Junior High Region Orchestra Auditions Final Instructions

A. Date of Audition: Saturday, October 16, 2010

B. Place of Audition: Oak Ridge High School 27330 Oak Ridge School Road Conroe, TX 77385

C. School Telephone Number: 832-592-5300 (school telephone – not answered on Saturday) 832-592-5430 (Linda Nicolosi/Orchestra Room) 832-594-1177 (Linda NIcolosi/Cell Phone)* *signal in building is not consistent – text messages usually work

D. Contest Host: Linda Nicolosi: [email protected]

E. Starting Time: Judges (Multipurpose Room) and Monitors (library) meeting at 8:30 a.m. Students should arrive at 8:30 a.m. Auditions begin at 9:00 a.m.

F. There will be a concession stand with snacks for sale. Vending machines will not be available. Food and drinks are allowed in the cafeteria ONLY.

G. Buses and cars should park in the student parking lot on the east side of the building. Additional parking is available in the satellite lot across the street on the east side. Saturday Morning Detention will be held at the west end of the building. If you park on the west side of the building you will be in the midst of Saturday detention!

NOTE: The ORHS band is going to a marching contest that day. They will be at school practicing that morning. Band students will be in the same area as cello, and bass auditions. There is no way to avoid that. They will not be here the whole time and will be outside practicing for most of the time they are here. That also means that part of the east parking lot will be coned off for marching practice. Do NOT park where the band practices! Your vehicle can be towed or “booted”. Be sure to communicate this to your parents!

H. Room Assignments – NO STUDENT MAY BE IN A ROOM WITHOUT ADULT MONITOR PRESENT. ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE IN CAFETERIA TO DISMISS STUDENTS TO AUDITION ROOMS. DO NOT SEND STUDENTS UPSTAIRS TO LOOK FOR ROOMS PRIOR TO ANNOUNCEMENT! Violin A Room C202 (go up main stairs from cafeteria) Violin B Room C203 Violin C Room C206 Violin D Room C207 Violin E Room C210 Violin F Room C211 Viola A Room C212 Viola B Room C216 Cello A Room F114 (black box theater room) Cello B Room F117 (choir room) Bass Room F112 (orchestra room) Harp Room F101 (downstairs just inside east door entrance) Judges/Monitors Multipurpose Room (center of building) Warm Up Cafeteria I. Directions to Oak Ridge High School

Driving south on I-45 toward Houston Take the Research Forest/Tamina exit (Portofino shopping center and Home Depot are on the left). Turn left under the freeway at the traffic light. Proceed through the intersection on Tamina Road to the next traffic light at David Memorial Drive. Turn right on David Memorial Drive. David Memorial Drive intersects Oak Ridge School Road at a 3-way stop sign. Turn left on Oak Ridge School Road. ORHS 9 th Grade Campus will be on your right. Oak Ridge High School Senior Campus will be ahead. Follow Oak Ridge School Road around: go past the west side of the school to the front of the school. The student parking lot is on the east side of the school past the front of the building. Turn left into the parking lot. DO NOT PARK in coned off area for band! Enter the building from the main student entrance on the east side of the building. The cafeteria is down the hall on the right. Judges are meeting in the Multipurpose room past the cafeteria on the left. Monitors will meet in the library.

Driving north on I-45 toward Conroe

Take the Lake Woodlands/Research Forest/Tamina exit. Quickly move to the second lane from the right. After the Lake Woodlands overpass, get in the far right lane. Turn right on Oak Ridge School Road (between Budget Motel and Salt Grass Steak House). ORHS 9th Grade Campus will be ahead of you. Proceed on Oak Ridge School Road through the 3-way intersection with David Memorial Drive. The road curves to the right and you do NOT have a stop sign but may proceed through the intersection. ORHS 9th Grade Campus will now be on your right. Oak Ridge High School Senior Campus will be ahead. Follow Oak Ridge School Road around: go past the west side of the school to the front of the school. The student parking lot is on the east side of the school past the front of the building. Turn left into the parking lot. DO NOT PARK in coned off area for band! Enter the building from the main student entrance on the east side of the building. The cafeteria is down the hall on the right. Judges are meeting in the Multipurpose room past the cafeteria on the left. Monitors will meet in the library.