Lets keep this in mind all this week, guys and gals. The audience - TopicsExpress



          

Lets keep this in mind all this week, guys and gals. The audience doesnt see the hours of rehearsal and preparation, they only see the finished product. Lets put in our practice AT HOME to make our rehearsals AT SCHOOL go efficiently. Lets have 5 really great days of rehearsal! What can we do to make our rehearsals great? 1. Everyone at the practice lot at 7:30. We cant learn new sets with half the band. For those of you who have cleared it with us to be late, lets see some real hustle getting out there. You owe it to your punctual counterparts to get to rehearsal as quickly and efficiently as you can. 2. Everyone has flip folders. All music, including Groovy and Radar needs to be memorized by Oct. 4th. But make sure were bringing music out EVERYDAY. Even if YOU have it memorized, we ALL need to mark step offs and halts. Thats the only way were going to get them clean. If you dont have music for Groovy (clarinets?), come see us immediately. I promise we wont be upset. Were here to help you guys be as successful as possible. 3. Not talking!! I repeat. NOT TALKING!! When we finish running a set, that does not give you right to start flapping your gums. The less of that we do, the more work we get done, the better we look and sound on Friday. 4. When we ask you to go to a previous set, dont walk. Run. If you run to your sets and not talk on the way there, and bring yourselves to attention when you arrive, I GUARANTEE you well get twice as much done every day. It also shows us you care about these rehearsals and want to be the best you can be. Take some pride in your work!! 5. Lastly, bring your best Focus, Effort, and Energy every day. Focus+Effort+Energy = FEE. You pay your FEEs, youll get your due. We know that band isnt the only thing you guys do. Many of you work, pretty much all of you are in other activities. But in the time we have you, we expect to get your best Focus, your best Effort, and your best Energy, and have a great attitude doing it. Again, take some pride in the hard work youre doing!! I know weve been pushing you guys extremely hard. I just want you to know that we appreciate every one of you and the work youve put in. If you havent noticed, Ive made a point to welcome each of you to band every morning, and wishing you a good day on your way out the door. Were trying to build trust so we can start to make some real progress. On that note, if we want to try something new and different, please dont scream thats the way weve always done it! If we keep doing everything the same way its always been done, were NEVER going to get any better. Our goal should be to never stop improving, not just to maintain. Not everything we try is going to work. Dont bite our heads off. We dont bite your heads off every time you make a mistake. With two new directors of an up and coming band program, there are bound to be some growing pains. Thank you for your patience and flexibility during this time. Mr. Frick and myself are working are hardest to give you an enjoyable experience in band. We expect you to work hard for us too. Hard work isnt always fun but its never fun to suck. Lets really dig in these next 3 weeks before contest. Bring your best Focus, Effort, and Energy! Great bands do the things that lesser bands find annoying!! BOBCAT PRIDE!! Mr. Heck
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:23:13 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015