17th Annual Mira Mesa High School Band Review & Field Tournament November 7th, 2009

We are pleased to invite you to the Seventeenth Annual Mira Mesa Invitational Band Review and Field Tournament on Saturday, November 7, 2009.

To begin the process, complete the Tournament Form (Link) and Equipment Form (Link). Final slots will be determined by the date we receive your SCSBOA Application Form and Entry Fee.

Entry Fee: $350 for Combined / $200 Field Only / $175 Parade Only
Forms: Tournament (Online) / Equipment (Online) / SCSBOA Form (Hard Copy Mailed)

Please make al l checks payable to "MMIMB" (Mira Mesa Instrumental Music Boosters).

ENTRY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY September 25, 2009. Entry fees will be increased by $25 if postmarked after that date. A refund will be sent to those bands not accepted to the tournament.

A Band Director’s Packet will be mailed to each entrant a few weeks before the tournament date. Any updates for the event will be communicated via email.

For information or questions please do not hesitate to call the Music Office at (858) 578-5143, or e-mail me at jdallyjr@gmail.com.

http://www.miramesaband.org/

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

We're adults. When did that happen?: Winter Guard Wednesday

The Composing Process
by SonjaMichelle

I'm constantly amazed at how many folks either don't understand the "composition" sub-caption in EA or else carry their own interpretation of what they THINK it is or should be. Some find it helpful if you compare this process to having an architect create a blue print for your house. You know how many rooms you want, where you want them placed and what function they'll serve. Now consider transferring this to your program. You know the EVENTS you want to showcase, you have an idea of where on the stage you'd like them to be, and you know their function within the program. This is a starting point for conceptualizing the show through time. (more...)

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Halftime show, memorial to mark passing of Murrieta Valley HS band director

The death of Murrieta Valley High School Band Director Rick Lorenzen has brought together a community of students, teachers and colleagues to help carry on the legacy the respected teacher has left behind.

Posted by C at 9:08 AM 0 comments

Halftime show, memorial to mark passing of Murrieta Valley HS band director

The death of Murrieta Valley High School Band Director Rick Lorenzen has brought together a community of students, teachers and colleagues to help carry on the legacy the respected teacher has left behind.

Posted by C at 9:08 AM 0 comments

Halftime show, memorial to mark passing of Murrieta Valley HS band director

The death of Murrieta Valley High School Band Director Rick Lorenzen has brought together a community of students, teachers and colleagues to help carry on the legacy the respected teacher has left behind.

Posted by C at 9:08 AM 0 comments

Monday, October 26, 2009

Recap. Congratulations to Rancho Bernardo and all participants!

http://scsboa.org/calendar_links/recaps/20092110/field/mtcarmel.pdf

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mt Carmel Tournament!

Tournament showcases marching band pageantry - SignOnSanDiego.com

As high school marching bands rolled into the region's largest tournament yesterday, no detail was overlooked. White shoes were shined. Loose hairs tightly tucked into plumed hats. Instruments poised at just the right angle.

The pressure was on for the returning champions as about 30 bands from throughout Southern California competed in the 33rd annual tournament of bands at Mt. Carmel High School. An estimated 3,000 students and an additional 3,000 parents and volunteers descended on the school parking lot. Dozens of big rigs and school buses served as boundaries for the warring bands.

Members of color guards practiced tossing brightly colored flags. Band members blasted through scales and rehearsed steps throughout the lot.

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Amarillo.com | Local News: Hitting a high note 10/23/09

Band director guides students to do more in life
They leave every rehearsal the same way: standing behind their chairs with each music stand pushed to the base. Upperclassmen say, "Northside;" freshmen say, "Pride."...

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

WGI - Featured Story

2010 Auditions Resource Guide

Welcome to the starting line of the 2010 WGI Sport of the Arts season. Color guards and percussion ensembles around the globe are preparing for the audition process. Use these resources to find groups near you to join the fun and excitement!
For color guard audition information, click here.

For indoor percussion audition information, click here."

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

PUSD marching bands ready to host tourneys - MyLocalNews.com

PUSD marching bands ready to host tourneys - MyLocalNews.com

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Poway Band Info for Mt Carmel Tournament

Join us for an evening of fun at the Mt. Carmel Tournament of ...

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Forte Announces 2010 Creative Team

His Winter Guard show, “ Mannequins ,” is included as one of the “15 Shows That Changed WGI.” He was the visual momentum behind Santa Clara Vanguard's “ Phantom of the Opera ” championship title, and, most recently, coordinated the ... James Thomas is currently the colorguard director of Coppell HS and served as the Program Coordinator for the 2009 Memphis Sound. Since Mr Thomas has been at CHS, the color guard has been promoted from Scholastic-AAA to Scholastic-A class. ...

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

WGI World Champion Vanguard to Offer GUARD CLINIC - October 11

Staff and members of the 2009 Vanguard Winter Guard International World Class Champions will offer a one-day clinic for serious color guard personnel interested in improving their skills in movement, as well as on flag, saber and/or rifle on Sunday, October 11, in San Jose, CA.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Drummer wanted to join established instrumental band (San Diego)


The Professors are looking for a drummer. We are an all instrumental band and have been playing around San Diego for the last 5 years. We started out as a surf band, but we have since developed our own sound. Our regular line up consists of guitar, bari/tenor sax, bass, percussion, and drums. We have played all over town: Winston's, The Belly Up, Surf and Saddle, 710, Gallagher's, and Dream Street just to name a few....

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

WGI - Report from Spinfest!! Sep 21, 2009

Color Guard Steering Committee Chairman, Karl Lowe, guided more than 250 color guard instructors through the weekend. Classes taught by 18 of the industry's leaders offered a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of managing, designing, ...

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Miramesa Band Tournament

17th Annual Mira Mesa High SchoolBand Review & Field Tournament November 7th, 2009

We are pleased to invite you to the Seventeenth Annual Mira Mesa Invitational Band Review and Field Tournament on Saturday, November 7, 2009...

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Colorguard Is....

Colorguard is spending 15 to 20 hours a week marching up and down a 50 by 70 foot area spinning a 3 1/2 pound rifle or a 5 1/2 foot flag. It's your free time to strive for perfection and hearing; "That's wrong! Pay attention! Try harder!" over and over. It is riding countless hours on cold bumpy buses and eating in more fast food restaurants than you care to remember. Sometimes you march with blisters on your feet, splints on your fingers, when you're sick or when every muscle in your body aches. It means being willing to try again even though you have just suffered a defeat, tears are streaming down your face and your heart is breaking.

Then another Saturday night comes! Judges, instructors, other guards, and 500 or 600 spectators are waiting for your performance. For five or six minutes, every ounce of your strength and concentration are dedicated to making our family, friends, school, and town proud of your competitive unit. The demanding, endless hours of practice have been a prelude to this moment. There is the hope in your heart, "Please, let this one be ours!"

But color guard is much more than work and intense competition. It is closeness between young people that cannot be described. It is doing your best and knowing that you have your very own group of "fans" who you will always encourage and support you, Whether you win or lose.

Colorguard is Science:
It is exact, specific and it demands precise execution. A designer's drill is a chart; a graph which indicates x and y coordinates for constantly changing geometric shapes and forms in both time and space. Our equipment and props are always pushing the laws of physics with force and speed, action and reaction. All of this with an incredible control of time.

Colorguard is Mathematical:
It is rhythmically and metrically based on the subdivision of time into fractions which must be done instantaneously. We have angles and degrees, both acute and obtuse, sequences, ranges, and hypotenuse.

Colorguard is a Language:
It is a visual picture alive with message and meaning. We use interpretive phases, sentences, and words many times with music which creates a most complete and universal language, to be recorded for others to see, feel, and understand. It is a language which is recited and shared many times both near and far.

Colorguard is History:
Colorguard can be influenced by the environment and times of it's creation, or it can reflect the past as well as the future. It can send us to a far away country or bring us closer to home. We are rich in our heritage and have forefathers as well.

Colorguard is a Physical:
It requires fantastic coordination of fingers, hands, arms, feet and legs; in addition to extraordinary control of the back stomach and torso; all of which are called to respond instantly to the sound the ear hears and the sight of the eye see. Colorguard surrounds around endurance, ability, strength, and balance.

Colorguard is a Sport:
A game which we play with others in which we share and we shine. Competing with ourselves to perform better each time.

It allows us to learn more on our inside on confidence and fear, self-esteem and self-image; as we get better on the outside with performances, people, expressing our feelings, and sharing our dreams. It is a chance to realize our attitude is what makes us or breaks us, not anyone or anything else. It is a kind of mind set with an increase awareness which challenges us to realize the potential in our selves.

Colorguard is Performing Arts:
It is a show which can be entertaining and enlightening! With directing, acting, producing, managing, and touring. Colors, fashion, flair, excitement, piazz, sophistication, and subtlety. Always realizing the traid of performance; audience, performer, designer.

Colorguard is Educational:
It allows a human being to learn how to take all of these things; some dry and technically boring, some difficulty and challenging; and use them to create EMOTION! The one thing that our world needs.


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