Honor Band, week 8

Announcements

  • Saturday, October 25th from 10am – Noon is our mandatory All-Region clinic.  We have hired several outstanding professional players to assist our students.  Only students who are auditioning for All-Region are required to attend.
  • 8th Grade Football Performance on Tuesday, October 28th.
  • Afterschool clinic on Wednesday, October 22nd.  Only time we could practice and not conflict with FB and VB.  We will work with VB practice and CH practice.
  • Our fall concert is Wednesday, October 29th at 6:00pm.  Students are expected to wear their Band Polo, an undershirt (white V-Neck for boys), black dress pants, black dress socks, black dress shoes, and a black dress belt.  Please let me know if you have any financial concerns, we can help.  Girls may wear a black skirt if they prefer (cover the knees please), and black heels (closed-toe).  NO Sandals please.
  • All-Region auditions are on Thursday, November 13th and Saturday, November 15th.  Your child only performs for a few minutes on one of the dates.  Details to come.

Assignments

  • Students are expected to work on their All-Region Lyrical and Technical Exercises slowly.  You should hear the same measures repeated many times.  This is the best technique to lead to content mastery. Most of the major test grade will be from these two exercises, plus their scales
  • Students should practice for mastery of their 3 Fall Concert pieces:
    • Storm Mountain Jubilee
    • Forward March!
    • Dance of the Thunderbolts

Have a great weekend,

Mr. Kennedy

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