JSU Honor Band                                                                                              Tuesday, March 25, 2008

May 8-10, 2008

Jacksonville, AL

www.marchingsoutherners.org

 

The JSU Honor Band is an annual event open to outstanding band members.  Applications have already been submitted and the following students were accepted: Braden Sutton, Ashley Brunson, Hannah Smith, Zack Brunson, Jacob Parker, D.J. Brock, Eric Kirby, Jake Watters, Kacie Minter, Cornelius Hammond, Christa Beall, Cassarah Blackstock, Kayla Ayers, Haley Pendleton.

 

Cost

• $125 fee due on acceptance in March
• No cost for transportation to the event
• Parents are to check students out of dorms at lunch on Saturday and stay through the concert

 

Transportation

• Students will ride to JSU on a Floyd County school bus after school Thursday
• Transportation while in Jacksonville will be provided
• Parents need to meet their student at the end of Saturday’s rehearsal (12:00 for Middle School and 9th graders, TBA depending on clinician with the 10-12 HS groups)
• Check out of dorm with parents Saturday afternoon
• Transportation will not be provided home on Saturday

 

Meals

• Students will need money for food on Thursday evening
• Breakfast (light) will be provided Friday and Saturday
• Lunch (full) will be provided Friday and Saturday
• Dinner will be provided Friday
• Snacks and drinks other than above are at student expense

 

Housing

• Dorm rooms are included
• There is no phone service in the dorm rooms
• Students are to bring a sleeping bag or twin bed linens and a pillow
• Two students will share a room, assignments are pre-arranged
• Remember to bring personal items, toiletries and a towel

 

What to bring

• Wire music stand
• Well-prepared chromatic scale (slur up, tongue down), sight-reading chops
• Casual clothes within school dress code will be worn for rehearsals
• There is a social event Friday night, dress appropriately
• Khaki shorts or pants and the Honor Band t-shirt will be worn for the concert

 

Please contact Mr. Steelnack (bsteelnack@floydboe.net) with any questions or concerns.
JSU Honor Band

May 8-10, 2008

Jacksonville, AL

www.marchingsoutherners.org

 

JSU HONOR BAND 2008
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Times below are Central Time

Thursday, May 8th

2:00-2:30pm      Registration and Check-in
2:30-8:00pm      Auditions (Dinner on your own)
9:00pm               JSU Concert at Leone Cole Auditorium

Friday, May 9th
7:00-8:00AM      Breakfast at the Cafeteria
9:00-Noon                   Rehearsal
10:00-Noon       Woodwind Clinic-Location TBA
Noon-1:30pm    Lunch at the Cafeteria
1:30-3:30           Woodwind Clinic-Location TBA
1:30-4:30pm      Rehearsal
4:30-6:30pm      Dinner at the Cafeteria
6:30-9:00pm      Rehearsal
9:00-11:30pm    Dance/Social

Saturday, May 10th
7:00-8:00AM      Breakfast at the Cafeteria
9:00-10:30AM    Rehearsal
10:30-12:30pm  Lunch at Cafeteria and Check-out of Dorms

12:30PM             Concerts begin at Coliseum