That time of year is upon us! It is time to gear up and get ready for next years marching season! In this post, you will find any necessary information to prepare for your audition and/or your leadership interview!
Interviews: Who has to interview? Anyone who is planning to go out for a leadership position must complete an interview! These will be held in Mr. Wiley's office during classes on Monday, Tuesday, May 15th-16th. Your time slot is posted in the band room. How should I prepare? All leadership candidates should be expected to know the duties of the position(s) you are applying for. All candidates must dress professionally for their interview and expect to answer questions that revolve around what your expectations are to better the band program. Auditions: Who has to audition? Not all leadership candidates have to complete an audition. Only those seeking to be on executive leadership (Drum Major, Band Captain, or 1st and 2nd Lieutenant), or a section leader/section captain must complete an audition. You will find the requirements for your auditions below. Drum Major Auditions: Drum Major auditions will be held in the PLSHS Band Room on Monday, May 15th from 2:00pm-3:30pm. During this audition, you must conduct a prepared piece of your choosing, conduct the prepared excerpt, sight analyze a score provided to you, and must perform marching fundamentals and teach marching fundamentals. Refer to Drum Major Audition Sheet given to you. Executive Leadership/Section Leader Auditions: Executive Leadership Auditions will be held in the PSLHS Band Room on Tuesday, May 16th from 2:00pm - 6:00pm. Your audition times are posted in the PSLHS Band Room. This audition will be judged based on 3 categories: Performing Marching Fundamentals, Teaching Marching Fundamentals, and Playing. Performing Marching Fundamentals - Leadership Candidates will be asked to demonstrate basic marching skills. Be prepared to demonstrate from the following commands - ( You should prepare all, but will be asked to perform 5)
Playing - All executive leadership/section leader candidates Candidates will have to play major scales on their instruments. You will be performing 3 major scales from the following list: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, D, A. Your scales should be in pass-off rhythm with arpeggios. Bonus points will be applied to candidates who can perform scales in more than 1 octave. Color Guard Captain Auditions: Section captain auditions will be held in the PSLHS Bandroom on Tuesday, May 16th from 2:00pm - 6:00pm. Your audition times are posted in the band room. The color guard captain position will be judged on 4 categories: Performing Marching Fundamentals - Guard captain Candidates will be asked to demonstrate basic marching skills. Be prepared to demonstrate from the following commands - ( You should prepare all, but will be asked to perform 5)
Teaching Flag Basics - Candidates should be expected to teach drop spins, butterflies, and blue devils. Teaching Weapon Basics - Candidates should be expected to teach consecutives, stops, and singles. Percussion Captain Auditions: Section captain positions will be held in the PSLHS Bandroom Tuesday, May 16th from 2:00pm - 6:00pm. Your audition time is posted in the band room. The drum captain position will be judged on 4 categories: Performing Marching Fundamentals - Section Leader Candidates will be asked to demonstrate basic marching skills. Be prepared to demonstrate from the following commands - ( You should prepare all, but will be asked to perform 5)
Playing - It is important for the percussion captain to be able to demonstrate and play on all of the percussion instruments. You will be expected to perform all required material from the audition packed given to you by Mr. Cromer. Demonstrating a Sectional Plan - Leading sectionals will be a very large part of the percussion captain job. During your audition, you will have to give a verbal plan outlining your ideal sectional. This will be asked interview style. Pit Captain will need to demonstrate a competent understanding on Mallets. You will need to be prepared to play the following scales in two octaves: Bb, F, Eb, C, Db, Ab, D, A
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GOOOOOOOOOOD morning band family! I know a lot of you are exhausted this morning and that’s awesome! That means you had tons of fun. I would again like to give a huge thanks to Mr. Cromer for stepping up and leading this trip flawlessly at the last minute! Make sure you say thank you to him as much as you can. Also big thank you to our team of chaperones for keeping things smooth and timely! Lastly, thank YOU, students, for participating well and keeping things well behaved and FUN.
I know the last thing you wanna do is think about anything other than relaxing…… but, if course, the show MUST go on! It’s spectrum week! Here is what to expect. I will be in school partially this week, but will be there some every day, just to make sure I’m helping with my babies at home AND in the band room 😅 On Monday I will be in school from 5th period until after school rehearsal - Monday - Symphonic band rehearsal 2-4pm. Attendance very important as this is the last full rehearsal. - Monday - color guard 2:30-5:00pm. On Tuesday I will be in school from 4th period until after school rehearsal - Tuesday - wind ensemble 2-3:45pm and jazz band 4–5pm On Wednesday I will be in school from 3rd period until the dress rehearsal - Wednesday - we will be having our Spectrum dress rehearsal with the full band from 2-5pm! All students required to attend - Thursday is the concert!!! Call time will be 6pm in the band room for all students and doors will open at 6:30pm for guests. Tickets are on sale for $7 each on ticketspicket.com! Please consider coming on out to this concert, it will be a wonderful experience! Let’s pack the auditorium! - Looking ahead, next week is a full week as well! We will be conducting leadership interviews and auditions (stay tuned for a post tomorrow detailing all of that, as well as the schedule posted in the band room for when your times will be.) all leadership auditions will be on Monday and Tuesday after school - Monday will be drum major auditions, and Tuesday will be everyone else. Interviews will be held during classes. - Reminder that band banquet tickets are on sale for $10 each!! Come see me to purchase for you and your guests. Tickets are on sale until NEXT Monday. The banquet is on May 20th at 6pm at the event center on Walton road! It is highly encouraged that ALL band students attend, and parents are highly encouraged to attend as well. This is a FULL BAND event to celebrate all the hard work you’ve put in this year, and to honor our seniors. - Also next week….. on Wednesday May 17th, a very small ensemble will be performing in the morning for the PSLPD annual ceremony at the police station. You will be approached about this if you haven’t already if you are included. That’s it for now! Please reach out with any questions and GET SOME REST! See you all tomorrow. Trip Itinerary
May 5th - 5:15am - band room opens. 5:45am - load bus/vans 6:15am - depart pslhs 8:30am - arrive at parks and distribute tickets (annual pass holders, don't forget your passes! This is crucial), split into groups 9:00am - enter parks with your groups 12-1pm - suggested lunch time (on your own) 5:00pm- begin heading towards the bus 5:30pm- depart parks for hotel 5:45pm- hotel check in (split into rooms) 6:30pm- Load buses 6:45pm- depart for Dave and Busters 7:15pm - dinner part 1 8:30pm - dinner part 2 9:30pm- Depart D&B 10:00pm - Hotel hang out time (must remain on your floor, do not enter the room of a member of the opposite gender). 11:00pm - in your rooms - doors taped for the night. May 6th 6:30am- wake up! 7:00am- breakfast at hotel/get ready for performance 8:00am - depart for performance at Universal - Bring your show shirt and park clothes 8:30am - arrive at sound stage 33 for performance/unload 8:45am - Set up/warm up 9:00am - Perform 9:30am - End of performance 9:45am - change/put instruments away/enter parks 12:30pm - suggested lunch time on your own/park time 6:00pm - suggested dinner time 9:00pm - parks close 9:15pm - meet at bus 10:00pm - arrive at hotel - hangout time 11:15pm - in your rooms, doors taped for the night. May 7th 7:30am - wake up 8:00am - breakfast 8:45am - pack up/load buses 9:30am - depart Orlando 12:00pm - Arrive at PSLHS/dismiss |
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