From your very tired BD, here are some highlights of this week's activities:
1. Thanks to everyone who helped, in every way, to make the Banquet a night to remember! Beautiful decorations, great food, and good family fellowship all around. And wasn't that a cool sideshow?!?! What a great way to celebrate our band year!
2. Congratulations to ALL participants in today's Solo and Small Ensemble Assessment. I am proud of everyone of you that took the time and effort to invest in preparing your events to the best of your ability. I enjoyed "coaching" those of you who did not mind my help! This is one of the most important events to me as BD, for it offers an opportunity look at the "parts-of-the-whole" based on standard performance adjudication. Can you solo or hold down an individual part in a chamber ensemble? I'll have the results for you all tomorrow (Fri, 16 May).
3. I will begin with Band Officer interviews tomorrow morning, during your assigned band class period, and during both lunches, if necessary. You should have submitted your ESSAY to me by last Friday, 9 May, to be included in the interview process.
4. DRUM CANDIDATES: please see me PRONTO in the morning. I have a "sample" score and parts to all movements of Night Watch for you. Remember that you must prepare all of Movement One and may select one minute of the other movements. Any questions? Ask me.
5. Excluding this year's graduating seniors, everyone else must pick up NEW music before you leave school tomorrow. The titles are these: "Knights of the Royal Realm" "Triton Fanfare" "Fanfare and Processional: Pomp and Circumstance" Practice your part over the weekend; we will prepare parts in band classes Monday and Tuesday, with ASR on Tuesday.
See you all on campus soon... After a good night's sleep I hope,
JSquare, NBCT
Director of Bands
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