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From the Band Room – Episode Two – November 6, 2009

In this show we will take a look back at what the band accomplished in October. Brittany and Becca join me once again to bring our coming events. I will share more moments in both Classical Music History as well as Pop Music History. This month our spotlight is on the Freshman Concert Band as they go through one of their last rehearsals for the Veteran’s Day Ceremony that they will play for on November 11th in front of the Queen Anne’ s County Courthouse in downtown Centreville. The final selection also features that Queen Anne’s County Concert Choir as we did a combined rehearsal of the patriotic piece that we will perform together.

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The schedule for this week is a little thinner than the past few weeks as we begin to slow things down just a bit.

Thursday – Full Marching Band Rehearsal (After School)

Friday – Home Football Game (Report time 5:45)

This morning, the Marching Lions Band competed in the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Invitational Championship Competition for the fourth consecutive year in a row.  The band finished their competition season with a season high score of 82.00.  This earned them the title of the “2009 Atlantic Coast Invitational Championship Group 1 Champions” as they took first place over all.  They also were awarded the Specialty Awards of 1^st Place Music, 1^st Place Visual, 1^st Place Drum Major, and 1^st Place Color Guard.

Here is a copy of our Itinerary for the weekend:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009

11:45 A.M.        Report

12:00 P.M.        Rehearsal

2:00 P.M.          Pack/Load

3:00 P.M.          Depart QACHS.

6:00 P.M.          Dinner (Old Country Buffet – Harrisburg)

7:00 P.M.          Continue to Hotel

                        Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites

7:15 P.M.          Arrive at Hotel

10:00 P.M.        Lights out!  Everyone get a good night’s sleep, we have to be up early tomorrow to get ready for our performance.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009

6:00 A.M.          Buffet Breakfast at the Hotel

6:30 A.M.          Room check, Check out, Load.

7:00 A.M.          Leave for Hershey Stadium

7:30 A.M.          Arrive at Hershey Stadium

7:40 A.M.          Prep

7:50 A.M.          Move to Warm-up

8:00 A.M.          Warm-up

9:00 A.M.          Move to Gate

9:12 A.M.          Gate

9:22 A.M.          Performance

9:50 A.M.          Awards

10:30 A.M.        Depart for QACHS

1:00 P.M.          Arrive back at QACHS – Centreville, MD

Tickets can be purchased in advance at a discounted rate over the gate price.  Adults $15 and Students $12.

For those Parents that have reserved a room in our hotel block, the total cost of each room will be $76.59.

We have also included all of those staying with us in our dinner reservations and that cost will be $13.03 per person.

Today, the Marching Lions Band traveled to Broadneck High School for the Chapter 9 Championships. It had been postponed until Sunday from Saturday due to the weather. The Marching Lions gave it all they had and finished 2nd out of 4 in Group 1 Championship competition. They also took specialty awards for 2nd Place Drum Major, 2nd Place Color Guard, 2nd Place Music, 2nd Place Visual with a final regular season score of 79.1. They have finished 29th over all in the Tournament of Bands Competition circuit which qualifies them for a fourth year in a row to attend the Atlantic Coast Championships in Hershey, PA this coming Sunday.

Last night, the Marching Lions Band traveled to Wilmington, Delaware to participate in the William Penn High School “Tournament of Champions” TOB Competition held at Frawley Stadium.  Although they Marching Lions were once again the only Group 1 band to perform, they went out and gave it all they had in hopes of increasing their score over two weeks ago.  As a result, they did just that.  They finished the night with a score of 75.55.

We will be working this week to improve that as we travel to Salisbury, Maryland to compete in the Parkside HS “Delmarvacade of Bands” TOB Competition held at Wicomico County Stadium next to Wicomico High School.

William Penn High School
2009 “Tournament of Champions”
TOB Competition
6:00 PM
Frawley Stadium, Wilmington, DE

Rehearsal @ 9:00AM – 1:00PM

LUNCH @ 1:00PM

Pack/Load @ 1:45PM

Leave @ 2:30PM

Arrive @ 4:00PM

Dress/Prep @ 4:00 – 4:30PM

Warm-up @ 4:30PM

Move to Gate @ 5:35PM

Gate @ 5:50PM

Perform @ 6:00PM

Awards @ 10:45PM

Leave @ 11:15PM

Return @ 12:45AM

*Tickets are $5 per person if purchased in advance from Mr. Wright.  This will be a savings of $4 per ticket over the gate price of $9.  The proceedes of all pre-purchased tickets also benefits the Band Program at QACHS.*

#If a student will be traveling home from the competition after the awards are complete, they must turn in the Travel Release form to Mr. Wright before bording the bus to leave.  NO EXCEPTIONS!  The form is available in the band room and on the homepage of the band website for download.#

Monday – Pops Concert Dress Rehearsal during 4th Perod

Tuesday – 8th Annual Pops Concert, 7:30 PM in the Jon F. Andrews Performing Arts Center.  Students should report to get dressed in tuxes and gowns at 6:45 and ready for warm-up at 7:00.

Friday – Musical Theather Workshop (2nd – 4th Period)

Saturday – William Penn HS Competition at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, DE.  Frawley Stadium is home to the Wilmington Blue Rocks Baseball team.  The show will start with QA’s performance at 6:00 PM.  Awards will be at 10:45 PM.  Complete details will be posted tomorrow morning.

We have begun a new year and a new edition of the podcasts being produced by the band program at Queen Anne’s County High School.  We are changing the format from the solo hosted show that I did to the new fomat in which students will be involved.  We are also going to add a couple new segments to the show and regularly spotlight one of our various ensembles.  So, check it out at www.qachsband.org/podcasts/Podcast01100209.mp3

Last night, the Marching Lions Band traveled to Lake Forest High School, in Felton Delaware for their first competition of the season. This was a very exciting time for all of the new members.  We ended up being the only Group 1 Championship Band to perform, so we were awarded first place by default.  However, we got a start on our season with a 71.65.

This week the band will participate in the various Homecoming activities.