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* = Every Wednesday unless I am told otherwise.
Colorguard--Impact Assessments: If
you signed up for an ImPact assessment with Mr. Ambrose, they will be on
Thursday at the beginning of practice. You should go to the media
center at the beginning of practice. They are $4 per person.
Email Steve Ambrose at
spambrose1@nc.rr.com if you have questions.
Leadership
Clinic : There was not enough response in
the county to the clinic with Dr. Tim, so it has been cancelled until
further notice.
Competitions: Please be sure that
you have reserved the entire day on your personal calendar for
competitions. Don't assume that we will report after a certain time,
or that we will dismiss by a certain time. Often, we are not given the
schedule for competitions until within two weeks before the
competition. I will distribute the competition schedule as soon as
possible, but often it is not until the Broadcast on the Sunday before a
Saturday competition. Thank you for your understanding of this
matter. Competition days will begin with a rehearsal before going to
the competition site. Please be aware that we will practice at GHHS on
September 26 before the Panther Creek competition, then we will dismiss in
time for students to grab food and get ready, and then we will meet at
Panther Creek HS. Buses will transport the entire band to other
competition sites.
As a reminder, the competitions are on
September 26 (Panther Creek), October 3 (Wakefield), October 10 (West
Johnston), October 24 (Sanderson), and October 31
(Havelock).
Committees : It has been
brought to my attention that we have numerous problems with committees
completing their responsibilities. Part of your responsibilities to
this organization is to complete the duties assigned to your
committee. The committee chairperson is responsible for all tasks
assigned to each committee, but they are not to do it all
themselves. If you are asked to do something by the student
in charge, this is a direct extension of my instructions to
them. Please review the committee list if you have any
questions about which committee you belong to.
Schedule
Change : Please note that the Raleigh
Christmas parade is now on November 21, not the date that was originally on
the band calendar.
This
week : Please have the revised movement 2
prepared for Tuesday's practice. We have revised drill that we will
learn on Tuesday, and we will put it with the music on Wednesday and
Thursday. I also expect C-D in movement 3 to be better this coming
week than it was last week, so be sure you are practicing your part!
If you didn't check that section off with me last week I will be listening
to it again this week. If everyone would look at their music and
practice before Tuesday's practice, it would help us a great deal.
Don't just rely on your memory to practice the music; refresh your memory to
be sure you haven't picked up bad habits and double check dynamics and
articulations! Also, don't forget to bring your dot book to every
rehearsal.
We had some great rehearsals last week. Come to practice focused
and ready to work and we'll have another great week!
Check this out on YouTube: A montage of awesome DCI Drill--if we
could only clean our dots as precisely as these guys do!