Band Camp Daily Schedule Oldham County High School Band July 24th-28th, 2017

ALL SESSIONS WILL BE HELD AT OLDHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

COST: $ 100.00 (paid at school registration in August)

Daily Schedule—July 24-27

8:00 am assemble at OCHS Band room 8:30 Fundamentals of marching—drill teaching session (practice field) 10:00 break 10:30 Sectional rehearsals—assigned areas NOON Lunch—either bring a lunch or make arrangements 1:30 Sectionals or full band 2:45 break 3:15 Full band 4:30 Dinner (on your own) 6:30 Drill teaching session (practice field) 8:30 Announcements 8:45 pm End of the day

PRIOR TO CAMP, you should have:

A MARCHING FLIP-FOLIO WITH A MINIMUM OF 12 WINDOWS YOUR OWN COPIES OF ALL MUSIC SELECTIONS—IN THE FLIP-FOLIO!! A MUSIC LYRE TO HOLD FLIP-FOLIO TO YOUR INSTRUMENT A WATER BOTTLE (WITH YOUR NAME ON IT) A TOWEL (BEACH OR BATH SIZE) FOR FUNDAMENTALS/STRETCHING EXERCISES A CAP OR VISOR AND SUNGLASSES GOOD MARCHING FOOTWEAR (TENNIS SHOES)—NO SANDALS OR OPEN-TOED SHOES!! ATHLETIC SOCKS (DO NOT GO WITHOUT THEM!!) SUNSCREEN!!! EAR PROTECTION FOR INSIDE REHEARSALS (ESPECIALLY PERCUSSIONISTS) A PENCIL TO MARK DRILL AND MUSIC

AND……….A GREAT ATTITUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a great advantage to have camp at home, primarily because we are not being charged for the use of facilities, as we would be just about anywhere else. We as a group and as individuals must treat our facility AND the staff who take care of it with great respect—we don’t want to make the job of getting things ready for the first day of school any more difficult than it already is!

(MORE IMPORTANT STUFF ON THE REVERSE SIDE……….DON’T MISS READING IT). A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS:

During football season the Marching Colonels make many new friends through the quality of our performances, by entertaining the fans and by supporting our football team in their efforts.

Each year, I hear many, many positive comments from people on BOTH sides of the stadium each Friday night we perform. In more than a few cases, we may have been the reason they stayed through the end of the game! I am really looking forward to these opportunities for our school and the community to see and hear you, and find out what I already know—the best students and most talented people in our school are BAND MEMBERS!

It is really important that we all remember that the reason we are “in the band” is for the MUSIC, and the people we make music with. Marching band is simply one of the ways we can show off our considerable talent. It is vital that we do our usual great job of performing and that we attend all rehearsals and performances (and after all, you are receiving a grade for doing so). I truly believe we make a difference in how we are perceived in our school and community through presenting shows the whole audience can identify with and helping them become more involved in the “game night atmosphere”. As talented as you are, we should be really good at doing that!

Our goals for the marching band:

1) Entertain our audiences well and often—they will notice us if we do.

2) Become the unifying entity at football games—school spirit, team support, fan interest. We should be the reason fans come to ball games—and we will be if our approach is correct, we play the right things and play them well!

3) Present musically appropriate performances incorporating high levels of audience appeal, variety, and musicianship.

And finally………. HAVE FUN WITH MARCHING BAND!

P.S.:

Summer rehearsals begin July 6 th. The band meets on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:00-8:30 p.m. If you are in town, you are expected to attend rehearsal! If you will miss rehearsals for vacation, etc., send a note or email ([email protected]) to make sure I am aware you will miss. Decisions about the show begin prior to camp; if I haven’t seen you all summer, you may find that you don’t have a marching instrument to play and I haven’t written a marching spot for you!

We will perform in the Oldham County Day Parade on Saturday, July 15 th—these summer rehearsals are to help get us prepared for this performance, and to get a jump-start on music for the fall marching season.