1. RCSHS Marching Band 2017

2. Packets of Paperwork Student Info and Medical Forms
Due May 8 to complete Marching Band Roster
Drum Major Applications
Applications due April 28th
Clinics May 3rd, 5th and 8th
Auditions May 10
Other Handouts: “Band at RCSHS,” Color Guard Audition Rubrics
Packets of Paperwork

3. 2017 Marching Wind and Percussion: Tuesday, April 11th Uniform Fitting
Current High School Students during 5th and 6th Period
Current Middle School Students after school at RCSHS
2016 Marching Band: Memorial Day Parade
Tuesday, May 23 Rehearsal 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, May 25 Rehearsal 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Monday, May 29 Parade Load/Leave High School at 9:00 AM; Parade begins at 11:00 AM
End of the Year Picnic: Sunday May, 7th 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Updates for End of Year

4. Color Guard Auditions Fundamental Clinics with Color Guard Staff
April 11th 3:15 PM- 5:00 PM
April 18th 3:15 PM – 6:00 PM
April 19th 3:15-5:00 PM
April 25th 3:15 – 6:00 PM
April 26th 3:15 – 5:00 PM
Auditions
May 3rd 3:15 – 5:00 PM
Color Guard Auditions

5. Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30- 4:30 in RCSHS Band Room beginning April 11th
Drumline members will be finalized and announced prior to May 12th.
Drumline Auditions

6. Pre-Camp Rehearsals (Mandatory for all “big brothers,” “big sisters” and new marchers)
July 12th - 14th 5:00 PM-8:00 PM RCSHS Band Room
Band Camp (Mandatory for all marching band members)
July 17th – 21st 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM RCSHS Band Room
July 24th – 28th 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM RCSHS Band Room
Before School Rehearsals
Tuesday, August 1st 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Thursday, August 3rd 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday, August 8th 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Marching Band Dates

7. Dates Continued August 10th: First Day of School; No Rehearsal
Regular Season Rehearsals Begin August 11th
Tuesdays 3:05 PM – 5:00 PM
Thursdays 3:05-6:00 PM; Guard dinner break 5:30-6:15 PM and rehearsal 6:15-8:00 PM Guard Only
Fridays 3:05 – 5:00 PM
Dates TBA:
Home Football Games
Saturday Competitions
Christmas Parade
Dates Continued

8. Marching Band Fees $200 Band Member Fee Additional Fees:
$100 Due July 17thth
$100 Due October 1st
Fees are used to pay teaching staff and materials/equipment for the show. Smaller payments are accepted and may be turned in at any point prior to due dates.
Additional Fees:
Overnight Trips Costs
Meal Money
Individual Marching Shoes
Marching Band Fees

9. What Marching Band is Really Like
What Marching Band Really Is
What Marching Band is Really Like

10. Current events occur every day and effect our everyday lives
Current events occur every day and effect our everyday lives. Some bring our nation together and we all rush to help.
What happens in every day life when we are the ones who experience the event?
RCSHS Marching Band 2017

11. Natural Disaster: Any event or force of nature that has catastrophic consequences, such as avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, lightning, tornado, tsunami, and volcanic eruption
Other Descriptive Factors:
Frequency: How often the event is likely to happen
Duration: the length of time the event lasts
Extent: size of area or region affected
Speed of the Onset: Sudden, without warning and over quickly vs. builds slowly before a peak period
Spatial Dispersion: area likely to be effected by a particular event
Temporal Spacing: how disasters occur in time; random or within a cycle
Let’s Talk Science

12. More Science! Classification:
Human Cost: Effects on human life, such as total deaths, number of injuries and damage to property or replacement costs
Strength, Size and Intensity of Event
Hurricane and Tornado Systems: 1-5
Richter Scale for Seismic Events: 1-9
More Science!

13. Category Five The Storm of the Millenium
Props: Buildings for a Coastal Carolina City, Beaches, News Broadcast Station
Pre-Show: Setting the stage of a typical day in Coastal Carolina
Opener: A Hurricane is on the Way
News of the Storm; Tension builds as the storm approaches the city. Do we have time to get out? How do we prepare?
Movement 2: Storm/Landfall
The actual storm hits the city. Buildings fall down, chaos throughout the city, panic throughout the citizens
Ballad: Realization and Reflection
Closer: “We will rebuild this city!”
Citizens working together and raising props back up.
Category Five

14. Preshow: Main Theme from the “Twister” Composed by Mark Mancina
Opener: “Science” and “Into the Storm”
Ballad: “Into the Storm”
Closer: “Decision to Turn Around” by James Horner from The Perfect Storm, Main Theme from “Twister,” and “I Can See Clearly Now” as performed by Jimmy Cliff
Musical Selections

15. Parent Help Camp Snack/Meal Help Chaperones Pit Crew Fundraisers
Prop Crew (Construction and On Show Days)
If you can help in any area, please let Ms. Hipple or a Boosters Board Member
Parent/Booster Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 4:45 PM
Parent Help