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Whenever
the CCMS Band appears in public
we
are representatives of our school and community.
This
is an awesome responsibility that belongs
to
every member of the band.
At
all times members of the CCMS Band
will
conduct themselves in a
responsible,
courteous, respectful and professional manner.
CONCERTS
During concert
performances, each band will watch the other band perform.
Seventh grade will
perform first and eighth grade will perform afterwards.
While the 7th
grade band is performing, the 8th grade band will sit together quietly
and watch with
honor and consideration.
Students will not
be allowed to leave the performance area without permission.
While the 8th
grade band is performing, the 7th grade band will sit together quietly
and show the same
honor and consideration.
Students may not
leave in the middle of the performance.
Do not invite non-band students to sit with you during concerts.
Our concert
uniform will be white dress shirts (no t-shirts or spaghetti straps),
black dress pants
or skirts and black dress shoes and black socks.
CANON
CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CHRISTMAS
PARADE OF LIGHTS
Preparation for
the parade and the Blossom Festival Parade in the spring will include
7th and 8th grade
band members rehearsing together to learn basic marching fundamentals.
That means more
than 120 students will be assembled together
during class and
for the parade performance.
Inappropriate
behavior will not be tolerated with this many students.
Your entire 200
points can be lost at any performance due to poor behavior choices.
There is no
concert uniform for the Christmas parade.
Instead we will be
dressing warm for the weather. Yes, that will include wearing winter
coats!
Students are also
welcome to wear Santa hats, reindeer ears, etc.
Instruments may be
decorated with bows, garland, lights, etc. for this event.
PLEASE BE
CAREFUL when decorating your instrument
and test play it
before the parade performance.
What is most
important is that your instrument plays properly.
LARGE
GROUP FESTIVAL CONTEST
This is a concert
band competition in which we will be graded and given constructive comments
on our ensemble
performance from 3 highly qualified and respected judges.
We will not be
competing against other bands, only judged on our own performance.
This contest takes
place sometime during the month of April.
We will wear our
concert band attire (black and white) for this performance.
Our appearance and
behavior will be graded as part of our final score for this event.
CANON
CITY MUSIC
AND
BLOSSOM FESTIVAL PARADE
This parade is a
marching band competition in which we will be graded on musical performance,
marching fundamental execution, and general appearance.
We will all need
to dress alike for this parade performance.
We have a uniform
shirt which will be checked out to each member to wear for the parade.
You will also need
to wear black dress pants, black socks and black shoes.
There
are no exceptions.
Any variations
from the items listed above will cost us greatly on our general appearance
score.
Failure to return
the parade shirt or returning a damaged or dirty shirt will result
in being charged
for the cleaning and/or replacement of the shirt.
FREMONT
RE-1 SOLO AND ENSEMBLE CONTEST
This is a
wonderful opportunity for our students to prepare a solo (with piano
accompanist)
or ensemble music
selection to be listened to and graded by a qualified judge.
The judge will
offer written and verbal constructive comments of your performance.
Both 7th and 8th
grade students are strongly encouraged to participate in this event.
Students do not
compete against each other.
They are only
graded on the quality of their own music performance.
Solo and Ensemble
Contest will be held at Canon City High School
either at the end
of February or the beginning of March.
Students will be
required to pay an entry fee in advance (non-refundable).
Last year's fees
were $10.00 per entry.
More specific
information about fees will be given to those interested in participating
during the month
of January.
Appropriate music
will be selected by Mrs. Nolan and participants.
Students who do
decided to participate will be required to sign up for private lessons
at least once a
week with Mrs. Nolan during the months of February and March
to prepare
their musical selections.
Lessons will be
scheduled before and after school.
If a musical solo
or ensemble is not "performance ready" one week before Contest,
they will not be
permitted to participate.
Concert dress for
this event is clothing that would be considered your "Sunday
Best".
More specific
information will be provided as we get closer to this event.
CCMS
JAZZ BAND
This is an
extra-curricular activity for students currently in the concert band program
at CCMS. Rehearsals will begin sometime during second semester
and
will be held once a week in the band room.
Performances will
include a spring concert, a possible performance
during the Canon
City Music and Blossom Festival and a tour of the local elementary schools.
More specific
information about rehearsal date and time will be provided
to those students
interested in participating as we get close to the start of rehearsals.
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