SUMMER REHEARSALS
This is an important time of the year when students learn a huge amount of material and come together as a team. Attendance IS required for these rehearsals
Marching Band Expectations
-Be Your Best
-Show Respect
-Be Prepared
-Be on Time
PRE-BAND CAMP (week 1 of summer rehearsals)
VISUAL TRAINING,SECTIONALS, AND BAND CAMP (see the CALENDAR for dates)
School Issued Instruments and Equipment: If you use or will be using a school instrument, you will need to submit your band handbook acknowledgement (an all other forms from your handbook) signed by you and one of your parents. School issued instruments will be issued beginning on Wednesday, July 24th. Instrument lockers for all band members will be issued at that time.
*Students will also get fitted for their Marching Shoremen uniform
BAND CAMP (week 2 of summer rehearsals)
This year's BAND CAMP will be held the week of August 1, 2022. The students remain on campus from 8:30 AM to 4 PM. Students bring a lunch and eat in the HS Commons. Students are released from 4 to 6 PM to go home and return to the HS for evening rehearsals from 6 to 9 PM. It is an intensified week of music and marching, and it is the week when the band members get to know each other and come together as a team.
POST-BAND CAMP (week 3 of summer rehearsals)
August 9, 2022 students will remain on campus from 8:30 AM- 4:00PM and then will be dismissed for the day. Students bring a lunch and eat in the HS Commons.
VISUAL TRAINING,SECTIONALS, AND BAND CAMP (see the CALENDAR for dates)
- Visual Training 8:30am-11:30am: The full band comes together to work on physical warm-ups and stretching, basic body movements, and marching style. These rehearsals are usually outside in the north parking lot or in the stadium. You will need to dress in lightweight clothing such as t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes or sneakers, and socks. NO SANDALS OR FLIP FLOPS PERMITTED AT ANY REHEARSALS. Be prepared with your book bag or backpack for ALL rehearsals. See the list above for what needs to be in your bag. You bring your instrument and/or equipment to all rehearsals.
- Lunch (11:30-12:30): You will need to bring a sack lunch with you that you can eat between visual rehearsal and sectionals at school
- Pow-Wow, or Team Meetings (12:30PM-1PM): This is the time in which we go over all details of the handbook, learn the UDB app AND what is expected out of us during rehearsals and all performances
- Sectionals (1-4 PM or evenings at times): Sections of the band work with instructors on music, with trumpets in one room, woodwinds in another, low brass, mellophones, percussion, all working independently. This is the time when you get a lot of individualized attention on your playing and we work on memorization of music. Most of the time you will be indoors for sectionals. Wear lightweight clothing such as t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers or tennis shoes with socks. NO SANDALS OR FLIP FLOPS PERMITTED AT ANY REHEARSALS. Bring your instrument and/or equipment to all rehearsals. Be prepared with your book bag or backpack for ALL rehearsals with:
- Backpack (also known as "Go Bag") to put ALL Marching Band items in
- A hip sack (or fanny pack) to put all ON Field Essentials (phone, pencil, music, bandaids, tissues, valve oil, reeds)
- A 1/2 to 1 inch wide binder with 12 or more sheet protectors to store your music responsibly.
- A pencil or two, and a highlighter
- Your phone fully charged (or bring a charger, we are using the UDB app)
- Sun screen/insect repellent
- A hat and sunglasses
- A quart or larger size water JUG that can be re-fillable
- A poncho or lightweight raincoat
- Ear Plugs (foam or ETY plugs )
- Other items of use in an indoor/outdoor rehearsal, such as valve oil, reeds, bandaids, tissues, etc.
School Issued Instruments and Equipment: If you use or will be using a school instrument, you will need to submit your band handbook acknowledgement (an all other forms from your handbook) signed by you and one of your parents. School issued instruments will be issued beginning on Wednesday, July 24th. Instrument lockers for all band members will be issued at that time.
*Students will also get fitted for their Marching Shoremen uniform
BAND CAMP (week 2 of summer rehearsals)
This year's BAND CAMP will be held the week of August 1, 2022. The students remain on campus from 8:30 AM to 4 PM. Students bring a lunch and eat in the HS Commons. Students are released from 4 to 6 PM to go home and return to the HS for evening rehearsals from 6 to 9 PM. It is an intensified week of music and marching, and it is the week when the band members get to know each other and come together as a team.
POST-BAND CAMP (week 3 of summer rehearsals)
August 9, 2022 students will remain on campus from 8:30 AM- 4:00PM and then will be dismissed for the day. Students bring a lunch and eat in the HS Commons.
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