournament gets a berth into the qualifier before the actual Open. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsFormer major league baseball player Todd Walker competes in the U.S. Open National Playoff tournament at the Arlington Tennis Center Monday, June 21, 2010. The winner of the nationwide tournament gets a berth into the qualifier before the actual Open. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsFormer major league baseball player Todd Walker poses for a portrait after competing in the U.S. Open National Playoff tournament at the Arlington Tennis Center Monday, June 21, 2010. The winner of the nationwide tournament gets a berth into the qualifier before the actual Open. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsMark Henkelman, 59, and his son Brad, 14, pose for a portrait after competing in the U.S. Open National Playoff tournament at the Arlington Tennis Center Monday, June 21, 2010. The winner of the nationwide tournament gets a berth into the qualifier before the actual Open. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsL to R: Firefighter and paramedic Crest Whitaker II and Dallas Police Officer Chelsea Whitaker pose for a portrait with their father, Lieutenant Crest Whitaker Sr., at a South Dallas fire station Monday, June 21, 2010. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsShirley Jones, 71, of Carrollton, poses for a portrait sitting on a tree stump in her front yard Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Jones received a letter from the city asking her to remove the tree stump, which she claims will also kill another healthy tree in her yard. She was originally given 10 days to remove the stump, but since then the mayor told her there's no rush to do it. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsDianne Hicks poses for a portrait at her home studio Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Hicks said that she mostly works with collages and patterns. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsAerial photograph of Possum Kingdom Lake at Sunset Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Photo by Brandon WadeAerial photograph of the Possum Kingdom Lake area Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Photo by Brandon WadeA controlled burn off of a natural gas well in South Arlington Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Photo by Lindsey PerkinsA night time aerial view of Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Photo by Lindsey Perkins.A night time aerial view of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Photo by Lindsey PerkinsBrax McCarthy hits out of a sand trap on the 12th hole during the AJGA / Elbit Systems of America Junior Championship at Southern Oaks Golf Club in Fort Worth Thursday, June 24, 2010. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 6/24/10 Adam Colwell hits out of a sand trap on the 13th hole during the AJGA / Elbit Systems of America Junior Championship at Southern Oaks Golf Club in Fort Worth Thursday, June 24, 2010. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 6/24/10 Brandon Ng tees off on the 11th hole during the AJGA / Elbit Systems of America Junior Championship at Southern Oaks Golf Club in Fort Worth Thursday, June 24, 2010. Special to the Star-Telegram/Brandon Wade 6/24/10 Tom Landis, one of the original owners of the Texadelphia sandwich shop chain, is upset at billboards -- billboards showing half-naked women, billboards advertising liquor and adult bookstores, billboards on how to grow your own pot. So he decided to offend in his own way, putting up a billboard at Lover's and Grenville (where 80,000 people a day see it) that says, "It's more important that you find God than Texadelphia." Already, he says, he's heard from irate passersby. "We have a standing rule that anyone that complains automatically gets five free cheesesteaks. I hope the billboard doesn’t offend you, but if it does, you got some free food on me," Tom Landis said. BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News

Steve Harvey Mentoring Weekend, American Airline Pilots and Mechanics Volunteer

Saturday I covered Steve Harvey's mentoring program at American Airlines maintenance base at Alliance airport. About 100 African-American teenagers met pilots and mechanics and toured exhibits by the airline, the Navy and the Air Force. Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/06/19/2277771/american-airlines-comedian-join.html#ixzz0rRQeqP60

Steve Harvey speaks to the 100 young black teenagers, he and other volunteers are mentoring this weekend at American Airlines Maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport, about how if they work hard that they could have a career in the aviation industry Saturday, June 19, 2010.American Airlines mechanics deplane a Boeing 777 and make their entrance into the company's maintenance hanger at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010. Pilots and Mechanics volunteered to help mentor 100 young black teenagers for the Steve Harvey Foundation. Tuskegee Airman Don Elden, left, and historian C.B. Rice, right, volunteered to help mentor 100 young black teenagers at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010. Jerid Flowers, 15, checks out the cockpit of an American Airlines Boeing 777 at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010.

Taje Oliver, 13, listens as American Airlines first officer John Arthur Threadgill talks about how he got started in the aviation industry, flying a Cessna at the age of 14, at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010. Oliver said that after hearing what Threadgill and other maintenance personal had to say, that he now might consider a career as a aviation mechanic or engineer.