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Wakefield
Competition, October 3: Please remember this is NOT
our first competition on September 26; this is the schedule for Wakefield on
October 3. They just happened to release their schedule earlier than
normal. I expect to receive the Panther Creek schedule within the next
week, and I will post it in the Broadcast as soon as I get the
information. The schedule below is tentative.
8:00 Rehearsal in Stadium
10:00 Load truck, dress into uniform, meet in band
room (Students should NOT leave campus)
10:45 Depart GHHS
11:20 Move to stadium to watch Cary HS perform (in
uniform)
11:45 Move to warm-up (snacks will be available)
1:00 Prelims Performance
*After our performance, we will dress and get lunch, either on campus
or at a local fast food restaurant.
5:00 Prelim awards
*If we make it into Finals, the finals performances will begin at
8:00pm. Our schedule for the rest of the evening will depend on our
placement in the schedule. If we do not make it into finals, we will
still stay to watch the finals performances.
10:30 Finals Awards
~12:30 Return to GHHS, unload truck
Competitions: Students may take the SAT on October 10 (West Johnston
competition). We had originally scheduled an overnight competition
that weekend but changed it when the SAT dates were
released.
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.
Bus
Policy: Students are required to ride the bus to
competitions and are expected to ride back on the bus so that they can
complete their committee responsibilities upon return to school. If a
parent wishes to take a child back with them, a note must be submitted to
Mr. Myers prior to departure. Only a student's parent/guardian can
transport his/her own student.
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).
Rehearsal schedule
post-season: Rehearsals are generally on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
3:15-5:00 in November and December. A full schedule was
distributed before registration. It will be available on the
website soon. Please be sure to put all dates on your personal
calendar. As always, attendance is expected at all rehearsals and
performances.
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 : We will be cleaning
movements 2 and 4 drill primarily this week, as well as working on the music
for the end of movement 1 and all of movements 3 and 4. Please be sure
you are prepared for rehearsal by practicing your parts. Don't forget
to check off C-D in movement 3 with Mr. Myers if you haven't already done
so.
Once again, take the time to review your music for dynamics and
articulations and practice the correct musical markings. We will start
being picky with cleaning the music on the field this week. Please
remember to bring your dot books and music to all practices!
Check this out on YouTube: A montage of awesome DCI Drill--if we
could only clean our dots as precisely as these guys do!