Marching Band Members and Parents,
Thank you to everyone who made this past Saturday such a sucsess. The band had their strongest Dragon Run performance ever for the community, and additionally performed at the Williamstown competition just a few short hours after. The Pit Crew played a huge role in getting us ready AND home in time, and the Boosters raised over $1,000 in funds at Swedesboro Day! I'm proud of our band community for always finding a way to get it done, even in the face of weather/timing adversity.
Here is a video of the Hornline performing Amazing Grace at the Dragon Run, and here is a video of the Williamstown performance.
Welcome to October! This is the quintessential month of our season where all of our work comes together. The show gets cleaner, processes get smoothened out, and motivation to sprint to the finish line gets stronger each day. As we enter the last 4 weeks of the competitive season, a reminder on our season's goals:
GOAL #1:
FINISH THE SHOW. Get out of the learning phase.
GOAL #2:
Maximize EFFICIENCY with the time we are spending.
GOAL #3:
Set STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE and follow through.
-Mr. Massaro
This Week's Schedule
Believe it or not, this is the last "normal" week of the season with nothing extra mixed in!
Tuesday/Thursday - After school rehearsal, 6 PM pickup
Friday - Away Game at Hammonton/Sectional Rehearsals
GUARD/FRONT ENSEMBLE: rehearsal 3-6
Hornline/Battery
After school - eat/break (Wawa runs permitted, 2 TO A CAR. Eating in cafeteria ONLY.)
3:45 PM - sectional rehearsals
4:40 PM - load buses
5:10 PM - depart Kingsway
6:10 PM - arrive at Hammonton/dress/unload/take seats
7:00 PM - game begins
9:45 PM~ - game ends/load buses/depart
10:45 PM - arrive at Kingsway/unload/dismissal
Saturday - Marple Newtown USBands Competition
120 Media Line Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073
11:00 AM - rehearsal (ensemble at 12:15)
2:30 PM - EPL (eat, pack, load - dress in halves) *pit crew*
4:15 PM - load buses
4:45 PM - depart Kingsway
5:30 PM~ - arrive at Marple Newtown/bathrooms/unload *pit crew*
6:15 PM - warmup
7:45 PM - move
8:00 PM - gate
8:15 PM - DREADNOUGHTUS // FEARS NOTHING
8:30 PM - load/change/concessions/watch other bands *pit crew*
9:30 PM - Boston University, 9:45 PM - Shippensburg University
10:00 PM - awards
10:30 PM - depart Marple Newtown
11:00 PM~ - arrive at Kingsway/unload *pit crew*
11:15 PM~ - dismissal
Schedule Updates
All schedule updates that have been previously communicated can be found on our schedule doc as well as our Google Calendar.
NEW - THURSDAY 10/31 (HALLOWEEN) REHEARSAL - MOVED TO WEDNEDSAY 10/30. This is the week of National Championships - please let me know if you have a conflict ASAP.
Looking Ahead - Next Weekend
For your planning, here is the full event schedule for NEXT weekends performance on 10/12 at the Ludwig-Musser Classic USBands competition in METLIFE STADIUM! The band will perform at 5:46 with awards following at 7:30. We are up against 3 other group 5A bands Our schedule for the day will be sent out in the next weekly update.