Saturday, June 22, 2013

Color guard audition results

Apologies for the delay in posting color guard audition results.

Any student that can play an instrument is welcome to participate in the marching band.  

Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate all auditioning candidates onto the color guard squad.  While we are excited at the number of young ladies that expressed interest in the organization, this makes the placement process much more difficult.

The audition process included:
* presentation/performances by members of the guard at each of the middle schools
* many hours or preparation clinics offered at the high school and middle schools
* instruction and feedback offered to individuals and groups during the clinics
* a review session offered the morning of the audition
* auditions viewed singly and in small groups in different combinations
* opportunities to audition several times
* a long post-conference consultation between the band director and members of the audition panel to review strengths and weaknesses of each candidate
* documented recommendations for improvements for any candidate that would like to have them

We can see and understand how invested so many students were in the audition process.  We hope that those candidates that were not placed onto the guard this fall would be interested in learning more about what they could do to improve their skills and audition for the winter guard or next year's guard in marching band.

Next rehearsal is Tuesday, June 25, 9 am - 12 noon.

Listing is at this link.