Twin Valley Band / Jr. County Band

Here's the info:

Jr. County Band is open to 7th & 8th grade students in good standing with their school's performing ensemble(s) - that means you have to participate in marching and/or concert band at NS.

Interested students need to see me and sign up for the draft before Monday January 12. The way it works is all the band directors get together and draw a number out of a hat. Then in order of that draw, directors get to assign their students to the open seats in the festival. So what happens is sometimes I might draw number 8, and I want to send a french horn player, but four of the seven band directors that go before me also have french horn players. If they take up the four open french horn seats, then I'm out of luck and can't send my french horn. So signing up with me doesn't necessarily mean you're automatically in the festival.

The festival this year will be held at Williams Valley on the first weekend in April. There is a Tuesday evening rehearsal (3/31), another Thursday 4/2, all day Friday 4/3, and a concert Saturday afternoon. Students participating in the festival will be mailed their music ahead of time. At the Tuesday evening rehearsal students will audition for seating to see which first trumpet is first chair and so on.

There is ONE big catch. The Jr. County Band festival this year runs the same week as NS's spring musical Guys and Dolls. That means I won't be able to be there. (Mr. Shoener will probably be able to take students to the festival). It also means that students may not participate in both the festival and the musical.

Consider yourself told.