GRC Band Blog http://grcband.com/blog/blog News and Events Concerning Kentucky's Marching Band... Thu, 24 May 2012 16:26:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 A Message fom Mrs. O-Band Notes-05/24/2012 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=264 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=264#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:19:23 +0000 Admin http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=264 Continue reading →]]>

Band Notes!

1. Rookie camp for brass and woodwinds, and percussion camp start on Monday at 9.

2. There will be a cookout Monday at noon for

-new members and parents

-percussion members and parents

-section leaders

3. Lunch will be provided for percussion all week with the summer feeding program at the alternative education building next to GRC

]]> http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=264 0 Listen to the Music That Will Build Our 2012 Marching Show! http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=256 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=256#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 22:39:41 +0000 Admin http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=256

Our 2012 Show will be titled: In pursuit of…..

Take a moment and familiarize yourself with the melodies that you will hear this Summer and Fall.

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You can see the full calendar here.

Nov. 15, 1st Round All-State Tryouts - Tates Creek HS

Nov. 16, Marching Band Party - GRC Band Room 4-5, Everyone in marching band invited.

Nov. 18, Fruit and Nut orders due

Dec. 3, Christmas Parade – Marching Band Members Required to Attend – Report Time GRC Band Room 3:30PM

Dec. 8, Winter Concert – GRC Auditorium – 7PM Symphonic and Concert Band Members Report 6PM

Dec. 10, 2nd Round All-State Tryouts – John Hardin HS, Elizabethtown, KY.

(This is an ACT Date, please schedule accordingly if taking the ACT that day if you are auditioning. Elizabethtown HS is an ACT Site and will have plenty of stand-by seats)

Jan. 5, All-District Band Tryouts

Jan. 19-21, All-District Band Festival

Jan. 20-21, NKU Honor Band

Jan. 27-28, WKU Honor Band

Jan. 27-28, U of L Honor Band

Feb. 8-11, All State Band and KMEA Convention, Louisville, KY

Feb. 16-19, Morehead Band Clinic

Feb. 17-19, UK Honors Wind Ensemble

Feb. 23-25, EKU Honors Band Festival

Feb. 23-25, Murray State Quad State Band Festival

March 6, Pre-Assessment Concert, GRC Auditorium – 7PM, Symphonic and Concert Band Members Report 6PM

March 22-23, KMEA Concert Festival Assessment

May 1, Spring Concert, GRC Auditorium – 7PM, Symphonic and Concert Band Members Report 6PM

May 17, Graduation, Symphonic and Concert Band Members Report 6PM. Attendance is mandatory and the performance counts as a grade.

                                This date is subject to change with snow days

]]> http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=230 0 TGIF: GRCHS Marching Band Taking Trilogy Act to State Championship http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=226 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=226#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:24:20 +0000 Admin http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=226 Continue reading →]]>

Read in Winchester Sun

TGIF: GRCHS Marching Band Taking Trilogy Act to state championship

By Rachel Parsons9:58 a.m. EDT, October 28, 2011

The George Rogers Clark High School marching band will face its toughest competition of the season Saturday at the Kentucky State Marching Band Championships.
After a full season of competitions throughout the state, band members said they feel well-prepared for the event, and are ready to test themselves against the best.
Competition begins at 11 a.m. at Western Kentucky University’s L.T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green.
“Obviously, if you’re in the right mindset, you can do it,” Sam Crankshaw, a junior marimba player, said.
Band instructors Chris Yoo and Joe Hobbs have given the band members the skills they need to succeed, Crankshaw said, and Saturday’s competition is a matter of being mentally prepared.
Their advice: “It’s all in your head,” Crankshaw said.
The 2011 routine, “Trilogy,” is based on the Bourne movie trilogy, including a measure for each film.
“I love our routine this year. It’s very fast paced and crowd pleasing,” Holly Robertson, a junior flutist, said.
For Robertson, Saturday’s competitions is an opportunity to prove how hard the musicians have worked this year.
“I like the fact that we get to perform as one of the best bands in the state,” Robertson said.
The top eight bands from the state’s East Regional competition qualified for the state finals, and senior Chris Wheeler, a trombone player, praised the other bands in the region, with 10 ranked Distinguished.
“I think the band will be ready (for the competition) when the time comes,” Wheeler said.
As a four year band member, Wheeler has had a lot of practice, and said he likes “to be ready ahead of time.”
“At this point, it’s just checking the details, making sure everybody’s where they need to be,” Wheeler said.
The build-up to the state competition has included extra practices, to make any necessary final tweaks and to build confidence.
“If we execute what we’ve been taught this season, and everybody performs to the best of their abilities, we have a shot,” Robertson said.
Preparing for the competition also has shown band members the importance of working as a unit.
“I think it helps us grow as a band, because we have this big performance we all work together to achieve,” Robertson said.

Contact Rachel Parsons at rparsons@winchestersun.com, or follow her on Twitter at @ParsonsRachel.

]]> http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=226 0 Itinerary for KMEA 5A East Regionals (Bryan Station) http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=221 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=221#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:16:10 +0000 Admin http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=221 Continue reading →]]>

George Rogers Clark Marching Band

Regional Quarterfinals @ Bryan Station Information

Contest date: Saturday, October 22, 2011

Distance from Winchester: 19.92 miles

Band rehearsal time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Band Leave Time 3:00 p.m.

Contest starting time: 4:00 p.m.

GRC Band PERFORMANCE TIME: 5:30 p.m.

Awards: 8:15 p.m.

Approximate time of return: 9:45 p.m.

Medical Info

If there have been any changes since band camp (medication, condition, insurance), I need a revised form. This is for the student’s benefit.

Packing Advice

Any students with medical conditions need to pack related items.

Behavior

Please keep in mind that a class act starts with a class attitude. From the time we arrive please operate with a sense of purpose until we dismiss after performing. Even after that, please be conscious of how your behavior affects others, whether they are from GRC or elsewhere.

Bryan Station Contest Detail Itinerary:

Before 11:00 AM – Student Report Time

11:00 AM– Stretch

11:15 AM – Warm-Up in Sections

12:00 PM – Full Band

1:30 PM – Load Equipment (Line Instruments/Equipment along the Semi-Trailer)

1:50 PM – Lunch

2:20 PM – Change into Uniform

3:00 PM – Depart for Bryan Station HS

4:00 PM – Arrive at Bryan Station HS

4:15 PM – Unload Equipment

4:30 PM – Line Up for Warm-Up

4:45 PM – 5:15 – Warm-Up

5:30 PM – Perform

8:15 PM – Awards

9:00PM – Depart for GRC HS

9:45PM – Arrive GRC and Change out of Uniform

Leslie O.

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Senior Night Tonight 

                Seniors and their parents need to be at GRC between 5-5:30pm. Seniors need to dress in uniforms and begin taking photos. You will be honored during half-time.  Begin lining up in the end-zone with 3 minutes to go until half-time. Underclassmen need to dress in uniforms too.  You don’t need to start dressing before 6pm (unless Mr. Yoo tells you differently today at school).

                If you have BINGO tonight go to bingo unless you are a
senior or handing out one of the gifts.  Go to BINGO after half-time

Ashland Contest on Saturday

                Arrive at GRC at 11am  NOT 12 as the schedule says I sent the itinerary earlier,  a hard copy is available at GRC.


Practice Changes for Next Week

                Thursday night 4-6 pm

                Friday night 4-5 pm

Raffle Tickets

                Drawing is Sunday Nov 6

                ALL tickets MUST be turned in BEFORE this day (even the unsold ones)!

                Please make every effort to sell your allotment of tickets.

Fruit and Nut Sales 

                Orders must be turned in on November 16

Leslie O.

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  • 1.     The pictures from the Mason, Ohio trip are uploaded.

    •                They can be found here -http://brianlandwehr.com/grcband

    1. 2.      Please start turning in raffle ticket money to the black box.  The deadline for turning in all money and        tickets is Friday October 21.  Every ticket has to be accounted for so all unsold tickets must be returned as   well.  

    If you need more tickets to sell, please contact Cynthia Long 859-749-5036       or Sherry Holland 859-       644-2788.

    1. 3.       Information/Order Forms were sent home for Fruit and Nut sales

     

    1. 4.      Russell High School Marching Invitational Information

                    Contest date: Saturday, October 15, 2011

                    Distance from Winchester: 105 miles

                    Band rehearsal time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

                    Depart GRC: 2:00 p.m.       

                    Arrive at the Staging Area: 4:00 p.m.

                           Ashland Plaza Hotel

                           1 Ashland Plaza

                           Ashland, KY, 41101                 

                    Eat Dinner: 4:10 p.m.

                     Change into uniform: 5:00-5:40 p.m.

                     Band Leave Time 5:45 p.m.

                    Contest starting time: 3:30 p.m.

                    GRC Band PERFORMANCE TIME: 7:30  p.m.

                    Awards: 8:00 p.m.

                    Approximate time of return: 11:15 p.m.

    ]]>     http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=212 0     Lineup for Russell Invitational 10/15/11 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=210 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=210#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:01:16 +0000 Admin http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=210 Continue reading →]]> RUSSELL INVITATIONAL
    OCTOBER 15, 2011
    RUSSELL HIGH SCHOOL
    RUSSELL, KY
    CLASS BAND PERFORM
    Opening Ceremony
    A Raceland 3:30
    A Paris 3:45
    A Hazard 4:00
    AA-1 Sheldon Clark 4:15
    AA-1 Morgan County 4:30
    AA-1 Shelby Valley 4:45
    AA-2 Lawrence County 5:00
    AA-2 Lewis County 5:15
    AA-2 Powell County 5:30
    Break 5:45
    AAA Fleming County 6:15
    AAA Greenup County 6:30
    AAA Boyd County 6:45
    AAAA Harrison County 7:00
    AAAA Paul G. Blazer 7:15
    AAAAA George Rogers Clark 7:30
    HOST Russell 7:45
    ———-
    AWARDS 8:00

    kyband.com

    ]]>     http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=210 0     A Message from Mrs. O-Band Notes-9/30/11 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=205 http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=205#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:49:59 +0000 Admin http://grcband.com/blog/blog/?p=205 Continue reading →]]>

    Homecoming

                    We will be dressing in uniform, wear black socks, also we will stay through half-                 time and then released to go home

    Saturday—Mason Ohio

                    Report time is 7am for band 6:30 for guard, wear black socks, wear 

                    something warm…..you will be returning to the stadium to watch other

                    bands.

         Staging area is:

                                                      America’s Best Inn’s and Suites

                                                    4110 US 42

                                                    Mason , OHIO 45040

    Monday Practice

                    Band 1-5

                    Guard 5:30-9 (Mr. Yoo may want you guys to come early to practice with the      band)

    Tuesday Practice             

                    Band 4-7

                    Guard 5:30-9

     Leslie O.

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