I love students who are self-driven and motivated to learn. This morning MCB drumline snares had a sectional that they called. This makes the third morning this week these guys have been rehearsing before school - way to go guys!
Showing posts with label Drumline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drumline. Show all posts
Friday, September 14, 2007
Motivation
I love students who are self-driven and motivated to learn. This morning MCB drumline snares had a sectional that they called. This makes the third morning this week these guys have been rehearsing before school - way to go guys!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Terrific Tuesday
Madelia Bands had a great day today. It started with a 7:40 senior high drumline rehearsal called by the members. Our first ever - and they did an awesome job! We might rehearse again Thursday morning.
Junior High Concert Band made great strides on their music. We sightread Richard Saucedo's "Regal Fanfare" with hope of making it the first selection on the December concert. About 45% of the band members have completed their fall seating auditions. We also held our junior high drumline informational meeting at lunch. An excited bunch of potential members showed up.
MCB continued to hone new pepband music. We are continuing our method of listening to the "real" artists performing their works and then we jump in and rehearse. What a trip - we went from hard rock (Rock and Roll All Nite) to Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do." Today "Old Time Rock n' Roll" and "Paint it Black" got a second reading. Let me say this: "The Madelia Pepband is ROCKIN' so far!"
Junior High Concert Band made great strides on their music. We sightread Richard Saucedo's "Regal Fanfare" with hope of making it the first selection on the December concert. About 45% of the band members have completed their fall seating auditions. We also held our junior high drumline informational meeting at lunch. An excited bunch of potential members showed up.
MCB continued to hone new pepband music. We are continuing our method of listening to the "real" artists performing their works and then we jump in and rehearse. What a trip - we went from hard rock (Rock and Roll All Nite) to Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do." Today "Old Time Rock n' Roll" and "Paint it Black" got a second reading. Let me say this: "The Madelia Pepband is ROCKIN' so far!"
Monday, September 10, 2007
New Beginnings
Today was the first day of fall seating auditions. It is always a day of revelations for me as it is my first opportunity of the new school year to hear the students and see what, if any gains they have made over the summer. I am sure the majority of students would not agree! I hope they understand the necessity of the process and realize that there is nothing to be nervous about.
We also had our MCB drumline meeting today. What an enthusiastic bunch! We are going to rehearse tomorrow morning before school with the hope of being able to perform publicly for the fist time at Coronation on October 5th.
Today was also the first day of elementary band lessons. It was good to see the returning students and nice to meet the ones I haven't started yet. A bonus was that everyone remembered their instrument!
MCB had our first public performance last Friday at the football game. Although we had only had four opportunities to rehearse the band sounded great! Way to go!
We also had our MCB drumline meeting today. What an enthusiastic bunch! We are going to rehearse tomorrow morning before school with the hope of being able to perform publicly for the fist time at Coronation on October 5th.
Today was also the first day of elementary band lessons. It was good to see the returning students and nice to meet the ones I haven't started yet. A bonus was that everyone remembered their instrument!
MCB had our first public performance last Friday at the football game. Although we had only had four opportunities to rehearse the band sounded great! Way to go!
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