Marching Band

• Senior Drum Major(s)

• Junior Drum Major

• Executive Officer (XO)

• Master Sergeant (Teamwork Facilitator)

• Guard - Flag

• Guard - Weapons

• Flute/Oboe - Music

• Clarinet - Music

• Saxophone - Music

• Trumpet - Music

• Low Brass - Music

• Percussion - Music

• Woodwinds - Visual

• Brass - Visual

• Percussion - Visual

• Equipment Managers (up to 6)

• Librarians (up to 4)

• Stage Hands (up to 6)

• Applies to Senior and Junior Drum Major candidates

• Complete all tasks as outlined for Music Captain & Visual Captain Candidates

  • • DM candidates with a color guard background will perform both flag and weapons tecnhiques, one prepared sequence that you create (independently), and demonstrate basic conducting patters as outlined for Music Captain Candidates

• Complete in-person interview

• Perform the technical exercises

  • • Flag Candidates

      • • Drop spin (8 ct minimum)

        • Around the world

        • Parallel/helicopter toss

        • 45 toss

        • Big mama

        • Money hands

        • Additional prepared sequence that you create (independently)

    • Weapons Candidates

      • • Right hand consecutives (8 ct minimum)

        • Left hand consecutives

        • Right hand double time

        • Single toss

        • Double toss

        • Triple toss

        • Additional prepared sequence that you create (independently)

• Complete in-person interview

• Perform instrument-specific excerpts

  • • All wind candidates

      • • 1 octave Bb concert scale in 8th notes (or as appears in Foundations, pg. 42); performed with metronome click, exactly 120 bpm

        • Instrument-specific part for Hail to the Varsity, no repeat; performed with metronome click, minimum 144 bpm

        • "Greensleeves" (top part if split) in Foundations, pg. 37

    • Percussion candidates

      • • Mallets: 1 octave Bb concert scale in 8th notes (or as appears in Foundations, pg. 42); performed with metronome click, exactly 120 bpm

        • Battery rudiments, you select tempo for clarity/accuracy:

          • • Book reports

            • Cheese patafla-flas

            • Nuttchada

            • Candy apple (tenor pad)

        • Provided etude

• Demonstrate basic conducting patterns to metronome at 84 bpm, 116 bpm, 144 bpm

  • • 2

    • 3

    • 4

• Complete in-person interview

• Demonstrate basic marching, perfomed with metronome click at 100 bpm

  • • Box drill left then right, horn in playing position

      • • Mark 8

        • Forward 8, left slide/crab 8, back 8, back right slide/crab 8

        • Forward 8, right slide/crab 8, back 8, back left slide/crab 8

        • Close

    • Same boxes playing

      • • All wind candidates

          • • on Bb major scale in whole notes (ascending to complete left box, descending to complete right box)

        • Percussion candidates

          • • playing 8s per hand

• Complete in-person interview

• Complete in-person interview

Flute: Music - Katie B.

Flute: Visual - Jace H.

Clarinet: Music - TJ C.

Clarinet: Visual - Luke M.

Saxophone: Music - Cooper T.

Saxophone: Visual - Dominic K.

Trumpet: Music - Sarah B.

Trumpet: Visual - Joel D.

R Rank: Music - Noah C.

R Rank: Visual - Sam N.

Battery: Music - Lucas W.

Battery: Visual - Zorah T.

Front Ensemble: Music - TBD 

Guard: Head (OSC) - Marshal M.

Guard: Flag - Dylan H.

Guard: Weapons - Miley H.

Jason I.

Jada T.

Claire Y.

Will Y.

Ellie C.

Nevaeh D.

Lilli J.

Adrianna M.